|
Video Asylum TVs, VCRs, DVD players, Home Theater systems and more. |
For Sale Ads |
Use this form to submit comments directly to the Asylum moderators for this forum. We're particularly interested in truly outstanding posts that might be added to our FAQs.You may also use this form to provide feedback or to call attention to messages that may be in violation of our content rules.
Original Message
need a cable box expert
Posted by Joe Murphy Jr on October 9, 2011 at 17:20:24:
Besides the tuner and associated electronics needed to get a valid signal to your TV/monitor, there's descrambling/handshake crap inside of a cable box. It's that extra crap that keeps you from using the box to tune to channels (scrambled or not) without the cable company's OK -- the box doesn't work without their blessing and the associated monthly lease. How hard/complicated is it to remove or bypass this crap so that a cable box can be used as a normal stand-alone tuner?
I am only looking for the answer to the specific question that was asked.