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**mQb0aVZe** · 11-27-2008, 08:53 PM

You can't just hook up the cable to the TV you need a decoder box first which we don't have. The point is we're not paying for any kind of cable TV service.

It's different in America. You can hook a TV straight to the cable without a decoder box (those things are really only needed for digital TV and HDTV) and you can get basic cable without paying for it as long as you have high speed.

Granted, the cable company will tell you that you can't just hook up a TV for some retarded reason, but you can. I don't know if you all have broadcast TV in the UK, but generally that's all basic cable is here; the broadcast TV stations that you could get with an antenna (and maybe a couple of others).

Anyway, you never did answer if you actually tried to hook up a TV or just took the TV company's word that it wouldn't work.

11-27-2008, 08:53 PM	#16
mQb0aVZe Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	You can't just hook up the cable to the TV you need a decoder box first which we don't have. The point is we're not paying for any kind of cable TV service. It's different in America. You can hook a TV straight to the cable without a decoder box (those things are really only needed for digital TV and HDTV) and you can get basic cable without paying for it as long as you have high speed. Granted, the cable company will tell you that you can't just hook up a TV for some retarded reason, but you can. I don't know if you all have broadcast TV in the UK, but generally that's all basic cable is here; the broadcast TV stations that you could get with an antenna (and maybe a couple of others). Anyway, you never did answer if you actually tried to hook up a TV or just took the TV company's word that it wouldn't work.
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