[Sirius]

Originally Posted by martyh

who's 'dickie' and why are they giving him their bank details ?

But this one is even funnier

Since the first N3 cards got sent out and reported on here, I've been explaining to immediate family why my nice HTPC set up will be severly downgraded within the next few months. Consequently I've been explaining to brother-in-law's what N1 and N3 are, and why all dodgy cable boxes are going to be useless very soon.

I was therefore somewhat surprised when last week one of them told me about this great thing he's bought - a brand new dodgy box for his bedroom! He even told me that he remembered what I'd said to him about the encryption method, but he asked the bloke in the shop about it and the bloke told him it's running the latest version of the software and they've got "all that stuff" sorted and not to worry - so he handed over the money! I explained to him that N3 hasn't been cracked and the box will NOT work when our area goes over, but he's adamant - the bloke in the shop said it'll be alright! I even brought up this website to show him all the "N3 = useless box" threads but he's still sure it'll keep working.

He's buying extra cabling and adding it into the existing feed to his house to feed the signal into the bedroom this weekend and hopes to have the TV up and running by mid-week. I hope he thinks the three figure sum he paid out is worth it for the month or two it's up and running.
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