said by dishrich:Whatever - the bottom line is, IF these channels ARE encrypted in ANY way, that requires the use of a authorized converter/receiver/box (ie: NOT a plain QAM tuner), & THESE units are capable of "decrypting" them, then these units ARE, in fact, running an "integrated security system". I don't care if it's addressed/non-addressed/access card/punchcard/internal jumpers/whatever - if this is NOT the case, then why is there all the talk about the digital signals of expanded basic NOW starting to be sent out in clear QAM.
My understanding is that if Comcast can't use the DTA's security module, then they have no choice - if they want to have DTAs they can not encrypt the channels those DTAs are to get. The encryption change out here certainly doesn't seem to be coincidental with the arrival of the DTAs.
