Vision box opens a port - Is this safe?

Following on from this thread my hub3 had a firmware update in the early hours, it's now 4.7.5.1.83.8.94.1.11 (Type A).
Anyway, when the hub3's came out shields up reported that port 161 was open and flagged this as a bad.
After the hub firmware update port 161 is now closed, but shields up now reports the port 1024 is open.
(I don't recall port 1024 being open prior to the hub's firmware update - could someone test and let me know)
The hub's event log and some testing proves it is the BTVision box, so is this safe?
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Interestingly nmap reports port 1024 on what I assume is my old black BTVision box, (as opposed to what I think must be the two ports inside), as being the KDE display manager...
widget@desktop:~$ nmap -PN -p 1024 192.168.1.66
Starting Nmap 5.21 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2012-12-12 10:28 GMT
Nmap scan report for Unknown-b0-89-91-f5-e5-21.home (192.168.1.66)
Host is up.
PORT STATE SERVICE
1024/tcp filtered kdm
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 2.46 seconds
The two ports inside have port 80 open.
Having said that I've been leaving uPNP on because I play various online games, etc. and can't be bothered to sort out port forwarding for each of them. Most security concerns revolve around insecured applications and if you've got those you're in a whole WORLD of trouble anyway. In any case, opinions are divided...
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2006/01/nat-routers-with-upnp-security-risk-or.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/122487/htg-explains-is-upnp-a-security-risk/
I haven't run windoze for a decade and a half, I don't install stuff if I don't know where it's come from, (and can preferably study the source code and recompile if I want to), so I doubt I'm in too much danger.
I did think about installing a NAT router construcyed from an old PC between the BT Vision box and the homehub just to see what is what sending and where using iptraf logging but haven't got around to it. I did have a little wireless NAT router inserted betwen them which had a log feature but never got around to studying them as the log facility on it wasn't very sophistacted, it lacked 'granularity', (love that word).
I've always told people they shouldn't rely on their routers for security so maybe I've just been listening to my own advice too long.

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