Re: Sky reception on non Sky hardware - Dragon CAM

[David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Who's interested in jointly funding one to test?

If we can find say 5 people and a volunteer to trial-run it then we can
share the cost to buy one unit  and if it doesn't work then we share the
loss. If it does work then the volunteer gets lots of kudos and also
gets to be first kid on the block with a new toy ;)

If there is any interest then I'll cross-post to the Myth list too...

David

John Andrews wrote:

> What can I say - WOW, can this be verified? Anyone tried this?
>
> Of the dragon CAM's how much are they?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of kw1816
> Sent: 18 July 2005 09:51
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Sky reception on non Sky hardware - Dragon CAM
>
>
> Just flicking through the freebie 'Digital Satellite Choice' that
> came with 'Home Cinema Choice' magazine this month and noticed
> this...
>
> 'Sky viewers who fancy a change from Sky's Digibox receivers can now
> use any common interface receiver with a Dragon CAM. The latest
> Predator software for the Dragon CAM enables it to emulate a Sky
> Digibox so that your viewing card thinks it's plugged into Sky's
> Hardware. Users must already have a Sky Digibox paired with the
> viewing card, because the CAM requires you to enter your Sky Digibox
> serial number'
>
> I've always associated CAMS with dodgy viewing cards and 'Adult'
> television ;-)
>
> A quick search for 'Dragon CAM' did nothing to change my mind, a lot
> of websites seemingly created by 14 year old boys selling CAM's and
> card programmers with pictures of semi naked ladies !
>
> Now that I've professed I have no idea about this sort of thing,
> does anybody have any experience of using CAMS etc ?
>
> I'm thinking that with a Satellite receiver PC card and this CAM,
> you should be able to watch and record Sky, in digital, on a PC.
> This opens up a whole host of possibilities, including streaming
> live feeds over IP and recording (and copying) digital sound and
> pictures without a Sky+ box.



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