Comments on: The Box Super USB Review http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2008/12/04/the-box-super-usb-review/ TALK Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:50:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Thomas Smegma http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2008/12/04/the-box-super-usb-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3300 John Thomas Smegma Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:10:03 +0000 http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/?p=779#comment-3300 I've even heard the next generation of cable delivery that Virgin will employ, designed to 'doorstop' this kind of box is already hacked, by way of the less commonly available Linux based boxes such as the itgate baby pearl being able to comfortable handle Nagravision 2....not just the Nagravision 1 system currently in use. Of course they'll need a firmware fix when the time comes to do so, but in Ireland where Nagravision 2 is partly in use already, these boxes are working well. It's seemingly a never ending battle of wits between the pirate software hackers and the cable providers. But all the 'honest' people who keep envisaging an ITV Digital type collapse in service, as an excuse to hate on the people who use such devices, I say worry yee not. Virgin and Sky are too big for that to happen to, and with each attempt by them to stop the boxes working, the vast majority of owners get stumped and chuck their box. Only a small percentage are savvy enough to flash firmware, so it's still a good strategy to keep numbers low and the revenue pouring in. I personally pay for my services as I can afford to do so but, if I couldn't, I'd get a dodgy box for sure - therefore I don't blame anyone else for doing so. I don't subscribe to the argument that I'm paying for their service...I'm paying for my own. If these boxes were not there, the people that can't afford Sky wouldn't suddenly be able to afford to subscribe. Live and let live. I’ve even heard the next generation of cable delivery that Virgin will employ, designed to ‘doorstop’ this kind of box is already hacked, by way of the less commonly available Linux based boxes such as the itgate baby pearl being able to comfortable handle Nagravision 2….not just the Nagravision 1 system currently in use. Of course they’ll need a firmware fix when the time comes to do so, but in Ireland where Nagravision 2 is partly in use already, these boxes are working well.

It’s seemingly a never ending battle of wits between the pirate software hackers and the cable providers. But all the ‘honest’ people who keep envisaging an ITV Digital type collapse in service, as an excuse to hate on the people who use such devices, I say worry yee not. Virgin and Sky are too big for that to happen to, and with each attempt by them to stop the boxes working, the vast majority of owners get stumped and chuck their box. Only a small percentage are savvy enough to flash firmware, so it’s still a good strategy to keep numbers low and the revenue pouring in.

I personally pay for my services as I can afford to do so but, if I couldn’t, I’d get a dodgy box for sure – therefore I don’t blame anyone else for doing so. I don’t subscribe to the argument that I’m paying for their service…I’m paying for my own. If these boxes were not there, the people that can’t afford Sky wouldn’t suddenly be able to afford to subscribe. Live and let live.

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