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    Post by Marc™ Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:12 am

    When was the first time you got cable at your place? We got it in 1991.
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    Post by Cheaps Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:16 am

    I believe it was late 89 or 90
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    Post by tmontyb Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:03 am

    We got cable in 1980. At first it wasn't a box, it was this primitive switch thing that Manhattan Cable gave out. Eventually, it was a box the you had to manually change.
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    Post by Nystyle709 Mon Nov 07, 2011 12:03 pm

    '93.
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    Post by Shale Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:47 pm

    Sometime in the late '80s.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:30 pm

    Had to be at least as early as 8/1/81.
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    Post by Tony Marino Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:06 pm

    We had cable back in the 80's. I now have satellite tv.
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    Post by Chris Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:09 pm

    My parents got it in 1987.
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    Post by Jason B. Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:36 pm

    I think it was 1988. My parents got service from this really cheap cable company that didn't have a lot of channels. Then later I went over a friends house whose parents had service from a better cable company that had 2x as many channels. I bugged my parents about it for about a month until they finally cancelled the service and got the other company's.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:12 pm

    This was something like our "remote" control. It was as remote as the length of the cord that connected to the cable box.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:18 pm

    Anyone remeber this?
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    Post by ph balanced Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:18 pm

    1986
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    Post by FireIce918 Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:24 am

    I think I was born into cable. My parents didn't spring for HBO or the Disney channel, though.
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