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Uploaded by on Mar 9, 2007

Millions of people receive their television signal through a cable TV connection. Most of them don't actually know what "cable TV" is, what it does or how it got its name. Find out in this HowStuffWorks video. Credits: , HowStuffWorks

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  • how it works is the cable companies overcharge for their mediocre service and local stations are dying and the consumer gets fleeced in the process.

  • Uh..people....that made this video are showing the wrong picture here... They show a "tap" when they are saying that it is an Amplifier!

    PS. I am a Technical Trainer for a Cable company... ;-)

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  • where is cable tv available?

  • Interesting.....now can you show me how to hack tv and get it for free?

  • How does the television take the electrical signals traveling across the wires and transform that into the images on your television?

  • great explanation on cable tv. Does services like dish network or other satellite services and packages work similar?

  • You showed a "tap" not an "amplifier".

  • Why do people pay for commercial television? It's ridiculous! We grew up in the '50's, '60's, & '70's without paying for television because ADVERTISERS pay to advertise so consumers would watch and buy their products. When cable TV first came about the idea was there would be no commercials. Slowly everything changed and people now pay to watch advertisements! INSANE! People give away all of their power mindlessly. Stop paying to watch TV and see how fast it becomes free again.

  • There should only be 3 cable companies nationwide. We lessen the balogny production. This organizes all channels. In order for that to happen, we need to shut down 100+ Million Dollar enterprises by stop purchasing.

  • It comes through cables thats why the service is called cable service.. Lol are we really this dumb as a civilization? Or please tell me this video is for elementary schools or something

  • Cable TV is great but many country don't support it. Online internet TV for country that don't have satellite or cable.

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