Moving from Cable to Sky?

[ravanoli]

Hi all!!!
I currently have a780 all be it limited veiwing. Iam moving house and it has a sky dish with cables coming in to lounge.
Can i buy a box to work from this dish or do i need to buy a new Dish. Thanks in advance

[MrFug]

Hi all!!!
I currently have a780 all be it limited veiwing. Iam moving house and it has a sky dish with cables coming in to lounge.
Can i buy a box to work from this dish or do i need to buy a new Dish. Thanks in advance

The sky dish will be fine if you just want to receive sky digital fta.

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[ravanoli]

What if i what more than fta. I think you no what i mean! What box could help me achive this.

[yasminandrio]

Any box which you can put a share line into

[ravanoli]

Share line? Do you mean ethernet port? Sorry not good with tech stuff.

[yasminandrio]

Share line? Do you mean ethernet port? Sorry not good with tech stuff.

Well you would need a ethernet port if you are going down the C/S root which i thought you were getting at!!

[MrFug]

You need a linux receiver, i.e. Dreambox, spiderbox, VU+, openbox, etc...

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[wortho]

You need a linux receiver, i.e. Dreambox, spiderbox, VU+, openbox, etc...

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been looking at those boxes at an entry level spiderbox and dreambox 500 ,any idea which is the easyist on to get going for a newbie to the sat game, i am on same setup as above poster.

[rigsby71]

I would say out of those, the openboxes are the easyiest & quickest if you have a line to put in as you can simply type the line straight in without the need to connect the box to the PC like you would for a Dremabox.

The Spiderbox should also be plug & play & you can also type the line straight in aswell.

That's just my experiences anyway.

How long the S*y lasts for is anyones guess but i would say less then 12 months at a wild guess.

[yasminandrio]

Spiderbox is very easy to use but there are newer cheaper boxes on the market have a look through the forum you could get something better for less than ?100

[wortho]

I would say out of those, the openboxes are the easyiest & quickest if you have a line to put in as you can simply type the line straight in without the need to connect the box to the PC like you would for a Dremabox.

The Spiderbox should also be plug & play & you can also type the line straight in aswell.

That's just my experiences anyway.

How long the S*y lasts for is anyones guess but i would say less then 12 months at a wild guess.

thanks for the reply mate, was looking around and there seemed a few decent deals for spiderbox, hadnt really looked at open box .

[wortho]

Spiderbox is very easy to use but there are newer cheaper boxes on the market have a look through the forum you could get something better for less than ?100

have seen the blade box getting good reviews but was a bit worried about setting up as there seems to be a lot of feedback on the other models if i come a cropper along the way, just going to start with a cheapo model and learn as i go along, thanks for you help

[yasminandrio]

have seen the blade box getting good reviews but was a bit worried about setting up as there seems to be a lot of feedback on the other models if i come a cropper along the way, just going to start with a cheapo model and learn as i go along, thanks for you help

Have a look at these get on the band wagon early loads open on them and can get them under ?90 for HD

Ferguson Ariva 100E : Ferguson : Digital Multimedia Technology

[andy91]

Best starter box for money is Dreambox 500s.
Very well supported on most forums,simple.

Andy.

[yasminandrio]

Best starter box for money is Dreambox 500s.
Very well supported on most forums,simple.

Andy.

Not as easy to use!