Exclusive Pictures of the New Sky Router

[skypaulusplus]

i have my first ever question- i thought sky were only giving out the white netgear router and the password ect is stored inside and that soon the routers ethernet port can be used for on demand tv (Sky anytime ) on the sky hd box .
as for sky i think they make most of there money (broadband) by giving un llued people sky broad.. mid for a dearer price and that they are very selfish .i joined sky with a new white 160 gig box in my sites but no i got fobbed off with a £49 40 gig non anytime sky plus box (doesanyone know how i can get a new 160 gig one this one sounds awful really noisy.
about the router which one does sky give out with connect and what would you rate the router as

[NewsreadeR]

Originally Posted by skypaulusplus

i thought sky were only giving out the white netgear router and the password ect is stored inside

Thats correct

and that soon the routers ethernet port can be used for on demand tv (Sky anytime ) on the sky hd box .

Months, even years away yet

As for the rest I don't know.

Welcome to SkyUser

[skypaulusplus]

thanks welcome to skypaulusplus' hdd what are people going on about the black box for also do you get any previews from sky

[Sky_Surfer]

agreed it looks bigger. I wouldn't mind testing one for wireless strength and Upnp etc. On the whole im happy with the netgear router although I would like to have the new one.

[NewsreadeR]

The new GUI

[NewsreadeR]

The famous UPnP Section.

[ppolo99]

GUI is miles better!!
Im happy with my little netgear one, the only snag is the GUI for me personally.

[puretoon]

I like the white Netgear router we've got now, it looks really nice.
I had and still have the Thomson SpeedTouch which is back and hated it.

I'm surprised to read that Sagem are supposed to be good as all the Sagem stuff I've seen-mobiles-have been crap. Infact it's a name I don't think I'd trust, so to read the new sky router will be a Sagem has kinda put me off it-plus it's awful looks.
There again I'll not be getting one anyway with already subscribing.

Why are Sky bringing yet another router out?? they've just brought the second generation one out not long since.

[NewsreadeR]

Yep, the GUI looks very much like the Sky Website?

Wonder if in future firmwares the Netgear will have it's GUI updated? I can imagine in the future, now it looks like the website, it will show adverts or links to your Sky Account etc?

[NewsreadeR]

Originally Posted by puretoon

Why are Sky bringing yet another router out?? they've just brought the second generation one out not long since.

The V2 routers are being beta tested now, rumoured made by Netgear and Sagem. The pictures of the blackish / grey are a Netgear V2.