Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 17 Jun 91 16:08:56 GMT From: "Ralph W. Hyre" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: CATV Company Rate Comparisons Reply-To: "Ralph W. Hyre" Message-ID: Organization: AT&T OSS Development, Cincinnati Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 464, Message 9 of 9 Lines: 34 In article mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 456, Message 6 of 9 > pay-per-view channel, but it's on two pieces of coax, which makes > cable-ready equipment capable of only 'seeing' half the channels at a > time. A converter to solve this problem costs $2/mo, a remote control. > is another $1, the first pay channel is about $10, and additional pay > channels have decreasing costs. If your basic channels are unscrambled, then you can try what I did: (worked on a TCI system in Pittsburgh, and Warner in Cincinnati.) RUN, don't walk to a store where you can buy what's reffered to as a block converter. It shifts the cable channels up around 400Mhz, to the UHF band, where you can combine with the VHF and cable band channels into a single piece of coax. Your cable-ready set (and VCR) should be happy to accomodate it. Total cost around $30 (I got mine a Radio Shack). A cable ---------------------------+ +Coupler/combiner+----- single cable B cable -block converter+----------+ You will need to find the B cable channels on your TV/VCR. There is also potential conflict, since the box SUBTRACTS 400Mhz from the B cable channels, causing potential conflicts with the 'A' cable channels. In general if you put the least-loaded cable through the converter box, you will be OK.