v+ box hd ??????????

[garaoke]

hi can anyone breif me please as regard if i have the standard pace cable box is it worth me purchaseing a V+box hd from a freind for £25 will i gane anything as if are the cards the same will i be able to record etc as there seem to be a few for sale on fleebay an people are buying them ??????????

[damienc]

id really like to know this to please i have the XL package from virgin but they want £60 for a box but i can get 1 for £20 but they tell me i cant do it does any1 know if this is right please as above if i do it myself will i get extra

thanks

[unadkat]

I am not sure quite entirely sure what it is you both are trying to achieve here in regards to buying a HD box.

but I suspect the reason you ask this is because you want the channels for free rather then paying a subscription

am I RIGHT?

if that is the case then you its a NO NO... this method no longer works after the encryption change.

Either way if you buy a HD box with a card u still need to subscribe to the channels.

No more free TV and no certainly no more modding of boxes.

you want a box with channels or extras then you look in the starview and Kryptview section

Plenty of posts on what boxes now work.

But......... NO HD channels available @ this time.

[TwinTown]

Originally Posted by damienc

id really like to know this to please i have the XL package from virgin but they want £60 for a box but i can get 1 for £20 but they tell me i cant do it does any1 know if this is right please as above if i do it myself will i get extra

thanks

yes this is right ur subbed card is paired to ur current box and will not work with the hd box.....haggle with v*m i know someone who got a v+ box for £25.....or look at the vip package, u can keep ur current box and get a V+ HD box, multiroom


cheers

[damienc]

thanks for the reply as i said i have the XL but they want £60 for a box to me thats a rip of when i can get 1 for £20 but hey wont turn it on for me all i want is a v+ box im paying for the xl package is there no way round this?

thanks

[unadkat]

this might sound crazy... but would it not be easier if you just buy the box off fleebay for 25 quid and ask VM to send a new card which will work with that box. in otherwords you tel them that u bought the box off ebay and u need a new card which will work with that box.

And then with that all done and dusted u can ask em for the recording feature and so on.

Am not sure about there policies on when peeps buy boxes else where but I would suggest you look into that as that would be a far more easier option in my opinion.

[Lacutas]

All virgin boxes belong to virgin, buying one off ebay is illegal, the box is not for the person to sell on ebay, it is the property of Virgin, the boxs are not like Sky boxes, you never own a Virgin box.

[garaoke]

had a indirect talk to vermin and they said you dont own any virgin receiver any bought or sold is illegal you wont be able to mix and match cards ie pace cards with v+ cards they wont upgrade unless they supply you the box with the suited card so anyone who buys the V+BOX HD or inherits one they are just a fancy freeveiw box

[garaoke]

no not free channels just the facility to record or receive hd channals in comparison to the bog standard pace box

[damienc]

so what your all saying is i need to pay themthe £60 or forget it im buyin a box that ill never own how can they get away with that surely if u buy a box of them then its your box i might just cancel the whole VM package tell them to stick it where the sun dont shine