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From: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: A simple (?) problem.
Message-ID: <30986@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 23 Aug 90 04:50:06 GMT
Reply-To: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Organization: The Last Jedi
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<>2. Can I buy some gadget that will convert a "non-cable ready" TV/VCR into a
<
<>"cable ready" TV/VCR? If so I can get rid of my cable box completely.
<
<These things are called "Block Convertors."  They move the whole block of
<cable frequencies into the VHF/UHF range so that a standard TV tuner will
<pull them in.
<
<A typical price is $30 - $35, you can probably find one for considerably
<less if you search a little.  I know Radio Shlock _used_ to carry them, I
<would imagine they still do...
<
<Gordon S. Hlavenka            cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
<Disclaimer: I've fallen!  And I can't get up!
<            So how could I have expressed an opinion?


	Greetings. Hey, you got ripped off, I got mine for
	$15.95... 

	By the way, I just got a new VCR and the box is for
	sale. (say, $9.95)
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