Re: FIOS installation in the house

["Shirley Márquez Dúlcey" <user=15@nabble.blu.org>]

 Derek Atkins wrote: 
> 
> Eh?  Your TV (or MythTV) can't read unencrypted QAM versions?  Or 
> were you missing a "not" in there?   I would think you would be 
> happy that the "the channels they carry are also carried in unencrypted 
> QAM HDTV versions." 

The vast majority of HDTV sets and tuners CAN'T handle QAM, encrypted or 
not. HDTVs are only legally required to have tuners for 8VSB (aka ATSC), 
the standard used for over-the-air broadcasts; sets with QAM tuners have 
only started to appear recently. So most FIOS customers will need a 
cable box for every TV, unless they only want to be able to watch the 
local channels on that set. 

The fact that FIOS provides unencrypted QAM for HDTV channels is nice. 
It would be even nicer if they offered unencrypted 8VSB versions 
instead, but there may be technical reasons why that is not feasible. 

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