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George Michael

if i cancel my sky subscription (the sky channels like channel four, sky atlantic etc.) and just went saorview would i be able to get eurosports?

notmyusername

George Michael wrote: »

if i cancel my sky subscription (the sky channels like channel four, sky atlantic etc.) and just went saorview would i be able to get eurosports?

Eurosport is not on Saorview and is encrypted on satellite.

George Michael

notmyusername wrote: »

Eurosport is not on Saorview and is encrypted on satellite.

what if i cancel the sky subscription but keep the sky box. would it work then? or do none of the channels work once you cancel the subscription

notmyusername

George Michael wrote: »

what if i cancel the sky subscription but keep the sky box. would it work then? or do none of the channels work once you cancel the subscription

Many channels will work but, unfortunately for you, Eurosport requires a subscription.

Depending on your particular interest the German Eurosport is FTA on Astra 19.2.

notmyusername

BTW you mentioned Channel Four in your original post.

That channel is not a "Sky" channel; it is free to air - including HD - and is not crippled by geo-blocking when you rid yourself of an Irish subscription (assuming programmes are still geo-blocked).

George Michael

notmyusername wrote: »

Many channels will work but, unfortunately for you, Eurosport requires a subscription.

Depending on your particular interest the German Eurosport is FTA on Astra 19.2.

does german eurosport show the cycling? thats the only thing i want to see on eurosport.

notmyusername

George Michael wrote: »

does german eurosport show the cycling? thats the only thing i want to see on eurosport.

I would imagine so

I'm not allowed to post a link to their schedule (silly when wishing to help someone out lol)

George Michael

notmyusername wrote: »

Many channels will work but, unfortunately for you, Eurosport requires a subscription.

Depending on your particular interest the German Eurosport is FTA on Astra 19.2.

would i have to buy a special box to get that?

notmyusername

George Michael wrote: »

would i have to buy a special box to get that?

Any FTA receiver would get it; the main issue would be your dish which would need to point at Astra 19.2 E

George Michael

notmyusername wrote: »

Any FTA receiver would get it; the main issue would be your dish which would need to point at Astra 19.2 E

would i get rte and bbc and so on if i point it in that direction?

notmyusername

George Michael wrote: »

would i get rte and bbc and so on if i point it in that direction?

No

STB.

Yes, you will need a new box. A non subbed Sky doesnt have RTE's Tv3's etc. Sky boxes dont do disecq either.

Any Satellite & terrestrial Combo box will do both (the Ferguson ariva's are fairly simple and cost less than €100).

It has a built in tuner for the RTE's (which you connect a house aerial to) and it has a satellite tuner for the satellite channels. You can combine all your favourite channels, satellite and terrestrial, in one list)

In order to get 19.E (in addition to 28.E which has the Ch4 BBC's ITV's etc) you will need to add a bracket and LNB onto the existing LNB on the dish. You will also need a diseqc switch which will allow for the switching between satellite positions. Its seamless and would cost you about €8 for the lnb, €5 for the switch, €8 for the bracket. You also need 2 small lengths of satellite cable with F connectors to junction the lnbs on the dish and the diseqc switch.

notmyusername

George Michael wrote: »

would i get rte and bbc and so on if i point it in that direction?

No

Then again if you cancel your subscription you won't get RTÉ anyway as it's encrypted at 28.2.

George Michael

ill cancel the sky and get a saorview. TnaG have the tour de france and perhaps some other races. Then ill just stream eurosport off the internet and the man utd games as well.

thanks anyhow for your replies.

STB.

When you say get a Saorview what do you mean?

A Saorview box ? If you are going to get one of them you might as well buy a combo box as they have a satellite tuner built in as well as a tuner for Saorview. The difference in money is probably about a tenner. .You can use your existing satellite cable and dish and get all the BBC's too/

You may also wish to check whether your current TV has a built in Saorview tuner. Most flat screens made since 2009/10 have them. You just need to connect an aerial and scan the terrestrial tuner.

George Michael

STB. wrote: »

When you say get a Saorview what do you mean?

A Saorview box ? If you are going to get one of them you might as well buy a combo box as they have a satellite tuner built in as well as a tuner for Saorview. The difference in money is probably about a tenner. .You can use your existing satellite cable and dish and get all the BBC's too/

You may also wish to check whether your current TV has a built in Saorview tuner. Most flat screens made since 2009/10 have them. You just need to connect an aerial and scan the terrestrial tuner.

sorry yea i meant one of those boxes you can get bbc with as well. basically the free to air stuff. i will cut ties with sky and bt

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