what to do with a dish?
 

The Crow wrote:
Hi.
I've just discovered that the house I've started renting appears to
have a diggy dish on the side, and a lead in the lounge. If I were
to get hold of a box, is there anything I can do with this?
obviously pick up sky. I know sky used to have a free card, is this
till true or would I have to subscribe? My tv signal is rubbish, so
I'm looking for rf alternatives. Thanks.

Assuming the dish is still aligned correctly, you could buy a second
hand Digibox from EBay etc. That (without any viewing card) would give
you all the BBC TV channels (1,2,3,4 N24, CBBC etc) plus a number
of other FTA TV stations (CNN, Sky News, Shopping Channels, radio).

It will not receive ITV-1, C4 or Five. You need an FTV card for these.
No longer issued I'm afraid.

See the FAQ for more details
http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy

The Crow wrote:
Hi.
I've just discovered that the house I've started renting appears to have a
diggy dish on the side, and a lead in the lounge. If I were to get hold of
a box, is there anything I can do with this? obviously pick up sky. I know
sky used to have a free card, is this till true or would I have to
subscribe? My tv signal is rubbish, so I'm looking for rf alternatives.
Thanks.



You could pick up BBC1/2/3/4 with just a digibox..
(along with loadsa other mainly junk channels)
If you wanted to get ITC/C4/C5 you'd need a card,
which were available from www.free2view.tv, but no
longer are..
I'm sure you could get a card from ebay..

R

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:50:47 +0100, Ray Quinn wrote:

The Crow wrote:
Hi.
I've just discovered that the house I've started renting appears to have a
diggy dish on the side, and a lead in the lounge. If I were to get hold of
a box, is there anything I can do with this? obviously pick up sky. I know
sky used to have a free card, is this till true or would I have to
subscribe? My tv signal is rubbish, so I'm looking for rf alternatives.
Thanks.



You could pick up BBC1/2/3/4 with just a digibox..
(along with loadsa other mainly junk channels)
If you wanted to get ITC/C4/C5 you'd need a card,
which were available from www.free2view.tv, but no
longer are..
I'm sure you could get a card from ebay..

R

They're no longer available on Ebay because Sky has demanded that Ebay
remove all auctions for viewing cards. Technically they are property
of Sky and shouldn't be resold.

http://www.itvchannel4five.com/ is selling them for £125. Don't know
how reliable they are.

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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:48:59 +0000, Dave
wrote:

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:50:47 +0100, Ray Quinn wrote:

The Crow wrote:
Hi.
I've just discovered that the house I've started renting appears to have a
diggy dish on the side, and a lead in the lounge. If I were to get hold of
a box, is there anything I can do with this? obviously pick up sky. I know
sky used to have a free card, is this till true or would I have to
subscribe? My tv signal is rubbish, so I'm looking for rf alternatives.
Thanks.



You could pick up BBC1/2/3/4 with just a digibox..
(along with loadsa other mainly junk channels)
If you wanted to get ITC/C4/C5 you'd need a card,
which were available from www.free2view.tv, but no
longer are..
I'm sure you could get a card from ebay..

R

They're no longer available on Ebay because Sky has demanded that Ebay
remove all auctions for viewing cards. Technically they are property
of Sky and shouldn't be resold.

http://www.itvchannel4five.com/ is selling them for £125. Don't know
how reliable they are.

They DO seem to still be available on Ebay. Someone on digital spy
said they were no longer available. Don't trust everything you read on
the net :)

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Dave wrote:

They DO seem to still be available on Ebay.

For many months Sky have done periodic checks on Ebay for auctions
involving cards. I don't think that Ebay does anything about it unless
it is specifically requested by Sky though. So if they check this week
the cards will probably be back next week.

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Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
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How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
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Dave wrote:

http://www.xxxxxxx is selling them for £125.

Good grief. And this is the card that Sky, the DCMS, ITV, C4 and C5
say that no one wants?

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Digibox problem? : A reboot solves 90% of these.
The Sky Digital FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/yvnsy
How to get UK TV overseas: http://tinyurl.com/6p73
Fed up with logos / red buttons? : http://logofreetv.org/
BBC gone? : http://www.astra2d.co.uk/
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:25:16 GMT, Jomtien wrote:

Dave wrote:

They DO seem to still be available on Ebay.

For many months Sky have done periodic checks on Ebay for auctions
involving cards. I don't think that Ebay does anything about it unless
it is specifically requested by Sky though. So if they check this week
the cards will probably be back next week.

It also seems that people selling digiboxes also have something to the effect
that punters should contact them by email regarding obtaining a card. Thus they
are within the rules as they are not selling Sky cards through Ebay.

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Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

In uk.media.tv.sky on Tue, 17 Feb 2004, The Crow wrote :

Lend it to me - I'll insert it up whoever was responsible for screwing
up the sound on C4 last night during Frasier!
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Paul 'US Sitcom Fan' Hyett