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    Samsung TS160 w/o Subscription?

    It will work, but what little I've been able to glean off the web is that you need the access card to get to the menu to set LNB = None. I don't know if DTV access cards are married to the receiver or not. If they are, then the IRD has to have been subbed with the card at one time. If you...
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    OTA HDTV without sub?

    Some receivers like the Samsung SIR-TS160 need an access card even to get into the menu to tell it to work for OTA-only. If I pick up a 160 without access card, can I use any access card to get into this menu, or does it have to be one that's married to the receiver? Do DTV cards marry the...
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    Will HDTV OTA work without a sub?

    I'm looking for an OTA HDTV receiver to receive ATSC broadcasts. I've been looking on Ebay, and I found that it costs quite a bit less to buy a brand new Motorola 550 receiver than an OTA-only HDTV receiver. I am not interested right now to subscribe to Voom right now. Is it possible to use this...
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    OTA HDTV without sub?

    Thanks guys, the replies have been very helpful!
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    OTA HDTV without sub?

    I'm looking for an OTA HDTV receiver to receive ATSC broadcasts. I've been looking on Ebay, and I found that it costs about the same to buy an HDTV DirecTV receiver as it does to buy an OTA-only HDTV receiver. I am not interested right now to subscribe to DirecTV. I have many questions about...