 DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA
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Re: Even less excuse to cap Yeah, if Time Warner was to ditch analog transmission over their network, their customers would need a basic converter.
But TW, like Comcast (at least around here) scrambles all but broadcast basic anyway so customers were already forced to have cable boxes if they wanted any "cable" channels.
TWC is just clarifying that the cable equipment you have (analog and digital boxes) will work when OTA analog broadcasts stop. |
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| TW has had the first 70 or so channels in the basic expanded package unscrambled here for over 10 years. Guess it depends on the market. That will of course change in a couple years. |
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DogfatherPremium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | In my market, TWC got the cable system as part of that trade deal with Comcast. Comcast had scrambled it shortly after buying it from ATTB. |
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said by Dogfather:Yeah, if Time Warner was to ditch analog transmission over their network, their customers would need a basic converter. Not necessarily. Most modern TVs have digital QAM tuners and will tune unencrypted digital channels with no problem. I was watching all sorts of digital channels on a Comcast system that I only subscribed to the basic analog tier on.
The issue is when the channels are encrypted - then you need a cable card or box. |
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