[Cialug] digital cable tv cards

[Nathan C. Smith]

I'm not sure what path the signal actually takes, but it becomes OTA (over
the air) digital at the point of transmission.

The cable industry is (trying to make) making a big point out of the fact
that if you have cable, you are already prepared for the change and when the
date rolls around you don't need to do anything.

Also, even though the OTA signal will be digital, it doesn't mean that it
will be HD.  I think this confuses a lot of people, in addition to the fact
that there are different levels of HD.  I think this whole transmission
changeover is going to make some dishonest people a lot of money as they
take advantage of all the confusion to sell gimmicks to make digital somehow
HD etc. etc.

BTW  to Neal: I don't remember when you got back, but I'm real glad you did.
And thank-you for your service.

-Nate
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: neal daringer [mailto:admin at c0wzftp.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 3:51 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] digital cable tv cards
> 
> how will cable companies get analog broadcasts then if there 
> are no analog originating stations?
> 
> will they demodulate it(or whatever its called) to make it 
> analog again?
> 
> Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> > What do you mean?
> >
> > If you are using analog or digital cable now the change to digital 
> > signals will make no difference to you.
> >
> > The changeover is for analog broadcast over-the-air signals only.
> >
> > I don't know about you but I intend to continue using my TVs, Tivos 
> > and MythTVs with analog cable until they stop offering the 
> service or 
> > I get addicted to HD.
> >
> > -Nate
> >
> >   
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: neal daringer [mailto:admin at c0wzftp.com]
> >> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2007 9:39 PM
> >> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> >> Subject: [Cialug] digital cable tv cards
> >>
> >> i know a lot of you are not big cable users. but i was 
> wondering if 
> >> any of you have prepared for the digital changeover yet 
> for your pc 
> >> tv tuners?
> >>
> >> i'm trying to figure something out so that i can keep on 
> keeping on 
> >> with my recordings. any help would be nice.
> >>
> >> i found this one that looks promising for linux. 
> >> http://www.pchdtv.com/hdtv_linux.html
> >> heard about it?
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