Homemade low power TV transmitter?

[RetroHacker]

Originally Posted by thisOne

Here is what Northlan Cable says about it on their website:

• How many television sets can I connect to digital cable?
You can connect to digital cable to any number of TVs in your home for a low fee per month for each additional TV. Alternatively, you can receive the Deluxe Basic lineup on each additional TV for no charge and without any additional equipment.
• Do I need a separate digital cable box for every TV?
No. You only need a digital cable box if you wish to view the channels above 99 or would like to use the digital guide.

Here is what Optimum says about a Theft of Service

Ah, see - you're talking about digital cable. That's proprietary and each cable company rents out the boxes. I don't get digital cable. I don't intend to. I tried it for a month but the picture was abysmal. But no. I'm not going to be stealing service. I pay for it. I'm not going to be circumventing anything, because with analog cable, I'm not renting a box - only using tuners in consumer equipment. In my computer room, I have an early 80's Mitsubishi 15" television. It's connected to a Sanyo Betamax VCR. The VCR does the tuning of the analog cable. No cable company equipment in my house at all.

With analog cable, it doesn't matter to the cable company if I have one set or a hundred, I don't get charged extra per set. Analog cable must be called "Deluxe Basic" by your provider.

-Ian