# hacked Dish
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 2, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286 "2008-03-02T13:40:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@slowtalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowtalon)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/1 "2008-03-02T13:40:19Z")
i used to have a burned dish card but have no idea where to get one now. I got a dish network dish on the house now that the previous people left behind. Do i need to buy service then get the card burned or do i just buy a reciever and it will work.
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/2 "2008-03-02T13:42:49Z")
FTA receiver
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### Author:  [@slowtalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowtalon)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/3 "2008-03-02T13:50:42Z")
i have an old direct tv reciever will that work?
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### Author:  [@slowtalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowtalon)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/4 "2008-03-02T13:53:48Z")
so the FTA recievers are just plug in play or does it still need programing
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/5 "2008-03-02T13:52:03Z")
And you made fun of skylinez for his dvd question. :picard:
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/6 "2008-03-02T13:56:51Z")
you program them with a computer, through a cable or flash drive.
[ftatalk.com](http://ftatalk.com)
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### Author:  [@slowtalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowtalon)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/7 "2008-03-02T13:58:18Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> And you made fun of skylinez for his dvd question. :picard:
He wanted to know why his HD DVD wont play HD in his regular DVD player and i didnt make fun of him
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### Author:  [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/8 "2008-03-02T13:58:31Z")
Plug and play Jay. You can do the software updates on the receiver with a laptop.
EDIT: Joe beat me to it.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/9 "2008-03-02T13:58:41Z")
Nothing is just plug and play free TV anymore, at least not like the old days of having someone program a card for you and it working for a year or more. If you’re looking to do it just beause you’re too cheap to pay for TV you’re going to be very disappointed. It’s pretty much just the hobbiest now and you’re going to need to do a lot of reading and tweaking to keep it running 24/7.
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### Author:  [@slowtalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowtalon)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/10 "2008-03-02T14:04:13Z")
yeah i remember just buying a card and when it got flashed taking it to someone to burn it again and it was up and running agian. So with the FTA when you lose signal you gotta wait for an update to load to the reciever? Do they even do cards anymore like if i get dish network programing and use there card for normal viewing on a basic plan and just swap in a burned card if i wanna watch PPV
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### Author:  [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/11 "2008-03-02T14:08:32Z")
Won’t work that way. You would need to have a Dish Network receiver and account and a FTA receiver. You could unplug the sat feed from one box and swap it to the other box though. Or if I hook you up, I could run you two feeds from the dish.
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/12 "2008-03-02T14:10:18Z")
You can get a basic dish network plan and then plug in the FTA box in place of an existing receiver whenever you want to watch something special… it goes down every couple weeks and the fix usually takes 24-48 hours to post up. I would get one with DVR and accumulate crap for when you’re down.
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### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hacked-dish/44286/13 "2008-03-02T14:16:06Z")
> [@slowtalon](#):
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> He wanted to know why his HD DVD wont play HD in his regular DVD player and i didnt make fun of him
that was not his question at all. thats beside the point though, reading\>you.