Someone on AVS from this area suggested the HD network channels are not encrypted here but instead have been moved to frequencies filtered out for limited basic users, so I can only now get the SD network channels. I have not confirmed this.
That is indeed the case on our local Comcast system. The local HD QAM signals are still available in the clear but were relocated to channels above 100. I am not a subscriber so don't know if this change was actually communicated to the customers. I learned of it doing a channel scan for a friend who told be that he had lost the HD channels and he doesn't recall being notified of such a change. Might have been a tactic to convert many of these customers to the digital tier.....
Dale----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Barry" <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:07 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: My Jax clear QAM HD went away
Craig Birkmaier wrote:At 9:59 PM -0400 4/27/10, Tom Barry wrote:I've previously been skeptical here that the cable companies would start encrypting the network channels. But I notice today I can no longer get ABC and Fox in HD that way. What I hadn't considered, and what they did, is that they might keep the SD versions for limited basic customers with cable ready TV's but encrypt the HD versions.Chalk up another victim of Retransmission consent. Now that the cable companies are paying the broadcaster for their content, they have both the incentive, and most likely contractual rights, to limit access to the HD version for customers paying those fees. The lifeline customers continue to get 4:3 SD, but you must pay for digital to get digital... Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Someone on AVS from this area suggested the HD network channels are not encrypted here but instead have been moved to frequencies filtered out for limited basic users, so I can only now get the SD network channels. I have not confirmed this. Either way it's strange. I thought lifeline tiers were supposed to include the OTA network channels and there was not suppose to be an extra charge for HD. I guess maybe they can get away with that now. - Tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways:- Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.
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