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(46,798 posts) Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:16 PM Oct 1

Anyone else remember "SelecTV?"

It was a scrambled channel broadcast out of Milwaukee here in Wisconsin, and we'd leave it on so the flickering would stabilize for a second or two, and we could see brief glimpses of dirty movies.

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Anyone else remember "SelecTV?" (Original Post) Archae Oct 1 OP

The struggle was real. Beartracks Oct 1 #1

we had that in Detroit, but it was called ON tv. channel 20 was scrambled after 8pm, and for the low cost of 19.95 per Meadowoak Oct 1 #2

I remember ON tv JoseBalow Oct 1 #3

That's what "SelecTV" looked like too after (7pm?). Archae Oct 1 #4

Right, it was basically the same thing, a scrambled signal with a decoder box JoseBalow Oct 1 #6

Good times, man. Good times ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2 #7

Exactly Meadowoak Oct 1 #5

It was called Preview where I come from. flvegan Oct 2 #8

Beartracks

(13,564 posts)

1. The struggle was real.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:17 PM

Oct 1

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Meadowoak

(6,215 posts)

2. we had that in Detroit, but it was called ON tv. channel 20 was scrambled after 8pm, and for the low cost of 19.95 per

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:26 PM

Oct 1

month, you could subscribe and get a descrambler. I think they were in business from around 1980 to about 1984,

JoseBalow

(5,138 posts)

3. I remember ON tv

Reply to Meadowoak (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:32 PM

Oct 1

Archae

(46,798 posts)

4. That's what "SelecTV" looked like too after (7pm?).

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:50 PM

Oct 1

The picture would stabilize briefly, at times.

JoseBalow

(5,138 posts)

6. Right, it was basically the same thing, a scrambled signal with a decoder box

Reply to Archae (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:59 PM

Oct 1

Ah yes, how could I forget those brief magical stabilized moments, just me and a green Sylvia Kristel

ArkansasDemocrat1

(3,213 posts)

7. Good times, man. Good times

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 2, 2024, 12:32 AM

Oct 2

Who cared if the colours were inverted? The lines were straight. O.o

Edit...think that gif is Playboy Channel

Fine tuning with that control wheel...

Meadowoak

(6,215 posts)

5. Exactly

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 11:59 PM

Oct 1

flvegan

(64,592 posts)

8. It was called Preview where I come from.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2024, 01:09 AM

Oct 2

Starcase was the other one. Oh to be that young again.

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