Virgin + HD box
 

I'm looking at buying an Virgin + HD box as I only have the standard box at present. I am on the L package.

I don't want to pay Virgin anymore to go onto a higher package for HD. If buy a box on Ebay with a card I am assumimg it will be for the basic package or just the free channels.

Is there anyway I can use my own L package on the box from Ebay.

Re: Virgin + HD box
 

If you do decide to buy a box from ebay then you will;

a) be wasting your money as it won't work
b) almost certainly be in receipt of stolen goods.

Each box has to be 'paired' with a viewing card and VM certainly won't do it for a box not supplied by them. The boxes are only rented by the user unlike the Sky boxes so whoever is putting it up for sale doesn't actually own it.

If the box is being sold with a card, then presumably the seller has cancelled their contract and the card will have been disabled anyway.

If you do go ahead then the best that the box will do is give you without a valid viewing card is the standard BBC 1 and 2, ITV3, and Channels 4 and 5, (and VM may well kill those off soon anyway) they won't be the HD versions and the recording feature won't work either.

All in all probably not a good buy.

Re: Virgin + HD box
 

dont get a box anywhere else bar virgin mate ive already tried and it dont work phone virgin and speak to retentions i got my 2nd v+hd box for £60 self install of them got it today infact.regards jc

Re: Virgin + HD box
 

Cs told me they didn't want my very old jerrold analog box but the installer took it away when he came to install the samsung box anyway,no receipt for it but i dont think virgin will be chasing up on that antique at least i hope not!!

Re: Virgin + HD box
 

He may have took it back to get recycled

Re: Virgin + HD box
 

Hehe good point

Re: Virgin + HD box
 

Call up retentions, I got an upgrade to XL with a V+ HD box when I was on the standard box with M TV and it only cost me £3 extra a month with no up front costs.