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The black market is flooded with universal digital TV cable descramblers. Consumers are sold by the low price of the descrambler along with the promise of a long-term savings on pay-per-view movies they are promised they'll be able to watch for free. Honestly, who wouldn't pay $10.00 for the ability to watch live boxing matches, get free Playboy and catch pay-per-view concerts?
The only problem is that access is only acquired for a few days before the cable company gets wise and shuts down access. After all, evading the cost to view media is a form of pirating.
Even with the limited access, there are still tons of ads promising consumers free viewing of any PPV event they could order with their remote. Anybody can get their hands on the descrambler that looks like a small coaxial cable coupler. Their value, however, has dramatically declined since they first came out. Their original cost was in the range of a couple hundred. Now they cost little more than a few dollars.
The reason for the decline in cost is the simple fact that they are basically illegal. Not only does it only temporarily grant access, it actually only delays billing – it does not evade it completely.
Cable descramblers of digital TV signal work by blocking two-way communication with the billing cable company. The descrambler allows the program to be ordered, but does not communicate the viewing back to the cable company. The interference with the lines of communication, however, are temporary. According to experts, the cable boxes are tested for positive communication every few weeks. Cable boxes that are non-responsive are shut off.
It is at that point the cable company investigates what events or channels have been viewed illegally and a consequent bill is sent to the household. Consumers who have purchased the cable descrambler for digital TV have all been misled, and have all paid the price of their attempt at piracy.
Experts say they have reason to remain unsympathetic to consumers who have been sold this device only to find out what devastating consequences await them. The fact remains that pirating films is against the law. The $10.00 it will cost you to temporarily steal premium channels or PPV events will lead to higher cable – and possibly criminal – costs in the future.