Sky+ cost for existing customers

Our man in Havana · 27-08-2007 02:31PM #1

How much is it to upgrade from standard sky to sky+ if you are an existing customer?

Mr Velo · 27-08-2007 02:54PM

Bond-007 wrote:

How much is it to upgrade from standard sky to sky+ if you are an existing customer?

€149.00

Winters · 27-08-2007 02:58PM

€149.00 for the Sky+ box. And another €45 for installation (Quad LNB onto the dish and a second cable run down).

Our man in Havana · 27-08-2007 03:16PM

Feck that is dear enough.

Saibh · 27-08-2007 03:22PM

i was thinking of changing to sky+

do you keep the sky standard box that you have if you change to sky+

byte · 27-08-2007 07:39PM

Yes, you keep your old box. You can use it in another room.

Doodah7 · 27-08-2007 07:53PM

Winters wrote:

€149.00 for the Sky+ box. And another €45 for installation (Quad LNB onto the dish and a second cable run down).

Can I ask: what is the second cable for?? is it to use with an original Sky box??

watty · 27-08-2007 07:57PM

Sky+ and Sky HD both need two cables as they have two tuners. Because part of the rceiver in sin the LNB on the arm at dish, the coax can't be split for muliple receivers. The LNB has to have separate outlets and copax to each "tuner".

Quad feeds four
Octo feeds eight
Quattro feeds 2 to 1000 via a Multiswitch and optionally distribution systems.

conax · 27-08-2007 08:30PM

tallpaul wrote:

Can I ask: what is the second cable for?? is it to use with an original Sky box??

two cables are required in order to allow you to record one channel while watching a seperate live channel. Sky+/HD boxes have two cable inputs on the back.

mickoneill30 · 28-08-2007 11:41AM

Bond-007 wrote:

How much is it to upgrade from standard sky to sky+ if you are an existing customer?

I just got a letter from Sky yesterday with an offer. It was €69 for the box + something like €45 installation.

Don't know why they're offering it to me. I'm on the most basic package paying about €20 a month.

I've had them about a year and maybe this is a way of getting me to sign a contract for another year (I was thinking of cancelling because of constant poxy ads, I hadn't told Sky that yet though).

ShayC · 28-08-2007 01:07PM

Hi,

Is that offer, €69, just open to you or can anyone avail of it?
Can you tell me the phone number on the offer please.

thanks

mickoneill30 · 28-08-2007 01:46PM

No idea. The letters at home. I'm in work. I'll put up the details of it later on and you can try it out.

pdh · 28-08-2007 04:10PM

Hi,
Joined Sky last sept and thinking of upgrading to Sky+ when my 12month contract is up.

My question is do you still need to be connected to a fixed phone line for all the features of Sky+ to work ?

The reason I ask is that I am sick of paying line rental, taking it out switching my broadband to Three's 3G offer

kmurph · 28-08-2007 04:27PM

mickoneill30 wrote:

I just got a letter from Sky yesterday with an offer. It was €69 for the box + something like €45 installation.

Don't know why they're offering it to me. I'm on the most basic package paying about €20 a month.

I've had them about a year and maybe this is a way of getting me to sign a contract for another year (I was thinking of cancelling because of constant poxy ads, I hadn't told Sky that yet though).

Not fair!

I got a letter about Sky+ yesterday too but I'd have to pay the full price for the box. Exactly the same as you. Had it since Feb of last year and on the basic 2 mixes.

Why are you so special?

mickoneill30 · 28-08-2007 07:35PM

Dunno why I'm special. It is €69 +€45 in the letter I got. The number in the letter is 0818 719 835 (doesn't seem like a special number, when I rang I got all the usual options for billing, new installations etc.).

I rang them to order it but you do need a phone line. I got rid of mine during the year so I can't get Sky+. Back to plan A so.

steveon · 28-08-2007 08:20PM

They pick people at random it seems...but new offers usually begin in September usually..so who knows what'll happen..will have to wait to see.. but I'd expect it to increase in price rather than decrease.

Sir Oxman · 28-08-2007 09:12PM

mickoneill30 wrote:

Dunno why I'm special. It is €69 +€45 in the letter I got. The number in the letter is 0818 719 835 (doesn't seem like a special number, when I rang I got all the usual options for billing, new installations etc.).

I rang them to order it but you do need a phone line. I got rid of mine during the year so I can't get Sky+. Back to plan A so.

I think you can still get sky+ without a phoneline, ring them and ask. Of course, they'll charge for the privilege but I think it's something like 25€

DJ_Spider · 19-09-2007 12:29AM

mickoneill30 wrote:

(I was thinking of cancelling because of constant poxy ads, I hadn't told Sky that yet though).

Get Sky+ and record what you want to watch, then FFW through the ads! We do it all the time. We hardly watch anything live! ABC is the worst for ads, about 10mins every time they break. With Sky+ you can fast forward at up to 30X speed!

paul666 · 20-09-2007 09:39PM

how many hours of programmes can u record.

DJ_Spider · 20-09-2007 11:15PM

About 30hrs Paul, also Bond-007 your sig is not quite correct! According to wiki this is the correct saying:
Don't let the b*******s wear you down.
Noli nothis permittere te terere. LOL Sorry being picky!

John mac · 20-09-2007 11:20PM

Yea you can get the + feature without the phoneline.
I got it for a hd box a few months ago. (got the hd box on ebay)
no extra cost either.

IT Loser · 20-09-2007 11:47PM

The way it works as far as i can see is as follows

€169 for the box.

AND another €40-odd for the installation

UNLESS

You get SKY MULTIROOM with it. If you get sky multiroom you don't pay the extra 45, you just fork out another €15 per month.

Here's my question~: I already have a basic sky box. Suppose I want to get a SKY+ box but I want THAT BOX in a bedroom. Thats the SKY+ in my bedroom. Can I use the SKY+ box like it was a multiroom box??? Or do the bastards have me either ways??

mickoneill30 · 21-09-2007 07:03AM

John mac wrote:

Yea you can get the + feature without the phoneline.
I got it for a hd box a few months ago. (got the hd box on ebay)
no extra cost either.

You must have got a different salesperson than me. I emailed their customer support and I rang them. Both had the same results. So I'm cancelling. The ads on Sky are really annoying. They synchronise their stations so they all show ads at the same time and there seem to be too many of them. I've gotten used to channel bittorrent and TV is just annoying when you get used to that.

byte · 21-09-2007 09:24PM

I have the Sky+ feature also without a phoneline. When you buy your box outright, and not through Sky (subsidised), you don't need to connect phoneline.

IT Loser · 21-09-2007 10:39PM

Is there any way I can get SKY into my bedroom {and keep it downstairs too} and watch different channels WITHOUT involving SKY or Sky products. I've heard tell of this being done in some way. As it is I have another SKY box and a satellite.

Also:

In the event that I stay with the SKY method, is there anyway I can get theSKY+ box installed in my bedroom and basically keep the basic box that is downstairs, thus circumventing the SKY+ monthly recurring cost.

Our man in Havana · 21-09-2007 10:43PM

No!

IT Loser · 21-09-2007 10:44PM

Bond-007 wrote:

No!

To which question? Both??

:mad:

Our man in Havana · 21-09-2007 11:12PM

Yes!

IT Loser · 21-09-2007 11:26PM

Bond-007 wrote:

Yes!

What about using digital senders, the sort that Argos sell for around €180???

There has to be a way!!!

byte · 21-09-2007 11:33PM

Digital senders will just send the same channel to the second TV.

You'd still be stuck watching same channel on both TVs

You could wire up the old Skybox to the dish, and receive Free to air channels, but you'd get no PayTV channels.

IT Loser · 21-09-2007 11:37PM

byte wrote:

Digital senders will just send the same channel to the second TV.

You'd still be stuck watching same channel on both TVs

You could wire up the old Skybox to the dish, and receive Free to air channels, but you'd get no PayTV channels.

In the Argos catalogue, it says you can watch different channels from those being watched downstairs. Honest.

FTA is better than a kick in the teeth.

Thanks for your help, Byte. You've been, well, mega.:eek:

Sky+ cost for existing customers

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