It was broadcasted scrambled, legally. You could see the scrambled channel by just tuning in. To unscramble it, you paid some amount of money PER VIDEO, it was pretty ridiculous.
My mate growing up had a box that unscrambled it automatically for free, a “pirate box”. That was also an option.
Yeah, I have had cable, I meant what’s the technical thing going on here. What’s this scrambling/unscrambling stuff.
Were these porn channels illegally broadcasted? If it was scrambled how would the intended viewers watch it?
It was broadcasted scrambled, legally. You could see the scrambled channel by just tuning in. To unscramble it, you paid some amount of money PER VIDEO, it was pretty ridiculous.
My mate growing up had a box that unscrambled it automatically for free, a “pirate box”. That was also an option.