30 Years Ago Today

[Carroll A]

Hard to believe it has been 30 years since HBO fully scrambled. That was a day that changed the TVRO industry forever. In May of 86 Showtime would fully scramble and in the fall SelecTV would fully scramble. Due to HBO scrambling Captain Midnight would jam HBO's showing of The Falcon and The Snowman. Man I feel old now.

 

[dl76]

This is a legit satellite forum . We do not condone illegal . Talk about power vu , or any hack talk. Thank you..

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[dl76]

This is a legit satellite forum . We do not condone illegal ,Talk about power vu , or any hack talk. Thank you..

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[Titanium]

Carroll A is not talking about hacking. HBO scrambling was a major turning point in early days of the DTH satellite industry. The story about Captain America is a fascinating read if you aren't familiar with the reactions to encryption. Folks had paid thousands of dollars to watch channels that were being taken away one by one.... Slowly the industry came together and lobbied for DTH access legislation...

Yep, I'm feeling old also!

 

[Troch77]

I remember the old Zenith Cable boxes, If you Pressed the channel up button, and Put a penny wedged in it to hold it down you could also watch HBO.
It was an Interesting trick.
Or you could just send it out to the Guy in the back of the Magazines, and bam, totally unscrambled.

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[Troch77]

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Really?
Like anything that was done in the 80s could pose a threat in 2016.



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[mikekohl]

Really?
Like anything that was done in the 80s could pose a threat in 2016.



It was kind of amusing on that January 15th, watching people with private SMATV systems "lose" their HBO and Cinemax service, quickly switch to Showtime and The Movie Channel, and have to come up with a new solution four months later. These people were the reason that premium channels were scrambled in the first place. No other way to police small mom and pop motels from getting cable channels without paying.
Lawyers always were available, but it was a scourge that had to be stopped with a technical solution.

 

[dl76]

Really?
Like anything that was done in the 80s could pose a threat in 2016.



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Yes really . Its the 2000'$ any one setting up a cband nowadays is no hobbyist. They want one thing... power vu.....

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[truckracer]

Lol, I live to flip to a transponder and read "Scrambled Channel" in blue.

 

[Mr Tony]

This is a legit satellite forum . We do not condone illegal . Talk about power vu , or any hack talk. Thank you..

who the hell died and made you a mod?
Maybe if you read the post first....

 

[Mr Tony]

Hard to believe it has been 30 years since HBO fully scrambled. That was a day that changed the TVRO industry forever. In May of 86 Showtime would fully scramble and in the fall SelecTV would fully scramble. Due to HBO scrambling Captain Midnight would jam HBO's showing of The Falcon and The Snowman. Man I feel old now.

yep remember it well.

 

[rgk]

Yes really . Its the 2000'$ any one setting up a cband nowadays is no hobbyist. They want one thing... power vu.....

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What a funny guy. Are you trolling or just ignorant?

 

[KE4EST]

What a funny guy. Are you trolling or just ignorant?

Trolling and keeping it up will get a him a nice vacation.

 

[Carroll A]

Wow did not know I would cause a storm by bringing up history of C Band. For those who were around back then it was a fun time. I remember both Keith LA Monica and chuck Dawson both in their respective ways fighting for C Band rights.

 

[Mr Tony]

What a funny guy. Are you trolling or just ignorant?

probably both

 

[KE4EST]

Wow did not know I would cause a storm by bringing up history of C Band. For those who were around back then it was a fun time. I remember both Keith LA Monica and chuck Dawson both in their respective ways fighting for C Band rights.

Just ignore the troll, it was a good post to bring back memories.
I was eleven, and I remember it, and my family getting upset. Same month that the challenger exploded if memory serves me correct.
I remember sitting in front of the TV in the floor when it happened.

 

[FTA4PA]

I wasn't in the hobby until a few years ago but I do remember seeing the story about Captain Midnight interfering with HBO on the news. From the things I've read on this forum about the 'good old days' it looks as though I missed out on a lot!

 

[bobvick]

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PowerVu was about 12 years into the future when this happened.

 

[Mr Tony]

I wasn't in the hobby until a few years ago but I do remember seeing the story about Captain Midnight interfering with HBO on the news. From the things I've read on this forum about the 'good old days' it looks as though I missed out on a lot!

I missed alot after it got scrambled. We had a C-Band dish when we lived in the country. Then the dish got damaged and didn't see C-Band again until 1998 or so when we bought a place "up north" and it had a "G5" system and receiver there

 

[dfergie]

Ended up getting a stand alone VCII to get HBO and the others after they scrambled ... 120 degree LNA to start with and Sat Tec Receiver.