Shooting themselves in the foot?

the law in ireland says that anyone having had cable tv,and at some stage had it switched off,is entitled to be able to view all irish channels free by use of their cable connection as they paid for that connection.and also customers were asked to remove their rte ariel from there roof in the eighties as it was thought they miight interfere with the cable signal(this is in effect why they are obliged to leave these channels free to air,that is untill all irish transmissions go digital in the years to come,as is the case now in the uk).so you only need a connection(no basic required)to get all irish tv,a once of payment gets you all uk and other channels(as above)you still have your free channels for now on your box,andin the future i hope when they find a fix.this is what i have its not bad at all.hope i helped a little.

 

Are you talking about DTT which is here

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/758456

 

ya know if i get a satillite from maplin and stick it up at the side of my house the satillite would be facing the gabel wall of my neighbours house like within 6ft..

I was thinking of getting sky+ but people say to get satillite but wont i miss alot of channels with just plain ould 60cm satillite ,..

and if i get sky+ and i pick the music mix does that mean i dont get channels like paromonet comedy and other channels like dave and g.o.l.d. ....oh and can you get setanta ireland on it with out subscribing to setanta

any info very much apericiated

 

your dish must be able to point to the satelite in the sky without any thing blocking it(houses or trees etc).you have to pay extra for sky plus(first you need to subscribe to sky ,then pay to use sky plus,that is the recorder within the box,if you dont pay the extra money the recorder part of your box wont work,so then might aswell have an ordinary sky box).you get the use of sky plus recording free if you pay for the entire sky world package(about €70 a month).you wont get setanta free or within any package(as its a non sky channel,you have to pay monthly extra on top of your sky bill)as for music mix im not sure,but if you get the basic you get all channels on sky except sky sport/sky movies and pay extra channels.hope i helped good luck.

 

Emmmmmm, How exactly are you gonna recieve the signal from the sky satellite without a big ugly dish stuck on your house ??????

Enlighten me please ??

 

thanks man... much appericiated

 

can ya not get sky+ without a dish if ya live in a city (galway)

i have ntl basic in 4 rooms it cost like €50 to get it done .. and standard 1 off charge monthly ie. €20.00.
if i change to sky and i put the box in my sitting room what happens to the other 3 rooms will the get channels like rte bbc channel 4 discovery

 

Naa Man, Sky is a satellite system.
The only "cable" involved with sky is the one coming from the dish to your sky reciever.

Lmao, dont chop those wires off of your house yet !!

 

There is a clause in your NTL contract (which is legally binding)when you signed up for the service. Basiclly it's called "Way Of Leave" in which you give the right for the "Service" to be used on your property and it's the same for your Eircom, and ESB. You have a right to ask for the cable to be removed but they are quiet within their rights to refuse and leave the service as is. Just be very careful with as to your next move.

 

u serious but i'm nearly sure when i bought the house i was not connected to ntl BUT the cable had been brought up to a box behind my front door


thanks for all the info

 

Sorry it's called "Wayleave" just google it.

 

dont know f you have a box in every room or just a cable sending the free irish tv,but with sky or free to view you would need a box in each room that has a tv.you need 1 dish pointed at sky satelite,(you dont need sky,unless you want it)a quad lnb on the dish,this gives you 4 outputs and 4 seperate signals,direct a cable connected to each output to the desired rooms,and connect a box to each cable and to your tv/video.dvd recorder.this might seem expensive but you could buy 3 or 4 cut prices free to view boxes and adish and have it installed for no more than €350 if you look around.if you want sky have sky in the living room,still fit a quad lnb with cables(you could do this yourself)buy afew cheap free to air boxes or second hand sky boxes and connect them your self.second hand sky boxes go for as little as €40 each,you could even buy a dish yourself new or second hand and fit it your self(if you feel that you can do it yourself)hope that helps a little.

 

sounds good....any ideas what a good dish and box to get .. at a reasonable price

 

you can buy a sky dish and brackets for about seventy euro dont know about receivers maplin sell a range but are expensive good place to get a name of dish and then search the net

 

You can probably find a second hand dish for cheap on adverts or gumtree, but if you want to do multi room, as piopat said, you definitely need the quad LNB. Not difficult at all to do yourself, you just need a decent sat finder (€20)approx..........................And then your'e off on a whole new learning curve again.
Just one thing to note, if you install it yourself, make sure you tighten all the bolts fully, Or one gust of wind and your'e back to square one.