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Originally Posted by bgadow
You know, the other week I brought home an 80s RCA console. While it was sitting in the back of my truck, with no antenna whatsoever, I plugged it into an extension cord and sat there and watched, in color, fairly clear, the 6 o'clock news. No blue screen, no digital artifacts, no locking up. What a great system! Hey, let's get rid of it!
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Brian, you should recognize that this indicates a weak point in the design of old TV's - if the cable/input to the tuner were better shielded, you would have a more difficult time picking up anytihg without an antenna. This was a bone of contention between cable companies and TV manufacturers for many years, with the cable system becoming regulated against signal incursion, but old TVs still being subject to external pickup. This is especially a problem in communities with stations on channel 3 or 4, the same as a cable box output, but also applies to any channel that is picked up by a cable-ready TV.