need a cable box expert

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Besides the tuner and associated electronics needed to get a valid signal to your TV/monitor, there's descrambling/handshake crap inside of a cable box. It's that extra crap that keeps you from using the box to tune to channels (scrambled or not) without the cable company's OK -- the box doesn't work without their blessing and the associated monthly lease. How hard/complicated is it to remove or bypass this crap so that a cable box can be used as a normal stand-alone tuner?

I am only looking for the answer to the specific question that was asked.

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Topic - need a cable box expert - Joe Murphy Jr 17:20:24 10/09/11 (7)

RE: need a cable box expert - Ross 12:09:01 12/03/11 (0)

RE: need a cable box expert - blue_z 12:38:02 10/13/11 (0)

RE: need a cable box expert - DavidLD 15:43:43 10/10/11 (4)

here's the deal - Joe Murphy Jr 20:51:45 10/10/11 (3)

RE: here's the deal - blue_z 14:19:38 10/13/11 (0)

RE: here's the deal - DavidLD 04:48:53 10/13/11 (1)

thanks for the info - Joe Murphy Jr 07:21:14 10/13/11 (0)

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