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- From: paula@nlbbs.UUCP (Paula Stockholm)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: CATV Block Converter Wanted
- Message-ID: <726676930snx@nlbbs.UUCP>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 07:51:12 GMT
- References: <ofGiErO00WC0Q2pWNR@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Reply-To: paula@nlbbs.uucp
- Organization: The Electronics Workbench - Cumberland Maine
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- In article <ofGiErO00WC0Q2pWNR@andrew.cmu.edu> geek+@CMU.EDU writes:
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- >
- > Is there anything a Radio
- > Shack converter can do that a "cable ready" VCR can't?
- >
- > -Brian
-
- Well, for one thing, they can throw a really annoying heterodyne
- (beat pattern of wavy lines) on your screen. . .
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- Real answer: no. They just move the frequencies into the UHF
- band so people without cable ready VCR's can tune all the
- channels. Many of the cheapies do a real number on the quality
- of the sig, too.
-