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Dragon Cam
I have a Digibox with a Solus card, and a decent satellite receiver (Topfield), and I have read recently that a CAM known as DragonCam, with latest software, can be used with an activated Sky card and the number of the Digibox to which the card is "married" to see Sky programs with a CAM-fitted receiver.
Does this really work, and would it also work with a Solus card? Has anyone tried it out?
Does this really work, and would it also work with a Solus card? Has anyone tried it out?
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Sorry to sound silly!
You HAVE to have a valid card - there are NO FREEBIES.
@Sunny1977 - cant possibly tell you what a Dragon can do - Id lose my account here on DS! Theres plenty of info on them on other sat forums though.;)
DS doesnt mind discussion of encryptions as long as it stays within their rules, but sadly, theres always some new muppet comes along asking "Ive heard this wonder toy can be used to open xyz. How do I do it??" At which point the mods lock out the thread - and quite rightly as they dont want such discussions here.
There plenty of other sites allow discussion of all the new wonder cams, if you want to find out more go for a look at almost any other forum.
Essentially what you need to know is that the Dragon CAM itself is not illegal and when purchased acts as a subscription to certain porn channels.
I agree with Dogmatix you are still paying the normal subscription price so really theres nothing wrong. But your not using a sky stb unit with arwful sound and picture quality. Aswell you dont have to use murdocks modem and open.... tv features.
So you need a Sky box as back up still.
Also a good point from Analoguesat. Presumably, then there would be an update for the Dragon, then Sky would scupper it again, then another update for the Dragon, etc, etc, & so 4th. Question: has this already happened?
You see, this is exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to find out. And as we are talking about a proper, working, paid, legal card, it's still perfectly OK to discuss it here, right?
My thread about Dragon CAM was closed here the other day for some STUPID reason...I am paying my monthly fee to Viashit...sorry it is of course Viasat, and I am only using the Dragon CAM to see the channels I am paying for on my own receiver...FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!
Anyways, do you know if Sky (owner of NDS) has done anything with their decryption making the Dragon CAM not capable of receving the signals?
I've got a background project on the go to try and extract the 7 day EPG from the data stream from the satellite. Unfortunately this is proving difficult as information on this is about as plentiful as rocking horse dung.
On the plus side I believe it's unlikely Sky will change the algorithm anytime soon. This however is just my opinion and certainly shouldn't be the basis of anyone's decision to buy a Dragon CAM!
My FTV card would be perfect in a Dragon in my motorised system
Since when have Sky boxes had awful picture & sound quality - your just making stuff up.
They may be unflexable with other satellites, motorised systems etc, but one thing they do not have anything wrong with is the picture & sound quality.
I had to take my Viasat card out of my fantastic Force 536 receiver and have it activated in my shity Viasat receiver to get it to work.
Anyone know if this problem is solved in the new Dragon software (3.20) - I have the older 3.12 installed and everything works perfectly apart from this activation thing..
I arnt, compare the digibox with your other reciever I use a technomate and the picture is loads better.
As to your question, the card spends most of its time in the Dreambox. I occasionally (about once a month) swap it back into the Sky box to watch something on that whilst the Dreambox is recording a program but it's only for 2 to 3 hours at most.
What I have seen occasionaly is the Dreambox complaining it can't decrypt the encrypted channels. However all I've had to do is reboot the Dreambox and everything started working again.