McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
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join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX
 ·AT&T Southwest
| Camera/microphone in Magnavox digital conversion box
I got a pointer to this web site in an email - »www.infowars.com/camera-micropho···ion-box/
I called it "BS". What does this group say? |
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SparkChaser
BURY BECK
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join:2000-06-06
Downingtown, PA | BS alert !!!!!!!! 
The "camera" looks like it's glued to the transformer and the "mic" looks like something stuck to a pot. |
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TheMG
join:2007-09-04
Edmonton, AB
·TELUS
| The "mic" just looks like a pot to me. I've seen many of those pots with the white turning piece, and the 3 leads are a dead giveaway, microphone elements have 2 leads only. Besides, that would be a terrible placement for a microphone especially inside what appears to be an unvented enclosure.
As for the camera, again, illogical placement and it appears to just be stuck to the transformer with a piece of adhesive foam. No wires to be seen. |
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McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
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join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX | You know, all these types of videos are always just out of focus and wobbly enough that you can't really tell what's there. |
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT | reply to McSummation
Show me a high-res pic with all the connections and I might believe it, but until then it's a hoax. |
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drjim
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join:2000-06-13
Torrance, CA
clubs: | reply to McSummation
Even if the parts were in there, how would it send the "information" back?
I thought tin-foil hats were out-of-style.....guess I'm wrong!
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tschmidt
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Milford, NH
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I have two comments.
First "mic" looks like a miniature speaker, perhaps to provide click feedback.
Second lets assume Converter box actually has a camera and microphone. How does information captured get back to big brother?
Here is a link to converter box technical specification. There is a list of mandatory features and ones that preclude participation in Coupon Program. Basically the output of the box can not be better then ordinary analog TV.
»www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/DTVma···rers.pdf
Nowhere in spec do I see spy camera and microphone.
We have a couple of Insignia converter boxes (BestBuy private label of Zenith box). Just for fun I opened it up, nary a camera or microphone in sight.
/tom |
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deleteme
join:2002-04-22
Chicago, IL | reply to McSummation
so stupid, I hope Magnavox sues this "professional blogger" cause this sure isn't real journalism of any kind |
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Splitpair
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join:2000-07-29
Cow Towne
 ·T-Mobile US
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said by tschmidt  :First "mic" looks like a miniature speaker, perhaps to provide click feedback./tom That is a piezeo speaker and yes it is for audible feedback. The device he claims is the RF part (I guess to transmit the audio/video back to spook headquarters) is the IR detector for the remote and the so called mike is a trimpot.
BTW adjusting the trimpot will have no effect on the brightness of the photographer/detective who discovered those surveillance devices so cleverly hidden in that DTV box. 
Wayne
Wayne
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SparkChaser
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Downingtown, PA
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I have to get one
Some of the comments at this site are, ummm, amusing. »www.prisonplanet.com/hidden-spy-···box.html
The other thing he doesn't mention is how the "camera" is seeing through the dark plastic front. Even in the IR that plastic doesn't cut on until about 800-900 nm. You need some big incandescents to give you enough IR.
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
clubs: | I've got this particular model. I'll have to open it up and take some hires pictures. You're right, some of the comments are...interesting, especially with a speech synthesizer.
I'll try to open the receiver when I get home from work. |
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
clubs:
·Mediacom
| Here is the inside of that receiver. Funny, I can't find anything... |
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McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
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join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX | Well, maybe the Men In Black aren't after you like they are the guy in the video. |
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UHF
All static, all day, Forever
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join:2002-05-24
clubs: | reply to McSummation
I bet his wife put it in there to try to catch him with a whore. |
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3SGTE
ST215W
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there
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said by alphapointe : Funny, I can't find anything... What are you, blind? It is right there!
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
clubs: | Walked right into that one, I must need a new cane. |
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tschmidt
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Milford, NH
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| reply to alphapointe
said by alphapointe :Funny, I can't find anything... So it is not a matter of a tinfoil hatter incorrectly identifying electronic components but deliberate misinformation. Perish the though - incorrect info on the Internet.
/tom |
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Izmar
@casema.nl
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This is clearly a hoax. Actually, that 1m37s video the guy posted is good enough for anyone with basic electronic knowledge to see it's a fake, like SparkChaser's said.
On the other hand, it's kind of a confusing hoax, since it's only a matter of time that eventually boxes like these and other equipment will be fitted with cams and mics, like mobile phones and laptops do since a bunch of years.
It's just a matter of using that stuff wisely, unlike the absentminded people who forgot to switch off their gear during a Halo internet game while having (solo) sex  |
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IllIlIlllIll
EliteData
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join:2003-07-06
Lindenhurst, NY | reply to McSummation
even if it did have a camera and microphone inside of it, how far do you expect the wireless RF transmission of both to go ? |
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alphapointe
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join:2002-02-10
Columbia, MO
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| TinfoilHat
...to that new box the phone company put on the pole outside my house!!!
/Tinfoilhat
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