Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!news.funet.fi!kannel!huopio From: huopio@lut.fi (Kauto Huopio OH5LFM) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: cable TV and better black boxes Message-ID: Date: 6 Oct 90 14:05:54 GMT References: <1990Oct4.133730.28246@mlb.semi.harris.com> <229@nachos.SSESCO.com> <8627@milton.u.washington.edu> Sender: huopio@lut.fi (Kauto Huopio OH5LFM) Organization: Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: whit@milton.u.washington.edu's message of 5 Oct 90 02:00:48 GMT Disclaimer: Opinions expressed below are writers own. Peruutus: Mielipiteet ovat omiani. In article <8627@milton.u.washington.edu> whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) writes: > and allows any channel you tune to be descrambled, regardless > of whether you paid extra for that particular 'premium' channel. > It's necessary for the cable company to know exactly which channel > is being unscrambled, and whether that particular channel SHOULD be > descrambled. I think that in digital scrambling systems like the Sky Telwvision uses in Sky Movies, that should be not a big problem.. --kauto -- ****************** Kauto Huopio (huopio@kannel.lut.fi) ********************** *US Mail: Kauto Huopio, Punkkerikatu 1 A 10, SF-53850 Lappeenranta, Finland * *****************************************************************************