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Article #5766Re: A simple (?) problem.
From: Filip Gieszczykiewicz
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 1990 04:50
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 1990 04:50
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<>2. Can I buy some gadget that will convert a "non-cable ready" TV/VCR into a < <>"cable ready" TV/VCR? If so I can get rid of my cable box completely. < <These things are called "Block Convertors." They move the whole block of <cable frequencies into the VHF/UHF range so that a standard TV tuner will <pull them in. < <A typical price is $30 - $35, you can probably find one for considerably <less if you search a little. I know Radio Shlock _used_ to carry them, I <would imagine they still do... < <Gordon S. Hlavenka cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us <Disclaimer: I've fallen! And I can't get up! < So how could I have expressed an opinion? Greetings. Hey, you got ripped off, I got mine for $15.95... By the way, I just got a new VCR and the box is for sale. (say, $9.95) -- _______________________________________________________________________________ "The Force will be with you, always." It _is_ with me and has been for 10 years Filip Gieszczykiewicz "A man without a dream is like a fish without water." FMGST@PITTVMS or fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu "My ideas. ALL MINE!!"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!fmgst From: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: A simple (?) problem. Message-ID: <30986@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 23 Aug 90 04:50:06 GMT Reply-To: fmgst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) Organization: The Last Jedi Lines: 29