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

• warbond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

  source

  • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

    source

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

      source

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I still have free cable this way in my house. Way nicer TVs though.

        source
• markz@suppo.fi ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wow, that sucks.

  source

  • djsaskdja@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

    source
• ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

  source