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    Default Satellite Box and TVB help

    Hello all,

    A couple days ago the satellite box (Zinwell ZDX-7100) for my parent's TVB connection died.

    So my parents called up TVB and were quoted $60 for repair or $220 for a new box. Which I'm guessing is probably just the same model (very old).

    My questions are
    1) Do I need to buy from them or can I just use any satellite box and plug in that card? I've been looking around and some place recommended a Topfield satellite decoder box instead as they also had the built in hdd to record or something?

    2) If we buy a box from somewhere else is it possible to pick up other channels other than TVB from the satellite? I've read somewhere that the box that tvb provides restricts what you can scan or something.

    3) (Tvb specific) From what I gather tvb is still SD, is it worth getting an HD decoder to future proof?

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    Default Tvbj

    Hi and welcome here.
    You can use any IRDETO box,the card will work as long as you paid the subscription.
    Yes you get a few extra chanels, mainly arabic.Or you could subscribe to Selectv and have some movie/disney chanels on the same set-up.In that case get a dual cardslot box.
    HD on TVBJ? I don't think so for a while.
    Hope this helps,and $220.00 is far to much,$100.00 should do the trick.
    regards
    Gulliver
    Last edited by gulliver; 02-08-09 at 06:39 PM.

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