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Satellite News · 29-01-09, 12:20 PM

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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Physcogem · 29-01-09, 05:32 PM

i wunt give him 49p.

eshop600 · 29-01-09, 09:17 PM

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

ao101 · 29-01-09, 10:45 PM

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 ??

nvingo · 30-01-09, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ao101

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.

29-01-09, 12:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Satellite News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,352 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 13 Posts	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 [...] More: Sky offers HD box for £49

29-01-09, 05:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Physcogem clueless but getin there Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: n.e lincs coast Posts: 466 Thanks: 80 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Sky offers HD box for £49 i wunt give him 49p.

29-01-09, 09:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
eshop600 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sky offers HD box for £49 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

29-01-09, 10:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
ao101 Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 71 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Sky offers HD box for £49 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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