On Thu, 8 May 2008 18:54:56 -0400, "Guy" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
>
>
The smart choice would be the former.
Thumper
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