whats the lifetime for a mysky HDMI box

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janders

10 posts

Wannabe Geek

Topic # 66728 22-Aug-2010 14:31

I have had mine for 12 months and the hard drive sounds like it is struggling to keep going

boby55

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Reply # 371028 22-Aug-2010 14:38

Harddrives fail all the time, Its not a matter of if its when.

If your box is noticeably dodgy in terms of the Hard drive, Ring sky and they will come replace it

penfald

94 posts

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Reply # 373699 27-Aug-2010 18:25

Hmmm

I have an old grey Sky Box they left as my second decoder when I got the HD box. When it eventually dies will they give me a nice black HD box, or make me go to a standard second decoder???

Has this happened to anyone?

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danixer

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

Reply # 380181 15-Sep-2010 15:22

as an ex sky installer i have replaced some after a few days. luck of the draw really generally they are reasonably reliable. Rember if they crap out and the installer arrives he may do a hard rest which means you will loose all your recordings.

vexxxboy

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Reply # 380258 15-Sep-2010 17:53

i have had mine for 2 years and i have never turned it off and it gets a hammering , and its still going strong

Common sense is not as common as you think.

penfald

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Reply # 380267 15-Sep-2010 18:32

I think my grey box must be 5 years old now, I was one of the first to get it and have used it non stop since. Never turn it off.

Does anyone know how old they actually are?

Penfald