Card to open Italian channels on Openbox V8S?

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Hi all,

I have an Openbox V8S and would like to watch some of the italian channels on Hotbird that are encrypted - including the HD versions of the Rai channels.

Is there a card I can buy/subscribe to that will work with the above box?
 

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The stock card for your purpose would be the Tivusat card.

However, nobody has managed to get recent Openbox variants to work with one.

I believe that there are a few receivers (Other than branded Tivusat receivers themselves) that will quite happily make use of the Tivusat Card and Cam, though.

IIRC, @Analoguesat has such a beast.
 

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The stock card for your purpose would be the Tivusat card.

However, nobody has managed to get recent Openbox variants to work with one.

I believe that there are a few receivers (Other than branded Tivusat receivers themselves) that will quite happily make use of the Tivusat Card and Cam, though.

IIRC, @Analoguesat has such a beast.


Yup - been working for several years in a couple of receivers. They started off in the Vu+ Duo, and moved over to the TM when the Duo died with a motherboard failure.

You are looking at somewhere around £150 for a pre authorised card & cam from a retailer, less if you have contacts in Italy. Its a standard cam so should work in most receivers with CI slots.

(BTW Lazarus - the summoning spell doesnt work on me! :D)
 

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That was the price a few years ago when I bought mine - its probably less now.
 

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