At 4:55 PM -0500 3/24/05, John Shutt wrote: >There are too many homes with second and third cable ready televisions >connected to cable without STBs for cable companies to ever completely shut >down their NTSC tier. Shrink the NTSC tier to almost nothing but OTAs and >PEGs maybe, but not eliminate it entirely. John may be correct about reducing the analog tier to the basic lifeline channels over the next few years. But the cost for a digital cable decoder will continue to decline; like DBS the cable companies will cover most of the cost of these decoders in order to keep that monthly bill above $40. > >I would not be surprised if there are more second and third sets in homes >connected to cable without an STB than there are second and third sets >served by antennas. It's true in my home. My guess is that this is true by a margin of 5:1 or higher. If you have cable why would you still use an antenna when it is sooooooo easy to hook up additional sets? 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.