Originally Posted by
gw1
A tip for newbies: a gamma card is absolutely useless UNLESS
1. you also have a file containing master keys that still work for the pay tv service
AND
2. your card is one of the (more expensive) ones that's able to decrypt and load the above file - only cards unlocked with their 'transport code' are able to do this. having a gamma with the "right version" OS isn't enough.
AND
3. you have a receiver whose CAM is still compatible with the provider's stream - Austar's stream at present is only compatible with Austar's own softcam, not third-party receivers like Humax or Dreambox
AND
4. you can get that receiver to accept the gamma card
Gamma cards, binary .gam files and card loading tools are everywhere; finding them on the internet requires no skill, doesn't make you clever or lucky, and won't get you pictures. Do you really think it's that easy? Do you really think the people who obtained the master keys and wrote the emulator code didn't take steps to protect their investment? Do you really think the pay tv providers sat back and did nothing once thousands of pirate cards flooded the market? There have been plenty of periods in the past when if you knew the right people and paid the right amount of money you could get a card that unlocked all the channels, for a while, but now isn't one of those times. Paying money for an ebay gamma card will only get you scammed. It was pretty much always that way anyway with ebay sellers - working gamma cards were seldom sold on ebay because of risk the buyer was a fraud investigator.
But nine out of ten newbies looking for Gamma cards want their "free" pay tv so badly that nothing anyone says will dissuade them from parting with their money. Once they get there's no helping them.
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