Diablo/Patches

thefearfulsilence

I hope this question is in the right section as it sort of covers two areas.

My situation is this. I live in the Midlands and will soon be having my first satellite system installed - 1 metre, motorised dish and a Technmate 5400CI+Super as I want to receive some none FTA channels (mainly for sport including English Premier League football).

This is where I have a problem. Being a newbie, I have no idea if I should be using patches, softcams, Diablo cams or whatever.

Having read around for quite a while, I am assuming that patches/softcams and cams (eg the Diablo) are two different ways of receiving encrypted channels; or will I need a combination of all these to receive the football. If I purchase a Diablo cam (and CAS3+) will I still need to download patches and softcams for my receiver? Which is the best method to use for what I am wanting to watch.

Also, where on earth can I find the relevant files required as I can't seem to find them anywhere.

Any help will be really appreciated.
Thanks

Analoguesat

For Prem League football you are better off buying a foreign subscription. The sole remaining hackable pay tv provider that provides 3pm kickoffs will soon be going secure - and may have gone by the time your system is set up!.

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bigtee

With the TM 5400, I recommend you take one step at a time; first go with the patches and see what mileage is in them; at the moment the patch for the 5400 is still good for football. The risk with it of course is that the main package enjoyed may go at any time.

Assuming the package does go, then it may be worthwhile to consider a Diablo CAM --- which is in fact also assuming that the Diablo itself is still going strong; it too may stop for all we know!

If all fails, consider a foreign subscription from the cheap and cheerful e.g. ART or Digialb to the far more expensive.

Analoguesat

When DigiTV goes to Nagra 3 I guarantee the Diablo will stop working as well

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kerrywez

Fully agree with you there AS, something tells me that they are linked for some reason.

Best regards Wez

thefearfulsilence

Thanks guys, although I don't really understand the stuff about Nagra 3. I thought the whole point of patches and programmable cams was that you are either cracking, or at least working around the encyption.

Analoguesat

Its a cat and mouse game between the pay tv provoiders & the cracker guys. At the moment the newest and far more secure encryptions (including Nagra 3) dont have any workarounds. Therefore anything encrypted in Nagra 3 is only acessible via a valid subscription.

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