Tech Mode

[SmaartAasSaabr]

Incorrect, to descramble a purposely scrambled signal in order to watch without paying IS illegal in Canada. The question is if Dish and friends are "pay services" in Canada. The issue was raised in the Courts of this country many times, and once it was declared public domain but it was quickly overturned. ExpressVu, StarChoice and all the other TV providers have massive legal teams making sure that American satellite service will always be illegal.

You are absolutely correct. It once was fine and dandy to pirate DirecTV's signal in Canada and you could not be prosecuted for it. This was because there were simply no laws barring it AND DirecTV does not have a license to broadcast in Canada, and therefore could not prosecute individuals residing there for intercepting and/or pirating its signal.

However, this is no longer the case. ExpressVU along with major Canadian cable companies used their political lobbies and successfully made the case that they were losing significant revenue because of Canadians who were intercepting American satellite signals. I believe the law that was passed makes it illegal for Canadians to intercept any foreign satellite television signals. This would obviously include DirecTV.

But in a practical sense nobody will touch you if you are a "user". Even if you are pointed at ExpressVu.

That said, it's a bloody pain in the ass for the TV to go black every week or two

[RW'07]

But in a practical sense nobody will touch you if you are a "user". Even if you are pointed at ExpressVu.

ABSOLUTELLY... but who the hell needs BEV???

That said, it's a bloody pain in the ass for the TV to go black every week or two

Have you ever heard about AUTOROLL? Which works flawlessly 8) They change the keys almost daily, when I get home from work you see the "Wait for Picture %" message and will take about 2 min to take the new keys, this only when the receiver was shot off when the keys have been changed, when the receiver in ON you won't know when the receiver has got the new keys, the autoroll does that automatically... and if the autoroll is down, happens lots of times, you just go to some special websites, you get the keys from there and then change them manually, if you want some web sites for DN keys just PM me :wink:

[SmaartAasSaabr]

BEV is good because you can watch Canadian shows, many of which are actually quite good. Some suck of course but I think the suck ratio of Canadian made TV is much less than American TV (American Idol? Survivor? Dr. Phil?!)

Best is both

[RW'07]

BEV is good because you can watch Canadian shows, many of which are actually quite good. Some suck of course but I think the suck ratio of Canadian made TV is much less than American TV (American Idol? Survivor? Dr. Phil?!)

Best is both

I get home at around 7 pm, M-F, FNC until 10pm, Speed Channel (with Will Castro's Unique Whips) , Military Channel, all NHL games, Nascar, History channel, etc, with 720 channels why would I need freaking BEV?

Plus 2 dishes is enough on my balcony, one for 61.5 second for 110/119, to get BEV you need one more dish... I already live in a freaking liberal society why would I need to get MORE liberal BS in my house?

[SmaartAasSaabr]

So, do you use Tech Mode?

PS you can watch FNC and Speed Channel, NHL (obviously) and Nascar all on Bev anyway.

[RW'07]

So, do you use Tech Mode?

For the STI, yes :wink:

PS you can watch FNC and Speed Channel, NHL (obviously) and Nascar all on Bev anyway.

One sat system just enough for me...

Right now on Travel Channel, Florida's Best Beaches... Dreamin'

Except FNC, the only non-Canadian channel allowed to air in Canada with 0% Canadian content (cable and satellite), all other US channels MUST replace the US commercials with Canadian ones, SuperBowl for instance, if you have BEV, StarChoice or Rogers you will see SuperBowl on Global and no US Commercials when with DN you see the whole, authentic, real package :wink:

[SmaartAasSaabr]

I don't care, I don't watch commercials

They only swap in Canadian commercials since the same show is playing on a Canadian channel so they switch you to Canadian. I hate it because I want to decide what channel to watch. But I would probably watch the Canadian one anyway.

[RW'07]

I don't care, I don't watch commercials

They only swap in Canadian commercials since the same show is playing on a Canadian channel so they switch you to Canadian. I hate it because I want to decide what channel to watch. But I would probably watch the Canadian one anyway.

Who's your daddy?

[DeadReb245]

Does anyone else find it amusing that we go from talking about the Tech Mode on the STI to talking in depth about the intricacies of satellite piracy?

That being said....

I LOVE TECH MODE ON MY RX-65!

I don't really look up at it anyways when it goes off. I mostly rely on the audio. It's neat though when I do look at it and can see the frequency of the radar being detected. I am just a nut for frequency counters. I love CB radios that have frequency counters in them, also.