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October
22, 2002
By: Bob
Buckham
What
is a Direct TV Card and Why do I Need One?
When you
choose DirecTV satellite service, you need to obtain a
dish, receiver and remote.
Then DirecTV issues you an access card that is a
kind of “license plate” for your system.
(To skip
ahead to our site with links for Direct TV card and other
satellite TV needs and leave out our Direct TV Card
comments, click here)
Your
Direct TV Card allows you to access the programming
available through the use of your satellite system and it
contains billing information for use in ordering pay per
view specials from DirecTV.
You may
have heard people refer to test cards or HU cards.
These cards are illegal methods of obtaining
satellite service using or “pirating” DirecTV
equipment. Since
they are essential stolen, DirecTV finds ways to scramble
or invalidate them and they must then be reprogrammed as
frequently as ways are found by the legitimate sources to
block them.
If your
goal is to obtain quality satellite services without
breaking the law or having to pay and keep on paying for
reprogramming your best bet is to get you direct tv card
from the legitimate source.
It still works out to be cheaper than cable with
incomparable quality in both picture and sound quality.
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