RE: Sky reception on non Sky hardware - Dragon CAM

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's got to be some way of finding out if this thing actually works
rath=
er than just buying one and trying it surely?

I thought that the Sky encryption still hadn't been cracked (which is
what'=
s required to decode Sky broadcasts outside of a Sky box)???

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> John Andrews
> Sent: 18 July 2005 18:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Sky reception on non Sky hardware - Dragon CAM
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> Price it up, I would be up for =A3100.
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> If it worked with XP Media Edition, even better!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of David Greaves
> Sent: 18 July 2005 17:43
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Sky reception on non Sky hardware - Dragon CAM
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> Who's interested in jointly funding one to test?
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> 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 ;)
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> If there is any interest then I'll cross-post to the Myth list too...
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> David
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> John Andrews wrote:
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> > 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
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> > over IP and recording (and copying) digital sound and pictures
without
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> > a Sky+ box.
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