I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that right?

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:28:04 -0000, "Geoff Pearson"
<gspearson1647@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that right?
>
Probably not.

Geoff Pearson wrote:
> I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that right?

No, but your sub Sky card will work in it.

Trij

"TriJan" <trijan@trijan.com> wrote in message
news:45fd6f51_1@x-privat.org...
> Geoff Pearson wrote:
>> I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that
>> right?
>
> No, but your sub Sky card will work in it.
>
> Trij

so what is it - I am told it is not a standard Sky digibox?

On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:08:49 -0000, "Geoff Pearson"
<gspearson1647@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"TriJan" <trijan@trijan.com> wrote in message
>news:45fd6f51_1@x-privat.org...
>> Geoff Pearson wrote:
>>> I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that
>>> right?
>>
>> No, but your sub Sky card will work in it.
>>
>> Trij
>
>so what is it - I am told it is not a standard Sky digibox?
>
If it is the same as / similar to:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBox2
then no.
You would need the appropriate CAM and IIRC you would still need to
introduce the viewing card to a DodgyBox at intervals to keep it
alive.

"Geoff Pearson" <gspearson1647@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:562c7jF27e7rqU1@mid.individual.net...
> I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that right?
>

If that was possible, I think we would all know about it and Sky would go bust.

Sky have put much effort into their digital encryption having had the previous
analogue system hacked.

All the BBC and ITV channels and some others are FTA and can be received by non
sky equipment.

--

Michael Chare

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:53:26 +0000, Charles Ellson
<charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:28:04 -0000, "Geoff Pearson"
><gspearson1647@hotmail.com> repeated:
>
>>I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that right?

only 28 channels? I get lots more with my LIDL box ...
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com

Charles Ellson wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:28:04 -0000, "Geoff Pearson"
> <gspearson1647@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that right?
>>
> Probably not.

There is a module available for the Dreambox called Dragon CAM that
should let it unscamble Sky channels, but one needs a valid Sky
subscription to use this module.

http://www.dragonmodul.com/index.html

Michael Chare wrote:
> "Geoff Pearson" <gspearson1647@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:562c7jF27e7rqU1@mid.individual.net...
>> I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that right?
>>
>
> If that was possible, I think we would all know about it and Sky would go bust.
>
> Sky have put much effort into their digital encryption having had the previous
> analogue system hacked.
>
> All the BBC and ITV channels and some others are FTA and can be received by non
> sky equipment.
>

Micheal,

http://www.dragonmodul.com/index.html

z

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:43:57 +0100, Jim Watt <jimwatt@aol.no_way>
wrote:

>On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:53:26 +0000, Charles Ellson
><charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:28:04 -0000, "Geoff Pearson"
>><gspearson1647@hotmail.com> repeated:
>>
>>>I am told this will receive all 28.2 channels without sub. Is that right?
>
>only 28 channels? I get lots more with my LIDL box ...
>
But can you get 1/5 of a channel on it ?