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From: brown@nicmad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: copying rented videocassettes
Message-ID: <566@nicmad.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 10:31:19 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  7 10:31:19 1986
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Reply-To: brown@nicmad.UUCP (Mr. Video)
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In article <6765@tektronix.UUCP> billk@tektronix.UUCP (Bill Kenworthy) writes:
>                                            HBO is currently not in stereo.
>They don't send it out in stereo from New York.  Currently, only Movie Channel
>has stereo.

HBO is distributed in digital stereo.  A direct result of the M/A Comm Cypher IIencoding/decoding system.  But, not all cable companies (mine included) do not
put up the stereo audio on the FM band.  The Movie Channel has been stereo for
alot longer and has had a better chance of getting on a system in stereo.

One of the guys at our head-end put up HBO on the FM band, while it was still
mono.  After the scrambling went 24 hours, he put in the spare stereo exciter
and we had stereo.  But, the powers that be said that it had to be pulled, as
further study was needed.  For no extra cost we had stereo.  Oh Well!!!
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