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Why Can I See Someone Playing GoW on Channel 159-15?

Submitted by Midnight on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 12:11am.

The digital channel 159-15 (699 MHz) just broadcast someone playing chapter 2 of the first act of Gears of War. Fenix was definitely human controlled. The player died once and I saw their 360 screen where they chose to load the last checkpoint. About 30% through the chapter it went back to video on demand previews.

I know I can see movies that my neighbors order on demand, but how am I watching them play GoW? I wish an XBL notification had popped up so I could have seen someone on his/her friend's list.

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What the heck.

Submitted by Oculus on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 10:05am.

How is that possible? Unless someone has their 360 plugged into the cable box (ick), and the box itself is rebroadcasting the signal. I don't think someone's tv would do that.

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When I was in elementary

Submitted by rapture on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 11:04am.

When I was in elementary school, I could take my VCR and listen to people's telephone conversations. I would dial it into different frequencies and play the audio through my TV.

And I heard some really disturbing stuff. I quit after a while as I decided I was probably doing something that I shouldn't be doing and that I didn't want to know that people really had some messed up things to say on the telephone.

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I don’t know how it’s

Submitted by Midnight on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 5:51pm.

I don't know how it's possible either. I can only assure you of what I saw.

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