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gggb · 19-08-09, 06:11 PM

Please forgive me if I'm sounding kinda awkward here but I kinda almost don't know anything about these!

We are canceling Virgin TV to get one of these boxes!

Do we have to have digital TV for these boxes to work? Is theere anything I need to know before joining?

I need as much help as I can get at the moment to be honest :P

earthworm · 19-08-09, 06:45 PM

firstly,is etquette to introduce yourself first on the introduce yourself forum but easy mistake-one i made myself.anyway,you don't need to have digital tv no,just a live cable feed for either tv or broadband.what i would say is,i personally pay a basic subscription to v...in so i'm not completely leaching from them.is a small price to pay for the benefitsof owning a eurovox.maybe just me but means i can sleep at night.

gggb · 19-08-09, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by earthworm

firstly,is etquette to introduce yourself first on the introduce yourself forum but easy mistake-one i made myself.anyway,you don't need to have digital tv no,just a live cable feed for either tv or broadband.what i would say is,i personally pay a basic subscription to v...in so i'm not completely leaching from them.is a small price to pay for the benefitsof owning a eurovox.maybe just me but means i can sleep at night.

i'm on virgin xl. do i have the cable feed? lol

can I downgrade to the m package and still work with eurovox?

g80878 · 19-08-09, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by gggb

i'm on virgin xl. do i have the cable feed? lol

can I downgrade to the m package and still work with eurovox?

yes & yes

rick1019 · 19-08-09, 07:22 PM

Yes any package will work because the feed will still be live.
If you wasn't subscribed to either there broadband or TV then it would likely not be live therefor a cable box would not work.

earthworm · 19-08-09, 07:39 PM

to reiterate.a live cable feed= a functioning eurovox,however,i have heard on here that even people without subscription can use one-as if u have a cable feed it may still be live.apparently its not uncommon for v...in to not kill the feed.

gggb · 19-08-09, 07:41 PM

so where is the best place to get one? iwantabox.com seems good & reliable. Is it?

earthworm · 19-08-09, 07:48 PM

im a bit of a newbie so don't really know whats what but the consensus on here is that lincsat or waqasahmed are reliable and sell only genuine boxes.

peljames · 19-08-09, 08:07 PM

Would reccomend either lincsat where your box will come ready to use or cabledelight a bit cheaper but you will have to put firmware on yourself

19-08-09, 06:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
gggb Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Very very new to this! Please forgive me if I'm sounding kinda awkward here but I kinda almost don't know anything about these! We are canceling Virgin TV to get one of these boxes! Do we have to have digital TV for these boxes to work? Is theere anything I need to know before joining? I need as much help as I can get at the moment to be honest :P

19-08-09, 06:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
earthworm Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: west yorkshire Posts: 187 Thanks: 130 Thanked 52 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Very very new to this! firstly,is etquette to introduce yourself first on the introduce yourself forum but easy mistake-one i made myself.anyway,you don't need to have digital tv no,just a live cable feed for either tv or broadband.what i would say is,i personally pay a basic subscription to v...in so i'm not completely leaching from them.is a small price to pay for the benefitsof owning a eurovox.maybe just me but means i can sleep at night.

19-08-09, 07:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
rick1019 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Stoke Posts: 412 Thanks: 1 Thanked 33 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Very very new to this! Yes any package will work because the feed will still be live. If you wasn't subscribed to either there broadband or TV then it would likely not be live therefor a cable box would not work.

19-08-09, 07:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
earthworm Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: west yorkshire Posts: 187 Thanks: 130 Thanked 52 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Very very new to this! to reiterate.a live cable feed= a functioning eurovox,however,i have heard on here that even people without subscription can use one-as if u have a cable feed it may still be live.apparently its not uncommon for v...in to not kill the feed.

19-08-09, 07:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
gggb Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Very very new to this! so where is the best place to get one? iwantabox.com seems good & reliable. Is it?

19-08-09, 07:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
earthworm Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: west yorkshire Posts: 187 Thanks: 130 Thanked 52 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Very very new to this! im a bit of a newbie so don't really know whats what but the consensus on here is that lincsat or waqasahmed are reliable and sell only genuine boxes.

19-08-09, 08:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
peljames Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 75 Thanks: 6 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Very very new to this! Would reccomend either lincsat where your box will come ready to use or cabledelight a bit cheaper but you will have to put firmware on yourself