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<blockquote data-quote="jsr" data-source="post: 676772" data-attributes="member: 346311">Hi There,I am in the process of subscribing to multichoice in south africa. My current TV setup is a mess and I want to clean it up. I do not want to have an extra unit sitting on my tv stand. What I want to do is enable my HTPC to do the decoding for me via a tv tuner. From what I can pick up on the forum, all I need is a TV Tuner that can interface with a CI ether via USB or an Integrated CI. What I do then is buy a CAM like Diablo 2 or Dragon 2. The CAM gets inserted into the CI which then in turn takes the smartcard that I get with my multichoice subscription. I also need extra hardware to update the firmware on my CAM. Does that sound correct? Also, if I get a Dragon or Diablo cam I should be able to get some free channels aswell like Digi TV? I see on LyngSat that there arnt much FTA channels avaible in south africa _http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/South-Africa.html.Is that all I can access in south Africa or can I do some tricksy stuff with my dish to get other channels. I mean if I can access Intelsat 7 I should be able to pickup and decrypt all channels that goes through that satellite?[Moderation] Unparsed live link</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jsr, post: 676772, member: 346311"] Hi There, I am in the process of subscribing to multichoice in south africa. My current TV setup is a mess and I want to clean it up. I do not want to have an extra unit sitting on my tv stand. What I want to do is enable my HTPC to do the decoding for me via a tv tuner. From what I can pick up on the forum, all I need is a TV Tuner that can interface with a CI ether via USB or an Integrated CI. What I do then is buy a CAM like Diablo 2 or Dragon 2. The CAM gets inserted into the CI which then in turn takes the smartcard that I get with my multichoice subscription. I also need extra hardware to update the firmware on my CAM. Does that sound correct? Also, if I get a Dragon or Diablo cam I should be able to get some free channels aswell like Digi TV? I see on LyngSat that there arnt much FTA channels avaible in south africa _http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/South-Africa.html. Is that all I can access in south Africa or can I do some tricksy stuff with my dish to get other channels. I mean if I can access Intelsat 7 I should be able to pickup and decrypt all channels that goes through that satellite? [B][COLOR="blue"][Moderation] Unparsed live link[/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]

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