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[Bingul Bingul]

I was thinking about getting Sky Life satellite tv to replace the cable tv I have at the moment. One question; does anyone know if the National Geographic channel ( my cable tv does not get it ) is in English with Korean sub-titles or is dubbed into Korean.
Thanks.

[visviva]

The program I'm watching now on "NGC Korea" (channel 402) is in English with Korean subtitles. However, I'm pretty sure I have seen some programs on there that were entirely in Korean... The neighboring "Animal Planet" and "Adventure One" channels are wholly in English, if that's your thing... Hope that helps

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[kiwifruit]

i am getting sky life this very afternoon, but since I teach till 9:30 tonight and 10:00pm tomorrow I won't be able to watch much of it to let anyone know.

I think I get a bi-weekly program guide with it. All in Korean of course, but it helps that I can read it and will only wathc about a dozen of the 70 odd programs.

I don't think they are affiliated with sky. But they do have starsports asia, which my current company ditched. They show six nations and tri-nations, plus super 12 rugby games live or delayed which is cool.

Apart from that they only show the Korean sport channels I think.

bas%^&ds

j

[Jasmine]

I'm in the sticks outside Kwangju and want Star tv so bad!!! I miss the funnies! and Oprah! How much is Sky Satelite service??? What other English channels can I get?

[visviva]

You get CNN and about a kajillion movie channels (all with Korean subtitles, natch). And Arirang, of course. That's about it Englishwise. If you speak Japanese, you will no doubt find the NHK channel useful.

The service in my apartment is a special deal through the hagwon, so I don't know what the open-market price is; I don't think it's very much by Western standards.

[kiwifruit]

ok,

I got it put in.

It was 88,000 installation. A bit pricey but I make enough so thats no prob. It works out at 18,000 for the family deal (76 chanells). Plus I got Catch On and Catch On plus (two good movie chanells). They bump it up to 26,000 a month.

In terms of English chanells that I can think of now it has:
all the movies chanells (a lot of them)
Star Sports
CNN (better than BBC in my opnion and I am from the Commonwealth, better sports coverage, for example they have 30 minutes sports news segments, unlike BBC who has about 15 minutes every 3 days it seems)
Adventure One
Animal Planet
Arirang

It also has chanells that play sitcoms like Friends, Married with Children etc amongst regular Korean shows
For music it has:
chanell V Korea
Wave TV
KMTV
m-net
POP-TV

It also has 40 audio chanells (sound only, no picture)
They include club dance music
sonic music (trance, mello stuff)
hip hop
contemporary rock
jazz
urban jazz
classic
and a myriad of others

It has an interactive type menu and you can pop up the upcoming shows for the next 24 hours on every chanell. It is very handy knowing what will come on at certain times, to plan your day or week.

plus you get a bi-weekly guide which has almost every chanells full listing.

hope that helps.

I sound like a SkyLife rep or something!

kf

[wormholes101]

It's dubbed in Korean. grrrrrr!!!

[Zark]

Do you get BS2 - on Sky Life?

I am a sumo fan and it has the English commentary on BS2.

If it is there, I am sold.

Let them try to push me out of the dojo!

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[Derrek]

I hate the baztards...

I had it for a weekend, and got rid of it. My apartment complex has a "Deal" we can sign up for.

First of all, they would only install if I signed up with direct-withdrawl from the bank. More on that in a minute.

There were tons of channels, but most everything was in Korean. Even animal planet, which pissed me off. I didn't think it was worth it to pay 28,000 won for the first 6 months (including the 10,000 box rental fee for 6 months). I wanted to cancel, and told the sales guy downstairs here (they had a kiosk selling to all in the building).

The guy selling it said I'd have to talk to the install guy to cancel. He said I'd have to pay him 100,000 won to have it taken out. And skylife has this weird disclaimer on their board (and in korean on what you sign) which says they WILL NOT cancel if you have any outstanding bills.... they just keep running up more bills every month until you pay it all, then cancel. This would be totally illegal in the US, but of course, this is Korea.

I had an argument with the sales guy, who refused to take the box back, and finally found a central office number to complain. They didnt' even have me on record yet, and said it would only be 7,000 to disconnect, since I had taken out the box myself (saving some cash). She instructed me to give 7,000 won and the box to the sales guy. I did that. The install guy had totally made up the 100,000 fee, and was trying to pull a fast one on me. The central office had no idea about it.

After all of this, and the lady at the Central office assured me that I'm out of the deal, I get a bill in the mail for another 9,000 won this month (for the box I gave back, I presume).

I got the bill in the mail because I didn't trust them with having a direct-withdraw on my account, so I cancelled and went to a new bank. Plus I had to change accounts in the near-future anyway. They had tried to auto-bill me at my old bank, but the account is inactive. That's why they mailed me a bill.

I e-mailed skylife's help desk with a scan of the bill, and told them I shouldn't have to pay for anything. (I e-mailed twice, no reponse).

I'll never pay.

[Yesterday]

Okay - sounds good - I am sold onto the deal - considering I am sick of AFKN - how do I get

do they have an office - an English/Konglish speaking phone service - tell me - I want it!!!