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Originally Posted by sparhawk6
While the FCC is not involved in analog signals over cable, don't bet on it sticking around much longer. Comcast and Time Warner are already phasing out their analog channels because they take up too much space on the line and they are under a ton of pressure from the satellite companies to add more HD channels. In a couple years, I would be surprised if much more then the network channels remains in analog.
In other words, all the posts saying "nothing to worry about" are false. There is a lot to worry about with regards to analog channels over cable lines. Just two weeks ago I noticed Comcast removed 3 analog channels from my lineup...
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Auctualy Comcast has a sh?*t load of money tied into keeping analog alive for a few more years to come. They will hav analog untill they deciede to stop please the 90+ year old crowd that doesn't want a cable box. Yes we do keep moving channels out of analog to make room for more hd and digital channels. 1 analog channel is = 3-5 hd / digital channels. The FCC mandate was only for over the air broadcasts (rabbit ear / antenna reception), not cable systems. Cable systems eitehr take a digital channel and pump it through a scopus box or take the analog channel right from the reciever and push it out.
Aren't we getting off topic here?