Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxk.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxk!rs55611 From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher) Newsgroups: net.tv,net.video Subject: Re: cable ready TV/VCR (Showtime on VCR) Message-ID: <555@ihuxk.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 18:38:07 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxk.555 Posted: Mon Feb 6 18:38:07 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 10:07:19 EST References: <202@hou2b.UUCP>, <176@pucc-i> <203@hou2b.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 17 In the situation described (had no premium cable channels, got a VCR, now pick up Showtime through VCR, without bable box, and TV without cable box shows no Showtime), the explanation is as follows: 1. The cable company does not filter out premium channels from non-paying customers cables, by using trap filters at the customer's drop box. 2. Also, the cable company does not scramble the pay channels. 3. Access to pay channels is only controlled by programming of the cable box tuner to not allow tuning in of the pay channels. Thus, a cable-ready VCR can tune in the pay channels without paying for them. Showtime doesn't appear on a TV without the cable box because the TV's tuner can't tune in anything but normal VHF on the cable.