retired_mountainsong

help me out my Sunday pals.

basically getting a new Tv tomorrow, and ideally since my house has Sky+ Id like that in my room too. I know I could buy a new Sky box and watch whatever I wanted independently of all the other TV's in the house, but we have a study/games room that has Sky+ and its own box, that nobody ever really uses except for me.

isnt there a way to make it so my TV in my room can view whatever the box downstairs is watching? is this something I do through sky? or just a gadget I buy?

retired_mrszip

You need a 'magic eye'

retired_mountainsong

cool, i know exactly what to look for now

retired_mountainsong

So how do they work exactly? because I have 2 TV's in the house with Sky+, dont want to interfere with the one in the front room at all

retired_mrszip

One unit basically sits inbetween the sky box and the tv and transmits the signal to another unit between your aerial input and your tv. You can also use the remote through he magic eye iirc. We use them at work sometimes but I havent personally used one.

michaelwoodcock

Buy a Sky plus magic eye for around £20, and hook it up, takes all of two minutes. You can then watch that box on the second TV, controlling it from the comfort of your bedroom. Picture and sound quality is good, especially if you use good quality coaxial cable.

retired_mrszip

Link

Reading that though it just does the remote commands and you'll need to run a co-ax from the RF2 output on the sky box to your room.

retired_mountainsong

its not really practical for me to have acable connecting the 2 tv's though. is there a wireless way?

michaelwoodcock

Should be noted that Sky recommend the Global version, due to "superior build quality and better product reliability to deliver the high standards Sky customers have come to expect." Not sure if that's true, although I have heard of folks complaining the cheaper ones lost picture and sound quality.

michaelwoodcock

No