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How to get Channel 5 and BBC One HD on your Irish EPG and Recordable!!

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  • #2132
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    energy1942 wrote: »
    I have just received this reply:

    Aaaaaanyway, it looks like sky are rolling out updates that their staff aren't aware of, all very confusing indeed.


  • #2133
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,046 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    energy1942 wrote: »

    Whats New
    • Box Office purchases and Interactive Services can now be processed via the Internet connection.

    About time!


  • #2134
    energy1942
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭energy1942


    energy1942 wrote: »
    I have sent an email to BSKYB asking for clarification about this, if & when I receive a reply, I will Post it here, but for now I am happy to go with what the Customer service representative told me, he seemed very sure of the facts of what I was enquiring about

    I have received this email from sky.


  • #2135
    david1982
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭david1982


    just a heads up

    from september you will need to have the HD package to be able to recieve the box sets on demand


  • #2136
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    david1982 wrote: »
    just a heads up

    from september you will need to have the HD package to be able to recieve the box sets on demand

    If sky stopped treating us like the country cousins and gave us the HD for free like in the uk....


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  • #2137
    WeHaveToGoBack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭WeHaveToGoBack


    david1982 wrote: »
    just a heads up

    from september you will need to have the HD package to be able to recieve the box sets on demand

    Even in standard definition?


  • #2138
    david1982
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭david1982


    WeHaveToGoBack wrote: »
    Even in standard definition?

    I'm afrade so


  • #2139
    david1982
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭david1982


    Half price HD for 1 year is available at the moment and if you have an old sky box you can get a free HD box with 30 euro install when taking HD


  • #2140
    twinklerunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 903 ✭✭✭twinklerunner


    david1982 wrote: »
    just a heads up

    from september you will need to have the HD package to be able to recieve the box sets on demand

    .. which is just one more reason why it's bye bye Sky from me


  • #2141
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    david1982 wrote: »
    Half price HD for 1 year is available at the moment and if you have an old sky box you can get a free HD box with 30 euro install when taking HD

    30 euro install, that's a joke, two sat cables, a hdmi cable and plug it in, hardly difficult in fairness. Why should we Irish feel privileged to be paying 7.50 pm for something they get for free in the uk.


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  • #2142
    david1982
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭david1982


    jca wrote: »
    30 euro install, that's a joke, two sat cables, a hdmi cable and plug it in, hardly difficult in fairness. Why should we Irish feel privileged to be paying 7.50 pm for something they get for free in the uk.

    who said you should feel privileged ???


  • #2143
    SPAWKER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭SPAWKER


    Talking about the update here also http://www.a516digital.com/2014/08/update-to-make-hd-manual-tuning-easier.html#more


  • #2144
    Racket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭Racket


    jca wrote: »
    If sky stopped treating us like the country cousins and gave us the HD for free like in the uk....

    Have they changed the pack to being free now? Last I knew of the UK packages was that they split the HD pack up so it was basically half the HD pack price to get HD access if you didn't have or want HD movies or sport and just renamed entertainment + HD as the Family Bundle or something like that.


  • #2145
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    david1982 wrote: »
    who said you should feel privileged ???

    Sky reps.


  • #2146
    Plascebo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Plascebo


    If we lose the card trick with the new update I will definitely be cancelling sky and going the freeview route!


  • #2147
    SPAWKER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 799 ✭✭✭SPAWKER


    More about this update from sky here http://corporate.sky.com/media/press_releases/2014/sky_enhances_britains_most_popular_tv_guide_with_brand_new_recommendations_feature


  • #2148
    energy1942
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭energy1942


    SPAWKER wrote: »
    More about this update from sky here http://corporate.sky.com/media/press_releases/2014/sky_enhances_britains_most_popular_tv_guide_with_brand_new_recommendations_feature
    I wonder what this means and could it be the reason that we could lose the trick channels?


  • #2149
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    Has anyone with the latest epg tried the trick with a UTV card?


  • #2150
    energy1942
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 296 ✭✭energy1942


    jca wrote: »
    Has anyone with the latest epg tried the trick with a UTV card?
    I am fast coming to the conclusion that my best option will be to buy a Digital PVR recorder box, Power City has one for €159.95 with twin tuners which means I can record 2 Uk channels at the same time, I will need a new LNB, but this will end my constant worry about the trick. It will also mean I can use my sky boxes as normal.


  • #2151
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    energy1942 wrote: »
    I am fast coming to the conclusion that my best option will be to buy a Digital PVR recorder box, Power City has one for €159.95 with twin tuners which means I can record 2 Uk channels at the same time, I will need a new LNB, but this will end my constant worry about the trick. It will also mean I can use my sky boxes as normal.

    Jaysus that's a bit of overkill for 5 extra channels. Can you get an lnb with 8 outputs? My house will be going back to the 70s when somethings on ITV, sit down at the correct time and endure the ad breaks....


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  • #2152
    hallo dare
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭hallo dare


    jca wrote: »
    Jaysus that's a bit of overkill for 5 extra channels. Can you get an lnb with 8 outputs? My house will be going back to the 70s when somethings on ITV, sit down at the correct time and endure the ad breaks....

    Yeah, it's called an octo lnb. You can have 4 boxes with 2 feeds or 8 boxes with one feed. You can get them on adverts.ie for a good price.


  • #2153
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    hallo dare wrote: »
    Yeah, it's called an octo lnb. You can have 4 boxes with 2 feeds or 8 boxes with one feed. You can get them on adverts.ie for a good price.

    Other channels will have to do I think. I don't fancy stringing 2 lengths of twin sat cable to two boxes. I can get itv player on my laptop using alternate dns, will cromecast let me watch it on the TV?


  • #2154
    pbarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 824 ✭✭✭pbarr


    jca wrote: »
    I can get itv player on my laptop using alternate dns, will cromecast let me watch it on the TV?

    No that won't work.


  • #2155
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    pbarr wrote: »
    No that won't work.

    I'll just plug the laptop into the TV using a hdmi cable, old ways are best eh?


  • #2156
    The Ayatolla
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭The Ayatolla


    jca wrote: »
    I'll just plug the laptop into the TV using a hdmi cable, old ways are best eh?

    You could the "Cast Tab" feature for ITV player too.

    Or use "TVPlayer" for iOS or Laptop.


  • #2157
    Technofobe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭Technofobe


    energy1942 wrote: »
    I am fast coming to the conclusion that my best option will be to buy a Digital PVR recorder box, Power City has one for €159.95 with twin tuners which means I can record 2 Uk channels at the same time, I will need a new LNB, but this will end my constant worry about the trick. It will also mean I can use my sky boxes as normal.

    You can get a triple tuner
    Amiko alien 2+
    2 sat + saorview all in the 1 box with 1 remote
    Watch RTE and record 2 sat channels at same time
    Watch RTE 1 & 2 BBC UTV Channel 4 in HD
    Pause & Record if you plug in a usb portable drive
    Stream from the sat box from a pc & watch same or different channel
    Watch IPTV & Youtube on your tV
    Full EPG if your connected to the interweb thingy
    Dual boot
    you can use the default Spark operating system
    Or the Newer enigma 2 os
    With an online discount at easter I got mine for €165
    that included them loading the enigma 2 for €5 which i could have skipped and done myself
    Great support here boards amiko alien threads


  • #2158
    david1982
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭david1982


    jca wrote: »
    Has anyone with the latest epg tried the trick with a UTV card?

    ive only the westcountry card so hopefully all you guys with the utv ni card will still work

    fingers crossed


  • #2159
    jca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,585 ✭✭✭jca


    david1982 wrote: »
    ive only the westcountry card so hopefully all you guys with the utv ni card will still work

    fingers crossed

    Not to worry I'll be on here when I get the update.


  • #2160
    irishfeen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,069 ✭✭✭irishfeen


    RTÉ Two HD moved to 102 and UTV HD to 103 ... still working perfectly - sweet job :)


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  • #2161
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,236 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    irishfeen wrote: »
    RTÉ Two HD moved to 102 and UTV HD to 103 ... still working perfectly - sweet job :)

    Rte 2 hd was always on 102! Did your box update? Is the card trick/ blue button trick still working?


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