17. what if my cable company upgrades or changes to a different cable converter? all cable companies eventually upgrade-as technology progresses and new sources become available older equipment becomes obsolete. the fact is that cable companies do not change quickly or often. it is a huge expense for cable company to swap out all descrambler of its customers cable converters and replace them with brand new ones and upgrade the system to support the new scrambling methods. it usually takes a cable company a year or longer to complete an upgrade. most cable companies upgrade every 10-15 years. worldwide we allow previous customers to trade in their old converters that they purchased from us for credit towards new equipment, providing that it is in good working condition. 18. what is the difference between filtering and scrambling?

17. what if my cable company upgrades or changes to a different cable converter? all cable companies eventually upgrade-as technology progresses and new sources become available older equipment becomes obsolete. the fact is that cable companies do not change quickly or often. it is a huge expense for cable company to swap out all descrambler of its customers cable converters and replace them with brand new ones and upgrade the system to support the new scrambling methods. it usually takes a cable company a year or longer to complete an upgrade. most cable companies upgrade every 10-15 years. worldwide we allow previous customers to trade in their old converters that they purchased from us for credit towards new equipment, providing that it is in good working condition. 18. what is the difference between filtering and scrambling?

we recommend one piece units. it has been our experience that one piece units work better to replace your cable company’s converter than a 2-piece unit. although 2-piece units tend to be less expensive, they tend to work less efficiently as well. as the electronics saying goes, "you get what you pay descrambler for! " additionally, worldwide our 1-piece units cost less than other companies’ 2-piece units. 5. what electronics is a cable converter / descrambler? an electronic tuning device descrambler that transposes all available channels from the cable worldwide company into either channel 3 or channel 4. a cable converter is simply a "channel changer" that cannot by itself descramble encoded premium channels. it allows you to receive electronics all basic channels if your tv is not the cable ready type.