sti-04!!

I need some help. Not tried AV forums yet as it can be a minefield
Anyway i want to be able to have seperate satellite feeds to 6 x rooms preferaly be able to have recording & HD in most of these rooms. Now i have been reading a bit about satellite multiswitches but my questions are;
1. Do i need to pay seperate multiroom charges for every box ?
2. Can i do what i want to do above ?
3. Is the satellite multiswitch compatible with SKY ?
4. What other options do i have ?

Cheers

PS its all for a residential property.

JPL

If you want to have total control over the channels you watch in each room, then I believe you need a receiver for every tv.

Pay a one-off charge for each box
If you want recording/HD, you might also have to pay an additional monthly charge too.

(I have Virgin in 3 rooms in my house and have a small additional monthly fee for one of them which is my extra V+ box (on top of my first V+ charge), the 3rd Virgin box is bog standard and that's free).

So unless you are ok with watching the same channel on all tv's in all rooms, I'm not sure it's possible.

Jer

You can always get some freesat boxes as I think you can mix free sat and sky on a satellite multiswitch.
I am just starting a housebuild and I am going to use cat6 runs to each room.

sti-04!!

I dont want to watch the same channels. I dont mind paying extra for HD as i have the full package anyway i just dont want to pay say £60 extra for multiroom per month.

sti-04!!

What will that achieve ? How will that work ?

Say i want to watch sky sports HD in the sitting room, the missus wants to watch x factor in the lounge & my boy wants to watch sky movies HD in his room while recording another movie ? Without paying out fortunes for multiroom is there another way ? There must be!

bigsinky

unfortunately not. that'll be £102 per month sir

sti-04!!

So ..... Sky have me by the ***** ?

Ant

Multi switch will work with sky you'll need a quttro lnb not a quad.

Switching installs tend to be for communal installs and we fit 90cm dishes but a normal sky dish will do it.

Going by your knowledge with the questions you're asking I wouldn't try installing this equipment yourself and contact a local aerial and satellite company.

sti-04!!

Thanks antc. Me & DIY dont work together for some reason therefore i will be getting someone in to do it. I do like asking questions so i can understand whats required.
So in your experience would i need to pay the multiroom or as bigsinky says am i screwed ?

SPEN555

You want a Slingbox job done much cheaper.

Ant

Yeah you'd after pay for it I'm afraid there's no getting round it

SPEN555

Yes there is, get a Slingbox TV anywhere from one box.

Ant

the op wants to watch different channels on individual boxes a slingbox will NOT do that.