Is anyone still doing the 'pay once watch forever' offer?

If not, what is the best price I can get. Google isn't much help.

TIA


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Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

On 9/25/2010 1:39 PM, Woody wrote:
Is anyone still doing the 'pay once watch forever' offer?

If not, what is the best price I can get. Google isn't much help.

http://www.sky.com/shop/freesat/home/index.html

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&langId=-1&searchTerms=FREESAT

http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=products.Main

Woody wrote:
Is anyone still doing the 'pay once watch forever' offer?

If not, what is the best price I can get. Google isn't much help.

TIA


Why not just go for Freesat, you loose a few channels but IMO they're
not worth watching anyway. Certainly the best way to go if you want a PVR.

--
Adrian

"Adrian" wrote in message
om...
Woody wrote:
Is anyone still doing the 'pay once watch forever' offer?

If not, what is the best price I can get. Google isn't much
help.

TIA


Why not just go for Freesat, you loose a few channels but IMO
they're not worth watching anyway. Certainly the best way to go
if you want a PVR.

--
Adrian




Don't think I said anything about a PVR. As this is for an 83
year-old who has difficulty with most things technical I decided
to go for Sky as, like it or not, it is just about the easiest to
use. (Try using a Grundig Freesat box and you'll see what I
mean.) What is more if she gets into difficulties I can talk her
through it easily by phone.

The downside is the occasional need to de-power a Sky box to
unfuddle its brain - and I understand the Humax Freesat boxes
are not much better.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

Woody wrote:

The downside is the occasional need to de-power a Sky box to
unfuddle its brain - and I understand the Humax Freesat boxes
are not much better.

I've only had to reboot my Humax HDR once in the last 18 months.


--
Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply.

www.paras.org.uk

On 26/09/2010 18:39, Woody wrote:
wrote in message
om...
Woody wrote:
Is anyone still doing the 'pay once watch forever' offer?

If not, what is the best price I can get. Google isn't much
help.

TIA


Why not just go for Freesat, you loose a few channels but IMO
they're not worth watching anyway. Certainly the best way to go
if you want a PVR.

--
Adrian




Don't think I said anything about a PVR. As this is for an 83
year-old who has difficulty with most things technical I decided
to go for Sky as, like it or not, it is just about the easiest to
use. (Try using a Grundig Freesat box and you'll see what I
mean.) What is more if she gets into difficulties I can talk her
through it easily by phone.

The downside is the occasional need to de-power a Sky box to
unfuddle its brain - and I understand the Humax Freesat boxes
are not much better.

When I first got sky+ (jan 2008) I was unplugging to clear freezes two
or three times pw but withing a few months an update had fixed that. In
the last two years I can only remember having to reboot once.

Mike

"mike" wrote in message
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On 26/09/2010 18:39, Woody wrote:
wrote in message
om...
Woody wrote:
Is anyone still doing the 'pay once watch forever' offer?

If not, what is the best price I can get. Google isn't much
help.

TIA


Why not just go for Freesat, you loose a few channels but IMO
they're not worth watching anyway. Certainly the best way to go
if you want a PVR.

--
Adrian




Don't think I said anything about a PVR. As this is for an 83
year-old who has difficulty with most things technical I decided
to go for Sky as, like it or not, it is just about the easiest to
use. (Try using a Grundig Freesat box and you'll see what I
mean.) What is more if she gets into difficulties I can talk her
through it easily by phone.

The downside is the occasional need to de-power a Sky box to
unfuddle its brain - and I understand the Humax Freesat boxes
are not much better.

When I first got sky+ (jan 2008) I was unplugging to clear freezes two or
three times pw but withing a few months an update had fixed that. In the
last two years I can only remember having to reboot once.

Mike



cap set fitted. Sky HD box.
Still have to reboot a couple of times a week/ day month. Always 2 hours
after I go away on holiday.

Gary

On 26/09/2010 23:22, Gary wrote:

"mike" wrote in message
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On 26/09/2010 18:39, Woody wrote:
wrote in message
om...
Woody wrote:
Is anyone still doing the 'pay once watch forever' offer?

If not, what is the best price I can get. Google isn't much
help.

TIA


Why not just go for Freesat, you loose a few channels but IMO
they're not worth watching anyway. Certainly the best way to go
if you want a PVR.

--
Adrian




Don't think I said anything about a PVR. As this is for an 83
year-old who has difficulty with most things technical I decided
to go for Sky as, like it or not, it is just about the easiest to
use. (Try using a Grundig Freesat box and you'll see what I
mean.) What is more if she gets into difficulties I can talk her
through it easily by phone.

The downside is the occasional need to de-power a Sky box to
unfuddle its brain - and I understand the Humax Freesat boxes
are not much better.

When I first got sky+ (jan 2008) I was unplugging to clear freezes two
or three times pw but withing a few months an update had fixed that.
In the last two years I can only remember having to reboot once.

Mike



cap set fitted. Sky HD box.
Still have to reboot a couple of times a week/ day month. Always 2 hours
after I go away on holiday.

Gary


Does it record the programs whilst you where away?

I went away a few weeks after I got Sky+ and after 2 days all the
recordings failed. As I said an update came through and since then it's
been fine.

Mike

"mike" wrote in message
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On 26/09/2010 23:22, Gary wrote:

"mike" wrote in message
...
On 26/09/2010 18:39, Woody wrote:
wrote in message
om...
Woody wrote:
Is anyone still doing the 'pay once watch forever' offer?

If not, what is the best price I can get. Google isn't much
help.

TIA


Why not just go for Freesat, you loose a few channels but IMO
they're not worth watching anyway. Certainly the best way to go
if you want a PVR.

--
Adrian




Don't think I said anything about a PVR. As this is for an 83
year-old who has difficulty with most things technical I decided
to go for Sky as, like it or not, it is just about the easiest to
use. (Try using a Grundig Freesat box and you'll see what I
mean.) What is more if she gets into difficulties I can talk her
through it easily by phone.

The downside is the occasional need to de-power a Sky box to
unfuddle its brain - and I understand the Humax Freesat boxes
are not much better.

When I first got sky+ (jan 2008) I was unplugging to clear freezes two
or three times pw but withing a few months an update had fixed that.
In the last two years I can only remember having to reboot once.

Mike



cap set fitted. Sky HD box.
Still have to reboot a couple of times a week/ day month. Always 2 hours
after I go away on holiday.

Gary


Does it record the programs whilst you where away?

I went away a few weeks after I got Sky+ and after 2 days all the
recordings failed. As I said an update came through and since then it's
been fine.

Mike


no it will work for 1 day or 3 weeks no way to tell. but it seems to know
when we have gone away waits 2 hours then every thing fails.

On 28/09/2010 23:55, Anthony R. Gold wrote:
On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:27:43 +0100, wrote:

no it will work for 1 day or 3 weeks no way to tell. but it seems to know
when we have gone away waits 2 hours then every thing fails.

When I go away I leave every piece of electronics that I require to keep
running unattended (including all servers, DSL modems, routers, PVRs and
Slingboxen) on time switches. The most reliable are re-booted each week but
PVRs are rebooted each day. Turning these units off for just one minute
around 4am revives whatever has managed to become hung up. Servers that are
not sulking can be set to shut themselves down in anticipation of the power
loss. I don't recommend this to anyone else but it suits me fine.

Tony

My SKY+ box reboots in the wee hours automatically I think. I've
seen/heard it a couple of times when I've fallen asleep in front of the
TV. This may be the solution to the crashes I had.

Mike