Re: Win MCE recording SKY channels

[Jamie Bennett <jamie.bennett@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think this is an unsupported and not very legal way of doing it though.

On 11/22/05, LeeUKHA <mailinglists@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Phil Harris wrote:
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>  > > > I've heard talk of PCI SKY receivers that take the SKY
>  > > Viewing card,
>  > > > is this a good option and what would happen with the
EPG?
>  > > Not having
>  > > > played with MCE not sure what the issues are with
Progam Guide and
>  > > > recordings...
>  > >
>  > > I've never heard of the PCI sky cards but when you buy an
MCE
>  > > remote it comes with two extra I-R senders which you can
use
>  > > to stick on the front of your sky box to change channels.
>  > > Then just connect the Sky box to the coax in on the elonex
>  > > and the sound feed to your sound cards line in. Should work
>  > > fine although its not a one box solution.
>  >
>  > I believe the phrase is "pigs will fly" before dear
old Roops allows the
>  > soap-dodging techie fraternity any kind of access to his pay-TV
>  > service. As
>  > soon as there is any sort of PC based Sky Digital receiving
device
>  > available
>  > his service will get hacked to buggery - whilst it is kept a
closed
> system
>  > then he has far more chance of keeping it un-hacked.
>  >
>  Errr.... there is a PCI DVB-S card available, and it does allegedly
'do'
>  Sky....
>  You do need an external card reader and a valid Sky card, a some
third
>  party software to perform some magic...
>  Can't remember what forum/mailing list I read it on, but the card was
>  called a 'Dragon' pci card and it was being used in a MythTV box...
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