In article <g073af$fr6$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Mark Zenier
<mzenier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <482384c0$0$7066$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Guy <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> ...
> >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.
>
> Alternative 3: The cable company just repeats the digital broadcast
from
> the local over the air stations and makes the basic service level get
> their own box.
>
> Low equipment requirements at the head end, no bad public relations
> about missing sub-channels that their customer's neighbors get, no
> worrying about reconfiguring their system to match what the stations
> are doing that day/week/month. And they don't have to finance the
> converter boxes.
>
> They can weasel out and say that they're giving the same stuff that's
> available OTA, just like they were doing when it was all analog.
>
> Mark Zenier mzenier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)
I found this:
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/396905.html
Analog Cable Subscribers -- The latest FCC rule, adopted on September
11, 2007, will allow continued access to local stations for cable
customers (including those with standard analog cable service)
following the transition to digital TV in 2009. This rule applies only
to local television stations, not cable networks or premium cable
channels and the rule expires in 2012. At that time, you will need
digital cable or another solution.
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So it appears that Cable companies will be required to continue
broadcasting analog at least for basic cable receipients for at least 3
years after the stream is shut down by the actual TV stations.
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