davetherave
Newbie
Hi guys
Noob here, but consider myself technical in electronics, software etc
I have researched about dreamboxes for a while when my friend told me all i needed was a sky cable from a dish and internet connection, this was a few years ago.
I decided to get sky installed recently just to get access to the dish and cable, its only £10 a month.
I have done a lot of research and found dreamboxes are old, and be led to the H2 box.
So I have the internet connection, coincidently from virgin and also the sky satellite connection.
I found someone who sells ready to go boxes and gave me helpful information, and told me I have 3 options:
1: Sky connection but not all channels are HD
2: I was told I can use the Virgin line, so long as I have virgin internet active which I do, I was told I can get all the channels HD, just not sky atlantic
3: I can have both sky and virgin simultaneously through the H2 box, but it would cost more as I would need 2 gift subscriptions
I was told for box with one gift was around £150, £200 for both sky and virgin gifts. I think a bot more for a hard drive.
My other option is to buy the box for around £80, and try install everything myself.
Would I save much money doing it myself? or are the prices I have been given reasonable?
If I do it my self could anyone point me the direction of getting both sky and virgin running, or just suggest what the best option is then im sure i can find the info on this forum
Thanks
Noob here, but consider myself technical in electronics, software etc
I have researched about dreamboxes for a while when my friend told me all i needed was a sky cable from a dish and internet connection, this was a few years ago.
I decided to get sky installed recently just to get access to the dish and cable, its only £10 a month.
I have done a lot of research and found dreamboxes are old, and be led to the H2 box.
So I have the internet connection, coincidently from virgin and also the sky satellite connection.
I found someone who sells ready to go boxes and gave me helpful information, and told me I have 3 options:
1: Sky connection but not all channels are HD
2: I was told I can use the Virgin line, so long as I have virgin internet active which I do, I was told I can get all the channels HD, just not sky atlantic
3: I can have both sky and virgin simultaneously through the H2 box, but it would cost more as I would need 2 gift subscriptions
I was told for box with one gift was around £150, £200 for both sky and virgin gifts. I think a bot more for a hard drive.
My other option is to buy the box for around £80, and try install everything myself.
Would I save much money doing it myself? or are the prices I have been given reasonable?
If I do it my self could anyone point me the direction of getting both sky and virgin running, or just suggest what the best option is then im sure i can find the info on this forum
Thanks