Thanks cool Canuck. I have Canadian address and have shaw cable. I also have U.S. Address with Time Warner, and have shaw dish and HDPVR 630 wired and it was in use last year. I did piggyback off another Canadians system. Now with new Canadian satellite from Shaw, was just wondering whether you thought the system in California would work if I signed up in Canada for Shaw Direct. I think it might just work as well. I know Shaw do not want us to have access in the States, so will not call them. I actually hooked up my 2nd TV here the other night to the shaw receiver and dish then went online. It asked to enter acct. info and password in order to reset satellite, so with that again I think it might just work. Thx your comments