Ditching Sky & need advice on best box to get

[Wulliebhoy1967]

Please bear with me, i'm new at this & looking for advice. I'm sick of paying Sky a fortune every month so was looking for a far cheaper option. I'm in Northern Ireland & we don't have cable in our area. I know there are cable boxes out there which can be fixed to allow full packages but was wondering if it can be done through a Sky dish too. I saw this on Ebay where this box is ?150 to buy & ?70 renewal each year but I have a feeling theres cheaper out there.

LATEST! SKYBOX F5 HD PVR SATELLITE RECEIVER Condition: 100% brand NEW !!

With Latest Stable Firmware

1. General Information :
1)CPU: Ali3601, 128MB DDRII RAM
2) Full 1080p Video Output
3) Media File Playback (from USB stick/HDD). Support 1080 mkv media;
4) Tuner: DVB-S2. Can receive more channels than DM800HD;
5) HDMI 1.3/ 1.4 Compatible

To renew all you'll need to do is contact me before its due to expire cost of renewal is ?70.00
please note box comes with a year

Just wondering what you guys suggest. Thanks in advance.

[rigsby71]

don't waste your money on that rubbish , go for a motorised set up instead.

[happy_highlander]

By entertaining these clowns on eBay and lining their pockets you are helping with the demise of this hobby. What is being offered in that ad is highly illegal. If you saw an ad offering illicit drugs would you ask on a reputable forum of they were a good deal or if someone could help you get it cheaper elsewhere

[LindaJones]

Please bear with me, i'm new at this & looking for advice. I'm sick of paying Sky a fortune every month so was looking for a far cheaper option. I'm in Northern Ireland & we don't have cable in our area. I know there are cable boxes out there which can be fixed to allow full packages but was wondering if it can be done through a Sky dish too. I saw this on Ebay where this box is ?150 to buy & ?70 renewal each year but I have a feeling theres cheaper out there.



Just wondering what you guys suggest. Thanks in advance.

?150 and then ?70 a year thereafter? That's not a good deal and you'd be wise not to buy 12 months at a time...

I had the F5 for a few weeks, it's not a bad box - basic and does the job, look at it as the starter to the main course.

If you can manage ?200-?250 you'll get one of the VU, Gigablue, Technomate, all singing all dancing linux based boxes. Could try a converted NBOX 5800 if money's tight, people seem happy with performance and price.

[Wulliebhoy1967]

Thanks all, HH i'm just looking for the best box through a sky dish that gives me all the channels, not buying anything yet, just looking into the possibility after xmas is over, thanks Linda i'll look into the better boxes that you suggest.

[ramjet]

all the digital sat boxes will give you all the digital channels from a sly dish

the problem is the opening of the $ ones and that is where the forum draws the line as it cannot be discussed here (cs)

anybody can promise you 12 months and then fffffff ffff after 6 weeks !!!!

this is a hobby to us, not a method of saving money by changing from legal to illegal

[cactikid]

first of all look for box support,i did and went for the vu range of original not clones started with a solo-------duo----------solo2 still got all 3 ,also note maybe sly might do something and be left with a freesat box,add motor and dish and other things are viewable.

[Wulliebhoy1967]

the problem is the opening of the $ ones and that is where the forum draws the line as it cannot be discussed here (cs)

anybody can promise you 12 months and then fffffff ffff after 6 weeks !!!!

this is a hobby to us, not a method of saving money by changing from legal to illegal

Yes sorry guys

[ramjet]

you will find a lot of good info in this guide I wrote here http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...-setup-301108/

that covers the main stuff we can talk about