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

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 20:35 -0400, 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 what does killing the analog broadcast signal have to do with the
current or future state of the cable broadcast signal?
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