How much for SKY+ 160 in Ireland

digitaldr

A mate of mine is getting SKY+ - he's thinking of getting to 160 Gb version. How much will it cost? I'm trying to persuade him to get the standard one and upgrade it.

chorus techy

I think it's along the lines of €399 - not too sure though. I'll dig my sky magazine out of the bin, and then unwrap it tomorrow and confirm

weehamster

chorus techy is correct. Its €399.

adox

I think your looking at a figure of €600+ for the 160 Gb version

Tony

Retail is 599 which is why I have not stocked it, way too expensive, maybe sky do it cheaper direct with a subsidy

Our man in Havana

Cheaper to mod the box yourself and install a 160 GB disk yourself.

Greenman

digitaldr wrote:

A mate of mine is getting SKY+ - he's thinking of getting to 160 Gb version. How much will it cost? I'm trying to persuade him to get the standard one and upgrade it.

http://www.hummer.co.uk/sky.htm is worth a read!!!!

chorus techy

Tony wrote:

Retail is €599

YIKES!!! :eek::eek::eek:

I'm surprised they're signing people up to it, with those prices! And considering the amount of faults it is supposed to have.

djpaul

digitaldr wrote:

A mate of mine is getting SKY+ - he's thinking of getting to 160 Gb version. How much will it cost? I'm trying to persuade him to get the standard one and upgrade it.

The Standard Sky+ box Is €199, Offer this month for new sub.

digitaldr

chorus techy wrote:

I'll dig my sky magazine out of the bin:p

tis the best place for it!

Our man in Havana

digitaldr wrote:

tis the best place for it!

Agreed. Such a waste of poor innocent trees.

JohnC.

chorus techy wrote:

YIKES!!! :eek::eek::eek:

I'm surprised they're signing people up to it, with those prices! And considering the amount of faults it is supposed to have.

And from all the pictures I've seen of it, it looks ugly. I quite like the standard Sky+ box, but the 160 looks bad.

Tony

Bond-007 wrote:

Cheaper to mod the box yourself and install a 160 GB disk yourself.

Exactly right

Gadgie

Bond-007 wrote:

Agreed. Such a waste of poor innocent trees.

You can ring them up and tell them not to send it anymore if you don't want it.

Widescreen

I may consider Sky Plus but it is actually Sky who are the stumbling block for me! I'm a Sky subscriber since 1996, analogue then onto Digital in 2000. I have a PACE box which has been repaired once but is still working perfectly but next time it goes belly up I want to get SKy plus. I have never had a phone line connected to my box but they have said to get Sky Plus I must have one for at least twelve months. I'll ditch Sky rather than do this. Is there any escape clause? :mad:

Our man in Havana

Buy the SKY+ box privately for €299 from a independant retailer. No phone line required.

Strasser

Widescreen wrote:

I have never had a phone line connected to my box but they have said to get Sky Plus I must have one for at least twelve months. I'll ditch Sky rather than do this.

Why? I don't understand why people have such strong objection to having the box plugged into the phone line, mine is and its not a problem as far as I can see. Am I missing something here?

Our man in Havana

Strasser wrote:

Why? I don't understand why people have such strong objection to having the box plugged into the phone line, mine is and its not a problem as far as I can see. Am I missing something here?

Privacy issues for a start.

Mossy Monk

box to the phoneline?

never where my boxes are concerned

chorus techy

Bond-007 wrote:

Privacy issues for a start.

Privacy issues?! There's not really much privacy issues involved!

branners69

You dont need the phoneline connected for sky+.. apparently you need it for the mutli-room but not for just sky+!!

my dad has had sky+ since Feb and he hasnt had his phone line connect since after the 1st week!!