Proximus TV Box: what the first and second cost

At Proximus the first TV Box is included in the Flex bundle, the second costs 9 euros a month and the third 6. At Telenet the first is rented for 5 euros and each of the following ones for 7. A second screen therefore adds between 168 and 216 euros over twenty-four months, depending on the operator.

The decoder, which Proximus and Telenet call a TV Box, is the unit that turns the operator's signal into channels on your television. One box per set. That rule, not the number of channels, is what decides the cost of television in a household with several rooms.

How much does a TV decoder cost in Belgium?

Between 0 and 9 euros a month, depending on the operator and on the rank of the box. Here are the rates recorded on 18 September 2026 on the official pages of the three networks serving Belgium.

Three grids, three logics. Proximus gives away the first screen and charges heavily for the second, then eases off at the third. Orange applies a flat 9 euros to every extra box, up to three. Telenet charges for every box, the first one included, but at the lowest unit price on the Belgian market.

One detail is worth noting at Proximus: the Flex Premium bundle comes with two TV Boxes rather than one. The second screen is free there, which appears nowhere in the rental grid.

The 9 euro figure needs a note, because our buying guide to the Android TV box flagged contradictory public sources in the spring, between 1 and 9 euros a month depending on the offer quoted. The Proximus equipment page now settles it without ambiguity: 9 euros for the second box, 6 from the third, VAT and the Recupel levy included. Ask for the amount written on your own contract before running the numbers, since an older offer may carry a different figure.

Why does the second decoder cost more than the first at Telenet?

Because the first TV Box is sold as an entry product and the following ones as a comfort option. The Telenet residential price list, in force since 9 September 2026, sets out two consecutive lines: rental of the first TV Box, 5 euros a month; rental of the second, third and fourth, 7 euros a month.

It is the only case on the Belgian market where adding a screen costs more than the first one. Elsewhere the movement runs the other way, or stays flat.

The mirror inversion exists at Proximus, and it is just as surprising: the third box costs 6 euros where the second costs 9, a third less. A three-set household therefore pays less for its most marginal screen than for the previous one. Neither grid is explained by technology, since the hardware is identical from one rank to the next.

Two screens, 216 euros over twenty-four months

Monthly rates read badly. Brought back to the length of a standard Belgian contract, they change in nature. The table below adds up box rental over twenty-four months, from the same prices recorded on 18 September 2026, excluding the TV subscription and the bundle itself.

On three screens the gap between Proximus and Telenet reaches 96 euros over the life of the contract, for an identical service. The two-screen household pays between 216 and 288 euros everywhere, and owns nothing at the end of it: the hardware stays the property of the operator and goes back on the day you leave.

The choice is rarely free, though. Telenet covers Flanders and Brussels, Orange covers Wallonia and Brussels through the cable network taken over from VOO, and Proximus covers the whole country through copper and fibre. A household in Namur arbitrates between two grids, not three, and what actually reaches your address is covered in our guide to choosing a TV provider in Belgium.

Does turning down the TV Box lower the bundle price?

No. Proximus states it on its own equipment page: if you do not have a TV Box, the price of your Flex bundle stays the same.

That is the trap, and it costs real money to anyone who cancelled a decoder believing it would lighten the monthly total.

Rent a decoder or use the app?

Rent, if the screen is used every day. Use the app or a Chromecast if it is a spare set switched on at weekends. At 9 euros a month the second box works out at 108 euros a year, which compares poorly with a dongle bought once for three or four times less.

Proximus documents the Chromecast route on its own help pages, and its TV Box has a Chromecast built in. The features that stay tied to the box are scheduled recording and part of the navigation comfort, as detailed in our article on watching television without a classic subscription.

Four checks before ordering one more box:

• Hardware generation: Orange requires the extra decoder to be the same generation as the main one.
• Room wiring: an extra decoder cannot be installed where there is no TV connection point.
• Installation cost: free if you plug it in yourself at Orange, 59 euros with an installer.
• The pricing tier: at Proximus the third box costs 6 euros, less than the second.

Which call fits your situation?

Seven cases cover just about every Belgian household. The sixth is the one that costs the most for nothing: a box forgotten in the bedroom of a child who left to study elsewhere, billed 9 euros a month for two years, or 216 euros for a screen nobody switches on.

How much does an unreturned decoder cost?

Up to 249 euros. Telenet publishes a sliding scale for any TV Box not returned at the end of the rental or returned damaged: 249 euros if the box is under one year old, 150 euros between one and two years, 50 euros beyond. The same scale covers the older Digibox and Digicorder, and Telenet states that after ten years no charge is due at all.

Keep the drop-off receipt. At the other operators the amounts claimed for unreturned hardware circulate mainly in customer accounts, and several have been cancelled once proof was produced, as documented in our article on cancelling a Proximus contract.

One last line deserves attention if your hardware is old: moving from an older Proximus TV Box to the recent model costs a one-off 49 euros, unless you subscribe to Entertainment Premium, All-in, Disney+, Flex Netflix or Be Tv, in which case the swap is free. At Telenet, swapping a Digibox or a Digicorder for a newer model is free, but changing modem costs 50 euros. These one-off amounts show up on the following month's bill, and their origin is rarely obvious: our guide to the lines that push a Belgian telecom bill up explains how to trace them.

For a neutral price overview, the BIPT (the Belgian telecoms regulator) runs its official offer comparison tool, and in its publication on fixed offers it puts the annual savings available at more than 300 euros. The rates quoted here come from the Proximus TV Box page and the Telenet residential price list, completed by the Orange Belgium extra TV decoder page, all recorded on 18 September 2026.