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Subject: Re: Tuner for Monitor
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Date: Sun, 9-Aug-87 19:27:39 EDT
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In article <3561@ihlpg.ATT.COM> rre@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Velveteen Rabbit Corps) writes:
>... I was wondering if I could get a tuner that would
>behaving like 1/2 the VCR. ...

You can find these marketed to the cable tv crowd as cable converters
for people whose TV sets are not cable ready.  There are two sorts:
block converters, which simply take channels on inaccessible cable
channels and move them to UHF, which you DON't want, and actual tuner
boxes which you use to select the channel and it sends that channel to
your TV on channel 3.  Most have remote controls and fine tune.  Very
few have volume controls, which I should think is something you'd
want.  I got one from DAK's bargain room for about $50 (which you
can't do with mail order), and you will find some listed in DAK's
catalog, for about $70-160.  From Sears you can get one with volume
control that will also decode the closed captions for about $180, and
I have seen others advertise cable tuners which include volume
controls but don't remember where.  You also have to make sure your
monitor can be hooked up to the output of one of these.