From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!ms Newsgroups: net.video Title: Cable Ready Question Article-I.D.: houti.222 Posted: Mon Feb 28 14:04:03 1983 Received: Tue Mar 1 04:51:24 1983 I have some queries on the usefulness of cable ready tuning on VCRs, if anyone can enlighten me on any of the following points could they please mail me their responses: 1) Can you plug the cable lead directly into the Cable Ready VCR and record any of the channels except the pay channels which have to be decoded. or Do you have to do you have to pass the cable signal through the decoder and into the VCR ( tuning the VCR to Channel 3 ) and selecting the actual channel to be recorded on the cable channel selector box. 2) Is the decoding used in the decoder an American standard, and if so are there any manufacturers who produce a VCR tuner with the decoder installed in it - would seem like a good idea ! I hope these questions don't seem dumb, but it would seem to be a bit stupid to buy one of these multiday/multichannel tuners if you you receive your tv signal through the cable and will only be able to set your tuner to receive from channel 3. Any information will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance. Martin Studd. houti!ms