[mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] comcast moving to settop on Bay Area - goodbye analog

[R. G. Newbury]

Ian Forde wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-02-01 at 23:44 -0500, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>> American's are lucky that the FCC has mandated that cable systems must 
>> provide 'must-carry' channels in the clear on the 'Basic' tier. Must 
>> carry channels are basically those which the customer can receive OTA in 
>>   that area. But this does not specifically require the cableco to 
>> provide that signal in HD...they can compress it down and push a lousy 
>> SD analog signal if they want to.
> 
> Yeah - had a *lovely* fight with Comcast about this issue today.
> Something about needing a cablecard box or some other BS... I despise
> their support model... anyhoo...
> 
>> But it appears that lots of cableco's are pushing the idea that the 
>> digital conversion changeover *requires them* to switch to digital 
>> too...and the customer "has to" use an stb. As you say 'who knows....'.
>>
>> You may want to google for 46 CFR Part 76 and read the legal-ease of the 
>> regulation. Or search the archive: it's been covered before.
> 
> Umm...
> http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/subject-title-46.html
> 
> Fire prevention, Marine Safety, or Passenger Vessels? ;)


HAH!   Lets see: cold memory, leaky memory or irrelevant memory.
        Lets say: try *47* CFR instead!

Geoff



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