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From: tkoppel@udenva.UUCP (Ted Koppel)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Does cable-ready still need a converter?
Message-ID: <596@udenva.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-May-85 11:12:54 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  7 11:12:54 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 10-May-85 02:39:48 EDT
Reply-To: tkoppel@udenva.UUCP (Ted Koppel)
Organization: U of Denver
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I just purchased a cable-ready TV; it really does accept/convert the
cable signal on all 56 (?) channels that United Cable of Colorado
sends out.  I went to return my converter box this morning, and the
people at the cable office said that EVEN THOUGH I had
cable-ready, operational equipment, I still needed to run the cable
signal through their box, because of something called 'influx' or
something like that.  It was explained that my TV accepts signals
between 50 and 300 (ohms? mhz?) and that United Cable sneds the signal
at 500 (ohms? mhz?); since my TV can't handle the excess signal then
it screws up the viewers down the line.

My question:  Is this for real?  Why buy cable-ready if I have to keep
the converter box?  Etc.

Thanks...

Ted Koppel : University of Denver Penrose Library : 303-871-3429
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