What do I do with a digital tv box but no service?

[chiwawa626]

What do I do with a digital tv box but no service? My dads friend got rid of his comcast digital tv and handed me the box as junk. Is thing worth anything to me or is it junk, what would happen if I plugged it in, would I atleast get my regular cable and maybe epg if im lucky?

 

[shilala]

Is it a dvr? I tear the hdds out of them and throw the rest away.

 

[chiwawa626]

nah just a plain jane motorolla box, my first thought was trash, but unless someone has any insite, thats where its going.

 

[lokiju]

Is it damaged or is it good?

It's a digital box?

 

[Zorro]

Return the stolen box to the cable company. I doubt he actually owned it.

 

[chiwawa626]

Originally posted by: Zorro
Return the stolen box to the cable company. I doubt he actually owned it.

Hah, upon closer inspection I did find a sticker on there that says property of comcast. I could easily toss it in the trash, probably 10x easyer then calling them to return it - whats in it for me?

 

[newParadigm]

Originally posted by: chiwawa626

Originally posted by: Zorro
Return the stolen box to the cable company. I doubt he actually owned it.

Hah, upon closer inspection I did find a sticker on there that says property of comcast. I could easily toss it in the trash, probably 10x easyer then calling them to return it - whats in it for me?

Sell it on eBay. SOmeone thats borke theirs can buy it for chepaer than COmcasst will sell em a new but not new one if ya know what i mean.

~new

 

[Atheus]

clearly you should plug it in and see what you get...

 

[loup garou]

Your dad's friend is going to get slapped with a bill for that box, give it back to him.

Originally posted by: newParadigm

Originally posted by: chiwawa626

Originally posted by: Zorro
Return the stolen box to the cable company. I doubt he actually owned it.

Hah, upon closer inspection I did find a sticker on there that says property of comcast. I could easily toss it in the trash, probably 10x easyer then calling them to return it - whats in it for me?

Sell it on eBay. SOmeone thats borke theirs can buy it for chepaer than COmcasst will sell em a new but not new one if ya know what i mean.

~new

Probably pointless as it's probably been deactivated since the guy cancelled his service, and both he and the person who buys it on eBay may get in trouble with Comcast.

 

[Thug Esquire]

Try it out, otherwise refer to newParadigm.

 

[amdhunter]

Swing it really hard and fast towards your face. Then take pics.

 

[chiwawa626]

I tryed it out, it seems to function like a simple tuner for my regular cable, no program info/data available though. I suppose its good as a clock, or cable tuner, but other then that its useless?

 

[kyparrish]

Um, you should definitely give it back to the dude and have him go turn it back in, IN PERSON.