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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Cable converters that don't disturb channel mapping
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Date: 24 Jun 91 02:31:03 GMT
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In article <1991Jun22.225534.4713@hermesa.uucp> mark@hermesa.uucp (Mark McWiggins) writes:
<I subscribe to a couple of premium cable channels that require a descrambler.
<The descrambler maps everything to channel 3.  If I had an "inline"
<descrambler, it would generally be much handier for me; I could tape one
<premium channel while watching another, etc.
<
<Does anyone offer this?  Is there some technical reason why it's not feasible?

Technically not feasible at this time.  Actually it is cost prohibitive.  It
can be done, but at great cost.  No cable viewer would want to pay for such
a box.
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