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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Cable and scrambling
Message-ID: <478@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Dec-85 10:38:20 EST
Article-I.D.: nicmad.478
Posted: Thu Dec 19 10:38:20 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Dec-85 00:21:38 EST
References: <201@hoqam.UUCP> <16300001@datacube.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI
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In article <16300001@datacube.UUCP> john@datacube.UUCP writes:
>
>You should note that the cable companies consider your VCR competition
>against their service. You going out and renting a movie and playing
>it on your VCR is direct competition against their service. There are
>many other ways your VCR competes, either legally or illegally, against
>their service. Remember cable services have been around a lot longer
>than reasonably priced VCRs. To cable companies VCRs are the young 
>upstart in the industry, and they feel threatned. After all VCRs are
>capable of giving you much more flexible programming service than 
>a cable company, except for some things like news.

I'm sorry to be the one to bring you this following bad news, but not all
cable companies are afraid of VCRs.  Our company, Complete Channel TV,
which covers most of Dane County WI, is working with our local BIG supplier
of TVs and VCRs.  They even have a spot in the store.  When a customer
buys a TV **AND/OR** VCR, they can get a month of cable free (or real cheap,
I forget which).

They even have a box that they sell that allows the user to hook up the
decoder/VCR/TV.  It is nothing but a switch box type thing, but at least
or company is trying.  They know that VCRs are out there and are working
with them, to keep up their connection sales (of course).

So, not EVERY cable company is fighting VCRs.
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