On 2/16/04 2:32 PM, "iMac List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have a new 20" 1.25 GHz iMac. I get internet access from my cable TV >> provider (Mediacom) -- the cable is plugged into a snow AirPort basestation >> for wireless access to my wife's PowerBook, and I have an Ethernet cable >> running off the AirPort to my iMac for my Internet access. Since the same >> cable that provides our Internet also provides cable TV access, I am >> wondering if there is a way to pipe cable TV to my iMac. > > Are you sure the cable that goes to your iMac carries the TV signal? With > my cable from Cox, the data carrier is split off the main cable at a > splitter they installed outside the hosue. The told me the TV frequencies > do not come through to the computer. > -- > Al Poulin
Thanks Al and everyone else who responded to my post. I am not positive if the cable going to my office was split, but I doubt it -- I can check it easily enough. However, everyone's responses to my question about how to get TV on my iMac suggest that the only way I'm going to be able to do it is to drop a few hundred $ on it, which effectively puts the kibosh on that idea. As John Teffer noted, my 20" iMac cost a pretty penny ($2,199 plus tax and AppleCare, plus another $100 for the 160 GB drive), but unfortunately that is precisely why I cannot afford to put more $ into the luxury of watching TV on my iMac! Incidentally, I have concluded that $2,200 for a basic 20" iMac is too much to ask for it. I really love the computer, but after pricing other "comparable" PCs I feel that it would be more rationally priced at around $1,900. I bet even a $200 cut would boost their bottom line -- Apple would sell a lot more iMacs if they dropped the price to $1,999, and I believe the resulting increase in volume would more than make up for the decrease in their per-unit profit. But I'm just a social scientist -- economists could probably find lots of holes in my theory. Anyone know how many 20" iMacs they've sold so far? -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
