smcallah
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Re: Pointless
The Analog cut off date in Feb 2009 applies to NTSC over the air broadcasters. Cable is not required to cut off analog service to its customers, and in fact, I believe there was something brewing in the FCC that is said to require cable to keep analog turned on until 2012, unless they offer a no-cost box to analog subscribers.
But yes, this thing should have a QAM tuner and CableCard, or now Tru2Way capability.
BTW, this device does not have an OTA NTSC tuner, as no one was allowed to manufacture and sell a device with an NTSC tuner after July 2006 in the US, per the FCC. Cable NTSC is slightly different than OTA NTSC, and so TV's and other boxes (TiVo's) are still made with Cable NTSC capable coax inputs. |
