Hi Neil,
When we first got Sky, we had a Panasonic (yep, in silver) and it was fine. It pretty much looked after itself after a couple of teething problems (it froze twice just after weâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢d had it installed, but Sky did whatever they needed to remotely).
Unfortunately, when we moved last year, the box got damaged (thank God for the Service Agreement!) so we had it replaced. In the first place, we got an old Pace one that was, Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢ve got to admit, cr@p and died within a week, so weââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢ve now got a Sony one (which, apparently, are very much sought after).
According to the Sky bloke, the best boxes are a toss up between the Sony & Panasonic ones, so sounds like you got a good deal there matey
