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Nope, the STB has everything it needs to decrypt the channels you have access to. Tuning live TV channels happens 100% on the box. The only exception (a technol
by jaywalk 7y ago
Nope, the STB has everything it needs to decrypt the channels you have access to. Tuning live TV channels happens 100% on the box. The only exception (a technology called Switched Digital Video) is just a way to save bandwidth on the cable, nothing to do with conditional access.
- criddell 7y agoIf I unplug my internet connection, my box won't let me do much at all. If I press pause or fast forward it just tells me the operation isn't authorized.
- jaywalk 7y agoThat's a weird system, certainly not the standard way of doing things on a traditional cable TV system.
- criddell 7y agoI think it's pretty normal these days. The cable companies sell the data on what people watch, where the rewind, pause, fast forward, etc...
- jaywalk 7y agoNo, it's absolutely not normal for a regular cable DVR to tie authorization for DVR functionality to an Internet connection.
- criddell 7y agoMy last two have been like that. Try unplugging your internet connection then playing something you recorded earlier. If you have an AT&T or DirectTV DVR, it won't play.