Cam Slots???

[Lepere123]

What is a Cam and is it related to VIA and Irdeto and all that ....also How do these things work. do you have to pay after you purchase a cam for a service. I dont think I fully understand this concept.
Chris

[Lepere123]

I am wondering why no one has responded to this message? is it because its a subject we shouldnt touch with a ten foot pole or are people just not wanting to help me
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[kenglish]

I think that you buy the CAM from any supplier of the equipment (although I don't know if Sadoun carries them).
When you subscribe to a service, through a broker who packages several different channels together, they will send you the proper card, and will take care of the authorizations for that card.
This seems to be common in Europe, but I don't think many American viewers use it this way. Some, like Globecast, simply sell you their own box, with an "embedded" descrambler, so there is no choice of different systems within the one set-top box. Echostar and DirecTV do the same, going so far as to "marry" the box and card, so they cannot work when separated.....you can't put your card in your vacation-home box, for instance, to get the services you have at your regular residence.