Sky Go on TV?

[audi321]

I feel as though I already know this answer as I've tried via my ipad and failed for months.

But does anyone know of a way to get a laptop (pc or mac) to display it on a TV? Surely there's a hack somewhere? Mac to TV with ATV doesn't work, HDMI doesn't work.

I know the reason, because Sky have blocked it, but just wondered if anyone on here had managed a workaround?

NB - I am not trying to rip sky off whatsoever, it's for my dad who has the sky sports package, but wants to watch it in his bedroom and his eyes are too bad to see it on an ipad/laptop screen close up. My mum's downstairs watching films and stuff, so a new lead won't help. Just trying to avoid multi-room costs.

Cheers all.

[scottri]

One of these for a tenner?


http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[audi321]

A tenner a day!!

[audi321]

Scrap that, It does work with a macbook and a HDMI lead. For some reason I thought I'd tried that and it didn't work......but it does!

[Fourmotion]

A Mac and ATV should work. I can do it with my Macbook, although it's not a great picture.

[E38Ross]

I have a laptop hooked up to my tv alk the time and can play it through that no problems.

[Teppic]

E38Ross said:

I have a laptop hooked up to my tv alk the time and can play it through that no problems.

Do you have any problems where, say after 15-20 minutes, the display drops out of full-screen mode? It keeps happening to me and it pisses me off. There are no other programs open so there isn't anything stealing focus, and it's happening in IE, Chrome and Firefox.

[E38Ross]

Teppic said:

E38Ross said:

I have a laptop hooked up to my tv alk the time and can play it through that no problems.

Do you have any problems where, say after 15-20 minutes, the display drops out of full-screen mode? It keeps happening to me and it pisses me off. There are no other programs open so there isn't anything stealing focus, and it's happening in IE, Chrome and Firefox.

Can't say I get that issue. Try opening it as a separate window....?

[LeeMad]

cheap xbox, airplay mirroring with apple tv or hdmi cable. i used all 3 before i got sky

[Teppic]

E38Ross said:

Can't say I get that issue. Try opening it as a separate window....?

Did that. Still happens.

[E38Ross]

Teppic said:

E38Ross said:

Can't say I get that issue. Try opening it as a separate window....?

Did that. Still happens.

not a clue then, not an issue I'm getting. Might be worth giving sky a ring.

[DSLiverpool]

Duplicate card £10 and a eBay box will do it, we have the same issue mrs ds fills up her sky with woman crap and I fill mine with man crap - £10 a month.

[audi321]

DSLiverpool said:

Duplicate card £10 and a eBay box will do it, we have the same issue mrs ds fills up her sky with woman crap and I fill mine with man crap - £10 a month.

Or otherwise - Multitoom

[DSLiverpool]

No multiroom will send the pic from one room to another, having a dupe card means 2 entire sky portfolios that you can both view at once - for £10, you MUST have both boxes on the phone line as they check often.

I know of quite a few people who use video senders to share sky, so in 3 linked houses (or terraces if you will) the middle guy has the sender and the sky box and the guys on either side have receivers to watch what the middle guy watches - but its still free and it works.