[mythtv-users] OT: When is Rogers killing analog cable

[Brian Wood]

On Thursday 10 September 2009 18:35:45 Christian Szpilfogel wrote:
> Michelle Dupuis wrote:
> > I've heard the Rogers will be killing off analog cable in Ontario
> > (Canada) soon - whenever soon is.  This will relegate my myth box to
> > little more than an external digital VCR.
> >
> > Anyone know when this is coming?  I know you can't but analog only
> > packages anymore (must have a digital tuner)...
>
> It is not Rogers per se; it is the CRTC. Analogue broadcast ends Aug 31,
> 2011. You can acquire a digital box reasonably cheaply these days which
> will have s-video outputs. I use this today with a PVR-500 and I use
> firewire to do my channel changing on the digital box.

So is the CRTC mandating digital transmission of all CATV signals? Or just the 
OTA ones, as in the US?

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Brian Wood
beww at beww.org