Sky t.v in cyprus too expensive 4 monthy rental

marky


Joined: 25/05/2010
Posts: 12

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 05:58

I want to put sky t.v in a holiday home in northern cyprus but i dont want to pay a MONTHY rental.

Any ideas ppl?

I got a price of monthy rental but too expensive

catalkoykid


Joined: 15/02/2009
Posts: 1190

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 06:12

put a dish up no rental

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 08:18

Just buy and erect a 4.2 metre dish. Couple of grand sterling.

Geoff

HNComputers


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 472

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 10:06

join my-private-network £5 a month, then use that to change your IP to UK, after sign up to skyplayer.co.uk and choose your packages there starting from £14.99, its cheap, its fast, and you can cancle your subscription whenever!



All you need is internet connection though

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 10:53

You'll need an Internet connexion of at least 2MB my tame expert tells me,

Geoff

HNComputers


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 472

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 11:46

I use 1MB its good enough however does buffer here and there but 2MB would be superb!

michelle3012


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 578

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 12:06

Marky has said he didnt want major monthly bills, to get the TV you mention he would have to subscribe to Internet which is more money than Digiturk!

HNComputers


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 472

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 12:13

I mean turkcell could do the job but it does drain your GB's.....Nethouse has a minimum of 3 month contract, which can be frozen inbetween and put back on arrival, so you won't loose out on subscription. Not sure how other internet providers work.



Both my private network and the skyplayer doesn't have a minimum contract time, only monthly payments for how ever long you will be using it for, then it can be either frozen or cancelled altogether.



It's cheaper than getting a massive dish

stellasstar1



Joined: 02/07/2008
Posts: 1519

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 16:19

Would someone be kind enough to tell me what and where my IP is and how do I change it to UK. Thanks, Stella

HNComputers


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 472

Message Posted:
26/05/2010 16:28

Stella, your IP is automatically a Turkish located ip address. To change this to a UK ip address so that the "internet" thinks you are in UK, you can use various different methods i.e. my-private-network.co.uk (I highly recommend) there is also hide-my-ip.com....These websites provide you with systems that automatically change your IP for you when selected, and you can then gain access to bbciplayer/skyplayer/youtube UK channels and so on.

el-tel


Joined: 02/08/2009
Posts: 66

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 10:44

so what would 2mb cost me please

HNComputers


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 472

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 10:46

Nethouse = 140TL per month



Not sure of the cost of other internet service providers though.

ceders


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 2

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 12:12

We bought a Slingbox connected it to our sky box in England took our laptop to trnc bought a dongle from Turkcell also 10gb connected the laptop to the tv in our holiday home and thats it sky tv from our home in England via Slingbox and internet

Toonie


Joined: 18/07/2009
Posts: 78

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 12:36

We recently had Iceman who is well known on this site, to fit a 1.8m dish on our apartment roof ( price £550 ). Brought our sky plus box over and we get many Sky Programmes on the entertainment package including sky news,bbc news, itv, chanell 4, channel 5. and much more. You also recieve the premium sports packages but unfortunately not sky movies. However you can get TCM and a few poor movie channels. I am told many people take the sky multi room package in the UK to get a spare HD Box and card for £10 a month then leave this in Cyprus. Only problem is after a power cut you have to reprogramme frequency to 1220.7 this is a simple task however.



Hope this helps,

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 12:44

Just had this done my self, (remember do not tell sky you are doing this) If you have sky in uk tell them you want it in another room as well 'seperate' box you will be charged an extra £10per month take this box to the trnc you will need a 1.8 metre dish put up £500 not the £2500 one, cant remember the satalite it points to but the fitter will sort that plug your box in and thats it you got sky for £10 per month and dont let anybody tell you diff because i am watching it as we speak and have had no probs been 5 month now clear as anything,



good luck



jay76

dwr6rtr


Joined: 15/12/2008
Posts: 95

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 18:15

hi Brian,re mess 14.....do you get it v and channels 4 & 5 OK on your 1.8m dish please?

Toonie


Joined: 18/07/2009
Posts: 78

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 19:32

Yes we get all regional ITV and channel 5 nice to keep up to dat with all the Newcastle regional news.

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 19:34

msg 16,yes you can although you have to add ITV as an extra channel,have a look on the search button,it has been covered before on here numerous times.

dwr6rtr


Joined: 15/12/2008
Posts: 95

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 20:13

hi jay....is that 500sterling a generalization or the same 550 sterling that iceman quotes?.....would appreciate contact phone or email address of the better quote[if any]



cheers.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 21:21

Dear Jay76



you have been EXTREMELY lucky.. when ( of if) SKY twig you will get a letter - asking that you comply with m/room t's and c's and after 3 of 'em you ( and non-compliance by you ) will pay the FULL amount ....



I wouldn't 'shout' about it, if I were you...

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
27/05/2010 22:03

re 14 Toonie



Glad to hear your 1.8m is working out so well for you ;)



Please note the freq is 12207 !!



If you can take out an HD box you would get quite a few more movie channels .. the HD channels are stronger

re 18



Just to repeat it any way



ITV



add channels [ services 4,4 enter freq 11973 - change nought else - store ITV1 Central E by highlighting it and storing using the yellow button ]



ONLY works with a valid sub or FTV card..

jay76


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 532

Message Posted:
28/05/2010 21:45

mmmmmmm all you got to do is bring it back to uk now and then as marky says its a holiday home so when back out in the trnc bring it with you simple. i know sky ping your box but some times you got to remove the box to do the decorating and some decoraters take forever if you catch my drift. also mmmmmms sky know people are doing this and have done for years so its not as if sky are going to be keeping an eye on cyprus44 user's only.



marky yes that is £500 sterling and yes i would recommend the ice man just watch out for his dog.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
29/05/2010 09:41

Hi Jay76



IF you get the dreaded letter, you have to leave all your receiver plugged into the same UK tel no. for at least three months, as SKY ask the boxes to dial an 0800 number - they have modems - and the txt file sent tells SKY where they are..



SKY know it goes on, they WANT biz abroad.. they just can't be seen to encourage it - for reasons of contractual rights ..

marky


Joined: 25/05/2010
Posts: 12

Message Posted:
31/05/2010 17:03

hi jay76



If i bought a sky box off ebay and put a dish up, would this work? Also where would i get a sky card from?

cypgab


Joined: 09/01/2010
Posts: 338

Message Posted:
31/05/2010 22:22

We don't have a telelphone line connected to Sky, so we could just use our sky box?

astonhilbilly


Joined: 05/05/2009
Posts: 162

Message Posted:
31/05/2010 22:50

We have two SKY boxes, one is HD, We have bought a Freesat card from SKY (but haven't activated it yet). We had hoped to carry on paying the SKY subscription but as we won't have a UK telephone line we think this will cause too many problems, plus the cost would be too great.

So we are left with the two boxes and the card. Anybody got any advice on what to do with them please? Can they be used over in the TRNC?

rigsby


Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 912

Message Posted:
01/06/2010 14:48

astonhilbilly, I never had phone line connected to our boxes,however i was not a sky customer in u/k.