As the provider knows the serial number of both the STB and the smartcard, I cant see any problem with them 'wedding' the pair.
So long as they can 'software' it from 'On High' without doing a recall then I am sure they will.
Austar has done it with all their STB's as has UEC with their VAST stb's and Foxtel appear to be going along the same path.
The providers are there to make money and while no doubt they would prefer not to have to spend out to resort to these security measures, in the long term it will repay the cost by reducing multiple unpaid viewers and card piracy.
Maybe in five years or so, all these options like Card sharing and cloning/hacking will be just another entry on the page of Television history.
I stand unequivicably behind everything I say , I just dont ever remember saying it !!
Vic (16-01-12)
That's happened to me in the past, long before the recent changes were made.
I had two blueys. One stayed in it's sub box and the other was in a dreambox. There was a period a few years ago where I had to take the card out and stick it in the sub box to get it updated (I can't remember why).
But when I did it, I couldn't just stick the bluey into the running sub box. I got the "This is not the smartcard for this receiver."
I had to pull the second box out of the cupboard to get the card to work.
Foxtel have had the Foxtel STB married to the card for quite a while now....
meaning you can not use a foxtel card with another Foxtel STB, i.e. only the card the Foxtel STB is married to will work in that Foxtel STB
but up until last year, Foxtel cards were able to be used in some third party STB's
Now Foxtel have made changes that mean Foxtel cards will only work in The Foxtel STB it is married to, (& not in any third party STB's)
in effect the Foxtel STB is married to the Card & the Foxtel card is married to the Foxtel STB
Last edited by OSIRUS; 17-01-12 at 11:38 AM.
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Hence the whole point of the boxid configuration in softcams like OSCAM so it can pretend to be the box. OScam and get the boxid from the card on the blue cards, but on the orange you have to calculate/enter it manually.
Yeah, but not over stupid Poxtel!
Personally I'm moving to a HTPC box solution for now, recording from poxbox through the analogue outputs. But meanwhile like others here, I'm not giving up hope on finding a solution and still looking at what's going on in Europe. Have to find a way to treat it as a hobby, as then the challenges are just part of the fun and any result is a bonus. I've been playing with this stuff for more than 10 years and we've been in similar situations a few times!
HTPC:MythTV,OSCam,Sat Card, paid subsciption.
Update: Hauppage HD-PVR connected to receiver (for now?) via W7 WMC and DVBLink
thatslife (20-01-12)
oyama (21-06-12)
Trust me Vic, they do care, call them & cancel the sub, you then get the speal of how they dont want to lose you yada yada yada, make all sorts of offers to try to keep you - then once you return the fox kit - you get called monthly trying to con you into returning to poxtel, of course they do care, they are losing clients afterall.
And of course, with all sorts of enticing offers to return to poxtel with each phone call they make to you
Cheers
Hannible
Last edited by Hannible; 17-01-12 at 10:28 PM.
OSIRUS (18-01-12)
You gave in to early i got $33 a month off my plan (sportsHD $69) for the next 6mths today,its the 3rd time i have recieved this offer and there was no need for retention team. I realise retentions probably would have done better but im happy to pay the $69 and as i said its the 3rd contract ive had with this deal.
I believe the $33 off any package is pretty standard these days.
I got offered 50% off a $120 package..
I cancelled my $170pm odd sub cost with Fox IQ2's, they didn't try to offer retainers or other incentives.
I view FTA sat stuff happily anyhow....
5th Wyking Panzer Division
Their boxes SUCK!!!!!
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