Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | reply to BF69
Re: [COX] Question on DTV changeover for analog VCR recording
a lot of cables systems have most of the OTA line up in clear qam. |
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Hayward
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Key West, FL
3 edits | Comcaast here does as well (open QUAM locals and other channels) in both SD and HD as well as a number of other low tier sataions... like CPSAN, QVC, and some latino music stations, etc. (about 50 channels including the SD.HD local duplication.
Though still have the analog tier with locals to.... for how long who knows...seems like a rediculous waste of spectrum for a few diehard holdouts, even my secondary set is now digital.
Suck it up people, DTV, converter, or STB. It will be that way sooner or later like it or not... and likely sooner.
And if only to end the easy just hook up to neighbor THEFT factor of analog cable, let alone freeing up a huge amoungt of channel space several digital/HD's will fit in EACH analog slot..
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by Joe12345678  :a lot of cables systems have most of the OTA line up in clear qam. Clear QAM won't do a thing for VCRs and such that only take analog signals. Or SDTVs or even HDTVs that don't have QAM tuners built in and many don't. |
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Hayward
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1 edit | said by BF69 :Clear QAM won't do a thing for VCRs and such that only take analog signals. Or SDTVs or even HDTVs that don't have QAM tuners built in and many don't. Only if they are more than two years old. My original HDTV was NTSC only for tuner, but since have had ATSC/QUAM.... actually a predicessor to the OTA digital (orig date) changeover, no TV for a year or more before that could be sold with only a NTSC tuner, if over 13".
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BF69
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Camden, TN
| said by Hayward :said by BF69 :Clear QAM won't do a thing for VCRs and such that only take analog signals. Or SDTVs or even HDTVs that don't have QAM tuners built in and many don't. Only if they are more than two years old. My original HDTV was NTSC only for tuner, but since have had ATSC/QUAM.... actually a predicessor to the OTA digital (orig date) changeover, no TV for a year or more before that could be sold with only a NTSC tuner, if over 13". The OP was tallking about VCRs. All TVs have been required since March 2007 to have ATSC tuners. There is no requirement for QAM tuners. And VCRs certainly don't have to have them |
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