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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:48 pm    Post subject: Skylife *shake head again* Reply with quote
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: Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very 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!
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
stop watching t.v.
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
VanIslander wrote:
stop watching t.v.


Not.Helping. Mad Mad Mad

Razz
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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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.
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Skylife *shake head again* Reply with quote
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: Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very 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
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you're missing British TV (personally, I think it's crap!) then you can watch BBC1/ BBC2 / ITV/ ITV 2/ Channel 4 etc live via this link

http://www.filmon.com/tv/?mid=13&a=tab_premium_channels
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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
PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 7:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Skylife *shake head again* Reply with quote
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: Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very 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