Originally posted by cactikid:

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nothing on upc works now like pre n3 boxes,sat boxes are not free if you want say movies/sports etc,card sharing with a paid sub to view encrypted channels,saorview is the new irish tv service giving free tv but uses an aerial on roof.

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Originally posted by MICKAH:

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Yip, although I would get a HD box such as the blade box or the Openbox etc,

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Originally posted by MICKAH:

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Hi mate, for cheap and cheerful I would go for a Openbox (60 to 70 euros) they are HD and have a basic DVR on them, the blade is another all rounder, if you want duel tuners (record and watch another chan at the same time) both can be got from here
http://www.satsecure.co.uk used to be Skywonders site, same guys running it and can be trusted

http://www.world-of-satellite.co.uk/Dig...ellite-Receiver

your looking at a pricer model about 200 euros give or take, Pat has a great tut on here how to use the openbox and how to load the cline, they are really simple to use, a lot of the non linux boxs are, you just enter the cline details and off they go,

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Originally posted by MICKAH:

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as far as I am aware the ccam firmware is on the openmedia already, so its a case of put the line in, chans you have to scan yerself, if you have an open box you can do a chan file and give it to your mate or load it for him, they are in the UK so cant see em loading a chan file on them

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Originally posted by MICKAH:

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Cheap and cheerful, the openbox/F3 it can record and its HD, spend a bit more the Blade box, HD, Media player and recordable, yes it will work on any dish and no, those dongles are a bit crap for sharing, the latency on the line causes drop outs, get proper bband installed,

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Originally posted by MICKAH:

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depends where ure based just shop about, but those sticks yer wasting yer time and will end up banging yer head off a wall, a cline I can recommend one to you via PM, even to test when your set up

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Originally posted by MICKAH:

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they are much the same, as Eircom own the lines, vodafone is using there network to provide the bband, so its what ever is the cheaper of the two

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Originally posted by vicatron:

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hi long time friend of the page just back from spain and have a wee question...my dad has a system in spain that has ALL the channels you can imagine and more...he also has a search system where you put in the name of what you are looking for say SKYFALL and it searches finds it and plays it...he had to give his IP address to the provider and all his channels seem to be from the net all sky bbc itv etc...he paid an istallation fee and then pays 13 euro(!!!!) a month for his whole package...so my question is would this service work in ireland?? is there an internet tv box available already? i used to have an old starview and dreambox back in the day so paying sky over 100 every month just kills me! lol any advice greatly appreciated. ty

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