Digital Cable Descramblers = Scam

[Led Zeppelin]

Hopefully soon it'll be perfected. :Q

 

[rh71]

<-- still hasn't gone to digital cable for a reason.

 

[hevnsnt]

uh there is always sat.

 

[Codewiz]

Originally posted by: LedZeppelin
Hopefully soon it'll be perfected. :Q

They weren't "conned". The device did EXACTLY what it said it would do. There was a thread here a while back and I pointed out the fact that the units store the PPV orders and will shutdown after so many orders without reporting the orders. If you could clear the memory in the unit you would be all set to go. Of course I think every one of these people got what they deserve. I can't afford PPV so guess what? I don't get it. Why do people feel they are ENTITLED to certain things so instead of earning them they steal it.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
uh there is always sat.

Programming HU cards are a pain in the a$$ after a while.

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
uh there is always sat.

Not for me, I live in a condo complex, too much effort and aggrivation to get the associations approval to install a dish on the outside. Plus, I wouldn't be able to point it Southwest.

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
uh there is always sat.

Programming HU cards are a pain in the a$$ after a while.

There's always dish networks... for canadians only....

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
uh there is always sat.

Programming HU cards are a pain in the a$$ after a while.

It takes less than 30 seconds to fix a hashed HU.

And with Dish if your card gets messed up you just unplug and replug your receiver and you're set.

*the preceding post was for educational purposes only and not to materialized in illegal activities not condoned by myself or the members of Anandtech, or its wonderful mods.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
uh there is always sat.

Programming HU cards are a pain in the a$$ after a while.

It takes less than 30 seconds to fix a hashed HU.

And with Dish if your card gets messed up you just unplug and replug your receiver and you're set.

*the preceding post was for educational purposes only and not to materialized in illegal activities not condoned by myself or the members of Anandtech, or its wonderful mods.

so u must get ur learn on a lot huh?

 

[arcas]

They weren't "conned". The device did EXACTLY what it said it would do.

I agree, Codewiz. The device works as advertised. It blocks a particular mechanism for sending PPV data back to the cable company. The fact that cable companies have alternative ways of querying data from a cable box or that they may completely disable said cable box is irrelevant.

If someone pays $20 to have their cable modem unlocked and days later, the cable company discovers this and disables the IP or sends a large excess-usage bill, that's not a scam. Or if you buy a box that lets you make "free" long distance phone calls and later the phone company discovers this and sends you a bill, you've not been scammed. The box worked as advertised...you just got caught through other mechanisms.