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Formerly worked at iStore NZ (Rest in Peace), Sky Network Television, Freeview, Apple, Spark New Zealand Trading Limited, DISH TV Technologies.
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joshhill96: I have seen the Skybox in action and HD channels are available in HD even if you don't have the HD ticket. you need to subscribe to the channels though.
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The above view is my personal opinion/view and not from Dish TV Technologies
B1GGLZ: Yes, but the downside is you need a current Sky subscription to use the card so you might as well just subscribe to Sky for the 6 months and get a Sky box. Also you still need to pay for HD Ticket to watch the HD channels (except TV1,2,3 etc) and subscribe to Sports as well.
B1GGLZ:joshhill96: I have seen the Skybox in action and HD channels are available in HD even if you don't have the HD ticket. you need to subscribe to the channels though.
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The above view is my personal opinion/view and not from Dish TV Technologies
You still need to pay for an HD ticket AND subscribe to them if you want to watch HD channels other than the Freeview ones (TV1,2 3 etc).
From Sky website
HD Access Ticket SKY HD content is available on selected programmes on SoHo, THE ZONE, SKY Movies Premiere, SKY Movies Extra, SKY Movies Greats, SKY Movies Classics, SKY Movies Action, SKY Sport 1, SKY Sport 2, SKY Sport 3, SKY Sport 4, ESPN, ESPN 2 (may be subject to change during major sporting events). To access SKY HD content you need an HD TV, MY SKY, the HD Access Ticket ($9.99 per month) and subscribe to Basic, SKY Sport, SoHo and/or SKY Movies.
And how often can you turn off sport then turn back on?
tdgeek:
What is HD like if you don't have the HD ticket"? That noticeable? And how often can you turn off sport then turn back on?
My Sky HDi
On 1 July 2008, a service called My Sky HDi was launched, and is the successor to the My Sky service released in 2005.
The boxes allow connection of to up to four satellites which can work with its four TV tuner cards in any combination. Two channels can be recorded at once, while another can be watched live and the fourth is for a non-real time pay per view service. The device has a 320GB HDD however only 160GB is available for recording, the remaining is reserved for on-demand downloads. The quality of My Sky HDi is 576i via component and 720/1080i via HDMI
tdgeek: What is HD like if you don't have the HD ticket"? That noticeable?
Apsattv: I would advise against it, with Sky planning to swap out all older decoders for newer interactive capable ones. There is a likely chance of an update that will knockout non sky approved gear from using Sky cards and may lock the cards so they only work in Sky's Supplied receiver.
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grant_k: . Doesn't matter to me now as all their gear is about to be returned.Does this include the dish ?
robbon44:grant_k: . Doesn't matter to me now as all their gear is about to be returned.Does this include the dish ?
robbon44: We are thinking of getting sky to install on our house (currently being built) then once installed switch over following the RWC.
robbon44: I like the convenience of MySKy and will want the season pass form sky for next seasons Super XV, hence my need for a freeview box with a sky card option.
robbon44: the best of both worlds would be ;
1) Sky acknowledge my long term history with them and allow me to keep my SkyHDI box.
robbon44: OR I purchase a freeview PVR with sky card compatibility.
robbon44: 3) Allow me to purchase a season pass for Super XV.
robbon44: cheers Grant
I am liking the lure of the Vu+ duo, don't know much about them or where to even purchase one.
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