Second Hand Sky Digibox

mjsmyth

My brother is giving me a Sky FTV card, all well and good, apart from the fact I have nothing to put it in!!!

Normally I would not bother with it, but it would be nice to get ch 4, ch 5, film 4 and also sky 3.

Am I best to go along the route of finding a second hand sky digibox, or to use a dragon cam? Am I allowed mention that here? If not, let me know and I will edit the message.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
MJ

Skyuser

Im hearing a lot of these dragon cams, what are they?

Capt'n Midnight

Gosh you do learn something new every day [edit]

try the for sale gerneral / wanted forums - €50 or so probably less than a CAM and you get the EPG too

mjsmyth

With regards to the dragon cam, I have been reading that if you have a Sky Card, it can be used instead of a sky digibox.

That, in my book is not piracy or illegal, you are legally using the card you purchased, just not in a sky box.........

MJ

Tony

Yes the dragon cam can allow you to view sky channels using an active(paid for) sky card but I did read that it could not accept updates so not sure if it will work for you. A cheap digibox is probably a better option .

byte

Yes, I agree with Tony. Plus, a proper Sky digibox will mean interactive services like BBCi, Skytext and Sky Active will work. Those services won't work on standard receivers.

mjsmyth

Thanks guys. Well then, the search starts, once I get the digibox, I think I shall be talking to Tony re a quad LNB.

MJ

aido_2006

I have a sky digibox i want rid of how much you offering??

mjsmyth

€50... If you are in Dublin, I could meet you somewhere. I presume that it is complete working order...

MJ

watty

A CAM is expensive. There is no CAM that can be g'teed to work tomorrow with Sky card.

In most cases the Sky card has to be periodically in a Sky box. So really a Dragon CAM is only if you already have a Sky box and want to use an Expensive Direct From Satellite PVR with Pay channels.

No CAM is needed for ITV/ BBC etc and other free channels.

aido_2006

yeah im in dublin send us a private message and ill organise something!!

Pal

I am looking for one too if anybody else has a spare.

redzer007

I have a spare Digibax, €50, send me a PM to sort out something (Im in Dublin)

R

Pal

done. thanks you got mail.