WATSON
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Originally posted by AlunJ
Pretty much yep! For the price the openbox is okay, only real problem I have is the epg is crap. I'm not so bothered as I'm running it alongside my sky box for the time being. And you can get the full shebang for £10-12ish a month.
Cool, what box would you recommend going for? 
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John
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It's been discussed throughout this thread.
If you can't be bothered doing any research at all you could at least read on here.
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WATSON
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quote:
Originally posted by John
It's been discussed throughout this thread.
If you can't be bothered doing any research at all you could at least read on here.
I've done plenty reading of this thread ect dickhead!
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John
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Clearly not, we've all bought the same box for starters and discussed what we'll move up to.
So if you've read through this you're a bit slow.
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AlunJ
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Most of us are new to this so my only experience is based on the openbox s11. I wouldn't say it was easy to setup but when I finally got it going I realised it is pretty damn simple  it's decent, it's not brilliant when you want to go surfing channels and to find out what's on, but it does the job I want it to do which is allow me to watch hd movies and sport cheaply. I won't be ditching my sky box and sub in a hurry as its a nightmare for everyday use really. Probably need to invest in a dream box
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WATSON
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Cheers buddy, Will order up a openbox s11 at end of this month
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Eddie.2k
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I've just ordered this, http://www.mixeshop.com/d6-version-hot-selling-800se-with-original-logo-package-color-black-or-white_p707.html
Got good reviews on d-k. Any good tutorials on setting this up with card sharing?
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WATSON
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Just about to order my openbox s11 since i'm back home for a few weeks, See John has ordered from sat4all any problems with or would you recommend ordering from somewhere else?
Can also order from here to same price unless i make an offer,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OPENBOX-S11-HD-3-PIN-UK-PLUG-DIRECT-FACTORY-/230760486586?clk_rvr_id=339609609022&afsrc=1
Cheers guys!
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AlunJ
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I got mine from this guy, was really quick delivery. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/kkyawswar
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John
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Sat4all were about the cheapest I could find and it's a genuine box. First one was faulty, they replaced though.
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WATSON
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Cheers guys,
Just placed an order for the one on eBay that I posted up, managed to grab one for 50 bucks deliverd should be here Wednesday!
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AlunJ
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Sweet 
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Eddie.2k
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Got mine all set up on the weekend working well with Pli image and UK-SAT cardshare, and sky uk bouquet
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WATSON
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How are you finding uk-sat's server? Seen on a few cardshare sites there highly rated for service.
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Eddie.2k
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Its great, have had no problems with it what so ever, I emailed him on saturday to get a test line and within 10 minutes he had replied. So have now bought 6 months
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Brett
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Well, just got my openbox plugged in. Works absolutely awesome 
Thanks to John and Whittie for u2u's other day.
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Brett
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Very happy with it Only problem at the mo is, I'm conencting it through the net using ICS via my PC that's hooked up to the TV and the damn thing will turn off the ICS if it's left idling for a while  Gonna have to move the router I guess, better all round.
Also, I was a bit wary due to these points about the interface being crap or something on the OpenBox? I actually find it pretty good. Obviously the main downside is the channel numbers don't directly relate to what we're used to, but I've got them all setup in catagories nicely (movies/kids/music/etc). Yes, the EPG doesn't work tho, can only do now and next on each channel, but I've got the TV guide on my phone so no biggie.
[Edited on 08-05-2012 by Brett]
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noshua
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You can remap the channels (Boquette?) to the Sky one's can't you? Just takes a bit of pissing about.
I can't remember any of the channel numbers anyway so having then sorted into categories is fine.
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jamied
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i download the channel bouquets from digital kaos theres a guy who does them
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John
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The openbox interface is actually pretty quick, just nowhere near as polished as Sky.
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WATSON
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Box never come today  should be here tomorrow as it was down as next day delivery!
Few that are on sky broadband, Is the box still running ok? Keep seen a few threads on a few forums saying dont use sky broadband.
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AlunJ
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Absolutely no problems here on sky broadband  been using it nearly a month without problems now and not seen anyone advising otherwise.
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WATSON
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Box arrived this morning , Cant get over how small the box is, Thought it would have been a lot bigger
Now to setup and see if i can get it working 
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WATSON
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Far to tech for me this stuff
Ive just got myself a test line from uk-sat, any ideas on how to upload it to the box? 
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Brett
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iirc if you go on the menu, it's the furthest right option, then the second one down, then you enter the server, username, pass, etc. Could be wrong, just going off memory, can't remember the names.
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