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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
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Subject: Re: Wanted, info on cable/stereo ready TV's
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Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 08:17:56 EST
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>Now, the big problem is that this doesn't work for scrambled stations, like
>HBO, since these have to go thru the cable box to be discrambled. I still can
>operate my TV as usual, but when I want to see (or record) HBO, I have to
>turn on the cable box and switch to channel 3 on the TV.

I keep seeing comments like this.  Here in Orlando, at least, it's not
correct.  Here if you get a cable-ready TV, the cable company will come out
and put a "descrambler" box in your TV for the one channel that requires
it -- most of the scrambled stations are scrambled out at the junction box
site, however, apparently to reduce the ability of people to circumvent the
scrambling.  You don't have to have the cable box at all.  Otherwise, the
arguments for cable-ready TV wouldn't make much sense, since you'd still have
to have the cable tuner just to receive the one scrambled station.
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