[SatelliteJunkie]

Originally Posted by satellitemania

Let me rephrase my post. I'm already paying DirecTV every month and am testing with DishTV on a CaptiveWorks. No friend involved but was trying to play by the rules where we don't admit to anything. So.... my question is why don't people that have a paid subscription see those channels starting with FREE that talk about pirates. Why are they seen by me when testing. Is it sw or hw? I said nothing about believing what they said or being scared, I was asking a question trying to understand how it's done. I used to have DishTV and changed to DirecTV because you don't need the phone connected with DirecTV unless you purchase PPV... and even then you don't need it connected until your card fills up - at that point all you do is connect the phone and it loads the info up and you are billed for PPV. Or in my case, I don't have a land line anymore and they said if I don't connect via phone and my card is filled with PPV, my service stops and I would have to mail my card back for them to bill and they would send me another card. So you don't really need a phone line at all with DirecTV. With DishTV it is required to be connected to a phone line and they even charge you $5/month if you don't keep the phone line connected. So the two are different in the way they they are implemented. card/no card phone/no phone. So ..... if it isn't the type receiver you use, then it must be the programming they do... but what are they doing their if's then's on?

If this is still a stupid question, or no one knows the answer, just let me know that. But please don't read anything into my posts that I don't state.

They broadcast the Pirate channels just like all the others, but they do not offer those channels to their customers lineup...you get it all when you scan for birds on FTA...very simple.
Nobody gets DirecTV with FTA...so don't bother trying.
But about the same stuff is available on other networks that we DO get...such as DN or BEV & many more.
There is nothing called DishTV...there is DirecTV & Dish Network.
Hey friend...don't get excited...we just have a little fun here at times...and no question is dumb.
The Pirate channels are there to scare a few folks into paying for TV...it works for them...thought it might work for me too...afterall, I need it more than they do. lol (just a joke)
Get that CW working on DN and stop giving away all your $ for TV (it started out free...it still should be) That's why we have to watch commercials...remember?