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From: ncr@sdcsvax.UUCP (NCR RB)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Is cable TV worthwhile?
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Date: Tue, 14-May-85 19:45:27 EDT
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I live 35 miles from San Diego, outside the range of my local
cable company.  I have been unsuccessful in getting them to
come out to my semi-rural location.

We get the 3 networks (2 poorly), PBS (but sometimes the xmitter
goes out - especially when I'm recording), and 3 local stations
of mediocre to poor quality (programming).

The 2 networks are so bad, I don't bother recording them.
I have a good quality antenna on a tall mast with rotor.
I'm not ready to spend the ~$3k on a satellite antenna.

I wish I had all your problems deciding whether cable is worth it.


Steve Schlesinger
NCR E&M SanDiego
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