Gary
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Just ordered multiroom and they guy was banging on about both my boxes being connected to my landline. My current box isnt plugged in and ive had no problems so whats the crack?
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willay
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same deal, have it plugged in initally then never again 
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Brett
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Makes sense otherwise you could just use the card in another gaff, it's part of the contract.
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willay
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doesnt stop anything from happening though.
Hi Brett, you ok mate? havent seen you around much
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andy_mk3
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Just run a cheap extension to the other box so they can plug it in, soon as they leave, throw it away.. We never had any boxes plugged in.
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
doesnt stop anything from happening though.
Hi Brett, you ok mate? havent seen you around much
In what regard? You mean the box stop working or something? They do send you lots of letters complaining and then I assume will cancel the multiroom subscription? TBH I wouldn't really know since I only pay £10 a month for every channel under the sun from a small chinese man, paying Sky is a mugs game 
Yeah fine mate, you any good with PHP/SQL?
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willay
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Brett - Ian is the man for that.
Well I have multiroom at home and I know for a fact that my the 2nd box downstairs isn't connected to any phone line - no letters in the post.
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John
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I didn't get letters for 3 years then started getting them.
50/50, just plug it in for a couple of days if you do get a letter.
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LeeM
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a friend of mine was refused multiroom completely because they didnt have a phone line
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Gary
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They tried that with me. Just told him i'd install one.
Tbh its off to my pops house anyway so i'll have to bring it home if i start getting letters and take him my box for a week or so.
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Brett
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Scamming bastard
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mwg
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Never had mine plugged in apart from the day I first got it. No letters
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Gary
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How'd you get all channels? Foreign sky?
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Brett
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Me? I'm using an openbox like any sensible person and card sharing.
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Gary
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Link me up? Somthing to look after my contract is up
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Brett
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Whittie can help you out, otherwise there's a 10+ page thread in geek day about it http://www.c20xe.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=607830
Openbox itself is £40-50 then around £10/month for EVERYTHING, HD, 3D, movies, sports, pay per view, the works.
ONLY downside is no EPG, just now and next but you can counter that with a more expensive box, but I'm a cheap cunt and use my phones EPG to plan ahead.
[Edited on 18-09-2012 by Brett]
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Gary
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No guide would fuck me off. Would happily pay extra for that
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WATSON
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Better with a skybox F3 found it way better than my old openbox.
as Brett said no epg but id rather pay £30 a year for everything than £80 a month fuck the epg! you cant have everything
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noshua
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That's one of the downsides of a cheap box, a lot of people are using Dreambox clones, pretty expensive in comparison (soon make your money back over a Sky subscription) but so much better - there's a full EPG and shit loads of addons like streaming to smart phones / tablets / pc, etc.
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mantamark
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i was decorating, had the second box switched off, not even plugged in, and the main box didnt have the phone line in.#
Got a letter, so plugged the main box in, didnt realise the wire was fucked.
Got more letters, they tested the line, said box wasnt plugged in, told them to sod off.
Then they started charging me for two subscriptions instead of multiroom.
So ran some extensions to both boxes and switched the second on, got a refund and half price hd for a year :/
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by WATSON
Better with a skybox F3 found it way better than my old openbox.
as Brett said no epg but id rather pay £30 a year for everything than £80 a month fuck the epg! you cant have everything
How's the skybox F3 better if there's no EPG? Curious because I find the Openbox great, aside from the mentioned.
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Gary
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Do the openboxes do pause, rewind etc?
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Brett
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Yes, they double up as a PVR, though my TV has timeshift so I don't use it for the above, just comes in handy for recording late night box office stuff that I CBA staying up for.
[Edited on 19-09-2012 by Brett]
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Gary
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And where do i find a suitable small Chinese man?
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Brett
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I can get you setup if you want, up to you. There's boxes for sale on ebay though you're likely to get some snide clone so I'm told. I've also created the most boss channel list known to man that actually makes sense rather than channels being all over.
I'll take some pics tonight of the setup so you can see what it's all about first, I'll post them in here.
[Edited on 19-09-2012 by Brett]
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