[chbot] OT....what should it cost?

[Mark Atherton]

I think you can get myskyHD but without the HD service (?) if that 
takes you closer to an HDMI signal source - phone and ask...

<http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=AC1607&keywords=HDMI&form=KEYWORD>http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=AC1607&keywords=HDMI&form=KEYWORD 
- video and analogue ADC $155

... then migrate to true HDMI as sources and display become available.

- up front cost is higher
- only one installation (?!)

all in all quite an interesting balancing act

Apparently the SKY Conditional Access cards aren't locked to the boxes

Know any friendly SKY installers ?

A box in each room and a couple of cards (which are quite portable).

box - think outside it :)

-Mark




At 08:32 PM 1/26/2011, Carl Ranson wrote:

>Yeah, its worth thinking about.
>I'll probably upgrade the living room tv within a few years. That might
>have the knock on effect of upgrading to the hd version of sky.
>
>The obvious answer is to use cat5 converters like the one I mentioned.
>I seriously have my doubts on those for analog signals, but given the
>low price of those ones I should probably just get one and try it.
>C
>
>On 26/01/2011 8:00 p.m., Mark Atherton wrote:
> > Couple of more thoughts:
> >
> > What is the planned life for the installation ? Will analogue be dead
> > soon, if so when ? - look how fast CRTs have been displaced... what
> > about SKY gear etc.
> >
> > Are there any other ways of managing the process where upgrading or
> > replacing a small number of pieces of equipment will drop the overall
> > system installation cost and improve longevity?
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> > At 07:40 PM 1/26/2011, you wrote:
> >
> >> Hey all, some interesting points raised by various people which i'll
> >> address here.
>...
>
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