Taking existing Sky HD multiroom box to a new property

Moving the box from one room to another physically just to watch a recorded programme?

Not exactly an every day solution to the issue is it, what a stupid reply, nobody is going to want to do that on a daily basis often several times per day :p

Or you could simply cable it up through a splitter and get an IR repeater for absolutely seamless playback room to room like i said....
 
Ok, so let me see if I have this right. I essentially buy a HDMI splitter that the sky HDMI feed goes into, then one feed goes to living room TV, and another upstairs to 2nd TV. Then the IR box allows control upstairs presumably using a 2nd sky remote (which we have)?

I've just realised that all this is frankly academic, seeing as we're renting the house. I doubt the landlord will be too happy with us routing cables up through the living room ceiling...

Maybe the xbox and sky go coupled with a freeview box will be the way to go here...
 
Silent Frog said:
Ok, so let me see if I have this right. I essentially buy a HDMI splitter that the sky HDMI feed goes into, then one feed goes to living room TV, and another upstairs to 2nd TV. Then the IR box allows control upstairs presumably using a 2nd sky remote (which we have)?

I've just realised that all this is frankly academic, seeing as we're renting the house. I doubt the landlord will be too happy with us routing cables up through the living room ceiling...

Maybe the xbox and sky go coupled with a freeview box will be the way to go here...
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no point discussing this then.

if you don't want to record then get a single feed from the sky box into room and pay £15 for a freesat card from sky.

if you do then get a double feed or go freeview and buy the relevant third party box outright.
 
Silent Frog said:
Ok, so let me see if I have this right. I essentially buy a HDMI splitter that the sky HDMI feed goes into, then one feed goes to living room TV, and another upstairs to 2nd TV. Then the IR box allows control upstairs presumably using a 2nd sky remote (which we have)?
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Exactly :) Will work seamlessly.

The catch is that you will need to run an HDMI cable, which as you have mentioned, may be a problem.

Nothing else will work properly, although you could look into wireless HDMI links.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
no point discussing this then.

if you don't want to record then get a single feed from the sky box into room and pay £15 for a freesat card from sky.

if you do then get a double feed or go freeview and buy the relevant third party box outright.
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How do you propose running a satellite feed to the other room be much different in terms of effort in a rental house, than running an HDMI feed?
 
The landlord has agreed to sky being set up there, as there is already existing sky feed(s) in the living room. He may be ok with a second dish feed upstairs, as it would be external and professionally done, but I'm not sure about how he'd respond to a non-professional (me) drilling holes inside the house...
 
You could run the HDMI externally too if both boxes are on external walls, or go with an HDMI wireless solution.
 
surely it wouldn't fit through the hole in the wall?

you would need to rake an end off and feed it through then put the end back on, not sure if that is easily done, or make the holes bigger than what they usually do for sat feeds.

you would also need a really long cable as well which aren't cheap
 
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