[mythtv-users] DVB-S cards

Max Hodgson max at mjhodgson.com
Tue Apr 10 09:58:56 UTC 2007


On 4/10/07, Oliver Brown <galaxiaguy at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> As far as I'm aware it's completely legal as long as you have a valid Sky
> > card, and the quality I get is very good (better I imagine than captured
> > digibox output since it stays in the digital domain until I play it on my
> > TV).
> >
>
> Despite that I feel there's no problem with it morally (after all you are
> still paying for everything you're receiving) there are still legal issues.
> The CAM used to decode Sky isn't licensed (since Sky essentially own the
> encryption method they use) and their terms and conditions are rather
> specific about only using Sky equipment. On the other hand without looking
> at your setup at your house there's no way they can tell...


Interesting...

Do you get  Sky TV guide listings, subtitles and red button interactive
stuff on it? Like you can with a DVB-T card?

mjh


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