DM500 Cable but no subscription

[gavstar2004]

hi all,

i have an old ntl cable coming in to the house will i be able to use a Dreambox 500c with this with no subscription to ntl(now virgin)

Thanks

[Bulld0g]

You can if the feeds still live, which is highly likely. I think it's best to subscribe and take the lowest package. Give a bit take a bit more

[ozshea]

so true, take the basic package and then just whack in ur dreambox, dont completely bite the hand thats feedin u.

[gavstar2004]

thanks for the advice i'll get the box see if its live and then look at a there packages.

[ozshea]

i'd say u will alright ha ha,
the reason we point this out is quiet simple if everybody gave something back to the cable company i.e broadband and or a basic package, maybe they make enough to keep the thing up and running, otherwise its the same as itv digital, gone.

[caveman_nige]

Just backing up our members good advise.. we always encourage some subscription of some kind to VM..., No VM no hobby... VM are in the poo right now so lets hope we get to keep playing with the signal for a while longer....

[drawflex]

best way is to sign up for basic broadband... it's far better than anyone else's (IMO) and it's all you need for a dreambox split. Whats the point of paying for basic TV if you're gonna use a dreambox and not use any of what you paid for ? pay for internet and use that to get TV.. and download stuff

[CableFella]

Check for terrestrial TV

I would recommend (as Bulldog said) that you check for tv on the cable feed. If you connect a tv to the cable feed, it should receive at least some of the normal channels (eg BBC1,BBC2 etc). Then you will know the feed is "live". Note that they may not be in their normal channels. At my place they sat between Ch 21-30 instead of Ch 41-51.

You wouldn't want to buy the box and then find nothing there would you?

Better advice would be (as above) to get the basic broadband.

Good Luck

[importfto]

To be honest I have got the TV xl package and the 20mb broadband package from them. I use a voip phone so didnt need that but I did need good reliable recording of shows and I love the on demand content. I only bought my 500c for sky sport really. I watch the rugby league but refused to pay skys's charges to watch a sport for only 8 months of the year. It annoyed me even more as the only thing I ever watch on sky sports is the rugby not a single other thing and I have seen every film they are peddling on the movies. It costs just shy of ?20 a month just to get sky sports on Virgin and about the same when I was with sky. Even if my box only works for 6 months I am winning. I am also not helping virgin pay any money to sky so they can fund ridiculous bids for national sporting events depriving the nation of international cricket, football and rugby while driving the astronomical wages of footballers ever higher. By stealing sky sports I am doing my bit to help reduce the wages of footballers. I sleep at night. .

and pps the broadband is the best you can get provided your area isn't oversubscribed.