ATT ALL AUSSIES - Need cable TV support

[vvulture]

Hi all...
I am looking at getting digital cable tv in Sydney.
What i would like to do is install a DVB-S card in my server that will allow me to get cable TV via MediaPortal.

Have any of you fellow Aussies been successful in doing this ? and if so could you help me out ?

thanks heaps..

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by vvulture

I am looking at getting digital cable tv in Sydney.
What i would like to do is install a DVB-S card in my server that will allow me to get cable TV via MediaPortal.

I am a bit confused - do you want to connect to Foxtel pay TV via coax cable (which requires a DVB-C card) or do you want to connect to a pay TV satellite dish (which requires a DVB-S card)?

Either way, there are no legal DVB-C or DVB-S cards that work with the Australian pay TV providers, that I am aware of ...

[vvulture]

Thanks Taipan,

Sorry for not being more descriptive.
I am (was) looking at subscribing to Foxtel Digital Satelite, but you are correct. There are no "Legal" ways to do this... yet..

Anyway, thanks for the help.

[Uncle Woja]

You can do it. You need a card with a CI slot. Like This Then you need a CAM Like This

Then you stick your Foxtel/Optus/Austar smart card into the CAM and voila! Australian digital pay TV on your PC.

Now. I haven't done this so I don't know if it works or how well it works. I'd like to do this by going multi-room with Foxtel buy money doesn't allow this atm. The CAM I linked to does not guarantee that it will work with Aussie pay TV companies. You need to find a CAM (and I believe they're out there) that will handle NDS Videoguard encryption. A quick google search indicates that the Dragon CAM WILL work.

Now. Whether or not this is legal I know not.

[vvulture]

Originally Posted by Uncle Woja

You can do it. You need a card with a CI slot. Like This Then you need a CAM Like This

Then you stick your Foxtel/Optus/Austar smart card into the CAM and voila! Australian digital pay TV on your PC.

Now. I haven't done this so I don't know if it works or how well it works. I'd like to do this by going multi-room with Foxtel buy money doesn't allow this atm. The CAM I linked to does not guarantee that it will work with Aussie pay TV companies. You need to find a CAM (and I believe they're out there) that will handle NDS Videoguard encryption. A quick google search indicates that the Dragon CAM WILL work.

Now. Whether or not this is legal I know not.

Thanks for the info uncle... seems like a plan.