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Droid Box ?

Ronin247 · 2014-05-04 11:03:35

Friend recently told me he has a "droid box" which gets him all the tv he needs.... is this some kind of illegal hacking box or a pay per view set up or does anyone know what exactly they are. I live in the country and have broadband and Free To Air tv so not sure if I could use one even if I knew what it was.

04-05-2014 11:03am

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Friend recently told me he has a "droid box" which gets him all the tv he needs.... is this some kind of illegal hacking box or a pay per view set up or does anyone know what exactly they are.
I live in the country and have broadband and Free To Air tv so not sure if I could use one even if I knew what it was.

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#2 04-05-2014 11:08am

same ol sh1te

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Ronin247 wrote: »

Friend recently told me he has a "droid box" which gets him all the tv he needs.... is this some kind of illegal hacking box or a pay per view set up or does anyone know what exactly they are.
I live in the country and have broadband and Free To Air tv so not sure if I could use one even if I knew what it was.

The boxes aren't illegal, they're just Android boxes running XBMC. Some of the content they access is illegal. Lots of threads about them in the HTPC & Media Centre forum and also in this thread in the Android forum

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#3 04-05-2014 2:13pm

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Thanks. I had a quick look and am a bit more confused but will have to study it a bit better.

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#4 05-05-2014 11:58am

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We don't typically allow discussion of these boxes in Cable/MMDS, as these systems are closed systems and can only be accessed using cable company approved/provided hardware and (more recently) software.

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