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Re: TV Descrambler

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From: Alex Matulich
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 1990 01:30
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In article <3611@oasys.dt.navy.mil> downin@dtoa1.dt.navy.mil (Dave Downin) writes:
>With my cable company I get all the premium channels on my TV (only
>problem is they are scrambled).  The picture appears wavy and the colors

....

>                 I suspect
>that all that has been done is the sync signals have been screwed with

The way I understand it, the sync signal is actually inverted.

Yes, circuits can be built to restore the sync, but it's not something
trivial.
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From: alex@bilver.UUCP (Alex Matulich)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: TV Descrambler
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Date: 26 Sep 90 01:30:05 GMT
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