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Wakjob

join:2013-09-27
Deer Park, NY

Set Up Box

I have the stand Motorola 2500 SD Set-Top Box. But I also have the Select package with 43 HD channels. Can I buy a box say..., one from ebay like the HD QIP 7100-1 and use it to get the other 43 channels? Does verizon track the box? Maybe you have to register the box in order to have it work..

What is my options?

Thanks for reading


JPL
Premium
join:2007-04-04
Downingtown, PA
kudos:3

You can't buy a box like that third party. Any boxes that are sold on ebay that are said to be Verizon boxes would be stolen, and Verizon wouldn't activate them for you. Another option, though, would be to get a box that accepts a cable card. You would lease the cable card from Verizon.

One last option - if your TV has a built-in QAM tuner, you can connect the cable directly to the TV's input, and scan for unscrambled channels. That would only include your locals, but you would get them in HD.


PJL

join:2008-07-24
Long Beach, CA
kudos:2
Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS
reply to Wakjob

said by Wakjob:

I have the stand Motorola 2500 SD Set-Top Box. But I also have the Select package with 43 HD channels. Can I buy a box say..., one from ebay like the HD QIP 7100-1 and use it to get the other 43 channels? Does verizon track the box? Maybe you have to register the box in order to have it work..

What is my options?

Thanks for reading

Any FiOS STBs other than ones provided by Verizon directly can not be activated and are probably considered stolen property since all legitimate FIOS STBs are Verizon property.


Wakjob

join:2013-09-27
Deer Park, NY

said by PJL:

probably considered stolen property

OK..., If they have to be activate and are stolen, what are the people that are buying them on ebay do with them?

PJL

join:2008-07-24
Long Beach, CA
kudos:2
Reviews:
·Verizon FiOS

said by Wakjob:

said by PJL:

probably considered stolen property

OK..., If they have to be activate and are stolen, what are the people that are buying them on ebay do with them?

They are throwing their money away.


Wakjob

join:2013-09-27
Deer Park, NY

said by PJL:

They are throwing their money away.

This is great info for someone like myself that does not know any better. Thanks!

PJL

join:2008-07-24
Long Beach, CA
kudos:2

YW


marc3565

join:2009-10-08
reply to Wakjob

said by Wakjob:

said by PJL:

probably considered stolen property

OK..., If they have to be activate and are stolen, what are the people that are buying them on ebay do with them?

try to sell them to someone else on ebay?