DigiCipher II
DigiCipher II (DCII) is a Motorola proprietary digital video distribution system.
DigiCipher II provides compression, encryption, and authorization.
DigiCipher II compression is based upon MPEG-2.
DigiCipher II is utilized for some TVRO transmissions. A Motorola 4DTV satellite receiver is required to decode DigiCipher II TVRO channels.
DigiCipher II utilizes AC3 audio encoding.
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- TVRO (TV Receive Only)
TVRO stands for "TV Receive Only", but that really does not give you a good sense of what TVRO is. The term TVRO is used to describe both Free To Air satellite and paid programming over similar equipment. Free To Air satellite is unencrypted. TVRO premium analog channels are encrypted using VideoCipher II RS. TVRO [...]...
- Satellite TV Networks
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- Free to Air Receivers
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- Satellite Television Descrambler
Most satellite television is encrypted using conditional access systems such as: DigiCipher II VideoCipher II RS Nagravision VideoGuard Irdeto Mediaguard Viaccess Conex To watch these encrypted television channels, you need a box which can decrypt them. This box is sometimes referred to as a satellite television descrambler. Satellite Television Descramblers Most satellite television descamblers are [...]...
- FTA Dish
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