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From a Cable newsgroup:
This item in reality is nothing more than a high-pass filter. If you do a search on "digital cable filter" you will see a lot of them even advertised as a "descrambler".
Placing the filter on your digital cable box does indeed make it a non-responder. Once your box goes dead, an alarm is triggered at your cable provider, and they will send a tech to check on it. Most companies simply run a report every month and chase down
non-responders.
Next, if you read the fine print on these ads, the filter will only work when you order a PPV event through the box. Premium serviceslike HBO or Showtime etc are not affected. "On Demand" services are also negated.
A lot of cable providers set their boxes to top out at $30.00 or $50.00 or $100.00. Once the PPV limit is reached, you can not rder any more events until your box responds to the cable company.
I read one seller that stated there may be a way to reset the box by taking out the internal battery. But some day, years from now, you'll have to get a new box or you'll change companies and turn in your box. Once they find out you tinkered with the internals, you've bought yourself a useless digital box for whatever the cable co decides its
worth.
So no matter how hard you want to believe what they are selling, it is a SCAM.
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