BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to Interceptor
Re: [CATV] Analog TV with Charter cable
said by Interceptor  :Well, I think it DOES have something to do with the digital transition, because the cable companies will HAVE to take some action. As quoted in the link above: quote:
Cable companies have two options for dealing with their analog customers when broadcasters turn off their non-digital signals.
They can either convert the digital broadcast signal to analog at the transmission source, referred to as the "head end"; or they can make their systems all-digital and supply customers with a set-top box that will convert the signal back to analog for viewing on older TVs.
So, the cable companies will either have to convert back to analog, or tell their customers they are going entirely digital at that time. Luckily, it appears that Charter will do the conversion for the time being. But cable companies are not going to go to all digital overnight. So if they were going to all digital, customers would be informed with MONTHS or even over a year to go. And Charter has made it clear while it will eventually go all digital it won't for at least a couple of years and since the original poster was worried about CHARTER cable he really has nothing to worry about.
But, I do agree with you for the most part, BF69, about how many uninformed people there are. The thing that really irritates me is that many of the retail outlets making the claim that the transition to digital means people have to buy a HD TV. I saw an HH Gregg commercial today stating that the transition was coming, and to come by and talk to their salesmen, who are the "best trained in the field of HD."  |
