Well gang...like you've all seen, DTV is indeed history. For those saying the P4 won't be hacked, I wouldn't be so sure, but it won't happen anytime soon. I also purchased a few P4 cards just in case. Sure, its a gamble, but I've been in this satellite game since the days of the old F card and there's alot of brilliant minds working on hacking the P4 & P5 cards. Some things you all need to understand....
When the H card (prior to the HU football card) was the only hacked card available, everyone said the HU was unhackable. When the hack for the HU came out, it was made public way too early and the people responsible for hacking it lost alot of money. Or maybe I should say, they didn't make all the money they should have for all the work they put into it. Now rest assured, there's alot of work being done to hack the new cards, and for one simple reason...there's ALOT of money to be made on it. But if/when the hack does come out, it won't be like the days of the HU hack. You will more than likely have to pay a dealer big money to get it done and it won't be very widespread at first. And the hack probably won't be very stable in the beginning until the brainiacs learn more about the security of these new cards. Gone are the days of buying a $99 HU loader and doing it yourself with freeware downloaded off the net.
For now, you basically have 3 options:
1. Pay for a sub from DTV and go legit (I don't recommend this, but to each his own)
2. Get yourself a hacked Dishnetwork system. This system is very stable and has been for some time. Primarily because they don't have the same problems with piracy that DTV had because there are alot less people hacking dish. But hacking Dish isn't as easy as doing DTV, it requires alot of patience, skill with soldering PCB's. If you have no patience for this stuff, best to pay a professional to do it for you.
3. Settle for regular TV and be patient, wait, maybe a hack for the P4/P5 will come out, maybe it wont. Really depends how badly you want TV.
Try to remember that hacking satellite TV is like gambling, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. There are no guarantees, but you try to minimize the risk and go with the best odds. In my professional opinion, that mean going with Dishnetwork for now. Its the most stable and realiable option for satellite TV right now. Will Dishnetwork hack last forever? Of course not, but it should go for a long time and by the time they find a solution for hacking, hopefully a hack for DTV will be available. Then you'll have 2 options to choose from.
Hope this post was helpful and informative. Good luck all, and if you wanna get a Dishnetwork system going, just PM me and I'll see what I can do for you.
