Posted by Jim Shaffer on 12/28/38 11:29

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:40:17 GMT, "Greg O." <ozbirn@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>But consider 3820 V. It shows three things, "TV Guide", "TV Guide East",
>and "TV Guide West". The first of these three lists encryption as
>"Digicipher 2", which means I can't expect to tune that without a
>subscription. However, the East and West listing have an "F" beside them,
>which I thought meant "Free". Same thing on 4140 V.

It sounds like those are "fixed-key", meaning that anyone with a
Digicipher receiver can get the channel without a subscription. I
don't think Digicipher is built on DVB. (Despite standing for
"Digital Video Broadcasting", DVB is the name of a specific format,
which is why it always appears as a stylized logo on
certified-compatible receivers. Echostar is DVB with encryption.
DirecTV, for example, isn't DVB at all.)

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