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Originally Posted by BenMcr
It may not be illegal, but at the same time Virgin Media are under no obligation to allow it.
Which may be the case for the older V box system. As I've previously said, TiVo now works in a different way and due it's internal and constant requirement to be authorised, you can't do the same with TiVo as you can with a V box.
As the V box platform is retired in favour of TiVo, then so the ability to view channels without an active subscription to Virgin Media will cease. If you wish to view channels subscription free, then there are alternative platforms available in the UK.
It's less likely now that analogue TV is not broadcast over cable, so you don't have people sticking the bare coax cable in the back of the TV, and with the improved encryption of the Smartcard swap out a few years back, and now the internal encryption for TiVo, the ability to connect fully illegal boxes is diminished.
That only applied to analogue, where ntl and Telewest rebroadcast the core terrestrial channels in the range a standard UK TV could tune to. It has never applied to digital cable.
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Yes, I've explained to my friend that VM could disconnect him at any time if the connection is needed for a new paying customer. However, he hasn't been disconnected in years, would the fact that he takes broadband from VM mean that he should be OK?
I thought that the V boxes were staying? The (then) CEO said that TiVo software could be dropped onto V boxes (but not the V+).
Thanks for explaining Re: TiVo and analogue.