Starview Help Required Please

[The Yeti]

Hello Everyone

I have a starview box which I am extremely pleased with, have no problems with and have mastered reasonably well.
I am looking to get a second box, and I'm no longer in contact with the person who got me the original one so I have a few questions that I would like to ask for some help on:

1) What is the best (Starview, possibly) box to get just now?
2) Where is the best place to get this (are the ones on ebay okay)
3) If I buy a box, will it have software installed on it already, or shall I have to do something to this?
4) What is a reasonable price to expect to pay for a box?

Many Thanks in advance

The Yeti

[DESSERTDOG]

Hello Everyone

I have a starview box which I am extremely pleased with, have no problems with and have mastered reasonably well.
I am looking to get a second box, and I'm no longer in contact with the person who got me the original one so I have a few questions that I would like to ask for some help on:

1) What is the best (Starview, possibly) box to get just now?
2) Where is the best place to get this (are the ones on ebay okay)
3) If I buy a box, will it have software installed on it already, or shall I have to do something to this?
4) What is a reasonable price to expect to pay for a box?

Many Thanks in advance

The Yeti

1. Everyone will think different on the best box the safest box as far as No Clones is the Sv5 but what with the pending issues on cable Read up on Nagra3 Is it worth buying a new cable box only you can decide on that one.
2.Best place to buy mmmmmm there are lots of suggestions on this site more reading im afraid to say.
3.Most times you will have to install hardware program but again on the SV5 this is not hard to do read the tut first in the downloads section.
4.A reasonable price depends on the typ of box you buy m8 SV5s i think about 85 quid you could pay more or less but i think thats a fair price some members may not agree because of the pending issues with cable N3.

[The Yeti]

1. Everyone will think different on the best box the safest box as far as No Clones is the Sv5 but what with the pending issues on cable Read up on Nagra3 Is it worth buying a new cable box only you can decide on that one.
2.Best place to buy mmmmmm there are lots of suggestions on this site more reading im afraid to say.
3.Most times you will have to install hardware program but again on the SV5 this is not hard to do read the tut first in the downloads section.
4.A reasonable price depends on the typ of box you buy m8 SV5s i think about 85 quid you could pay more or less but i think thats a fair price some members may not agree because of the pending issues with cable N3.

Thanks DD - I am going to have a look for info on Nagra3 - will I find it in the Starview section?

Thanks Mate

The Yeti

[DESSERTDOG]

Im sure there is m8 but if you have no joy post back and what little i know i will pass on

[cactikid]

what you need to know is when nagra 3 comes to you,no channels viewable on any box,blank screens rule.

[The Yeti]

what you need to know is when nagra 3 comes to you,no channels viewable on any box,blank screens rule.

Seriously mate, is it uncrackable? I only made tentative inroads into looking at what Nagra3 is but there seems to be some reports of it being cracked?

Would you by any chance know when it will be rolled out to a former *** reiong of VM in g/gow?

Many Thanks

The Yeti

[boomer39]

Seriously mate, is it uncrackable? I only made tentative inroads into looking at what Nagra3 is but there seems to be some reports of it being cracked?

Would you by any chance know when it will be rolled out to a former *** reiong of VM in g/gow?

Many Thanks

The Yeti

uncrackable, mate. been down in eire for months, leeds as well.
only vermin know when. could be next week, could be july, september.. pot luck methinks, or pot bad luck!!!

[cactikid]

taken from somewhere else thanks guys.
3.7Software is followed by ------- new cards then --------- Nag 3
3.7 Software is for VM boxes only NOT Starview ect


*Set to receive new cards = Assumption based on N3 stream being present

*Receiving new cards = Fact

*Note: info on this list is subject to change



Current areas on 3.7

- Aylesbury
- Barnsley
- Bedfordshire including Bedford Sandy, Biggleswade, Dunstable, Luton (Set to receive new cards)
- Bells Hill
- Bolton
- Bournemouth (Receiving new cards)
- Bradford (Set to receive new cards)
- Brighton
- Casltford (Set to receive new cards)
- Chesham
- Cheshire including Warrington, Widnes
- Chiltern Hills
- Cleethorpes
- Coventry (Set to receive new cards)
- Croxley Green
- Derbyshire (Set to receive new cards)
- Dorset including Poole (Receiving new cards)
- Dunbartonshire in Scotland
- Dundee in Scotland
- Durham
- East Anglia
- Essex including Harlow (Romford, Ilford, Rainham receiving new cards)
- Falkirk in Scotland
- Fife in Scotland
- Gateshead
- Glasgow in Scotland
- Grimsby (Set to receive new cards)
- Halifax (Set to receive new cards)
- Hampshire including Gosport, Aldershot, Farnborough
- Harrogate
- Hartlepool
- Hertfordshire including Stevenage, Hemel Hempstead, Bishops Stortford Watford, Rickmansworth, St Albans, (Hitchin, Letchworth, Ware, Hertford, Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, South Hertfordshire receiving new cards)
- High Wycombe
- Horley
- Huddersfield (Receiving new cards)
- Humberside
- Immingham
- Keighley (Set to receive new cards)
- Kent including (Swanley, Bexley, Ashford receiving new cards)
- Kirklees including Dewsbury, Batley (Receiving new cards)
- Lancashire including Chorley, Preston, Burnley, Nelson, Accrington, Colne, Blackburn
- Leeds
- Leicestershire (Set to receive new cards)
- Lincolnshire (Set to receive new cards as part of Nottingham headend)
- Liverpool
- London 41050 including Harrow (East London, South London, Seven Kings receiving new cards)
- Lothian in Scotland including Edinburgh city
- Manchester including Swinton, Salford, Stretford, Stockport, Wigan (Manchester set to receive new cards)
- Middlesbrough
- Middlesex including Staines
- Newcastle
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- North & South Lanarkshire in Scotland
- North Shields
- Norwich (Set to receive new cards)
- Nottinghamshire (Set to receive new cards)
- Oldham
- Paisley in Scotland
- Peterborough
- Portsmouth (Receiving new cards)
- Reading
- Rotherham
- Rugby (Set to receive new cards)
- Scun'thorpe
- Sheffield
- Solent (Set to receive new cards)
- Southampton
- South Humberside (Set to receive new cards as part of Nottingham headend)
- South Shields
- South Tyneside
- St. Helens
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Sunderland
- Surrey including Guildford, Woking, Frimley, Farnham, Camberley, Epsom
- Sussex including Crawley (Receiving new cards)
- Teesside
- Tonbridge including Tonbridge wells, Edenbridge, Lower Surrey (Set to receive new cards)
- Uddingston in Scotland
- Wirral
- York


Areas switched over to Nagra 3

- Aylesbury
- Chesham
- Chiltern Hills
- Harrogate
- Leeds
- Rickmansworth
- St Albans
- Watford
- York


01/12/09, 05:43 PM - last edited on 18/02/10, 05:52 PM

Virgin Media has started to send out new smartcards to its TV customers, currently we're sending them to customers in Watford, Seven Kings, Kirklees, Wessex-Poole and Ashford. The new smartcard is easy to swap with the old - find out how at Switching your Smart Card.

The new smartcard is important. It works differently to the old card, and uses newer technology which will form part of a range of exciting new digital TV services from 2010 and onwards, including more HD channels, new TV on demand features and of course we’re also working on integrating TiVo into our TV service too!

Customers in the Watford, Seven Kings, Kirklees, Wessex-Poole and Ashford should have already received their new cards (or will be recieving them soon) and it’s important your old card is swapped out as soon as possible. Over the next few days, in the regions listed, we’ll be turning off some of the older TV signals on our network so if you haven’t swapped the card yet, please do so as soon as you can to ensure an uninterrupted service.

If you are in the Watford, Seven Kings, Kirklees, Wessex-Poole or Ashford areas and think you need a new smartcard please head to Switching your Smart Card and check our frequently asked questions (FAQ).

If you’re not in one of the regions listed, don’t panic, everyone will be getting a new smartcard. We’ll be going around the country region by region as we upgrade our TV service, and we’ll be in touch by post when it’s your turn. In the meantime, don’t worry there won’t be any changes to your TV service until that time.

[The Yeti]

[QUOTE=cactikid;465163]taken from somewhere else thanks guys.
3.7Software is followed by ------- new cards then --------- Nag 3
3.7 Software is for VM boxes only NOT Starview ect


*Set to receive new cards = Assumption based on N3 stream being present

*Receiving new cards = Fact

*Note: info on this list is subject to change


Pardon my ignorance, but does this mean that the straview boxes shall continue to work then?

[larryoke]

[quote=The Yeti;468895]

taken from somewhere else thanks guys.
3.7Software is followed by ------- new cards then --------- Nag 3
3.7 Software is for VM boxes only NOT Starview ect


*Set to receive new cards = Assumption based on N3 stream being present

*Receiving new cards = Fact

*Note: info on this list is subject to change


Pardon my ignorance, but does this mean that the straview boxes shall continue to work then?

Only during the 3.7 phase! when N3 hits no 3rd party boxes will work