Good man Brainwave, couldnt have put it more clearly, Anyone who knows the history of SV will see what I and others here can see clearly,
People need to sit back take a deep breath and tell Starview where to go, dont give them another penny of your hard earned cash, either go down the Sat route which is not hard as i have found out myself, or if you cant go sat buy the KV which dont have to be subbed the choice is yours. Starview have always been about money from day 1 from the start of the SV 1 every year there was a new box, and no support for the older one, so either way you had to purchase another box, this new idea of paying for a sub is exactly the same, only difference here now is you dont get the box this time, and you are also tied to 1 server unlike Sat you can swap and change at anytime. So think carefully about this before parting with your cash.