hit by n3, any alternative to dbox?

[dunmank]

need sky sports for start of season, any alternatives?

any sky boxes that work etc?

[Funnyguy]

Not sure if im allowed to say this but you can get sky player subscription cards which can let you watch sky sports for free for a month

[mr.mojorisin]

or you can watch most football games on p2p

[NEDSTER1972]

im sure there is a new box either out or coming out which you connect to the normal cable input plus an internet connection.
will keep you informed.

[janobi]

Simple answer is sign up for the services you have been getting for free for so long. There is no longer a free way of getting channels. Too many people have ripped off the cable companies for too long, and now its time to give something back.

@nedster, indeed there is.

[NEDSTER1972]

thing is janobi if they didn't rip their customers off in the first place by charging so much for a load of shite then people would not do this.
why do you have to buy a package why cant i just have sky sports then i want to pick maybe another 10 or so channels to watch.
instead you have to get stuck with a load of shite channels that you dont watch & get charged the earth for them.
if i had to pay for what i used that would be fine by me & i wouldn't use another box.
about time the greedy bastards woke up to what people want & done something about it.
could you imagine how much more money they would make if all of the people with dodgy boxes started paying a fair price for what they watched.
businessmen eh ive shit better.
cheers nedster

[zerocool99]

Look into a Kryptview a780......... you may find some anwers

[janobi]

thing is janobi if they didn't rip their customers off in the first place by charging so much for a load of shite then people would not do this.
why do you have to buy a package why cant i just have sky sports then i want to pick maybe another 10 or so channels to watch.
instead you have to get stuck with a load of shite channels that you dont watch & get charged the earth for them.
if i had to pay for what i used that would be fine by me & i wouldn't use another box.
about time the greedy bastards woke up to what people want & done something about it.
could you imagine how much more money they would make if all of the people with dodgy boxes started paying a fair price for what they watched.
businessmen eh ive shit better.
cheers nedster

Your not being ripped off at all. You pay your money, you take your choice. If you dont want the tv channels, then watch terrestrial. I am sure that Sky would be more than happy to take your money too. And what would you consider a fair price?

The problem is, that free cable has gone from the underground scene to widespread, and everyone wants something for free. Imagine all the people ripping off cable, actually paid the basic package, rather than totally free? I wonder if N3 would of even been considered then.

The days of totally free cable is gone, we all had a good run, get over it, either pay up a sub to Sly/Virmin, or go back to terrestrial. I dont hear you compain about being ripped off by Tv License people for the crap thats on terrestrial. Everyone wants something for free, and when they cant have it, then everyone starts to cry! FFS, pay the sub and be happy, or dont pay and have nothing.

I for one will be chuffed when N3 kicks in everywhere, and you watch the amount of people that join forums, and post the same questions, looking for the same answers. When there aint going to be any answers, or fixes.

[sirlisterofsmeg]

The problem is, that free cable has gone from the underground scene to widespread, and everyone wants something for free


I for one will be chuffed when N3 kicks in everywhere, and you watch the amount of people that join forums, and post the same questions, looking for the same answers. When there aint going to be any answers, or fixes.


Well said
Bring on the Noobs

[janobi]

The problem is, that free cable has gone from the underground scene to widespread, and everyone wants something for free


I for one will be chuffed when N3 kicks in everywhere, and you watch the amount of people that join forums, and post the same questions, looking for the same answers. When there aint going to be any answers, or fixes.


Well said
Bring on the Noobs

. If you want to quote me, use the quote button, or [quote] tags mate.

[NEDSTER1972]

LOOK YOU WOBBLY'S
i am not complaining about having to pay i already have the min package.
what i was complaining about is them changing all the packages around & including shit channels that nobody wants to watch with stuff that you do want to watch i remember having the old telewest box when they first came out years ago & then almost over night they brought out the entertainments package, the discovery package, sports & movies which then changed the prices dramatically you had to buy about 3 different packages to watch what you had been getting before.
that is my point. now if you do want everything it costs around 80-90 pounds per month.
now even you must admit that that is excessive for what you actually watch.
The license fee is no comparison to the fees either sky or virgin charge.
but if you are a capitalist like i suspect then i suppose you don't care. it's a case of charge whatever people will pay & not what is fair.
I by no means am a communist but i believe in a fair price for a fair product.
cheers nedster

[ManofScience]

LOOK YOU WOBBLY'S
i am not complaining about having to pay i already have the min package.
what i was complaining about is them changing all the packages around & including shit channels that nobody wants to watch with stuff that you do want to watch i remember having the old telewest box when they first came out years ago & then almost over night they brought out the entertainments package, the discovery package, sports & movies which then changed the prices dramatically you had to buy about 3 different packages to watch what you had been getting before.
that is my point. now if you do want everything it costs around 80-90 pounds per month.
now even you must admit that that is excessive for what you actually watch.
The license fee is no comparison to the fees either sky or virgin charge.
but if you are a capitalist like i suspect then i suppose you don't care. it's a case of charge whatever people will pay & not what is fair.
I by no means am a communist but i believe in a fair price for a fair product.
cheers nedster

i certain pay no where NEAR ?90 for what i want to watch. it's about choice, some channels by nature support other channels as they are more popular - but then the little channels wouldn't exist.

different companies offer different selection, you need to choose what gives you the best selection because you seem to be more bothered about individual channels you want. Me, i'm not overly fussed with a few exceptions. Sky i believe give more flexibility than VM ( a quid a package when i last checked). Personally, i think freeview has 90% of what i want.

the 'free cable tv' market became too mainstream, probably pushed and inflated by the greedy traders and manufacturers wanting to cash in. a victim of it's own success - which to be honest, N3 was always coming just now - there's more single digit noobs/leeches bitching like their human rights have been infringed because they can't be helped.

[janobi]

LOOK YOU WOBBLY'S
i am not complaining about having to pay i already have the min package.
what i was complaining about is them changing all the packages around & including shit channels that nobody wants to watch with stuff that you do want to watch i remember having the old telewest box when they first came out years ago & then almost over night they brought out the entertainments package, the discovery package, sports & movies which then changed the prices dramatically you had to buy about 3 different packages to watch what you had been getting before.
that is my point. now if you do want everything it costs around 80-90 pounds per month.
now even you must admit that that is excessive for what you actually watch.
The license fee is no comparison to the fees either sky or virgin charge.
but if you are a capitalist like i suspect then i suppose you don't care. it's a case of charge whatever people will pay & not what is fair.
I by no means am a communist but i believe in a fair price for a fair product.
cheers nedster

Alot of what you said, is fair mate. but you exagerate at 80 - 90 for all you want to watch. It would only cost that, if you had all prawn channels, and some of the foreign ones too.

I have never ever ever been called a capatilist, and TBH, I think thats pretty funny. I am more of a marxist than a capatilist.

And what would you call a fair price for a fair service. Murdoch charges Branson a certain price for the packages, Branson then charges the customer a certain price. Its called business, not capitalism.

If you dont want to pay virmin, then sign with sly, if you dont want to pay either, then get BT Vision, or freeview. Dont come here and bitch about prices, and packages that you have to take to watch what channels you want.

Its simple economics, you offer a service at a price, people make a choice to pay that price or not have the service. How is that capitalism? Its personal preference. LIke the status quo song says "You pay your money, you take your choice!"

[NEDSTER1972]

Talking arse mate.
That is exactly what capitalism is charge what the market can stand & make as much profit as you can as quickly as you can.
Instead of charging a fair price for your product.
i bet you it costs sky nothing near the amount they rake in to get these channels on there boxes. so if they charged even maybe 10-15 quid less then alot of people who use dodgy boxes would probably start paying.
also your comment before about there is too many people getting free tv now for me was a joke you are basically saying it is ok for only a few people to get stuff for free but when alot of people do it it's not fair.
backward mate.
cheers nedster

[janobi]

Talking arse mate.
That is exactly what capitalism is charge what the market can stand & make as much profit as you can as quickly as you can.
Instead of charging a fair price for your product.
i bet you it costs sky nothing near the amount they rake in to get these channels on there boxes. so if they charged even maybe 10-15 quid less then alot of people who use dodgy boxes would probably start paying.
also your comment before about there is too many people getting free tv now for me was a joke you are basically saying it is ok for only a few people to get stuff for free but when alot of people do it it's not fair.
backward mate.
cheers nedster

Your reasoning skills, and argument is what is arse!

but if you are a capitalist like i suspect then i suppose you don't care.

You called me a capitalist, and not the company, I merely pointed out I was a marxist.

what i was complaining about is them changing all the packages around & including shit channels that nobody wants to watch with stuff that you do want to watch i remember having the old telewest box when they first came out years ago & then almost over night they brought out the entertainments package, the discovery package, sports & movies which then changed the prices dramatically you had to buy about 3 different packages to watch what you had been getting before.

Secondly your changing your argument, first its cables fault, now its skys fault. Make your mind up, you contradict yourself at each turn.

i bet you it costs sky nothing near the amount they rake in to get these channels on there boxes. so if they charged even maybe 10-15 quid less then alot of people who use dodgy boxes would probably start paying.

At no point have I said that its fine for a few to have it and not the masses. I am merely saying that due to the masses ripping the cable company off, this is what has led to N3 being installed.

And it costs sky nothing for the channels, as they are their channels. They have to pay money for football rights, and other sports rights, and I would imagine they have to pay for tv programs and such to the producers of programmes, and also pay for movies to the studios.

So nedster1972, what other points would you like to raise? As I have said on numerous occasions, if you dont like what they charge, or dont want to pay then watch terrestrial, or watch it online. Also you have 18 posts, 4 of which are here, and clearly know little or nothing about the cable scene. You have bought a box off a trader of some description, plugged it in and hey presto. Now because there is no easy solution, you want to be spoon fed the answers. Get real!