bennorPremium
join:2006-07-22
New Haven, CT | reply to reelbigfish
Re: FCC regs? said by reelbigfish:Comcast Chicago is already all digital, so it doesn't look like there are many issues keeping them from going all digital already. But what channels do you get unencrypted? That's what most (including myself) are wondering. Going all digital is fine but give us subscribers with digital or analog TV's a way to receive the basic channels we get now without resorting to renting another STB. Right now I get 50 QAM channels however most are in both SD and HD via QAM so in actuality I only get 15 to 20 actual channels on QAM versus 77 on analog. |
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 RickNYPremium
join:2000-11-02
Manorville, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| said by bennor:Going all digital is fine but give us subscribers with digital or analog TV's a way to receive the basic channels we get now without resorting to renting another STB. The move to digital has cable companies migrating away from the use of line traps and the subsequent truck rolls that go with them. Encryption is the only way to ensure someone in a package only gets what they pay for, otherwise basic customers could receive family programming for free just because those channels were in the clear. That issue is already being addressed by the use of CableCARDS -- so either get a TivoHD or a TV with a CableCARD slot. |
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