After multiple times contacting different CS, I finally managed to get my the old stb box hooked up with my upb account.

I must say the difference is really alot comparing the two. the old stb box quality is much much better. the colors is much richer and shaper. not to mentioned the subtitles are not longer pixelated like the one in upb.

I strongly strongly suggest those who are not satisfied with the picture quality of the upb to get a stb box and hooked up with your account. all you have to do is just tell the cs that you want to bind the mac address of the stb box to your account and you will be able to use the stb box. Both of them are using the same login id which ends with @iptv

really no regret buying the stb box.