Comcast/Mythtv (OT?)

Jerry Feldman gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org
Mon Nov 24 14:20:38 EST 2008


I looked at my online bill and did not see it.
I don't think that any of these companies want to provide all 3 signals=20
in that it is a waste of bandwidth, and considering there are more HD=20
channels becoming available they are having to find more aggressive and=20
efficient compression schemes. Satellite TV systems have a PR advantage=20
in that their customers all use set-top boxes and they have never used=20
analog.

While I have not kept up with it, the cable companies are also under=20
pressure to open up so people can use their existing digital TVs directly=
=2E

On 11/24/2008 01:42 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
> Undoubtedly. As another poster pointed out, the cable companies don't=20
> like having to retransmit the same stations in multiple formats. (SD=20
> analog, SD digital, HD digital.)
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> What did it look like? I see a notice about the price increases=20
> happening in December.
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>  =20
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