sky plus
Jun 4th 2007 | 12:04 am
#16
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From: Benalmadena Pueblo,Spain
Re: sky plus
1. To watch golf. Spanish golf coverage is woeful. A couple of weeks ago Teledeportes (a Spanish freeview channel) covered the Spanish Ladies Open from Castellón.
Tee shot, quick ad break, ball landing!!
Long put, quick ad break, ball in hole!!
2. Too many more reasons to mention...
Tee shot, quick ad break, ball landing!!
Long put, quick ad break, ball in hole!!
2. Too many more reasons to mention...
Jun 4th 2007 | 1:38 am
#17
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Posts: 20,459
From: On the edge
Re: sky plus
They've just dropped the £10 subscription for non-premium subscribers. The box has full functionality now for all subscribers (min £15/month package).
I've got an original 2001 Sky+ box, still going strong, although I did put an 80gb hard drive in last year when the original 40gb one went kaput!!
I've got an original 2001 Sky+ box, still going strong, although I did put an 80gb hard drive in last year when the original 40gb one went kaput!!
Jun 5th 2007 | 9:06 am
#20
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Re: sky plus
The trouble with Spanish TV is they show stuff like Nip/Tuck, Lost and Desperate Housewives, but they ruin them with dubbing.
Why can't they subtitle them like the Brits and US do with foreign language films/programmes?
Jun 5th 2007 | 6:08 pm
#21
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From: Costa Valencia
Re: sky plus
Rosemary
Jun 5th 2007 | 11:27 pm
#22
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Re: sky plus
Don't they show Desperate Housewives a strange way here? First they show an episode from the current third season and without an ad break or credits they then show an old episode from season two!!
Jun 6th 2007 | 7:31 am
#23
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Re: sky plus
On the subject of surge protectors, dont waste your money on these as in Spain the surges are really wild swings, and outside the capability of most units,
There is a very good UPS unit sold by Media Mart, made by MGE, primarily designed for Computer protection, but the 750VA model for about 165€ will give a good level of protection, and more importantly stop the little blips in supply cutting out your systems, With the 800VA you should be able to run your Sky Box, TV and Video/DVD for about 30mins in a power cut. and never see the little blips atall,,, also saves on having to reset your SKy box on occasion.
Jun 6th 2007 | 8:47 am
#24
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From: On the edge
Re: sky plus
I can confirm that the SKY+ box will only work if you have a SKY contract package , it used to only activate if on Premium channels (SKy Movies or Sky Sports), but the offering changed from Sky I think last month, So it wont allow access to the record and premium functions, The FTV card should if you have the right size dish, dependent on where your give you the normal FTV channels which require the FTV card , IE CH4/5 Sky 3 etc.
On the subject of surge protectors, dont waste your money on these as in Spain the surges are really wild swings, and outside the capability of most units,
There is a very good UPS unit sold by Media Mart, made by MGE, primarily designed for Computer protection, but the 750VA model for about 165€ will give a good level of protection, and more importantly stop the little blips in supply cutting out your systems, With the 800VA you should be able to run your Sky Box, TV and Video/DVD for about 30mins in a power cut. and never see the little blips atall,,, also saves on having to reset your SKy box on occasion.
On the subject of surge protectors, dont waste your money on these as in Spain the surges are really wild swings, and outside the capability of most units,
There is a very good UPS unit sold by Media Mart, made by MGE, primarily designed for Computer protection, but the 750VA model for about 165€ will give a good level of protection, and more importantly stop the little blips in supply cutting out your systems, With the 800VA you should be able to run your Sky Box, TV and Video/DVD for about 30mins in a power cut. and never see the little blips atall,,, also saves on having to reset your SKy box on occasion.
Jun 7th 2007 | 6:57 am
#25
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Re: sky plus
S**t,. that is a really good price, have you got a URL to order online, or you can bring me back a few!!, and to top it all Belkin have a good name for quality!!
Jun 7th 2007 | 7:37 am
#26
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From: Getting In Touch With My Dysfunctional Side...
Re: sky plus
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...&cl=4294963687
And this is the link for the 600
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...1032&InMerch=1
It says they only ship to UK addresses though.
Nov 26th 2007 | 2:11 am
#27
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Re: sky plus
However unless you have at least the family pack of mixes you cannot use the record and pause facility,unless you pay mr Murdoch £10 a month just to record.
Nov 26th 2007 | 4:26 am
#28
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 11,231
From: Granada Costa
Re: sky plus
Yes, I use one and it's really scary when all the lights go out and the TV still works!
Nov 26th 2007 | 7:03 am
#29
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Re: sky plus
Hi
I followed the DAB links and it says that both the Belkin 800VA and 600VA supply 12 volts to the connected equipment.
How does this help mains operated equipment suvh as TV Sky Box etc??
Jim
I followed the DAB links and it says that both the Belkin 800VA and 600VA supply 12 volts to the connected equipment.
How does this help mains operated equipment suvh as TV Sky Box etc??
Jim
Nov 26th 2007 | 9:20 am
#30
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 11,231
From: Granada Costa
Re: sky plus
I think you have misunderstood the situation. They use a battery which supplies 12v to the inverter which provides 230v to the attached equiopment.
