Cable reception not clear on some channels
I have a 3 year old fifth-wheel trailer. I have noticed that the reception on the television, that is when I have cable, varies quite a bit. The channels, say 2-10, are ok, a little bit fuzzy, but I c...
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wa8yxm wrote:
Correction on digital cable.
SOME systems went all encrypted. Some did not. But I agree the reason for encryption is greed. if you have more than one TV they can charge you more for each additional Set Top Box. I once got in trouble for saying all the cable/Sat companies were crooked.. Well. they are. Charging 100/month or more in many cases for what I get for FREE using my Winegard Sensar.
economics 101...if more people cut the cord on satellite and cable prices will come down or the service will disappear. it's not greed...it's business.
as for campground cable...if I recall correctly the law that required the OTA stations to move to digital from analog permitted but did not require cable providers to scramble their signals. a set-top decoder box was required to view cable in the few parks and campgrounds that did offer scrambled cable. one park in Pennsylvania started out with about 2-dozen "loaner" boxes for her transient guests but the manager admitted to me that over time they were either returned damaged or not at all so she dropped her cable service. that was a major reason we opted for the Winegard Trav'ler dish option when we bought new in 2015.
