Rattler
join:2001-04-13
Havertown, PA
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| reply to WaitWhat
Re: Wait, what?
said by WaitWhat :
I thought service providers delivering television directly to the end-users were still going to be transmitting in analog and digital? I thought this entire transition only affected over-the-air broadcasters?
I believe that cable companies are not required to make the switch from the hybrid analog/digital environment by Feb of next year. I am not sure if they are required to do it at all since they are not using the airwaves.
However, as mentioned previously, I believe they will all, eventually, make the switch to full digital to gain space for additional QAM channels which use bandwidth much more efficiently. So, eventually, analog over cable will be in museums only.
I thought that I read the Comcrap would be going all digital by the end of 2009, or thereabouts.
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