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amberflannery



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:25 am    Post subject: Who provides your cable? Reply with quote
I think I'm going to get cable TV and was wondering if anyone could offer any suggestions. Someone mentioned Skynet?
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poeticjustice



Joined: 28 Feb 2009
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:28 am    Post subject: Re: Who provides your cable? Reply with quote
amberflannery wrote:
I think I'm going to get cable TV and was wondering if anyone could offer any suggestions. Someone mentioned Skynet?


I don't think its worth it. Apparently all the English channels that we'd actually watch have been tiered up to more expensive packages that most people wouldn't like to pay for.

Either get a Slingbox thingy or TV-Out so you can connect your TV to your computer.
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amberflannery



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
my computer is a POS- i cant watch anything- i can barely check my email some days. hence the i want cable.
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halfmanhalfbiscuit



Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cable is junk. You'll have 3-4 movie channels who've been playing the same stuff the last few years, probably no English news.....but you'll have a heap of KTV to choose from. I got it purely for football and it was better than nothing. (TVU and other sites are unreliable)

DVD shops seem very much on the wane too.

May I recommend a book?
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have skylife but I have more than just the basic package. I pay 20K a month to get the extra English and cartoon channels.. mind you I rarely watch TV, it's mostly for my daughter.

It's difficult for an expat to get skylife here because they require you to pay a pretty hefty deposit. My ex-husband got it while we were still married and I haven't transferred it to my name because of said deposit and the whole complication of it all...

But if you can get a Korean friend to help you with it, then it's worth it, IMHO.
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amberflannery



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
how much is a hefty deposit?

and i do read alot- 2 hours a day on the train and i'm in a book club. but after a while i need a break and some junk food for my brain might be nice.
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You have to buy the dish vs. them giving you one, which is 2-300K, then the deposit is another 200K I think?

Not really sure, but I think people here have talked about it before.
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amberflannery



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
damn Shocked

there must be other options for cable??
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blade



Joined: 30 Jun 2007
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
KT Kook (Mega) TV is okay. With Mega pass light I get OCN, OCN series, Super Action OCN, Mplex, AXN, MGM, CNN, BBC News, Fox news, Sky HD, History channel, National geo 1 and now seemingly two new sports channels that I've just noticed IPSN and Sports 1.
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amberflannery



Joined: 25 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
how much? do you have a contact number on the bill?
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blade



Joined: 30 Jun 2007
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
amberflannery wrote:
how much? do you have a contact number on the bill?

Try either:
Toll free number: 080-2580-001
Service Hours: 9am - 6pm
Languages Available: English, Chinese, Japanese

or

1588-8448 + press #1 for product consulting

I pay about 60,000 won a month but this includes my internet as well.
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movybuf



Joined: 01 Jan 2007
Location: Mokdong
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have Hello TV from CJ cable. It includes my internet and phone line too. I think it costs about 35,000 a month.

For channels I get: OCN, CGV, Super Action, XTM, Screen, MGM, Fox, Fox Life, Q Channel, On Style, two Disney channels, BBC International, BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, Discovery, CNN, ABC (Australian channel)and probably some others that I am missing. It's a pretty good package.
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