I'm concerned with just getting standard cable TV. I might be hooking this up to an HD TV, but I won't be getting HD channels.<br><br>Any other suggestions?<br><br>Any pros/cons to using Ubuntu?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 3/22/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:jedi@mishnet.org">jedi@mishnet.org</a></b> <<a href="mailto:jedi@mishnet.org">jedi@mishnet.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>> You have not said where you are in the world. If you are in North<br>>> America, you REALLY have to consider the upgrade path you will have to<br>>> follow. Analog signals are going away in the not too distant future and
<br>>> digital will be it. "Standard TV' as in 525 line NTSC level content will<br>>> continue to exist for years but new content will be at higher<br>>> definition.<br>><br>> This isn't entirely true. Over the air (as in with an antenna) analog
<br>> signals are going away soon, because of the federal mandate. The new<br>> rules don't effect cable. Of course, that's not to say that the cable<br>> companies won't decide to faze the analog channels out on their own.
<br><br> Even if they do, that doesn't matter. What really matters in<br>the end is whether or not you've got some sort of accessable video<br>feed. Given the large numbers of legacy hardware out there both in<br>
terms of TV's and set top boxes, I don't see readily accessable<br>SD signals going away any time soon.<br><br>[deletia]<br><br> ...been using digital cable with PVR's for years.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________
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