ghinzani
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Visited my Uncle in SW London at the weekend, hes just bought a great big HD Sony TV but cable are being arses for some reason about their HD service. He's in a bit of a rush to get it sorted before the Ryder cup but I was amazed to hear what sorta deal he is on. Basically he has two cable boxes, one in the lounge with the HD tv and one in the office, and he pays 40quid a month for each!!. Add on top of that he pays another 20 odd quid for Blueyonder broadband. The problem is he wants to keep the Blueyonder broadband 'cos his work email uses the address and all their business cards say it on them.
I reckon he should be able to get a HD box for less than the Sky stated price of 300 if he haggles, plus a non HD standard box with a Freeview card in the office (they dont need all the channels there). If necessary he could get a 2nd hand standard Sky box off Ebay or even one of these from Lidl http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20060828.p.Digital_Satellite_Receiver.ar6 . or even a 20 quid Freeview aerial type box...
As to the Broadband well Sky offer it free or cheap dont they? Im sure he could pay Blueyonder just to keep the email active and access it via the Net or even still download it into IE.
All this should cost him less than 100quid a month surely, with the added bonus of Sky plus and digital?
Anyone got any experience of this? I think monthly he is paying far too much and has'nt got HD either!
I reckon he should be able to get a HD box for less than the Sky stated price of 300 if he haggles, plus a non HD standard box with a Freeview card in the office (they dont need all the channels there). If necessary he could get a 2nd hand standard Sky box off Ebay or even one of these from Lidl http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20060828.p.Digital_Satellite_Receiver.ar6 . or even a 20 quid Freeview aerial type box...
As to the Broadband well Sky offer it free or cheap dont they? Im sure he could pay Blueyonder just to keep the email active and access it via the Net or even still download it into IE.
All this should cost him less than 100quid a month surely, with the added bonus of Sky plus and digital?
Anyone got any experience of this? I think monthly he is paying far too much and has'nt got HD either!