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Harvey Heagy <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:06:37 -0600
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That may work for you, John, but here, for example, Cox cable provides a 
free DVR for anyone subscribing to digital cable.  But as far as I have been 
able to determine, the blind can't use it.  So that leaves us with using a 
VCR which in turn means putting the digital box on the channel we wish to 
record robbing us of the freedom to record whatever channel we want while we 
are out.  So there are accessibility issues.  For the most part, I don't 
care for the offerings of commercial broadcasting on either radio or TV 
myself.
Harvey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: FYI Fw: TH-F6A


> Well, with TV, if you have a satellite dish or cable, you already have the
> box more than likely because they've been switching to digital for a long
> time now so what ever accessibility is or isn't there now is what you'll
> get. Personally with the garbage that's on TV these days, all I need is to
> change channels and turn it on and off so I can watch auto racing, the 
> rest
> of the features I don't even know about. My DVR comes in handy too and I 
> can
> manage to get my way around that. If you have cable though, especially
> digital cable, and if you have a satellite dish, you're there and won't be
> changing anything. We have the dish here. For broadcast radio, I'll take
> satellite radio there too. I never listen to broadcast radio anymore at 
> all. 

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