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  • 18-12-2010 10:34pm
    #1
    Green Gooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭


    I've decided I'm going to cancel Sky and I'm unsure of what to replace it with, so any suggestion's would be greatly appreciated.

    I've been told that if I get a motorised dish and a box I would receive a lot of channels. Is this the case? Surely any good foreign channels would be encrypted.

    Its either a choice between getting a motorised dish and box (I think its called a Pixar) which will cost around 300E or just get Freesat. But I think you'd get that (Freesat) with a motorised dish anyway, any suggestions?

    And assuming I got this motorised dish up and set top box, would I get many channels that had football, English language channels etc?


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  • #2
    tomslick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭tomslick


    Hello. A motorised dish will pickup a lot of channels but the vast majority of the free stuff is rubbish. A bit the same as Sky eg 200+ free but nearly all are ads and crap. The only one I can think of with english is 26east MBC, which has about 7 movie channels in english for free. Other than that not much else for free in english for free.
    You should get a Branded Freesat HD PVR. It'll cost about the same as a motorised setup but for what you want it's perfect.


  • #3
    Green Gooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭Green Gooner


    tomslick wrote: »
    Hello. A motorised dish will pickup a lot of channels but the vast majority of the free stuff is rubbish. A bit the same as Sky eg 200+ free but nearly all are ads and crap. The only one I can think of with english is 26east MBC, which has about 7 movie channels in english for free. Other than that not much else for free in english for free.
    You should get a Branded Freesat HD PVR. It'll cost about the same as a motorised setup but for what you want it's perfect.

    Thanks mate! :)

    So just to be clear, if I went ahead and got this system of a box and motorised dish, I would receive virtually nothing in terms of English? The guy in the store I went to said anyone who got it ''swore by it'' but I was cynical 'cos any foreign channels with Football would be encrypted.

    Regarding the Freesat, do you mean it would have to be an official freesat box and have the logo on the box cover etc or would any box the picks up Freesat suffice? By the way, what does the 'PVR' satnd for whan you said Freesat HD PVR?


  • #4
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Official Freesat HD. The Generic boxes aren't worth it For FTA UK TV

    PVR = Personal Video Recorder. A set-box with dual tuners and built in Hard Drive. Records signal as is, so playback is live quality. Some can "save" to BDR (Blu Ray Recordable). Budget pseudo PVRs have one tuner and a USB host port for your USB stick or USB HDD.


  • #5
    Deedsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,283 ✭✭✭Deedsie


    Is the Edision argus a freesat HD box?


  • #6
    Green Gooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭Green Gooner


    Seen something but need some more info from people on here.

    A guy said he could put in foreign satellite for me. I would use 3 dishes (around the same size as the standard sky dish) but it would be connected top my broadband :confused:

    If the broadband goes off, all the channels barring the freesat goes off.

    Couple of question's
    • Would a standard size dish be appropriate at getting foreign channels?
    • When I seen a demonstration, although the picture quality was good, there appeared to be a little interference when you were changing the channel, why?
    • Would this effect my broadband?


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  • #7
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    That's stealing Satellite PayTV by Internet Card Sharing. Illegal in Ireland.
    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1990/en/act/pub/0024/sec0009.html#zza24y1990s9
    Prohibition on interception of services.

    9.—(1) No person, other than a duly authorised officer of the
    Minister, shall, in relation to a service provided by a licensee or a
    service provider—


    ( a ) intercept the service,


    ( b ) suffer or permit or do any other thing that enables such interception by any person,


    ( c ) possess, manufacture, assemble, import, supply, or offer to supply,
    any equipment which is designed or adapted to be used for the purpose of
    enabling such interception by any person, or


    ( d ) publish information with the intention of assisting or enabling any person to intercept such a service.


    (2) No person shall—


    ( a ) knowingly instal or attempt to instal or maintain any equipment which
    is capable of being used or designed or adapted to be used for the
    purpose of enabling such interception by any person, or


    ( b ) wilfully damage or attempt to damage a system or part of a system operated by a licensee or service provider.


    (3) A person who contravenes any provision of subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.


    (4) In this section "intercept" in relation to a service means
    receive, view, listen to, record by any means or acquire the substance
    or purport of the service or part thereof supplied by a licensee or
    service provider without the agreement of the licensee or service
    provider.

    You can get any Free Foreign TV you like
    Some Pay TV that is Foreign will sell subscriptions here (Sky is actually really Foreign pay TV)
    See http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=622


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