M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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my dad is on about these d-box things on ebay, free tv etc
anyone know any more info? legal? good quality?
seem cheap for what they are
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Robbo_Corsa
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Registered: 5th Jul 06
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Yes, my girlfriends parents have 1.. guessin they're legal, as ebay wouldn't sell them if they wern't and they're very good.. EVERYTHING free.. movies the lot..
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
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any more info on these?
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Robin
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how much?
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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You can only recieve non encrypted channels on them though right? i.e. free view?
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Dom
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there not illegal to own, but to use they are! Safer getting a Sky version of them than the cable version though (cable can do checks on your boxes, where as sky can't without a phone socket).
Dont think there is a freeview version as the encryption has yet to be cracked (itv digital was though as it used weaker encryption, might be wrong though)!
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M2RTY
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more info?
so cable can do checks?
we have sky at the mo but not cable, i can get cable ones for 80 notes, would we need anything else? we have the cable connection set up already
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Dom
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you still need to get a TV subscription with NTL/Telewest (cheapest is 20 quid a month i think), but when the engineer leaves you just swap the boxes over and use the dbox - but yes, its two-way communication between the box, unlike sky which uses a telephone socket for the return/upload data.
if you have sky then i would look at getting one for that - but not sure if there still called dboxes or not (canne remember lol).
Lots of info about though if you google - they say the nokia boxes are the better ones 
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abdus
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the 'NTL' box is not a 2-way commincation,it doesn't send back info.
they cannot check anyhting. Easiest way is to run box boxes, the NTL one and the 'NTL' one 
get all the channels and also front row 
[Edited on 15-10-2006 by abdus]
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dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
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more info on the NTL boxes? I want it in my room but if theres a way of scamming NTL im all ears, we have most channels downstairs anyway though...............
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
there not illegal to own, but to use they are! Safer getting a Sky version of them than the cable version though (cable can do checks on your boxes, where as sky can't without a phone socket).
Dont think there is a freeview version as the encryption has yet to be cracked (itv digital was though as it used weaker encryption, might be wrong though)!
so you mean, buy a sky box, but dont sign up and you can recieve non encrypted channels?
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