Virgin media possibly getting serious on dodgy boxes? - Page 28

joglynne · 19-10-2009, 16:25

I must admit to having a sneaky peek at certain other forums and enjoying some of the posts.

funcard_4 · 19-10-2009, 18:40

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Originally Posted by joglynne

I must admit to having a sneaky peek at certain other forums and enjoying some of the posts.

lol.....you went on the other site to find out how to do things.

joglynne · 19-10-2009, 18:52

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Originally Posted by funcard_4

lol.....you went on the other site to find out how to do things.

No, but I can report that there are a few upset people on the dark side, also a fair few who are still convinced VM are just bluffing.

Sirius · 19-10-2009, 18:54

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Originally Posted by joglynne

also a fair few who are still convinced VM are just bluffing.

More fool them.

funcard_4 · 19-10-2009, 19:01

well at the end of the day most of them will say its been a good ride whilst it lasted and maybe it time for them to dig deep in their pockets and use the money they have saved over the years from free tv. However I know most ppl will install a motorised satelite to gain free tv. There are so many ways, one avenue gets closed another one opens.The hack has been around for decades its about time something changes.

Ben B · 19-10-2009, 20:25

Hey Gang,

Just to inform you, if you go to Help and Info on the Home menu and select 'Virgin TV - Updated Oct 09' they have added a 'Your new TV smart card' option with all the information about it. Also, If you go on 'Help Videos' in the help and info menu, they have added the smartcard replacement tutorial video.

Ben

Peter_ · 19-10-2009, 20:29

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Originally Posted by Ben B

Hey Gang,

Just to inform you, if you go to Help and Info on the Home menu and select 'Virgin TV - Updated Oct 09' they have added a 'Your new TV smart card' option with all the information about it. Also, If you go on 'Help Videos' in the help and info menu, they have added the smartcard replacement tutorial video.

Ben

Is this on the Set top box or online, if online link please.

Ben B · 19-10-2009, 20:31

Set top box

AndyCambs · 19-10-2009, 20:44

Just wondering - are the new SmartCards being sent out by Royal Mail - and if so, are there any alternative plans in place to use another distribution service?

TheDon · 19-10-2009, 21:17

There's not really a need for there to be.
The cards aren't time sensitive, if they get delayed by a few days it's really no big issue, the timescale for the switchover is not going to be anywhere near tight enough that a delay in delivery will cause any problem.

jfman · 19-10-2009, 22:32

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Originally Posted by Moldova

That says please come back on 16th October 2009,

I did refer to a specific period of time.

RobboEdin · 20-10-2009, 09:53

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Originally Posted by funcard_4

well at the end of the day most of them will say its been a good ride whilst it lasted and maybe it time for them to dig deep in their pockets and use the money they have saved over the years from free tv. However I know most ppl will install a motorised satelite to gain free tv. There are so many ways, one avenue gets closed another one opens.The hack has been around for decades its about time something changes.

Interesting use of the third person in your post! Will you be changing your name to glumcard soon?

funcard_4 · 20-10-2009, 10:10

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Originally Posted by RobboEdin

Interesting use of the third person in your post! Will you be changing your name to glumcard soon?

Nope will be changing my name to satcard

Hiroki · 20-10-2009, 17:38

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Originally Posted by TheDon

It'll be nagra 3 based, but they could do a whole world of stuff in combination with it as well. Even on an iptv system they'll still want to encrypt the channels.

They are definitely running scared, many of the sites that sell dodgy boxes have slashed their prices since this was announced, they know that as soon as it's rolled out they'll be left with a load of doorstops so are trying to shift them fast.

Nice and hopefully this will stop those sodding kids near I live from going into the grates and messing around with VM's wires

Also does anyone know if the company has put anything in place to stop their own staff from leaking technical information that maybe used to compromise the encryption?

Any word on if they will be attacking those with dodgy modems next?

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Originally Posted by funcard_4

Nope will be changing my name to satcard

Can you get many decent stations using the motorised dishes?

devilincarnate · 20-10-2009, 18:53

Hey i have just been over to the DARK SIDE ( the faulty forum pages ) , but not to see not to see how to do things and it seems that they are running scared as on one of the threads they have lost their tv in LEEDS,BRADFORD,WAKEFEILD AND BARNSLEY so it seems thet it seems to have them sh****ng themselves.

But on another note has anybody else noticed on the v box in the tech section that every couple of days there is a number that is climbing up it started at 8886 and now is at 8890 can anybody shed any light on this ?