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bangpuss
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_ 		5. October 2007 @ 13:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

I am completely new to all of this.

Firstly I would like know which is the best Dream box model to buy so I can watch the UK Terrestrial channels like the Freeview Set Top Boxes - I have not got Sky or Cable.

Are Dream boxes the best ones to have if you only want to watch TV and have no knowledge in Unix?. I am a techy so would like to purchase a good box if it takes more learning!!

When using the Dream box - am I able to view channels like Top Up Tv, Setanta and TV X with the correct install package / keys etc?? If this is so - where install / keys for the UK and for Terrestrial Dream boxes? Are they automically updates so I don't have to keep updating the packages / keys or is this a must??

I hope you can help me,

Sorry about the length!

Banging
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Celtic71
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_ 		5. October 2007 @ 16:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You will need a basic package from your provider in order to use these type of boxes :)
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mgb17
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_ 		6. October 2007 @ 01:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It makes no sense to use a dreambox T model for UK freeview.
The onliest live channel left over from Topup TV and Setanta are using a not hacked seca2 version for scrambling.
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bangpuss
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_ 		6. October 2007 @ 11:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The idea was to replace my old set top box which is now on its last legs. So if I got this box I could watch the channels I have now and Top Up Tv and Setanta?? The issue is that I don't even know if this is possible or if the Dream box can descramble these channels.?
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mgb17
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_ 		6. October 2007 @ 12:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If you own a valid subscriber card than yes.
Not hacked means not hacked.
For the free channels there are much more cheaper boxes on the market.
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bangpuss
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_ 		7. October 2007 @ 12:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The idea was not to subcribe to anything and recieve Top Up TV and Setanta. I was trying to find out if a Dream Box would decrypt these channels without paying the subscription fee??
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mgb17
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_ 		8. October 2007 @ 01:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There is no voodoo inside the boxes.
Someone has to crack a scrambling system and create the right software.
The scrambling system for Topup tv and setanta via freeview is not cracked.
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