Anyone ever bought a hot cable box before??

[Ryokurin]

True for real "hot boxes".

But I know for a fact that there are techs here in Baltimore that are selling boxes with all the channels on them for about $200-300.

I'm pretty sure what they are doing though is just putting codes on a box that is attached to another persons account.

What cable system, and have they converted completely to digital? If they are digital the box will eventually be found out.

Comcast is converting all of their areas to 100% digital, with only local channels still served analog, and even that will end eventually. When they finish converting a area they then go through and audit the accounts and turn off the boxes that don't match up.

I had a box that never had the HD package enabled on it, when I moved for some reason the tech didn't carry it over but it was never turned off on the box. A year after the conversion I got a letter saying they saw I had channels I wasn't paying for, and if I didn't call to say I wanted them they would be removed. The same letter went to several other people I know that had similar boxes.

 

[Al Smith]

Shit won't work son.... I used to work for Comcast in the Master Regional Head End for Southeastern Michigan. I've seen the stings that they do with digital boxes.. I'm gonna just say that be prepared to give up your tv, surround system, and gaming systems, and computer if that shit is connected to your tv when they catch you ass. They do mac address polling all of the time. If they find that the mac address is from the wrong node, an alarm goes off and then there is an investigation. I saw one of my coworkers get in trouble for letting his mom use one of his boxes at her house... and this was back in 2006....They can actually trace the box to an exact physical location with due diligence.. It won't be a good look for the idiot that tries this one...

 

[forcesteeler]

Everything is Digital Now, So Cracking Digital Cable is almost impossible now. But who cares i download all my shit anyways, Who pay for Cable unless you watch alot of sports?

 

[wiZe]

I work for Time Warner. SHIT AINT WORKING SON. Almost all cable boxes are hot in every cable system now . All that means is that
the box doesn't require a hit(activation) to come on. That shit will last you about all of 1 day if your lucky. AND FOR THE POSTER ABOVE ME, even if your friend gave you his legit cable box that was on his account and you take it outside the node its registered to, it wont even work. You literally would have to live on the same damn block as the person. And I cant wait until we get rid of analog(basic) cable here at Time Warner.
Then the whole bootleg game will be over. We are one of the last few companies to still offer it. So just fucking buy it man.
Muthafuckas crack me up jumping through loops to get free cable, but will sign there souls over to Verizon or Tmobile for cell services

I know peeps in Cali with bootleg Time Warner cable for the last 3 years. Hustle man (TW service guy) even told them he can do Internet now.

Shits a waste of my time so I ain't fuckin with it but shit works here in Cali.

 

[wiZe]

Everything is Digital Now, So Cracking Digital Cable is almost impossible now. But who cares i download all my shit anyways, Who pay for Cable unless you watch alot of sports?

Cable was a $10 add-on to my Internet service but you are right. I only did it for sports. Got it like a month ago or so. After the NBA playoffs, I'll probably cancel it and look for cheaper Internet service.

 

[Brother Blues]

If this were 2002 you'd be good...

.....and my black box would still be working...miss that shit,use to watch every PPV fight

 

[sinsay]

What cable system, and have they converted completely to digital? If they are digital the box will eventually be found out.

Comcast is converting all of their areas to 100% digital, with only local channels still served analog, and even that will end eventually. When they finish converting a area they then go through and audit the accounts and turn off the boxes that don't match up.

I had a box that never had the HD package enabled on it, when I moved for some reason the tech didn't carry it over but it was never turned off on the box. A year after the conversion I got a letter saying they saw I had channels I wasn't paying for, and if I didn't call to say I wanted them they would be removed. The same letter went to several other people I know that had similar boxes.

Comcast somewhere in the Baltimore metro area.

And yes, they have gone to digital.

From the hookup I saw at my homeboy house, the tech put a trap behind the box and told him he couldn't use On Demand. He hooked him up with an HD/DVR box and my homeboy is only paying for Comcast internet.

He gets all the channels...premium and the real Porn channels.

Again, I have no idea how he does it, and I realize that shit has definitely changed since they went digitial but the only logical thing I can think of is that he is piggy backing that box off of someone else's account or has a way of activating it and making it hot with some codes that won't kill the box.

I have seen it with my own eyes so it is definitely possible.

 

[Brother Blues]

My brother in law works for Comcast...I'm gonna ask him if there is anyway get around this.

 

[TooTrilla]

My brother in law works for Comcast...I'm gonna ask him if there is anyway get around this.

 

[shaddyvillethug]

i remember i had all the flick channels

smfh

 

[peterpiper1978]

.....and my black box would still be working...miss that shit,use to watch every PPV fight

remember a side and b side
them were the days. i didnt pay for cable from 2001-2007

 

[boxcar]

My brother in law works for Comcast...I'm gonna ask him if there is anyway get around this.