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Mcwidowmaker

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Saw Masterchef is being done in south Africa and got all excited. Installed my dish and unboxed my HD PVR I always use when on holiday and then had a look at the boquets. Was I shocked to figure out I have to get a premium subscription to watch masterchef. R590 and another think about R65 for PVR functionality. Holy cow. Someone make a wanted poster for DSTV. Think we just found the guys thats robbing the south african public. Can't even get M-net on its own either. :confused:

Bastards!!:sick:
 
I don't know whether to feel indifferent about DSTV or dislike them. On one hand the sports coverage (particularly football - Man United in HD is awesome) is world class for what we pay, possibly the very best in the world. And there's a fair amount of other content. On the other hand they make billions in profit, keep increasing prices and avoid adding channels like the plague.
 
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Believe me I feel the same ,but after watching SABC crap for 3 months and having just installed my DSTV dish, HD PVR X2 again yesterday I can almost get over the R600 subs ALMOST.

Watching sports in HD rocks though....
 
Can't get any of the "good" channels on another bouquet - it's pretty much premium or bust. So for me, I work on the R20pm package + R65pm for PVR and upgrade to premium for one weekend once every month or so. On those weekends I record EVERYTHING on the PVR which then lasts me a decent while.

And then I get to stream most of the sport I want to watch via Supersport.com
 
Speedster said:
Can't get any of the "good" channels on another bouquet - it's pretty much premium or bust. So for me, I work on the R20pm package + R65pm for PVR and upgrade to premium for one weekend once every month or so. On those weekends I record EVERYTHING on the PVR which then lasts me a decent while.

And then I get to stream most of the sport I want to watch via Supersport.com
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I'd feel like such a douche doing that. Why not just get TopTV?
 
Qwikslver said:
I'd feel like such a douche doing that. Why not just get TopTV?
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1. It has no sport.
2. It has no PVR either, so it won't even allow me to record the free to air programmes I enjoy watching but are broadcast at times that don't suit me.
3. It won't give me the option of upgrading to premium to watch a big game with some friends over a braai.
 
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Can't you use Top TV with one of the Dreambox decoders that support PVR out of the box without needing to pay extra for it?
 
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