[mythtv-users] Seattle Times: Comcast to encrypt basic cable QAM channels

[Brian Wood]

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 07:39:23 Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Eric Ladner <eric.ladner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Being proactive here may be better than being reactive.
> >
> > Companies are rarely swayed by dissatisfied customers who keep
> > faithfully paying their bill hoping things will change.
>
> True, but that's not where we are, is it?  We have clear QAM now and
> are hoping things won't change.
>
> I don't think it makes sense to cancel service when they haven't
> actually started encrypting this yet.

I wonder if contacting the companies who are selling TV sets with clear QAM 
tuners and telling them you were planning to purchase one of their units, but 
since clear QAM is going away you have decided to purchase a cheaper set, or 
just stay with what you have, might help.

Outfits like Sony and HP probably have more pull with the media companies than 
individual subscribers, and anything that appears to be costing them sales 
will be noticed.

Clear QAM tuners are advertised as "features", publicizing the fact that 
this "feature" might be useless might cause some action on the manufacturer's 
part.

-- 
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org