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From: adams@swbatl.UUCP (4237)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Undesired television reception: solution?
Message-ID: <962@swbatl.UUCP>
Date: 20 Nov 89 15:32:20 GMT
References: <938@swbatl.UUCP> <17660035@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Reply-To: adams@swbatl.UUCP (Tom Adams 5-4237)
Organization: Southwestern Bell Tele. Co. - Advanced Technology Lab - St. Louis
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In article <17660035@hpfcdj.HP.COM> myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:
>
>use an external converter or use a "cable ready" TV).  Consumer electronics
>are notorious for poor shielding.
 
TV and VCR are cable ready.  But if these devices are commonly ("notoriously")
poorly shielded why would the cable company not use another frequency for the 
local signals?  Seems a problem designed to occur.o

Several other people have mentioned gathering groups of dissatisfied
cable customers.   I wonder if someone could explain just how that occurred?
Are there already appropriate advocate groups?

>apply.  Connecting the external antenna for the local channels may in fact be
>the only solution.  Is this really a problem for taping?  How often do you
>tape shows from both local stations (which are not available from other
>stations on the cable) and cable-only stations, in the same "unattended"
>period?

Actually, quite often, I'm often grabbing stuff from the local
PBS station as well as all those weird channels that offer scintillating
material on the mating habits of the Iguana but only at the most *inconvenient*
hours.  Always wondered why, Iguana seem at least as interesting as
Dougie Howser. :)

Plus, I forget to reconnect, it's inconvenient, and I feel as though I'm paying
for something I don't receive (no pun intended).

>Unfortunately, some type of shielding may be the only answer outside of
>pulling the antenna swap - wrapping your house in tin foil is, I presume,
>unacceptable. :-)

Where to shield; with what?  I guess it would be easier to just get the
whole house.  Hmmm,  perhaps Christmas tinsel...   illuminated by flashing 
multicolored spotlights in colors appropriate to each holiday. 
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