Thanks for the resposes guys. The point is I dont want to spend 800 on the box - was looking at something el cheapo . I already have an old Scientific Atalanta STB from my old house, which now looks like dead "investment". I will speak to my old cable guy, if he is rwady to pay me atleast half the buying cost of my old STB, then I might consider buying the new one.
I rcently moved to Thane, lots of other expenses (including being battered by the Congress party with higher expnses everyday), so was just trying to save a few bucks!