1jemma1

Hi,
just been looking into how i would go about getting UK whilst in Australia and came accross what is called a sling box. sounded great, the only problem is i have nobody in the UK to hold the box with and set up the connection with. anyway i came accross a company called UKTV 2C (http://www.uktv2c.com/)who have everything set up in the UK and you just pay them £40 a month for their services which is to provide you with UK TV. Just wondering what is anybodys thoughts on this ?has anybody heard of this before, does anybody use this company?
Thanks
Jemma

wats123

Why would you go all the way to Australia and worry about watching UK tv?

geordiebloke

because terrestrial tv is pretty poor out here. Each to their own

noggin

will u b going home every other week end 4 the football....dont want 2 miss that do we?

wats123

Yeah but it's pretty dreadful in the uk? £40 a month?? Surely you'd be better just downloading certain programmes off the net?

the_nanny_uk2

Can you actually do that cos I've been told ycant access BBCi over there on the net to download programmes, something to do with the TV license!

Centurion

So 60 pounds a month gets you Sky. Thats 150 bucks. More than the top level subscription to Foxtel with an IQ2 box.

Add on top how much bandwidth your going to chew through your internet connection (as all our broadband is metered) I should imagine this is a very expensive proposition and for what really, not to mention just a bit sad. Why migrate here and not want to watch local news and absorb some of the culture which tv influences (not all in a good way obviously).

stepbeanie

A lot of the adverts are exactly the same as the UK since that was about the best thing on TV 40 quid seems a lot to pay for the few adverts I miss!

But before you do anything the member known as Hutch has a link on his signature that gives you a definitive guide which may be a better option for you.

wats123

I'm not sure. But i'm not planning on watching much tv. The only thing I'll miss is the football, but as long as i find somewhere with foxtel i'll be happy.

seanpears99

I brought the slingbox pro prior to me emigrating in Jan 09. My intention is to leave it with my sister and have it plugged into an aerial for freeview. You could go the whole hog and attach it to a multi room sky box so you could change the channel however the reception is dependent upon the speed of your broadband.

Even over here live streaming is not good enough for full screen playback on a 17in screen so you will have to have it semi minimised.

If its only for freeview, to be honest £40 seems a little steep, dont you know anyone you could send it to and just have an aerial plugged into it?

Great piece of kit tho.

Sean

DrWho

If you get your broadband with iiNet you can watch the Premier League, live and on demand replays, for nowt...

wats123

Excellent, I'll check them out when I arrive. Thanks

Twinset

There is a really good article on this from one of the contributors to this forum - I apologise for not having the name, but I do have the link:

http://www.thatstheplan.com/?page_id=211

Twinset