Comment on don't tell the cable company about the splitter

ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• djsaskdja@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, didn’t they usually not even allow for individual channel selection? I remember my grandparents having on for their basement TV. We had to watch whatever the adults were watching upstairs as kids.

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  • warbond@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sounds like they split the signal after the cable box. The original Duplicate Screen.

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    • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well yeah, otherwise you would have needed another box and who had money for that?

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      • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean I think people are talking about old school basic cable where your TV was the tuner, no cable box needed unless you wanted a guide and DVR

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  • markz@suppo.fi ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wow, that sucks.

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    • djsaskdja@reddthat.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It sucked at the time for sure, but thinking about this now gives me only happy feelings. Very nostalgic for a simpler time.

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  • ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    before you needed a cable box, you could plug the coax cable directly from the wall to the TV, so starting the splitter from the wall outlet would work like I said

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• dogsnest@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not where I was.

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