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DaggaDagga · 19-03-2006, 21:01

I think that quote is talking about the analogue passthrough. The cable box is doing precisely nothing, other than feeding what's in the cable straight through it. The thing about SCART sounds like a load of waffle to me. It's an aerial feed, that's all it is.

I had my cable box after my subscription died, as NTL didn't bother collecting it. On the day after my subscription ended, I could only watch BBC1, BBC2, ITV etc. A few days after that, I couldn't watch anything.

However, if you plug NTL's cable into the aerial port of any TV (e.g. a telly or an analogue PC TV card) you will be able to watch channels 1-5 and a couple of others (News 24 I think). It's 4:3 ratio, and the picture quality isn't brilliant but it's better than most aerials.

If you do this then you may stuff a load of noise back up the cable. In theory, this may possibly wipe out the universe or something. In practice, nothing bad happens.

19-03-2006, 21:01	#7
DaggaDagga Inactive Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hampshire Services: Royal Mail snail mail. No telly. Wind-up gramophone. Posts: 125,837.56 Posts: 385	Re: Watch on analogue cable I think that quote is talking about the analogue passthrough. The cable box is doing precisely nothing, other than feeding what's in the cable straight through it. The thing about SCART sounds like a load of waffle to me. It's an aerial feed, that's all it is. I had my cable box after my subscription died, as NTL didn't bother collecting it. On the day after my subscription ended, I could only watch BBC1, BBC2, ITV etc. A few days after that, I couldn't watch anything. However, if you plug NTL's cable into the aerial port of any TV (e.g. a telly or an analogue PC TV card) you will be able to watch channels 1-5 and a couple of others (News 24 I think). It's 4:3 ratio, and the picture quality isn't brilliant but it's better than most aerials. If you do this then you may stuff a load of noise back up the cable. In theory, this may possibly wipe out the universe or something. In practice, nothing bad happens.