Tidus
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Hey all! I'm looking at getting Sky Digital £40m Package as you get the instalation & box/dish for a £1.
Thing is if i wanna run it off the tv downstairs and the room upstairs, what do i need to watch the different channels on each tv?
Cheers 
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Drew
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another box
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Tidus
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how much that gonna be? and do you have to pay a seperate monthly fee 2?
cheers
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transca
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not sure about the box but seperate subscription is about an extra tenner a month i think. or you could just run a cable upstairs but then you have to watch the same channel as downstairs.
[Edited on 21-03-2004 by transca]
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Richie
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An extra subscription is usually £15 a month extra and that will replicate the other package you have on ur original box.
To watch different channels you will need the extra box option which is £99 plus installation.
To watch the same channel on both TV's you need to run a length of tidy coaxial cable to upstairs and buy a TV link if you want to be able to change channels from upstairs 
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Tidus
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fcuk that then, why is it so exspensive?
all i want is the decent channels like, e4, filmfour, music channels etc!
was lookin at freeview, what a pile of shit that is.
thanks for you help dudes.
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transca
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dont bother with freeview its shite. I would just get one sky box. connect this to a splitter, send one cable to your downstairs tv and the other cable to the upstairs tv via a booster (get em in argos, not expensive) to keep the picture quality.
[Edited on 21-03-2004 by transca]
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transca
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quote:
Originally posted by Tidus
fcuk that then, why is it so exspensive?
because sky like to rip people off.
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Richie
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^^ what u on aboot?
The Sky digiboxes have RF outputs, no splitter is required and the signal is strong for at least 20 - 30 metres of cable
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transca
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quote:
Originally posted by Richie
^^ what u on aboot?
The Sky digiboxes have RF outputs, no splitter is required and the signal is strong for at least 20 - 30 metres of cable
does it? we had all the cable fitted in to the walls when the house was bein built and used them so never noticed. we did used to have a lot of picture quality probs though before we put the booster in. but then again the sky goes to 6 tv's
[Edited on 21-03-2004 by transca]
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Richie
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Yeah the sky boxes (even the oldest pace one) have two RF outputs that are already boosted. If one RF output is split between more than 2 extra TV's then a booster will defo be required
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Gavin
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when i was working at comet.....it work cost like £300 to have a extra box for upstairs!
its pretty expensive!
pew pew pew pewwwww
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Craig6682
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There is a little remote thing u can get that allows u to change chan from the TV up stairs. Prob b bout £20 off eBay. It changes the chan downstairs to tho. When i was in my parents i had one in my room.
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