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goblin · 17-07-2010, 15:04

Speaking as someone who doesn't watch tv. I have a Samsung box that was provided as part of my contract it supplies the Virgin Freeview channels. Everytime I phone Virgin of late, it gives me this whole 'We recently sent you a tv card to our great new tv channels ....' it says something else, but I'm usually staring at the ceiling by the time its quoted the first sentence and waiting for the 'Hello Virgin Media how may I help you?' voice.

Anyway, my question is, will the fact that I choose NOT to insert the cards into my tv box have any effect on my account overall? I may eventually goto the trouble of messing around with the whole TV thing in the future and may even insert the tv cards at a later date but right now TV doesn't interest me so I'm not planning on inserting the cards anytime soon, but don't want it to effect my broadband connection in anyway with me choosing to not use the Samsung Freeview Box. It maybe worth pointing out that the TV box is NOT installed near the tv at this point, instead its on top of a cupboard in the bedroom still in its box.

Also, should I choose to install the TV cards at a later date say in 6 or 12 months after the roll out of your secret encoding thing has been deployed. Will the cards still work, or will I have to apple for new cards for instance?

Finally, for those that will conclude that I'm doing something dodgy Virgin Media are free to come around and check my installation anytime they so wish to ensure that it's not using any equipment that I shouldn't.

I did try asking the Customer Services\Broadband Tech Support people the above questions, but unfortunately none of them could answer my questions and by the time they had transferred me to TV Tech Support, I had literally forgotten the question I was going to ask, yes it took that long

I should have written it down obviously

Thanks for your time.

17-07-2010, 15:04	#970
goblin Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 199	Re: All Chipped Cable Boxes Going Down Speaking as someone who doesn't watch tv. I have a Samsung box that was provided as part of my contract it supplies the Virgin Freeview channels. Everytime I phone Virgin of late, it gives me this whole 'We recently sent you a tv card to our great new tv channels ....' it says something else, but I'm usually staring at the ceiling by the time its quoted the first sentence and waiting for the 'Hello Virgin Media how may I help you?' voice. Anyway, my question is, will the fact that I choose NOT to insert the cards into my tv box have any effect on my account overall? I may eventually goto the trouble of messing around with the whole TV thing in the future and may even insert the tv cards at a later date but right now TV doesn't interest me so I'm not planning on inserting the cards anytime soon, but don't want it to effect my broadband connection in anyway with me choosing to not use the Samsung Freeview Box. It maybe worth pointing out that the TV box is NOT installed near the tv at this point, instead its on top of a cupboard in the bedroom still in its box. Also, should I choose to install the TV cards at a later date say in 6 or 12 months after the roll out of your secret encoding thing has been deployed. Will the cards still work, or will I have to apple for new cards for instance? Finally, for those that will conclude that I'm doing something dodgy Virgin Media are free to come around and check my installation anytime they so wish to ensure that it's not using any equipment that I shouldn't. I did try asking the Customer Services\Broadband Tech Support people the above questions, but unfortunately none of them could answer my questions and by the time they had transferred me to TV Tech Support, I had literally forgotten the question I was going to ask, yes it took that long I should have written it down obviously Thanks for your time.