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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
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Posted: Thu Jan 17 15:09:49 1985
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References: <293@mhuxm.UUCP> <248@terak.UUCP> <282@lsuc.UUCP> <1597@ittvax.UUCP> <712@cbosgd.UUCP>
Organization: Qume Corp., San Jose, CA
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> 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.