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<blockquote data-quote="jonnymaserati" data-source="post: 546440" data-attributes="member: 296242"><p>guys</p><p></p><p>thanks for the responses.</p><p></p><p>i'm now in damascus and indeed it is not possible to install a dish larger than 2m without government approval and since the landlord lives in the apartment i'm living in and has the key to the roof, there's not much chance of stealthily installing anything bigger.</p><p></p><p>i have just had an "astra 2 special" 1.8m dish installed and i'm picking up all the big footprint stuff (i did a scan and got over 200 channels including radio), but to be honest that's not a great deal on freeview since 90% of these channels are encrypted. however, all the sky channels seem to be there.</p><p></p><p>so... since i kind of have a UK address (my father lives in the UK and is a sky subscriber), is it possible to order a sky box and card, get it activated in the UK and then use it uninterrupted in damascus?</p><p></p><p>i know you used to be able to, but i also read that sky are clamping down and required the box to be connected to the phone line?</p><p></p><p>can anyone advise (also on what's the best box to get since the signal quality is pretty poor registering at 2-16% on my firedtv s2 card connected to my mac computer).</p><p></p><p>also... i have a 68cm dish at home that i will bring over... any recommendations on what i could pick up with this here with freeview, preferrably english speaking?</p><p></p><p>regards... jonny.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jonnymaserati, post: 546440, member: 296242"] guys thanks for the responses. i'm now in damascus and indeed it is not possible to install a dish larger than 2m without government approval and since the landlord lives in the apartment i'm living in and has the key to the roof, there's not much chance of stealthily installing anything bigger. i have just had an "astra 2 special" 1.8m dish installed and i'm picking up all the big footprint stuff (i did a scan and got over 200 channels including radio), but to be honest that's not a great deal on freeview since 90% of these channels are encrypted. however, all the sky channels seem to be there. so... since i kind of have a UK address (my father lives in the UK and is a sky subscriber), is it possible to order a sky box and card, get it activated in the UK and then use it uninterrupted in damascus? i know you used to be able to, but i also read that sky are clamping down and required the box to be connected to the phone line? can anyone advise (also on what's the best box to get since the signal quality is pretty poor registering at 2-16% on my firedtv s2 card connected to my mac computer). also... i have a 68cm dish at home that i will bring over... any recommendations on what i could pick up with this here with freeview, preferrably english speaking? regards... jonny. [/QUOTE]
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