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dcarson · 03-28-2016, 03:23 PM

Given how expensive and obvious the dishes were I think the networks didn't worry about encryption that much. The number of people that would watch them was small and couldn't watch any other way. Plus I think the sat feed had the national commercials already in it.

03-28-2016, 03:23 PM	#137
dcarson Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: 1980s American Cars, Guns, Gadgets and Consumer Goods [Atmosphere, look, minutiae Given how expensive and obvious the dishes were I think the networks didn't worry about encryption that much. The number of people that would watch them was small and couldn't watch any other way. Plus I think the sat feed had the national commercials already in it.