Starview - do they work in Canada?
 

Does any one own a starview box or something similar (see link), and does it work in Canada?

http://www.digi-force.co.uk/?gclid=C...Fc0a3godbG6iCQ

I had one for NTL and they are superb, but do not know if they will work abroad though.

Re: Starview - do they work in Canada?
 

From the link these seem to be cable boxes? By bringing one over do you somehow expect to get UK cable tv or is it a case of hooking one up to a Canadian cable TV provider? In any case the answer is most likely no. Cable boxes can be bought/rented here readily enough.

Re: Starview - do they work in Canada?
 

They're a bit more dodgy than that - they basically let you get all cable channels with no or minimal cable subscription..... i.e. highly illegal...

I've heard of people getting hooky US satellite in Canada - lot of shops around here offering that, but I've not heard anything about cable.... Wouldn't fancy getting deported myself...

Re: Starview - do they work in Canada?
 

They are impossible to detect, er so I am told.....as the boxes only receive signals and they do not bounce back signals to the Cable provides, so if you connected it to a minimum subscription cable box with a splitter, it is undetectable, ....alledgedly:)

Re: Starview - do they work in Canada?
 

Yea, allegedly, but cable boxes are definitely two way comms, because you can select PPV or on demand programs etc. Satellite TV on the other hand is definitely one way for obvious reasons and from what I've seen is more popular as an illicit source of TV - you'll probably see various satellite shops when you arrive - that'd be where I'd start..

Re: Starview - do they work in Canada?
 

You can buy them here. I've seen them in shops in downtown Toronto advertised for as little as $75.

Some people I know have them as well.
Best advice is to hook it up to an existing satellite connection, allegedly, but keep a basic package with your provider so if anyone comes knocking...

Apparently though, Bell have just changed something on their signal which is going to take some time to crack so one of my friends' boxes has not worked for the last few weeks.

If you were asking if you could bring your existing box over and use it here, well, to be honest - that I don't know - but they don't cost too much to buy here and as long as you know what you're doing to install it, I wouldn't bother. (Bringing yours over I mean).

Re: Starview - do they work in Canada?
 

You can use your Starview box in Canada for cable tv, but you will not be able to see any encrypted channels - which may be all of them! I don't know how many channels are "free to air" on cable in Canada.

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