Heinrich Galland wrote:
> 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.
>
Great! In my area get two local stations: one independent and one
shopping network.
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