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Yaya



Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 6:38 pm    Post subject: Skylife satellite TV question Reply with quote
For those who have Skylife TV, are you satisfied? I'm thinking of switching from digital cable to Skylife because of Star Sports in English, AXN and BBC Entertainment, plus Skylife plans to have a combined 45 HD channels by year's end.
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saw6436



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon, ROK
PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've had SL for 8 years now. Very satisfied.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm satisfied. It's sure better than the other TV providers.

I don't know another provider who does all the following in their basic package;


Discovery
Star Sports (a bit crap actually, but at least it's English)
BBC World
BBC Entertainment (only really shows older or 'B' list shows)
CNN
MBC-ESPN (all your Premier League)
...........and a smattering of other English lang. channels.

The only thing missing for me would be National Geographic and History Channel fully in English. They are only in English sometimes.
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Beeyee



Joined: 29 May 2007
PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have a techie question about Skylife.

I have s Skylife box connected to a 720p set using component cables. However, the box only outputs in 480i so the picture looks really grainy and pixelated. How do I change the output to 720p?
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Yaya



Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like Skylife has the exclusive channels Star Sports (SE Asia feed); AXN Korea; BBC Entertainment Korea; and Animal Planet.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Beeyee wrote:
I have a techie question about Skylife.

I have s Skylife box connected to a 720p set using component cables. However, the box only outputs in 480i so the picture looks really grainy and pixelated. How do I change the output to 720p?


I don't think you can with an SD (standard definition) box. You'll need to get them to swap you SD box for an HD box. They're available. I don't the costs involved in upgrading.
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mysterious700



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 1:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
eamo wrote:
I'm satisfied. It's sure better than the other TV providers.

I don't know another provider who does all the following in their basic package;


Discovery
Star Sports (a bit crap actually, but at least it's English)
BBC World
BBC Entertainment (only really shows older or 'B' list shows)
CNN
MBC-ESPN (all your Premier League)
...........and a smattering of other English lang. channels.

The only thing missing for me would be National Geographic and History Channel fully in English. They are only in English sometimes.


What does it cost you per month for this package?
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 1:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Check out the various packages on Skylife's English website.
http://www.skylife.co.kr/eng/index.jsp

The package I got was 35,000 pm. But that was with a 3 year contract. The price of SD set-top box and dish was included every month. After 3 years we own the dish. That contract is up for us in December. We'll be selling our box and dish then. We don't want Skylife any more because we're now also paying for LGpowercomm.
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Yaya



Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
eamo wrote:
Check out the various packages on Skylife's English website.
http://www.skylife.co.kr/eng/index.jsp

The package I got was 35,000 pm. But that was with a 3 year contract. The price of SD set-top box and dish was included every month. After 3 years we own the dish. That contract is up for us in December. We'll be selling our box and dish then. We don't want Skylife any more because we're now also paying for LGpowercomm.


What do you get with LG Powercomm?
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John_ESL_White



Joined: 12 Nov 2008
PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very dissatisfied with Sky TV after I saw Hana TV. Hana has video on demand and more English-e channels.

Sky English channels replay the same episodes of 24, NCIS, CSI: Las Vegas and Alias over and over and over and over and over and over and, of course, LOST.

The main highlight for me is Discovery. The History Channel is NOT in English-e
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yaya wrote:
eamo wrote:
Check out the various packages on Skylife's English website.
http://www.skylife.co.kr/eng/index.jsp

The package I got was 35,000 pm. But that was with a 3 year contract. The price of SD set-top box and dish was included every month. After 3 years we own the dish. That contract is up for us in December. We'll be selling our box and dish then. We don't want Skylife any more because we're now also paying for LGpowercomm.


What do you get with LG Powercomm?


Diddley. As in no English channels at all. But it's cheap, only 36,000 pm for wireless phone, 100mb internet line, wi-fi, and 1080i TV channels. I never watch the living room TV. I just use my computer. The LGpowercomm is basically for wife and MIL.
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Juregen



Joined: 30 May 2006
PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am not sure wether SKY TV is the same as SKYlife.
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travelnguy



Joined: 27 Sep 2007
PostPosted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
John_ESL_White wrote:


The main highlight for me is Discovery. The History Channel is NOT in English-e


We have Sky and our History Channel is in English. There are two. One is a regular channel in the 400's and the other is History HD. History HD is great and it's all in English.
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