Just ran across an article on www.stickmanbangkok..com that Setanta Cable TV http://www.setanta.com/asia/Customer-Info-Articles/Help-Us-Help-You/gnid-88454/ may be in the process of upping the encryption for ASTRO which would make it useless in Thailand.

If you have a genuine ASTRO card for your box then there should be no encription problems.

A little scaremongering there ??? You should maybe do a little research before you post such horses&*t. about something you know nothing about.

I tried to log into stickman and got server cannot be found..??

This really is not an issue most of us have genuine cards and decoders from Malaysia! Encryption would not work, unless of course they encrypt the whole ASTRO network then nobody including the Malaysians would be able to watch it. Scaremongering for sure . . . .

I do not think it is scare mongering per say, rather I think you will find it is a lack of understanding.

There are four things to remember here;

1. Astro have limited rights to live and delayed rugby matches (google the agreement with Astro and many others)

2. Setanta-I is their Internet feed (not satellite feed)

3. Setanta F is their encrypted satellite feed

4. Setanata (the source) is also free to view in HD (see image below)on Satellite

I think you will find that in the paragraph mentioned above by Stickman is actually saying the free to view Setanata (the source) will go encrypted in due course (not Astro as it is already encrypted) which of course is correct, it can not stay free forever but man I have to say Setanata HD on a 50" HD tele, is just like being there.

Attached image from the Setanta HD satellite feed (the source - not Astro)

I always get my hard news from MSNBC & stickman.

I heard though that even after the freeview is encrypted, you will be able to get a card to watch it, is that true?

Seems it would be the only way to get coverage in Thailand as true will not buy Setanta and the iSetanta internet player is total rubbish (and grossly expensive)

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