Afternoon all.
Having gone round all the options many many times, read and re-read this and other forums, made several "final" decisions I really need a bit of guidance if possible.
I want to get Sky in my main room and also in another room where I will be banished to watch the football! So multiroom is the way I will go as I need to have independent Sky channels on each TV. Ideally I want Sky+ in both rooms but as ever, it comes down to cost and not being able to easily afford the cost of 2 SKy+ boxes, although I will subscribe to the Sports channels.
My questions/issues are basically as follows:
If I go for 2 Sky+boxes, will one be a refurb unit and will I have any control over the type of box I get?
If I go for Sky+ installation in one room and standard box in the other, how easy would it be to get Sky+ installed at a later date in place of the standard box?
Would it be preferable to get an independent installer/engineer in after I've got the Sky+/standard Sky box installed?
In effect, Sky+ will be installed in one room and if would be good to get the wiring pre-installed for Sky+ in the other room, although will just use a standard box initially, as it gives me flexibility going forward. Ideally, I'd like the option in the future to get HD in both rooms when it becomes better value in terms of content and monthly fee and will perhaps buy the boxes separately if the wiring etc is already in place.
Is this possible, logical, cost-effective?!!
Any help would be appreciated as I need to make a decision today or tomorrow as my builder who's done some work for me has had real issues with getting both TVs to work via a loftbox. At least if they are fed via Sky, we can park the loftbox issue for now.
Many thanks (hope it made sense!)
PS Any good offers available at present on the kit I am looking to get? I will certainly ask when I phone up but it would help hugely if I knew what i should be asking / pushing for in terms of a deal. Thanks!
Having gone round all the options many many times, read and re-read this and other forums, made several "final" decisions I really need a bit of guidance if possible.
I want to get Sky in my main room and also in another room where I will be banished to watch the football! So multiroom is the way I will go as I need to have independent Sky channels on each TV. Ideally I want Sky+ in both rooms but as ever, it comes down to cost and not being able to easily afford the cost of 2 SKy+ boxes, although I will subscribe to the Sports channels.
My questions/issues are basically as follows:
If I go for 2 Sky+boxes, will one be a refurb unit and will I have any control over the type of box I get?
If I go for Sky+ installation in one room and standard box in the other, how easy would it be to get Sky+ installed at a later date in place of the standard box?
Would it be preferable to get an independent installer/engineer in after I've got the Sky+/standard Sky box installed?
In effect, Sky+ will be installed in one room and if would be good to get the wiring pre-installed for Sky+ in the other room, although will just use a standard box initially, as it gives me flexibility going forward. Ideally, I'd like the option in the future to get HD in both rooms when it becomes better value in terms of content and monthly fee and will perhaps buy the boxes separately if the wiring etc is already in place.
Is this possible, logical, cost-effective?!!
Any help would be appreciated as I need to make a decision today or tomorrow as my builder who's done some work for me has had real issues with getting both TVs to work via a loftbox. At least if they are fed via Sky, we can park the loftbox issue for now.
Many thanks (hope it made sense!)
PS Any good offers available at present on the kit I am looking to get? I will certainly ask when I phone up but it would help hugely if I knew what i should be asking / pushing for in terms of a deal. Thanks!