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Sky Plus DRX890 HD Digibox Satellite Receiver Digital Receiver Slim Black

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Sky still shows a slight bias towards iOS users with its Sky app – and with some of its other apps, come to that. The end of the satellite television dish is in sight after Sky said it would start offering most of its services via a set-top streaming box. The service lets you watch programmes on two devices at the same time, so four members of an extended family won't all be able to tune into Succession simultaneously on different devices. There is also a Sky+ Remote Control Easy Grip control, which allows you to control your Sky box and your television. Maybe one day Sky will be able to integrate some sort of learning functionality so that the pushed content can be more consistently relevant to your viewing habits.

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Such systems are used very effectively by Virgin, YouView and Freesat on some of their current receivers, and if Sky could manage to integrate some variation of this system into its EPG at some point, we suspect it would instantly solve some of the on demand content-finding issues noted earlier.

If a friend or family member already subscribes to Sky, then you can register as a secondary user and still watch Sky shows. Alternatively, Sky Go is a streaming service that allows Sky subscribers to watch programmes away from the home.

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But thankfully the difference in functionality level between the two platforms is far less pronounced now than it used to be, and Sky has publicly pledged to work hard to ultimately deliver as much cross-platform parity as it can. If that's not enough for you, and you want even more channels, then Freesat offers more than 200 channels and on-demand TV from the likes of the BBC and ITV. However, users are meant to be part of the same household as the primary Sky account holder, according to Sky. It offers live streaming and on-demand content from popular Sky channels - so, you can watch Sky shows as they're going out live, or catch up on them at a later date. There’s not much to say here really, as in the vast majority of cases your receiver will be installed for you by a Sky engineer.But it still feels more of a struggle to find less mainstream on-demand content than it ideally would.

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Important - Unlike many other modulators on the market, this one can be controlled using the TV eye system. To get it, you just need a Freesat box or a TV with Freesat built-in, plus a Freesat satellite dish.It may not offer the same sports or movie range as Sky, but it still gives you a huge selection of channels for no cost at all (other than the charge for a TV licence). If you decide that none of the above options work for you, then one alternative is to stick with Freeview. The Sky+ for Android and iPhone application lets subscribers with a connected (UK Landline) Sky+ box dial in recordings from their phone. We’ll come back to this presently, but first we should run through the Sky HD 2TB’s other connections: namely an HDMI, two LNB inputs, an aerial loopthrough system, both optical and coaxial digital audio outputs, and an Ethernet port should you prefer the hardwired approach to using the new Wi-Fi. Superb friendly service received from Andy in assisting with setting up a new Tivusat box for a relative, out of hours as well !

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