[VoIP] A rather strange request... Old analog cable boxes

[R. Snyder]

Jayson,
I've got an old Radio Shack TV block converter you can have if it will work 
for you.  It's just a fixed frequency local oscillator and a mixer that 
moves a whole block of CATV down to broadcast TV frequencies.  I think it 
has an edge-mounted pot on top to tweak the LO frequency for fine tuning.

By the way, you mentioned that you're blind.  I'm developing a mobility aid 
for the blind, and if you'd be willing to give me some feedback on how well 
it works or doesn't work, I could build a prototype for you and send it to 
you.  I've sent a prototype to a friend of mine who is blind, but he hasn't 
gotten out of his apartment in the last few weeks to try it in unfamiliar 
surroundings.  I figure it should take a couple of days to a couple of weeks 
to get used to using it, but that presumes a reasonable amount of time spent 
in unfamiliar surroundings.  Please let me know if you're interested.  Also 
let me know if you'd like the Radio Shack TV block converter.
-Ross

>From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
>Reply-To: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches <voip at lists.ckts.info>
>To: "Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches" <voip at ckts.info>
>Subject: [VoIP] A rather strange request... Old analog cable boxes
>Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:09:57 -0400
>
>Hi,
>      We recently got cable TV service, and we're looking for some simple
>cable boxes, to avoid having to buy cable-ready TV's just before analog
>on-air TV becomes a thing of the past. I've looked on eBay, but I'm not
>finding much. What I'm looking for are old analog boxes, maybe even 
>operated
>with a dial, a slider, or mechanical pushbuttons. In other words, way too
>old to have any sort of activation/authorization stuff. Does anybody have
>anything like that they're wanting to get rid of, or know of somewhere I
>might find it?
>      On another subject, on my recent eBay search, I uncovered something
>that sounds just a bit too good to be true. It's a software program by
>Orbatel. Supposedly, you pay only once for the software, then after that,
>using nothing but a PC and an Internet connection, you can watch and listen
>to thousands of satellite TV and radio stations, and not have to pay
>anything except the initial software cost. Now I know there's got to be a
>catch, but they certainly aren't saying what it is. Anyone know? I mean,
>there's either a big catch they don't want you to know about, or this is 
>the
>best-kept secret in the consumer TV industry.
>Jayson
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