Premiership football on Astra/Hotbird??? - Techwatch: Satellite TV forums, FTA, Cable, Hardware, & Tech forums

milli260876 · 08-11-07, 09:30 PM

I'm thinking about building a mm pc with a built in sat card i'd heard the premiership rights had moved is it still possible to get cards to access premiership footie and if so what do i need???

imported_notaclue · 08-11-07, 10:23 PM

Hi Milli

I have recently done just what your asking. I done this using a Skystar2 PCI card from Ebay about £45. A cheap 80 cm satellite dish and LNB from aldi (wish I 'd got a bigger one) approx £20. So all in all I have a system that can receive football, films and all other manner of stuff for about £70.

If you do take the plunge and build the system the people on this site are very friendly and helpful to us newbies and will walk you through the setup of you gear if you need it.

milli260876 · 08-11-07, 10:25 PM

does the skystar 2 have a card slot or do you just go the progDVB route??

imported_notaclue · 08-11-07, 10:30 PM

No the skystar2 does not have a card slot and yes you can use ProgDVB however I tend to use ALTDVB as it is more stable. ProgDVB has a tendancy to crash alot.

milli260876 · 08-11-07, 10:32 PM

nice one cheers for the advice...

Mship · 08-11-07, 11:43 PM

I think you might be able to get a card reader for the Skystar, I'm sure I read it somewhere

Kev

jontydog · 09-11-07, 11:02 PM

I have heard something about using a card programmer to read cards but have never followed it up as I don't have a card. By the way Milli you might find dvbdream a better option than progdvb or altdvb especially if you run vista

vinniemclean · 29-11-07, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by imported_notaclue

Hi Milli

I have recently done just what your asking. I done this using a Skystar2 PCI card from Ebay about £45. A cheap 80 cm satellite dish and LNB from aldi (wish I 'd got a bigger one) approx £20. So all in all I have a system that can receive football, films and all other manner of stuff for about £70.

If you do take the plunge and build the system the people on this site are very friendly and helpful to us newbies and will walk you through the setup of you gear if you need it.

I HAVE BEEN GETTING FILMS AND STREAMING FOOTBALL FROM THE INTERNET FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO TELL ME OR DIRECT ME TO THE SOURCE OF THE FOR-MENTIONED INFORMATION IN A MORE BASIC STEP BY STEP GUIDE. I AM MORE INTERESTED IN RECIEVEING THE PREMIERSHIP CHAMP LEAGUE FOOTBALL ON MY TV IN THE EASIEST WAY POSSIBLE. CHEERS ANYONE

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milli260876 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 113 Thanks: 9 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Premiership football on Astra/Hotbird??? I'm thinking about building a mm pc with a built in sat card i'd heard the premiership rights had moved is it still possible to get cards to access premiership footie and if so what do i need???

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imported_notaclue Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Premiership football on Astra/Hotbird??? Hi Milli I have recently done just what your asking. I done this using a Skystar2 PCI card from Ebay about £45. A cheap 80 cm satellite dish and LNB from aldi (wish I 'd got a bigger one) approx £20. So all in all I have a system that can receive football, films and all other manner of stuff for about £70. If you do take the plunge and build the system the people on this site are very friendly and helpful to us newbies and will walk you through the setup of you gear if you need it.

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milli260876 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 113 Thanks: 9 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Premiership football on Astra/Hotbird??? does the skystar 2 have a card slot or do you just go the progDVB route??

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imported_notaclue Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Premiership football on Astra/Hotbird??? No the skystar2 does not have a card slot and yes you can use ProgDVB however I tend to use ALTDVB as it is more stable. ProgDVB has a tendancy to crash alot.

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Mship Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Workington, Cumbria Posts: 1,002 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Premiership football on Astra/Hotbird??? I think you might be able to get a card reader for the Skystar, I'm sure I read it somewhere Kev __________________ 1m CM, feedhorn + Invacom C120 Quad, 36v Jaeger 128 motor, TM 6900 HD + 160gb HDD, TM 1500 CI+ Super, Skystar 2, DigitAlb Gold, Samsung 40F86BDX LCD

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