fw2008
join:2009-06-12
Teaneck, NJ
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Re: [COX] Question on DTV changeover for analog VCR recording
What you may find out is that some of the stations you still receive as analog after June 12 will disappear one day, and you will then have to get a STB to receive them, because they have been switched to digital.
I don't know about a 3 year promise to keep analog. Did they tell you that all of the stations you now receive as analog will remain analog for 3 years, or did they just say that you will still receive some analog stations for 3 years?
I have Cablevision, and while they are still carrying many analog signals, I have been losing these analog stations a few at a time, as they go digital.
I would recommend reading the cable provider's promise very carefully.
In any case though, you do not need to change anything now, as long as you are still receiving your stations.
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ajwees41
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE | cox is providing analog until 2012.
no mention of which channels, but most likely the basic tier. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by fw2008  :What you may find out is that some of the stations you still receive as analog after June 12 will disappear one day, and you will then have to get a STB to receive them, because they have been switched to digital. I don't know about a 3 year promise to keep analog. Did they tell you that all of the stations you now receive as analog will remain analog for 3 years, or did they just say that you will still receive some analog stations for 3 years? I have Cablevision, and while they are still carrying many analog signals, I have been losing these analog stations a few at a time, as they go digital. I would recommend reading the cable provider's promise very carefully. In any case though, you do not need to change anything now, as long as you are still receiving your stations. FW Legally if a cable company has an anlog tier they HAVE to provide locals in analog until 2012. In other words they can't move your locals to digital to get you to upgrade if they still have other channels on analog. Now if they are going to get rid of analog completely then yes they can move locals to digital or after 2012 they can move locals to digital regardless. I suspect the major cable companies( Comcast, TW, Cablevison, Charter, Cox ) will all be all digital by the end of 2012 anyways. |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | a lot of cables systems have most of the OTA line up in clear qam. |
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Hayward
K A R - 1 2 0 C
Premium
join:2000-07-13
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
K A R - 1 2 0 C
Premium
join:2000-07-13
Key West, FL
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
join:2004-07-28
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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