Advice on new motorised system

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Hi Guys

OK I know a little but only what I need to. I have a 3.5M fixed dish in Tenerife which gets S*y. However work brings me back to blighty for a year or so (for my sins) which gives me an opp to develop my satellite hobby a little further while I am here. (other half has kept s*y card back in Tenerife)

Right, I was in my local Sat dealers last week and was about to hand over £500 for a motorised system. They guy was showing me his system (techomate) and the channels I would get. At that point all his conax encoded channels went off!

I want to play - hence the motorised dish - I want to watch 'free' footy (dont know why as I support Blunderland!) - but primarily I want as many encoded channels for free that I can get. Im not interested in 'Franky Vaughn' (rhyming slang).

I am very interested in Thor channels but all the conax ones wont work on my local suppliers receivers any more, so could one of you gurus let me know what I need (in lay-mans terms please) to get thor, inc conax channels, free footy, and as many free channels as poss.

I have read a bit and seem to think I need a dreambox with a diablo cam. Am i going down the right track?

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makum101 said:
Am i going down the right track?

Cheers
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Sorry you missed the boat
No there is no free footy and no free frankie so don't waste your money, those days are gone, there is almost nothing open almost everything is secure apart from a bit on 1 west and that probably not for much longer. What little bit is open needs updating and gives no guaranteed viewing
 
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There'll always be some bits and pieces available, but the only way to guarantee any level of viewing is to subscribe to a package like DigitalB or Nova for football.
 
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Any basic stb with a CI(common interface) to take a diablo cam along with a motorised system will give plenty viewing ,for now.There are softwares and updates available for these. Footie and movies are available on 1west,8 west and 16 east.Like all good things it will come to an end at some point.Best of British mate.
 
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Topper said:
Sorry you missed the boat
No there is no free footy and no free frankie so don't waste your money
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Thanks for the replies guys. Just to clear me name I did say i was NOT interested in Frankie. :-rofl2

The installer I was talking to gets most of digital package inc two movie channels. but not anything scrambled with conax.

Its more of a hobby than anything else so I might plumb of motorised system combining a Dreambox and Diablo cam. thanks for the advice.
 
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