Patching

[Physcogem]

Is patching a box the only way to get past encryption?

[robbo71]

No, you can buy a subscription, or card share with someone else who has bought one, or you can program up a CAM (eg Diablo/TREx).

[Physcogem]

thats great i think you know were im coming from. quite fancy the new ichord but said its not patchable so every thing would be done by programing cards etc. is this correct

thanks

[robbo71]

Not cards, but a CAM. For this your receiver would need to have a CAM slot.

Usually with the programmer and the CAM, you are probably talking about £100. Unless you have a particularly desirable and expensive receiver, it may be a better option to go and get one that is patchable, a TM5400, a Darkbox,or a Vantage for example.

[Physcogem]

assuming that apatchable box is cheaper in long run as i wont have to buy a cam and programme,r is that what you mean also which is easier

[robbo71]

Yes, a patchable box such as a TM is the easiest to get to grips with, and the cheapest, the TM5200 for example starts from around £50. You just need a PC and a USB flash drive, and possiby a null-modem cable, if you need to patch it directly from the PC.

[Physcogem]

i see what you mean, the idea gettin into this was for as much hd source as poss, some footie and othe sport. i like the sound of a lot of boxes but hd tend to be more money which is not to much of a prob within limits of course. im fairly ok with tech stuff and have a freind in spain who gets footie etc for the bar etc so he would run me through it and of course i have you guys. only thing im not keen of is the dreambox / linux sounds a bit to tech for me.

[robbo71]

For HD content you need a HD box, I think TM do a a couple the TM6800 and the TM6900, I haven't looked into these too much, as I still have a SD TV at the moment. I think Dream have recently released the DM800 that is HD, and the 8000 is still awaited.