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Originally Posted by Chris
I've said it before in this thread and I'll say it again - if you already have a Sky digital dish on your house, do not under any circumstances buy the Ross box and dish combo from B&Q.
You don't need the dish and what's the point mucking about with the fiddly Ross box, which doesn't even have a proper EPG, when you can get a branded Freesat box with a proper EPG, and even some red-button functionality for under £40?
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First off, thanks to you and Kymmy for your previous help. I'd just like to say, that I'm more than happy with the Ross/B&Q kit, which for £35 I can't complain. I didn't have high expectations for that amount of money and the fact that I could use my already fitted Sky dish was a bonus. It's done what I needed it to do which was restore TV reception upstairs. I would just point out that it seems that B&Q are now doing the HD version on offer for £50 and I probably would have gone for that if it was that price at the time of my purchase.
I might just stick the Ross dish on the flat roof of the garage and get another sat box so that I can get some of the other sats (ones that the Sky dish won't pick up) to have a look at what's on them. At the end of the day, there isn't much other use for the spare sat dish and I can always link up the extra sat box to the quad LNB (if the Ross dish sats prove a waste of time).
Just to confirm that I ordered the quad LNB I linked in one of my earlier posts and it turned up two days later and was exactly as described. I find it strange that I bought it for about £5 + postage, which seems to be completely different to the market price. It came with the spare plugs, LNB holder adapter (not required) and the LNB holder I used had a spirit level on it.
The only thing left to do is drill the hole in the wall (it's connected up with the cable through an open window at the moment), which I'm still a bit nervous about. Also the cost of a single extra long masonry drill bit is extortionate, £10 - £16 for a 10 - 12mm 300 - 400mm drill bit that I'm going to use once. I think I've found a Draper deal online that is local to me and is open tomorrow, if so, should be £4 tops.