free to air box. how does it work?

Terry

my neighbour asked me about the FTA boxes and how they work.
i thought it might run off the same dish you use for sky. would i be correct?
and what's the deal with needing cards for them?
are they legal over here, or do you have to get them from some dodgy shop?

byte

julep wrote:

my neighbour asked me about the FTA boxes and how they work.
i thought it might run off the same dish you use for sky. would i be correct?
and what's the deal with needing cards for them?
are they legal over here, or do you have to get them from some dodgy shop?

Right, they work similarly to Sky box, except won't show encrypted channels.

THey can and do run off the same dish that Sky use.

They cannot use cards (though there are boxes with CI slots for other paytv services, not Sky though), thus they're called FTA (Free To Air) only receiving channels that are available freely, unencrypted.

Yes, they're very much legal here. Most electrical retailers should stock them.

http://bytelive.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Free+To+Air+on+Sky

Above link will give you an idea as to the channels that can be got with an FTA box, using Astra 2 (same position Sky use).

Terry

so basically all the channels you get free on a sky digibox.

do any of them carry the Irish channels free?

Tony

julep wrote:

do any of them carry the Irish channels free?

No as no Irish channels are broadcast free

L1011

Not quite, just none anyone wants

The Wrestling Channel is Irish; theres Sky News Ireland; and Bubble Hits has confirmed it'll be FTA (and its Irish too)

Tony

MYOB wrote:

Not quite, just none anyone wants

The Wrestling Channel is Irish; theres Sky News Ireland; and Bubble Hits has confirmed it'll be FTA (and its Irish too)

clutching and straws spring to mind

L1011

I did say "none anyone wants".

watty

Or with negligable really Irish content ? Wait a minute that applies to TV3 too!

noelo

Tony wrote: »

No as no Irish channels are broadcast free

What about soarview?

noelo

byte wrote: »

Right, they work similarly to Sky box, except won't show encrypted channels.

THey can and do run off the same dish that Sky use.

They cannot use cards (though there are boxes with CI slots for other paytv services, not Sky though), thus they're called FTA (Free To Air) only receiving channels that are available freely, unencrypted.

Yes, they're very much legal here. Most electrical retailers should stock them.

http://bytelive.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=Free+To+Air+on+Sky

Above link will give you an idea as to the channels that can be got with an FTA box, using Astra 2 (same position Sky use).

Whats that box you can get that does FTA and if you have a internet connection you can all other channels free too( not the dodgie box's) that went round.

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noelo wrote: »

Whats that box you can get that does FTA and if you have a internet connection you can all other channels free too( not the dodgie box's) that went round.

Thread is as old as tea-you are talking about obtaining pay tv by illegal means,not allowed here.

Minstrel27

noelo wrote: »

What about soarview?

This thread is from 2006

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Minstrel27 wrote: »

This thread is from 2006

It's the boards version of Cold Case.:D