Laptop, TV card and Sky

A friend is bringing over his new laptop and new TV card tomorrow (I
don't know the makes) and wants to connect up to my Sky+ box to
demonstrate the card. I told him that I don't have Freeview and I
doubted therefore whether it would work -- but he insists that it will.

Can he connect to my Sky subscription service and play it on his laptop?

Stan

"Stan The Man" wrote in message
...
A friend is bringing over his new laptop and new TV card tomorrow (I don't
know the makes) and wants to connect up to my Sky+ box to demonstrate the
card. I told him that I don't have Freeview and I doubted therefore whether
it would work -- but he insists that it will.

Can he connect to my Sky subscription service and play it on his laptop?

Stan


Has it gor UHF aerial or CVBS / S-video in ?

"Stan The Man" wrote in message
...
A friend is bringing over his new laptop and new TV card tomorrow (I don't
know the makes) and wants to connect up to my Sky+ box to demonstrate the
card. I told him that I don't have Freeview and I doubted therefore whether
it would work -- but he insists that it will.

Can he connect to my Sky subscription service and play it on his laptop?

Stan



he can connect the s-video output from your sky box to the s-video input on
his tv card - but he'll be using the pc as a monitor - not actually tuning
into satellite tv with the pc.

Gareth.

On 2008-04-03 06:33:08 +0100, "the dog from that film you saw"
said:


"Stan The Man" wrote in message
...
A friend is bringing over his new laptop and new TV card tomorrow (I don't
know the makes) and wants to connect up to my Sky+ box to demonstrate the
card. I told him that I don't have Freeview and I doubted therefore whether
it would work -- but he insists that it will.

Can he connect to my Sky subscription service and play it on his laptop?

Stan



he can connect the s-video output from your sky box to the s-video input on
his tv card - but he'll be using the pc as a monitor - not actually tuning
into satellite tv with the pc.

Gareth.

Thanks.

Stan

Stan The Man wrote:

A friend is bringing over his new laptop and new TV card tomorrow (I
don't know the makes) and wants to connect up to my Sky+ box to
demonstrate the card. I told him that I don't have Freeview and I
doubted therefore whether it would work -- but he insists that it
will.
Can he connect to my Sky subscription service and play it on his
laptop?

He could if he had 1) a DVB-S tuner (in some form or the other - USB
stick, perhaps?), 2) an unauthorized software implementation of a
VideoGuard (NDS) CAM3), and 3) a smart card reader for the Sky viewing
card. But if he did, he wouldn't need your actual Sky box for anything -
only the lead from the dish.

Otherwise, it would have to be what the others have been describing...
i.e., an analogue video capture or tv tuner card of some sort, feeding
from the s-video, composite video, or even RF output of your Sky+ box.

--
znark