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From: brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.video,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: *** CABLE TV + VCR + TV ***
Message-ID: <1868@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 5 May 89 15:20:16 GMT
References: <1796@ubu.warwick.UUCP> <586@corpane.UUCP> <1844@astroatc.UUCP> <899@mks.UUCP>
Reply-To: brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot)
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In article <899@mks.UUCP> wheels@mks.UUCP (Gerry Wheeler) writes:
<In article <1844@astroatc.UUCP>, brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
<> As I mentioned in a previous message, the British cable system may be
<> VHF.  This means that the normal TV/VCR receivers won't work with direct
<> cable connections because the equipment only receives UHF.
<> One must keep this in mind when discussing overseas TV/Cable systems.
<
<Indeed.  I sent a reply to the original question to the fellow in the
<UK, describing how we do things, and I mentioned "cable-ready TV".  He
<pointed out that they have no such thing, so the cable company's box is
<mandatory.  Would someone who knows care to outline what they really do
<over there? From the above quote, I take it the TV stations are all UHF,
<so the TV's all have UHF tuners, but the cable system sends only VHF. Is
<this correct?

I was making an educated guess on the cable channels used, ie, VHF vs UHF.
The over-the-air channels are definately UHF, which range from 471.25 to
855.25 MHz (visual).
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