SKY rip us all off! King Kong pin protected (proper post)

wrote in message
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So after all this time King Kong comes to sky movies two. And they
decide to show it on multiscreen. So we flick onto it at seven, and are
gretted with a screen...

Please enter PIN.

Now come on... this isnt a porn movie! Its a normal film shown at its
appropriate time! And...

We have never used a ****ing PIN

We have no use for a ****ing PIN

We do not want a ****ing PIN

We, having paid over the odds for SKY movies should NOT have to be
phoning Sky at 7 o clock on a New Years Day to try and find out what
this PIN is...

Apparently, the PIN is for people who watch boxoffice and x-rated
movies... Sorry Sky, but King Kong is not a porno (that is King Dong),
and this behaviour is totally unacceptable.

Trying to phone up to sort this out, and oh, its engaged. What a
suprise half of the UK has the same problem and are all tryin to phone
the same 1 operator....

Ive totally lost my confidence in Sky after this.....

(PS. At least there is Taylor vs Barneveld to watch to contain our
anger at missing one of the top billed films of the xmas holidays)



I think I saw your dummy on the floor somewhere around here....

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RCE Defiant

Hi,

In article ,
Paul wrote:
Yeah, but we should have the option for all customers if they wish to
disable it then they should be able to do so

On all but HD boxes (which are a little behind in software terms) you can
(IIRC).

Andy

wrote in message
oups.com...
So after all this time King Kong comes to sky movies two. And they
decide to show it on multiscreen. So we flick onto it at seven, and are
gretted with a screen...

Please enter PIN.

Now come on... this isnt a porn movie! Its a normal film shown at its
appropriate time! And...

We have never used a ****ing PIN

We have no use for a ****ing PIN

We do not want a ****ing PIN

We, having paid over the odds for SKY movies should NOT have to be
phoning Sky at 7 o clock on a New Years Day to try and find out what
this PIN is...

Apparently, the PIN is for people who watch boxoffice and x-rated
movies... Sorry Sky, but King Kong is not a porno (that is King Dong),
and this behaviour is totally unacceptable.

Trying to phone up to sort this out, and oh, its engaged. What a
suprise half of the UK has the same problem and are all tryin to phone
the same 1 operator....


Last four numbers on your viewing card is usually your PIN (Though I totally
agree as NOTHING on Sky needs nanny protection not even the so-called *porn*
channels!)

T.W.

wrote:
So after all this time King Kong comes to sky movies two. And they
decide to show it on multiscreen. So we flick onto it at seven, and are
gretted with a screen...

Please enter PIN.

Now come on... this isnt a porn movie! Its a normal film shown at its
appropriate time! And...

We have never used a ****ing PIN

We have no use for a ****ing PIN

We do not want a ****ing PIN

We, having paid over the odds for SKY movies should NOT have to be
phoning Sky at 7 o clock on a New Years Day to try and find out what
this PIN is...

Apparently, the PIN is for people who watch boxoffice and x-rated
movies... Sorry Sky, but King Kong is not a porno (that is King Dong),
and this behaviour is totally unacceptable.

Trying to phone up to sort this out, and oh, its engaged. What a
suprise half of the UK has the same problem and are all tryin to phone
the same 1 operator....

Ive totally lost my confidence in Sky after this.....

(PS. At least there is Taylor vs Barneveld to watch to contain our
anger at missing one of the top billed films of the xmas holidays)

It is also a useful mechanism to prevent competitor pvrs from setting
automatic recordings.

Gaz

Mark A wrote:
Paul Heslop wrote:

He may have reacted a bit strong but the question has to be asked...
why did they do it?

Ofcom tell them to?

Regards

Mark

And offcom tell them not to have the facility to turn off such an intrusive
mechanism in adult only households??

Gaz

Mike Henry wrote:

In , Paul Heslop
wrote:

Mike wrote:

Paul Heslop wrote:
If you are old enough to subscribe to SKY and have enough brain cells to
work the remote I don't think it's too much to expect you to
remember/note down your PIN and use it.

Mike

Yeah, but we should have the option for all customers if they wish to
disable it then they should be able to do so, a bit like the old red
dot. As has been pointed out before some people don't have little kids
around so having to input a pin number is tediously unnecessary.

Quite. Especially so given that every timeshifting device except Sky's
own Sky+ system is completely screwed by this. Adult-only households
should be able to turn the PIN prompts off.

It does seem sometimes like they really do just want to make using
other equipment as hard as possible.
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Andy Hawkins wrote:

Hi,

In article ,
Paul wrote:
Yeah, but we should have the option for all customers if they wish to
disable it then they should be able to do so

On all but HD boxes (which are a little behind in software terms) you can
(IIRC).

Andy

There's a little box when you go in there which says something like
'turn off adult limits' or something, but I've tried it and you still
have to use pin on 9 & 10 at least. It's rare that the main ones use
pin so harder to see if it works.
--
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Edster wrote:

Paul Heslop wrote in message

Yeah, but we should have the option for all customers if they wish to
disable it then they should be able to do so, a bit like the old red
dot. As has been pointed out before some people don't have little kids
around so having to input a pin number is tediously unnecessary.

Is the option to remove the red "dot" (if only it was still just a
dot) for Sky+ or HD users only? I'm still plagued with the thing. You
can set it to time out after about 30 seconds, but you can't stop it
from coming back on as often as the broadcaster wants it to. Hogfather
was wrecked for me by constant reminders to watch the beginning again
every few minutes.

I don't think there is an option but it would surprise me if HD users
did have it. Yes, it did ruin Hogfather and a fair number of other
programs
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"Edster" wrote in message
...
Paul Heslop wrote in message

Yeah, but we should have the option for all customers if they wish to
disable it then they should be able to do so, a bit like the old red
dot. As has been pointed out before some people don't have little kids
around so having to input a pin number is tediously unnecessary.

Is the option to remove the red "dot" (if only it was still just a
dot) for Sky+ or HD users only? I'm still plagued with the thing. You
can set it to time out after about 30 seconds, but you can't stop it
from coming back on as often as the broadcaster wants it to. Hogfather
was wrecked for me by constant reminders to watch the beginning again
every few minutes.

All I did was record it, Then started playback 50 minutes after it started
so I could record it to DVD without the ****e onscreen.
No red dots but now we have the "Also available in HD" to contend with (like
we care!)

As for a normal Sky box, I don't think there is any option to remove it :-/

Did the dot still appear on the repeat couple of days later on Sky Three?
( I think it was Three anyway)

The Wizard wrote:


Did the dot still appear on the repeat couple of days later on Sky Three?
( I think it was Three anyway)

Both the red dot and the hd thing appeared on the repeat.

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