Tyt Budget

I'd dearly love to lose hundreds of dollars in annual cable TV expense given that I watch TV so rarely. I got this offer in my email for a "100% Legal Descrambler, $197 shipped" and they even quoted FCC law.

My question is, how exactly does this work? I mean, I would still have to maintain some cable TV connection wouldn't I? Could I just get the most basic & cheapest one then — and plug in this device and have all 183 channels without getting into trouble with AT&T Broadband (my current carrier)? Thanks for any info!

cpbaby

I think this is just to keep you from having to "rent" a descrambler box from the cable company. If you dont pay for the cable, theres no signal coming into your descrambler box. Here, at least, your cable is hooked up manually outside on a pole and the channels you subscribe to are activated and controlled via computer at the cable company. If you dont pay for channels, you WONT get them, even with a descrambler.

I dont know for sure, but this is what I figure they are.

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John

Descrambler cable boxes are illegal. Unless you got the cable box from your cable company. You can buy it but you are not allowed to use it.

Tyt Budget

Now, that's what I always thought John! But this outfit swears they are legal tsk. Well shoot. Nice dream. Glad I asked.

lingirl

some are illegal, except the ones you buy from YOUR cable company. The one my friend had worked if you pay your cable company for basic cable and you get all the rest of the channels inlcluding HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Pay-per-view etc. But if you get caught there are HUGE fines. You will have to pay a certain amount for each pay-per-view movie you could have watched for as long as you had it, even if you didn't watch them all.