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Old 29-01-09, 12:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Post Sky offers HD box for £49

Yesterday, buying a new Sky+ HD set top box would have cost £150, but today this same box is going to cost just £49, as BSkyB begins a huge marketing drive to attract more subscribers to Sky HD. With around seven million homes already owning televisions that are capable of receiving HD TV and being used [...]

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i wunt give him 49p.
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Its a dam fine offer from sky, the more people get it the more channels the will be hd.

I'm just annoyed I subscribed a couple of weeks ago had to pay £99
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Old 29-01-09, 10:45 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Bummer mate

Silly question from a cable user ; Can Sky sat be hijacked for viewing in the same way cable can via th eurovox etc ? Are there any reciever boxs out there to do this ? Cable has just got its first HD box for highjack , what about sat ??
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Silly question from a cable user ; Can Sky sat be hijacked for viewing in the same way cable can via th eurovox etc ?
If you mean, watch without subscription, no the encryption is secure.
You can now view on non-Sky receivers with a suitable CAM, but it still requires a subscriber card be inserted.
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