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<blockquote data-quote="mdsflyer" data-source="post: 156746" data-attributes="member: 16262">Hi there, and welcome. 1) My understanding is that sky can only be viewed via an official set top box, you can then send this output to an analogue card such as a hauppauge 150. The set top box can be controlled via MP and something like the MCE remote blasters, quite a few threads on the forums re this if you search.2) Absolutely possible, you'll need a dual lnb holder which can be fairly easily made up if your a bit of a handyman <a href="http://mcraenz.googlepages.com/mppvr" target="_blank">http://mcraenz.googlepages.com/mppvr</a> this guy seems particularly ingenious. 3) Currently 2 cards covers all the freeview channels , i have 2 Skystar 2's running alongside each other feeding from the one LNB via a splitter.&nbsp; Don't know about future extra transponders but you'd need to be a fairly big TV addict to have 3 different shows on 3 different transponders all at the same time which you'd like to record, so i reckon 2 cards will always give me enough flexibility.4) <a href="http://www.lyngsat.com/optusc1.html" target="_blank">http://www.lyngsat.com/optusc1.html</a> doesnt actually show sbs or seven but might they be &quot;foxtel&quot;. I'm not much use on this one i'm afraid.Cheersm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mdsflyer, post: 156746, member: 16262"] Hi there, and welcome. 1) My understanding is that sky can only be viewed via an official set top box, you can then send this output to an analogue card such as a hauppauge 150. The set top box can be controlled via MP and something like the MCE remote blasters, quite a few threads on the forums re this if you search. 2) Absolutely possible, you'll need a dual lnb holder which can be fairly easily made up if your a bit of a handyman [url]http://mcraenz.googlepages.com/mppvr[/url] this guy seems particularly ingenious. 3) Currently 2 cards covers all the freeview channels , i have 2 Skystar 2's running alongside each other feeding from the one LNB via a splitter. Don't know about future extra transponders but you'd need to be a fairly big TV addict to have 3 different shows on 3 different transponders all at the same time which you'd like to record, so i reckon 2 cards will always give me enough flexibility. 4) [url]http://www.lyngsat.com/optusc1.html[/url] doesnt actually show sbs or seven but might they be "foxtel". I'm not much use on this one i'm afraid. Cheers m [/QUOTE]

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