How useful is SKY+

methos_de

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That would work fine. Just make sure its a second hand one so that you're not forced to have it connected to the phone line.

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Hi!,

How old is old. 12 months or less so to not to have a phone connection.
And if I buy a new one (i like the new 3100 model) can I get a normal sub (no sky+) without the phoneline connection for the first 12 months ?
 

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It doesnt matter how old the box is, if you dont buy it new your not forced to connect it to the phone line. Theoretically you could buy one thats a day old but youve bought it second hand.
If you buy a new box you have to connect it regardless of whether you have the SKY+ sub or not.

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so second hand means that it has been connected to the phone and activated that way, or anyway that the previous owner has activated the box.
 

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well here is my story..hehe.. a few weeks ago i went to my local comet because the manager ( a mate of mine ) was closing it down and had a load of stuff he could give me dirt cheap.

i came out with :
a brand new pace digibox
an old pace digibox
a sky + box .. ... lol

as you can imagine i was over the moon,, assuming i could use the sky+ to record programs from a connection to eutelsat 13e so i could then record armenian tv which i love to watch...... i was surprised that i had to activate the record facility as i assumed the £10 a month was for sky+ as a full service..not just the pvr ( Surely, had i paid full for it, i would have already paid £300 for that!!)..

simple questions:

1. i have established that i cannot use the box as a basic pvr/// is this final? are there any custom hardware/software hacks or something to do this?

2. does anyone want these boxes lol...they are all shop demo models so i presume the sky+ was never activated on it.. the pace one is brilliant though.. its locked to my card at the mo..

anyone able to help? i hate looking at the sky+ box sat there defunct in my room thinking...urrgg!!
 

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No hacks i'm afraid. To use the PVR functions you would indeed have to have it activated by SKY thus causing you to pay a further 10GBP a month.

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