 telcodad
join:2011-09-16
Lincroft, NJ
kudos:1
1 edit | reply to telcodad
Re: Say goodbye to ClearQAM An article on the LRC site about Broadcom introducing their latest DTA chipset, the BCM7576, that will be used to deploy the proposed E-DTAs, which will allow cable companies to meet one of the conditions they agreed to for allowing encryption of their their digital basic-tier channels.
Once these E-DTAs become available, you'll likely see the basic-tier encryption begin rolling out quickly.
New DTA Will Extend Cable TV to Retail Devices
By Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - March 11, 2013
»www.lightreading.com/internet-vi···40150431
EDIT: The press release on it: »www.broadcom.com/press/release.p···=s746990 |
|
| reply to andyross
Here in Portland, Oregon, all the NTSC channels have disappeared today. I guess this is part of the change?
(I have comcast internet, but not comcast tv, but was getting the HD, DTV, NTSC over-the-air channels, etc.)
Now every NTSC channel shows a reddish slide saying "your TV isn't ready for comcast's digital network etc". Rescan didn't change anything.
Bummer, now I can't record anything on my old VCR. Used to be a comcast TV customer, but it just costs too much. |
|
telcodad
join:2011-09-16
Lincroft, NJ
kudos:1 | said by here :Here in Portland, Oregon, all the NTSC channels have disappeared today. I guess this is part of the change?
:
Now every NTSC channel shows a reddish slide saying "your TV isn't ready for comcast's digital network etc". Rescan didn't change anything.
Yes, according to this article from back in January in the Oregonian »www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fores···cab.html about Comcast's total switchover to an all-digital TV system in Southwest Washington and Oregon, you were the last area to lose those analog channels: "The east part of the Portland region is last, with a March 12 deadline."
If you have any newer HDTVs, they should still be able to receive the basic-tier digital channels with their Clear QAM digital tuners for now, until Comcast starts encrypting them sometime later on.
Otherwise, for older analog (NTSC) TV sets and VCRs, you would need at least a DTA to use them now.
See also: »seattletimes.com/html/technology···nee.html |
|
telcodad
join:2011-09-16
Lincroft, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to telcodad
said by telcodad:An article on the LRC site about Broadcom introducing their latest DTA chipset, the BCM7576, that will be used to deploy the proposed E-DTAs, which will allow cable companies to meet one of the conditions they agreed to for allowing encryption of their their digital basic-tier channels.
Once these E-DTAs become available, you'll likely see the basic-tier encryption begin rolling out quickly.
New DTA Will Extend Cable TV to Retail Devices
By Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading Cable - March 11, 2013
»www.lightreading.com/internet-vi···40150431
FYI - Just came across this new webpage on Comcast's Support site entitled "Encryption of Limited Basic Services" »customer.comcast.com/help-and-su···ryption/
At the end of that page, it says that (currently) the E-DTAs will only be available for Comcast customers with Boxee TV devices. |
|
telcodad
join:2011-09-16
Lincroft, NJ
kudos:1 | said by telcodad:FYI - Just came across this new webpage on Comcast's Support site entitled "Encryption of Limited Basic Services" »customer.comcast.com/help-and-su···ryption/
At the end of that page, it says that (currently) the E-DTAs will only be available for Comcast customers with Boxee TV devices.
BTW - that "DLNA Specifications" link »media2.comcast.net/anon.comcasto···sued.pdf at the end of that page is now working and brings up the latest version of Comcast's "DLNA Client Implementation Guide" which "describes [the] technical requirements ... that a DLNA client should implement to interact and interoperate with an Ethernet enabled High Definition universal Digital Transport Adapter, or EHD-uDTA" ... providing " subscribers with the ability to stream content to a DLNA capable display or player device over an Ethernet interface"
:
The EHD-uDTA provides the standard services of an HD DTA with the added ability to stream content out of an Ethernet port. The streaming of the currently tuned channel out of the Ethernet port is done according to DLNA and OCAP HNP specifications." |
|
|
|
telcodad
join:2011-09-16
Lincroft, NJ
kudos:1
1 edit | In today’s cable news roundup article on the LRC site »www.lightreading.com/internet-vi···40151081 was this item:
Shares in Entropic Communications Inc. dropped more than 8 percent Monday after the chipmaker slashed first-quarter guidance because a pay-TV provider changed its deployment plans for a new class of HD-capable digital transport adapters (DTAs), leaving Entropic with excess inventory. … Entropic, which counts Broadcom Corp. as a key competitor, didn't identify the MSO in question, but Comcast Corp. is among those that are in early-stage HD-DTA deployments. I wonder if this is Comcast deciding to deploy only Ethernet-enabled HD-DTAs (E-DTAs) now using that new BCM7576 chipset from Broadcom?
EDIT: From an Chicago Tribune article about this »articles.chicagotribune.com/2013···t-hd-dta it looks like it could be just Comcast delaying the nationwide rollout of HD-DTAs:
Benchmark Co said it believes the service provider delaying set-top box orders is Comcast Corp.
"Because of the delayed rollout of these boxes to basic cable subscribers, it will take a few quarters for HD-DTA set-top box suppliers to burn through Entropic inventory," the brokerage said. |
|
| Got my tv antenna perfected this past weekend. Gonna call comcast and have our basic turned off once i verify everything is good. I will never give up my hdhomerun. |
|
telcodad
join:2011-09-16
Lincroft, NJ
kudos:1 | reply to telcodad
said by telcodad:said by here :Here in Portland, Oregon, all the NTSC channels have disappeared today. I guess this is part of the change?
:
Now every NTSC channel shows a reddish slide saying "your TV isn't ready for comcast's digital network etc". Rescan didn't change anything.
Yes, according to this article from back in January in the Oregonian » www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fores···cab.html about Comcast's total switchover to an all-digital TV system in Southwest Washington and Oregon, you were the last area to lose those analog channels: "The east part of the Portland region is last, with a March 12 deadline." If you have any newer HDTVs, they should still be able to receive the basic-tier digital channels with their Clear QAM digital tuners for now, until Comcast starts encrypting them sometime later on. Otherwise, for older analog (NTSC) TV sets and VCRs, you would need at least a DTA to use them now. See also: » seattletimes.com/html/technology···nee.html An update on what's currently happening in the Seattle area:
Comcast adding hurdles to most-basic cable-TV service
By Brier Dudley, The Seattle Times - March 31, 2013
»seattletimes.com/html/businesste···xml.html |
|
