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From: roger@wrq.com (Roger Fulton)
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Subject: Re: Cable Competition at Last!
Keywords: Direct Broadcast Coming Soon
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Date: 26 Jan 91 04:13:22 GMT
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In article <1991Jan25.183121.9017@rodan.acs.syr.edu> amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) writes:
>In article <620@wybbs.mi.org> ken@wybbs.mi.org (Ken) writes:
>>This weeks Engineering times has an article on something I have been
>
>>Starting this summer, a company called Sky Pix (Kent, WA) will be
>>selling a direct broadcast dish system for the home. Dishes have
>>been around for a long time, but check out these details:
>   Pretty good description, but sorry.  All of this was available in the
>30 largest us cities more than 5 years ago.  The single difference was that
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Well, gee, not all of us live in or near "the 30 largest us (sic) cities."
I read an extensive article a few weeks ago in the Seattle Times
about this system, and I very much look forward to getting it.
I will soon live in a rural area which will probably NEVER get cable,
and the cost of a standard large satellite dish is beyond my budget.
However, I recall from the Times article that the installation cost
and montly fees seemed quite reasonable, compared to either a large
dish system or cable.

The Times article made no mention of the "defeat video taping 'feature'."
This "feature" does not make me happy.  I wonder if a basic video
"enhancer/stabilizer" (the kind you use when taping from one VCR to
another) would defeat this.



Roger Fulton
roger@wrq.com