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Me, I just stopped recording my cable shows. I record enough off OTA that I don't watch it all. -derek "Chris O'Connell" <omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> writes: > Good for you! I think you'll find life without tv is very rewarding! > > Chris O'Connell > From my iPhone > > On May 13, 2010, at 10:35 PM, "Greg Rundlett (freephile)" <greg-SfI3QVg0eaJl57MIdRCFDg at public.gmane.org > > wrote: > >> I simply cancelled tv. I'msure it'll take some getting used to but >> now I >> don't have to worry about the junk the kids see on tv >> >> On May 12, 2010 5:23 PM, "Bill Bogstad" <bogstad-e+AXbWqSrlAAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote: >> >> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro-blu-5a1Jt6qxUNc at public.gmane.org> wrote: >>> It appears that a the Newton/... >> They just did this in Cambridge as of yesterday (May 11th). I had >> thought they were going to do it in April, but either they delayed it >> for a month or I had misremembered the flyer they had sent me. >> >> At this point, the only unencrypted digital channels are basically >> local OTA rebroadcasts, cable access channels, and some shopping >> channels. That leaves me with about 50 unencrypted digital channels >> some of which are SD versions of the OTA rebroadcasts. This compares >> with the 440 encrypted digital channels that my HDHR sees during a >> channel scan. >> >> Some channels are still being sent in NTSC (analog) format: >> 2-22,58,98,99; but everything else is digital only. >> >> My May Comcast bill talks about more changes coming in June. Five >> more OTA HD rebroadcoasts will be added along with around 6 non-OTA HD >> channel changes/additions. The most interesting thing is that they >> explicitly say that the OTA HD rebroadcasts will be viewable with a >> "HD QAM tuner TV". At least they aren't going to encrypt the OTA >> channels. >> >> Bill Bogstad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org >> http://lists.bl... >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH warlord-DPNOqEs/LNQ at public.gmane.org PGP key available
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