[mythtv-users] (US) Goodbye to unencrypted QAM...

[Ronald Frazier]

> To put it simply, it permits the cable companies to roll out low cost
> analog terminal adapters and lock down all the unencrypted QAM
> (besides, possibly, the local broadcasts).  I strongly suspect,
> especially given the ominous tone of the quote from the MSO in the
> Update at the bottom of the second article below, that we will see a
> mass rollout of DTAs in most cable markets, and unencrypted QAM being
> phased out.

I'm a WOW customer, and unfortunately, I don't even get unencrypted
QAM now (except for the local stations). Everything else I'm stuck
with analog channels captured by my hauppauge cards. I switched to WOW
from Comcast many years ago after some VERY bad service. I've cringed
at the thought of going back to Comcast, but every time I read the
scte65scan threads, a part of me says it would be really nice to get
digital capture of everything. However, if this is the route they are
going, I guess there's little point in even entertaining that thought.

-- 
Ron
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