Digital cable TV descramblers?

[NY Muscle]

Do they sell these suckers anywhere or programmable cards like for satellite TV?

I have a few regular cable descramblers boxes but just got digital cable, and was wondering if and where they make these.

Thanks peeps.

 

[beastboy]

Now that would be illegal.....

 

[HappyScrappy]

last I knew, no.
there is a newsgroup that consists soley of the technicians that work on cable systems as well as hackers that find ways around it.
they generally are friendly and have fun and such.

from reading that, they say there is no way to descramble digital cable - but that was about a year ago I last read that.
the reasons they listed though made it sound like one coming out would be unlikely.

 

[NY Muscle]

Thanks guys.

 

[HappyScrappy]

I'm not entirely sure - but I think that it is on a rotating encryption scheme - much like digital cell phones - so it is gonna be much harder to break.

 

[NY Muscle]

I'm not entirely sure - but I think that it is on a rotating encryption scheme - much like digital cell phones - so it is gonna be much harder to break.

Im not even really sure what digital cable is VS satellite .my father got it and mentioned that its pretty cheap and i should get it...i don’t even know what the difference is vs satellite… i mean my ex girlfriend had like 800 channels..not all worked and i have like 300 and not all work..so maybe thats it? I have no idea..i watch maybe 3 channels if i even watch tv, E! channel, MTV and WWF shows.


But im sure there will be a way to crak digital soon.

 

[Torch]

I heard there was a digital one coming out soon but it was going to cost like $500 bucks.

I have the regular one and as time goes on I lose a channel here and there. I still get PPV though, which is nice.

Satellite is worth it if you can find someone to program the cards for cheap.

 

[The Whole F/N Show]

I if you wanna have 200+ channels and be able to crack it for free pay channel get satellite if you live in a house or apartment where you can put the dish up.

 

[Torch]

I live in a house but I have no idea on how to crack it?

Check out this site http://www.cableboxx.com/digital.html

Only thing is, it says that you cant get channels above 125 wtf? Whats the point?

 

[The Whole F/N Show]

If you have satellite it says only 125 channel because that's what your smart card is telling it. Get a reprogramed card and you can get all the channels.

 

[HappyScrappy]

regular cable is "Scrambled" so it is just a matter of figuring out how they are scrambling it and descrable it via a chip. when they change the way they scramble it, the chip needs to be reprogrammed or replaced.
I know less about regular satellite, but I know that you can buy cards that will get your box to work and you have to replace them frequently.

digital cable and digital satellite are not scrambled - they are encrypted. and like I said, I'm pretty sure it is a rotating key scheme - which is not gonna be easy to break unless they have some shitty key length going on. every dig cable box has the chip in it to decrypt the signal - but they are customized for each provider and even different in different areas (I've heard but have zero clue if it is true that it is different in diff parts of a city even).
so to say they will come out with something to break it... well - there is no need - you just need to get a box that is ready for it... the problem is knowing which one you need.

 

[djardin]

Scrappy's right abou the rotating on our recievers. Dish Network rotates 52 times every hour. Direct TV does not rotate. That is a big reason for the piracy issue. We are almost at the end of the aquisition of Huges Electronics ( Directv ) so if you do anything spend the money on a digital cable descrambler when it comes out. We will be switching all programing to our system so the Directv systems will be useless by the end of the year