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> On Thu, 8 May 2008 12:46:09 -0500 Chet Bosco <chet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> | In article <UcmdnX3dc-PMrb7VnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, t-
> | tammaru@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> |> According to the local newspaper here in NJ, Cablevision is dropping
> the
> |> analog feed on TLC, A&E, E!, SciFi, trueTV, Animal Planet, Travel
> Channel,
> |> CSPAN2, and QVC. Meanwhile, Comcast is dropping analog History
Channel,
> and
> |> Cartoon Network. Possibly others. Verizon Fios seems to be
eliminating
> all
> |> analog, and will provide free STBs for the "small number" of analog
> |> customers.
> |>
> |> Tam
> |>
> |>
> |
> | If you're using the cable company's box then it doesn't matter what
they
> | do with analog channels.
>
> I think the point was, you'll be using the cable company's box no matter
> what,
> in the (possibly very near) future. This is one reason I'm exploring
> satellite
> options. The advantage of cable to me was not needing to a box. But if
> my
> only option beyond OTA is to use some box, then that basically opens
> things up
> to where the quality of the box becomes a factor in choosing which
> service.
> Now, if I can get the box from a satellite provider WITHOUT having to
> connect
> to a phone line, that would be a huge selling point for me in favor of
the
> satellite provider.
There's no reason in the world that the cable companies must send a
digital
broadcast over the cable as a digital signal. Just as a converter box
converts a digital signal to analog and then sends it to your set over the
coax connector, so too can a cable system do the conversion at their
headquarters and send it as an analog signal from there to your house.
That
way there's no need for millions of set-top boxes. Given this possibility,
if you were the cable companies, which option would you choose: millions
of
set-top boxes , or convert at HQ and send analog signal? The smart choice
would be the latter. Do a little investigation and I believe you will find
that they WILL be going that route.
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