will this work with directv?

[nick101181]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3077290909&category=32848


just wondering.

[wingnut2003]

It could possibly work, the only thing would be is, the recievers that come with the service has a smart card, the signal is encrypted and the card allows the access and the reciever decripts the signal. I would try to find out more info from the manufacturer of the card before buying the item, you may be very dissappointed.

[Abbadon]

No, that card will not work with DirecTV or DishNetwork.

However, it could work in some European Countries like Germany.

Save your money.

You may ask, why?

Well, DirecTV uses an encrypted data stream that needs to be decrypted first to be viewable, as wingnut2003 said, you would need a Smart Card and a subscription with DirecTV and this can only be done using a Satellite Receiver such as the RCA or Hughes.

You could read the following in order to have an idea of why DVB cards would not allow you do watch DireTV programming:

http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/linux-dvb/2001/11-2001/msg00053.html

http://www.htpcgear.net/sat/

[ctech2004]

you can get BEV and DISH with this card, but there are better, and you need a faster computer, the advantage is perfect quality I usually get around 4mbs with no need to reencode

[The village idiot]

you can get BEV and DISH with this card, but there are better, and you need a faster computer, the advantage is perfect quality I usually get around 4mbs with no need to reencode

How do you deal with the access card? I didn't see anything listed about a card and the reader.