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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
In the analogue days I believe that people could connect their VM cable straight into their TV to receive channels 1-5.
If your TV has a built in cable tuner you may be able be able to tune into the FTA channels, is this what you were thinking of?
This, however, is against VM t&C's and others have said that this may cause noise to go onto the network and affect your neighbours.
You get less than Freeview anyway, so if I were you I'd do as others have said and connect your TV to an aerial.
As you have a phone line from VM, I believe that you can have the basic TV service for free, however, as you'd have to take a TiVo PVR this would usually cost an extra £5 per month.
As SP says, maybe give them a call to see if they will do you a deal as you already get two services from them.
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The cable was never fed direct to the TV. The analogue cable converters had a PSB bypass adaptor on the back that took the standard UHF channels 1 - 4 to the TV along with any alternate BBC/ITV region. Judging by the amount of times this bypass "blew" during thunderstorms I was rather glad it wasn't connected directly to the TV.
Cable tuners on TV's are designed for open type systems used in Europe, where there is some free content & the CAM slot on the TV is used for subs channels. Virgin is a closed system & requires an STB so they have more control over possible piracy. It also means you have to rent the box.