"Eeyore" wrote in message
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"N Cook" wrote:

Assuming mains neutral fault and not lightning strike.
Why just digiboxes bursting into flames , not TVs , cell phone chargers
etc

Are these digital boxes for cable TV or Satellite TV?

They were for cable I think.

Graham



If that is the case, and they really did fail in the way described in the
article, then the cable operator would need to be dragged into it as well,
as STBs for cable are necessarily supplied by the cable operator. Likewise
for satellite TV, assuming Sky, although you can of course buy those
yourself. Most people don't, however, because of the price deals offered by
Sky, which include the box and installation. Plus these boxes are only made
by a few highly reputable main players in the market such as Pace and
Panasonic and Grundig etc. That was why I figured that these might well be
Freeview boxes for TDTV, as digital is being forced on an unsuspecting
public by the government, and punters are being driven like sheep by TV ads,
to get converted for digital. And how do they do that ? With a Mickey Mouse
twenty quid Chinese box about the size of a paperback book, bought from the
local supermarket ...

Arfa