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From: mmr@utmbvax.UUCP (Mike Rubenstein)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: decoding subscription TV - legality - (nf)
Message-ID: <360@utmbvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 21:26:09 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 14 21:26:09 1984
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Organization: U. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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The cable companies I'm familiar with will allow you to use your own
channel selector box (or just not use theirs if your TV can pick up
all the channels).  Note that the channel selector boxes you can get legally
do not decode the encrypted channels.  I don't think you save all that much
by using your own box, but most of the one's I've seen translate to UHF so
you can use your remote control and your VCR.

Most VCRs cannot record an encrypted signal in such a way that it can be
decoded.

While I've never actually asked about splitting the signal for use with a
VCR, the installer (and the repairman one time when I had a problem)
certainly saw my setup to split the signal for the VCR (I made no attempt
to hide it).  Neither commented or seemed to see anything unusual
about it.
-- 

	Mike Rubenstein, OACB, UT Medical Branch, Galveston TX 77550