On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 12:37:50 PM UTC-4, Jim Joyce wrote:
On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:09:25 -0500, Mark Lloyd wrote:

On 8/24/20 10:30 PM, Jim Joyce wrote:

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I'm curious to hear why you think cable encryption has anything to do with
getting "BOTH cable and antenna on the same TV".

Cable encryption means the TVs tuner is useless for cable, so you need
their box which doesn't use the tuner. Therefore, it is available for
antenna use.

Oh, I think I see. You were referring to a TV that has a single tuner that
can be used for cable _or_ OTA. I've never seen such a thing, but I assume
they exist.

They existed decades ago when NTSC TVs just had RF input and cable boxes had
RF output. Then you had Mark's scenario, but that's been a very long time
ago, NTSC broadcast ended over a decade ago.