TV and Shaving
Dec 26th 2002, 7:21 pm
#1
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TV and Shaving
Hi ,two minor but important questions as we are moving to New Zealand in January.
What do you get on SKY tv over there i.e. do you get the BBC , ITV etc and please tell me you can get MTV and all the other music channels?
Are electric shaver points the same as the UK (if not what adaptor can I use)?
Any replies appreciated.
What do you get on SKY tv over there i.e. do you get the BBC , ITV etc and please tell me you can get MTV and all the other music channels?
Are electric shaver points the same as the UK (if not what adaptor can I use)?
Any replies appreciated.
Dec 26th 2002, 8:14 pm
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Re: TV and Shaving
Originally posted by firing1
Hi ,two minor but important questions as we are moving to New Zealand in January.
What do you get on SKY tv over there i.e. do you get the BBC , ITV etc and please tell me you can get MTV and all the other music channels?
Are electric shaver points the same as the UK (if not what adaptor can I use)?
Any replies appreciated.
Hi ,two minor but important questions as we are moving to New Zealand in January.
What do you get on SKY tv over there i.e. do you get the BBC , ITV etc and please tell me you can get MTV and all the other music channels?
Are electric shaver points the same as the UK (if not what adaptor can I use)?
Any replies appreciated.
NZ sky is not as good as UK sky!
You don't get BBC, ITV or even MTV! We were really suprised about MTV I honestly thought it was a worldwide thing!
Basic package gives you the terrestrial chanels + Sky 1 (not the same as UK), Nat.Geo, Discovery, 3 news(BBC World,Sky,CNN,CNBC), Animal Pl, Cart.Net, Nick, Living,E!,Hallmark, 2 music(Juice+Juice2) 2 sport(trackside+ESPN) weather chan and radio channels for $39.90 month.
Add sky sport & sky sport 2 to basic for $52.90 total month. Add sky movie max, sky movies, MGM & TCM to basic for $58.53 month total. Have the lot basic+sport+movies for $69.53 month.
As for shaver points they are standard NZ plug so I don't know what adaptor you would use maybe back to wet shaves!
Sky install cost us $100 but I think that was a special offer but as in the UK they have offers quite a lot I think.
hope this info is helpful, i know what its like trying to get an idea about what to expect!
Paula
Dec 27th 2002, 1:28 pm
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Re: TV and Shaving
MTV has recently become available in Perth, so hopefully it won't be too far off in NZ. As for the shaver, voltage is the same, so you should be able to pick up an adaptor at the airport or one when you get there from one of the electronics shops.
Dec 27th 2002, 4:40 pm
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One can of course watch BBC and ITN News over the web. Refer to third party website http://www.wwitv.com for list of news channels etc.
http://www.skytv.co.nz/ appears to be the NZ Sky website.
Don't know about NZ but in OZ Sky TV News seemed to be a 50/50 mix of Uk and Australian sourced news output. They even had UK weather forecasts from time to time.
http://www.skytv.co.nz/ appears to be the NZ Sky website.
Don't know about NZ but in OZ Sky TV News seemed to be a 50/50 mix of Uk and Australian sourced news output. They even had UK weather forecasts from time to time.
Dec 27th 2002, 7:15 pm
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Thanks all, just checked out the sky tv site. My wife's not too impressed with no eastenders etc but I'm sure we'll get used to it. Anyway too much nice scenery in NZ to spend time watching TV.
Dec 28th 2002, 7:22 am
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Don't know about Eastenders, but definitely get Coronation Street!
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