Discussion From WANTED: A Cable Box

[TheCoder]

You dont really get many unencrypted channels from VM. They really dont have a "freeview" type service for non-customers.

All you can expect are the basic BBC/ITV/C4/C5 plus a few news channels and various selling channels.

If thats all you need then I'd guess you should get quite a few offers !

[unadkat]

Originally Posted by Penguin2008

Hi all,

I've got a friend who's started living in a shared property and they would like TV. They don't have an aerial for freeview and as the house is in a dip an indoor aerial is out of the question. Satellite is also not an option as 1. there'd be a contract and 2. the landlord doesn't want anything done to the property.

There is an old cable installation in the place and I've tested it with my box and it works. Great for getting basic channels via cable!

So I'm looking for someone who's got an old, now defunct, cable box that's either getting thrown out or shoved in the attic. It can go to a good home! (freecycle style)

I'm willing to pay whatever postage costs there are on your end of course.

Thanks!

if your neighbour has a sat dish, then ask him if you can run another cable from the LNB into your house and then u will have satellite... However i am not sure how well you know your neighbours etc etc

But as coder said you get hardly any free view channels from VM apart from the basics.

[Penguin2008]

Originally Posted by TheCoder

You dont really get many unencrypted channels from VM. They really dont have a "freeview" type service for non-customers.

All you can expect are the basic BBC/ITV/C4/C5 plus a few news channels and various selling channels.

If thats all you need then I'd guess you should get quite a few offers !

That's all they're after mate - basic stuff for god-awful Saturday night TV etc.

The neighbours are currently unknown, dunno if they have a dish (I'll check) so not really a good option!

[waqasahmed]

Well, if thats what you really want,then there are some Starviews going on eBay for about £25. Failing that, why not purchase the HD box from VM?(One off fee)-It has a lot of free channels, and some in HD

[gji25]

got a eurovox lying around somewhere... if your still interested pm me and i,ll sort you something out

[SAT-WORLD]

Originally Posted by waqasahmed

Well, if thats what you really want,then there are some Starviews going on eBay for about £25. Failing that, why not purchase the HD box from VM?(One off fee)-It has a lot of free channels, and some in HD

VM,don't sell their receivers,they are only rented out to subscribers.
The one-off fee,for the V HD stb,is for activation of the HD channels,and not the outright cost of the V HD stb.

[waqasahmed]

I know they dont "sell" their receivers, however my cousin got free HD channels by "purchasing" the box for £50. The OP could quite easily get free HD channels if they "bought" this receiver

[zola11]

Originally Posted by waqasahmed

I know they dont "sell" their receivers, however my cousin got free HD channels by "purchasing" the box for £50. The OP could quite easily get free HD channels if they "bought" this receiver

so if you splash out £100 for the v+ box the number of hd channels is still limited? is there really such a vast difference from hd & normal virgin picture.
seems pretty good to me as it is.
also fleabay r selling virgin hd boxes-if a purchase was made-will they be ready to go or am i missing summin obvious--all rather cheaper than £100
cheers
p.s just read this on cable chat
Nope, not possible to legitimately buy a V+ box from any supplier other than Virgin. If you do then Virgin will simply refuse to connect the service to it and insist that they supply the box themselves, leaving you out of pocket to the tune of the one that you bought from eBay and still having to pay Virgin for the box.

[Rick]

Originally Posted by unadkat

if your neighbour has a sat dish, then ask him if you can run another cable from the LNB into your house and then u will have satellite...

Careful with that, the two houses will almost certianly be on differant phases, one fault and it's quite possible that someone will have a shocking experiance to the tune of 415v !

[cupid stunt]

Hi Rick, we done this recently on a house under construction, the line voltage to the LNB is only 15DC or there abouts, both propertys were on different phases, all working fine. if one house develops a fault, the max backfeed would be 15volts.

C.S.