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Why Do Cable-Ready TVs Go Up To Channel 125?
- Thread starter Joey1986
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My family had a really old 80s model Sylvania TV. The OTA went 2-83. The Cable side went 2-65.
On it:
60 = 95
61 = 96
62 = 97
63 = 98
64 = 99
65 = 1
I remember prior to TCI Cable upgrading to the 75 channel line up, the line-up went to 46. (But that was with a BOX only). With Cable Ready sets 45 = 95, 46 = 96, 43 = 98, and 44 = 99.
And here's another oddity. When we first moved to Southington and got COX Cable, HSN was on Channel 79 with the BOX, but on 95 Cable Ready, but even tho it was 79 with the box reception was just as terrible as if it was on 95. HSN in now on channel 8 and 95 cable ready. (I checked by disconnecting our HD Digital Box. 8 only with the box).
On it:
60 = 95
61 = 96
62 = 97
63 = 98
64 = 99
65 = 1
I remember prior to TCI Cable upgrading to the 75 channel line up, the line-up went to 46. (But that was with a BOX only). With Cable Ready sets 45 = 95, 46 = 96, 43 = 98, and 44 = 99.
And here's another oddity. When we first moved to Southington and got COX Cable, HSN was on Channel 79 with the BOX, but on 95 Cable Ready, but even tho it was 79 with the box reception was just as terrible as if it was on 95. HSN in now on channel 8 and 95 cable ready. (I checked by disconnecting our HD Digital Box. 8 only with the box).
The Dude said:
Sounds more like a TV aimed at the european market, where you could put any of the channels you received into X number of pre-sets. I've seen Sony and other brand sets come with "1000 channels" in the UK, when most people could only get 4. These sets were definitely cable-ready, and also multi-standard (could view NTSC as well as PAL and SECAM). You could really mess people up with these TVs - you could program your channels to appear on whatever pre-set you want so your preset numbers have no relation whatsoever with the actual broadcast channel. It's OK for UK because BBC 1, 2, ITV (now known as ITV1) and Channel 4 in analog days broadcast on different UHF channels across the country... BBC 1 stopped broadcasting on Channel 1 in the early 1980s.
Re: Interesting......
Charter Cable in Jackson, TN has had something that looks like an oscilloscope on analog channel 117 for years. Would this be something similar?
MarcB said:
Charter Cable in Jackson, TN has had something that looks like an oscilloscope on analog channel 117 for years. Would this be something similar?
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