Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site qumix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!pesnta!qumix!stoner From: stoner@qumix.UUCP (David Stone) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Cable ready TV, etc. Message-ID: <254@qumix.UUCP> Date: Thu, 17-Jan-85 15:09:49 EST Article-I.D.: qumix.254 Posted: Thu Jan 17 15:09:49 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Jan-85 04:32:19 EST References: <293@mhuxm.UUCP> <248@terak.UUCP> <282@lsuc.UUCP> <1597@ittvax.UUCP> <712@cbosgd.UUCP> Organization: Qume Corp., San Jose, CA Lines: 26 > In article <1597@ittvax.UUCP> schachte@ittvax.UUCP (Peter Schachte) writes: > >The problem is, of course, that undergound unscrambler companies would > >crop up to sell these unscramblers. Once you found out which > >unscrambler you need for your movie channels you could just buy one and > >never pay for movies again. > > What's to say that such companies don't already exist? How many ways can > there be in common use to scramble a TV signal, anyway? The cable company > has to buy their unscrambler boxes from somebody (I doubt they make them > themselves), and if you can buy a cable tuner from Jerrold (the same ones > the cable company rents you) why is an unscrambler box any different? *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR VIDEO *** Anyway even with underground unscrambler companies,United Cable of the Bay Area located in Hayward,Calif. uses in-line filters on the incoming cable to the decoder box and even gives you a discount if you don't use their box last I heard ! This way if you have a cable ready TV or Video recorder then you can still get the movie channels without the box. This is a good example that I wish other cable companies would follow. But then they couldn't get the extra money for their silly little boxes. OH WELL .... stoner@qumix David A. Stone Qume Corp. San Jose,Calif.