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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-08-19, Page 23Decoders now o ready For those people who have satellite many " Videociphers" have been pur- dishes in their back yard, the chased by Canadians who once again scrambling of signals certainly has are enjoying their satellite dishes and these people upset. By scrambling the watching their favourite channels. All signal viewers are unable to watch that it requires is the purchase of one some of their favourite channels such service ($25.00 U.S. per year) and as the first run movie channels like your Videocipher with the super chip HBO or Cinemax and others. will unscramble the others. In the beginning, stations scrambl- Those people, who have been put - ed their signals as the number of ting off their purchase of a dish - private dish owners greatly inereas- because of the reduced viewing ed since they were receiving signals available are now able to proceed without paying for the service. with their plans and enjoy viewing a Those people who were hooked to multitude of channels such as movies, cable T.V. were required to pay a sports and specials. subscription fee monthly for the ser One drawback to the Videocipher vice while people with a dish were unit was economical; they ranged in receiving the services free of charge. price from 81,200 to 81,600 and for this If a dish owner subscribed to all of reason many dish owners delayed the services the expense would be their purchase. tremendous and out of reach fQr the The most recent development has average consumer. Not only would he satellite receiver manufacturers pay subscription fees but he would building the Videocipher right into have to buy several decoders. This their receiver. This development has could run into thousands of dollars per cut the Videocipher price almost in year for the dish owner. half making it much more attractive - At this time, it would appear that ly priced. more and more services are planning to scramble in the future. This means that fewer channels are available for the dish owner. In the past few months this situa- tion has changed and a solution is available for present dish owenrs and those consumers who are con- templating the purchase of a satellite dish. It is now possible to purchase a decoder which will unscramble many of the scrambled services. This descrambler or decoder is manufactured by General In- strumentsin the U.S. and is available to Canadian consumers. In the U.S. this decoder could be purchased and for each service subscribed to on a monthly or yearly basis this device would unscramble the signal. Supposedly foolproof, it did not take long before someone discovered a way to beat the system ; 'chips soon appeared for sale all over U.S. When the original chip was replaced with the super chip, it was possible to subscribe to only one ser - vie and have the others unscrambled as well by the altered Videocipher as this decoder was called. As a result General Instruments made some alterations and came out with a new version catiea "Videocipher 2100" but alas, it was not long before this new model was again able to have the super chip in- stalled. Once again, the foolproof decoder had its code broken. In the U.S. installing a super chip was against federal law and as such is illegal as it is a federal crime. This is the situation in the United States, now lets return to Canada. In short, it is possible in Canada to purchase the "Videocipher II" with the altered chip to {tnscramble all Videocipher signals. The result is that GRADUATES Jacob and Iva lagerwerf are pleased to an- nounce the graduation of their youngest daughter, Karen, at Lambton College, June 13, 1987 from the Parks and Operational Services program. Karen is now residing in Sarnia and is employed with the St. Clair Parkway. Honour couple with surprise By MRS. WILLIAM ROHDE Thames Rood Forty old friends and neighbours gathered at Usborne Central School for a surprise get-together to honour .lean and Reg llodgert on their depar- ture to Exeter. The evening was spent in playing euchre. Prizes were won by: ladies high - Lauretta Cottle: ladies low - Viola Ilunkin: Men's high - Ross Ilodgert: men's !Ow - Howard Cunn- ington: ladies lone hands - Ilelen Web-. her; men's lone hands - Dennis Rowe. Wayne Rowe called Jean and Reg forward and Marion Snow read a nicely worded address. Betty Borland presented Jean and Reg with a large barometer. Both replied and everyone joined in singing "For They are .folly Good Fellows". A delicious smorgasbord lunch -was then partaken of which brought an en- , joyable evening to a close. Personals Lindsay and Miranda Knight of ttensall visited with their grand- parents Mr. and Mrs. George Kellett recently. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rohde visited Mr. and Mrs. George Kellett on Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stone and four daughters of Wallacehurg visited in the community on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Johns of Ex- eter, Mr. and Mrs. Frayne Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Duncan were Saturday evening supper guests with Mr. and Mrs. Elliott McRoberts at their summer home at Bryanston. for dishes Anyone contemplating the pur- chase of a satellite system or a pre- sent dish owner wishing to upgrade his receiver may now do so in much more economical fashion and nOt have to worry about scrambling. 'It would appear that"- the Videocipher System has become the standard for channels who plan to scramble in the future. So once more dish owners are able to watch the pro- grams of their choice. Another development for those con- templating the purchase of satellite dishes is a new design just on the market. This dish utilizing space age technology has come with a digh design of eight foot with picture quali- ty comparable to that of most ten foot dishes. Constructed of a new com- pound, it has_been tested and found to be highly resistant to our weather conditions in Canada. In addition, it presents a pleasing environmental appearance. As a result of computer design, it is the newest development in satellite dishes. Times -Advocate, Au.ust 19, 1987 /M k MEASURING LACE -- At Wednesday's Hurondale Women's Institute picnic, Marjorie Johns at the left and Shirley Cooper, right determine that Erlma Keller and Isobel King had the longest lore on their ..lips. 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