[mythtv-users] Cablecos and QAM

Eric Sharkey eric at lisaneric.org
Wed Nov 20 20:14:33 UTC 2013


On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Gary Buhrmaster
<gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> ....
>> Should we start a pool for the best guess as to when (HD) analog STB
>> output will be shut off?  That seems to be the next logical step in
>> this progression.
>
> Back in May of 2010 the FCC granted a waiver(*) to allow
> for the use of selectable output control (SOC) to disable
> the analog output for "recent movies" (i.e. the plan by the
> content owners was to release movies to the home in
> some cases before the release to DVD or Blu Ray).
>
> SOC is also used in some other locations

Right.  What I was referring to was general, widespread use of SOC on
normal cable channels, the way we're seeing the disappearance of
clear-QAM now.

Eric


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