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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:48 pm Post subject: Skylife *shake head again* |
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For the first time in MONTHS, I turned on the TV. I changed the channel to 334.. nothing. Thought I got it wrong, tried 343. Nada. Tried 344. Nada again. Then I tried one channel at a time.. it totally skipped the mid-300 channels.
I was like... WTH???
For those of you who have Skylife, you might have this - 334 is ... or should I say, was, BBC Entertainment. I don't watch a lot of TV. My three staples, if I ever watch it, are BBC Entertainment, BBC World and CNN. I thought they made some kind of a mistake.
I just phoned them. The contract with BBC Entertainment has expired and it's difficult to renew, so they don't have it anymore.
I am REALLY MAD. Like seriously... I am THIS mad: 
So - considering I pay 20K a month for TV to get three channels, plus the kiddie ones my daughter watches, which are only the Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney, should I just trash the whole Skylife thing and find an alternative??? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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| stop watching t.v. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| stop watching t.v. |
Not.Helping. 
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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can't really help but if you want an invite to thebox.bz (best torrent site for british TV), pm me with your email address
The site has 2,754.93 PB of tv ranging from old stuff to the latest shows, it isn't hard to keep a good ratio either |
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shaunew
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Get SK broadband. They have the British channels, no CNN but other news networks, plus for kids it is amazing, kids show on demand like pororo and all the others whenever your daughter wants to watch them. The have the shows in Korean and English. Plus you have 300+ real channels. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| shaunew wrote: |
| Get SK broadband. They have the British channels, no CNN but other news networks, plus for kids it is amazing, kids show on demand like pororo and all the others whenever your daughter wants to watch them. The have the shows in Korean and English. Plus you have 300+ real channels. |
That's the internet, right? I already use the internet and internet phone... hmmm I should look into it, I guess.
Blackjack, thanks... I *think* I may already have an account there, although it was years since I downloaded any torrents... I know, I am backwards etc. etc. heh. I will do a search and see if I have it, if not I will PM you.
Cheers! |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: Skylife *shake head again* |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
For the first time in MONTHS, I turned on the TV. I changed the channel to 334.. nothing. Thought I got it wrong, tried 343. Nada. Tried 344. Nada again. Then I tried one channel at a time.. it totally skipped the mid-300 channels.
I was like... WTH???
For those of you who have Skylife, you might have this - 334 is ... or should I say, was, BBC Entertainment. I don't watch a lot of TV. My three staples, if I ever watch it, are BBC Entertainment, BBC World and CNN. I thought they made some kind of a mistake.
I just phoned them. The contract with BBC Entertainment has expired and it's difficult to renew, so they don't have it anymore.
I am REALLY MAD. Like seriously... I am THIS mad:
So - considering I pay 20K a month for TV to get three channels, plus the kiddie ones my daughter watches, which are only the Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney, should I just trash the whole Skylife thing and find an alternative??? |
Qook TV by KT has BBC World, another BBC news channel, CNN, and yay, FOX news in addition to about a dozen fruity kids channels. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| I tried to get cable from my local cable company, Hangang Cable, and they said "sorry, no foreigners." I think Olleh or Qook or whatever the crap it's called might be your only option. |
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Murakano
Joined: 10 Sep 2009
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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skylife is crap...
go with a Idigital they have all the channels you mentioned and BBC History |
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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:59 pm Post subject: Re: Skylife *shake head again* |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
For the first time in MONTHS, I turned on the TV. I changed the channel to 334.. nothing. Thought I got it wrong, tried 343. Nada. Tried 344. Nada again. Then I tried one channel at a time.. it totally skipped the mid-300 channels.
I was like... WTH???
For those of you who have Skylife, you might have this - 334 is ... or should I say, was, BBC Entertainment. I don't watch a lot of TV. My three staples, if I ever watch it, are BBC Entertainment, BBC World and CNN. I thought they made some kind of a mistake.
I just phoned them. The contract with BBC Entertainment has expired and it's difficult to renew, so they don't have it anymore.
I am REALLY MAD. Like seriously... I am THIS mad:
So - considering I pay 20K a month for TV to get three channels, plus the kiddie ones my daughter watches, which are only the Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney, should I just trash the whole Skylife thing and find an alternative??? |
You have to upgrade your membership to get BBC |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: Skylife *shake head again* |
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| Juregen wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
For the first time in MONTHS, I turned on the TV. I changed the channel to 334.. nothing. Thought I got it wrong, tried 343. Nada. Tried 344. Nada again. Then I tried one channel at a time.. it totally skipped the mid-300 channels.
I was like... WTH???
For those of you who have Skylife, you might have this - 334 is ... or should I say, was, BBC Entertainment. I don't watch a lot of TV. My three staples, if I ever watch it, are BBC Entertainment, BBC World and CNN. I thought they made some kind of a mistake.
I just phoned them. The contract with BBC Entertainment has expired and it's difficult to renew, so they don't have it anymore.
I am REALLY MAD. Like seriously... I am THIS mad:
So - considering I pay 20K a month for TV to get three channels, plus the kiddie ones my daughter watches, which are only the Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney, should I just trash the whole Skylife thing and find an alternative??? |
You have to upgrade your membership to get BBC |
I am waiting for someone who speaks English to call me back. Normally I could get my point across and the other end would understand me, but this one girl decided that she didn't want to try to decipher my broken Korean, or to speak to me in simple Korean, and told me that she would have an English speaking agent to call me back.... |
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PaperTiger
Joined: 31 May 2005
Location: Ulaanbataar
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, before they changed every thing Skylife was great, three BBC channels, plenty of English-language channels...now every channel seems to be those stupid "reality" shows with the same three hosts. What a rip-off.
Anyone want to weigh in on which provider has the best package for children's shows (English), news, movies, and shows? I really began to like Skylife's HD package, but they've seriously cut back on the number of English channels. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:47 pm Post subject: Re: Skylife *shake head again* |
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| crescent wrote: |
| tzechuk wrote: |
For the first time in MONTHS, I turned on the TV. I changed the channel to 334.. nothing. Thought I got it wrong, tried 343. Nada. Tried 344. Nada again. Then I tried one channel at a time.. it totally skipped the mid-300 channels.
I was like... WTH???
For those of you who have Skylife, you might have this - 334 is ... or should I say, was, BBC Entertainment. I don't watch a lot of TV. My three staples, if I ever watch it, are BBC Entertainment, BBC World and CNN. I thought they made some kind of a mistake.
I just phoned them. The contract with BBC Entertainment has expired and it's difficult to renew, so they don't have it anymore.
I am REALLY MAD. Like seriously... I am THIS mad:
So - considering I pay 20K a month for TV to get three channels, plus the kiddie ones my daughter watches, which are only the Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney, should I just trash the whole Skylife thing and find an alternative??? |
Qook TV by KT has BBC World, another BBC news channel, CNN, and yay, FOX news in addition to about a dozen fruity kids channels. |
Are you talking about Qook Live TV, or the Qook VOD service? |
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Old Gil
Joined: 26 Sep 2009
Location: Got out! olleh!
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| Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Tzechuk I hope your next thread involves *shakes fist at the heavens in futile but righteous wrath* |
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