It also makes it much easier to get them hooked on FREE OnDemand offerings so that they can more readily go for the PPV VOD (i.e. the extra moneymaker). <holl_ands> //////////////////////////////////////////// Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I'm all for that except they seem to be using it as a lever to move people to the more expensive premium digital tiers. I only subscribe to limited basic, plus whatever my PCHD cards can get. They need a digital basic tier that doesn't cost more. - Tom John Shutt wrote: > The local Comcast people tell us that they want to provide all programming > in digital because their customers are complaining about the poor quality > recordings made by their PVR boxes from analog sources. If they provide > everything in digital at the head end, they don't have to rely on the cheap > MPEG encoder chip inside the STB to compress the noisy analog signal in the > home. > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Hollandsworth" > >>Most of the cable providers are in the process of "upgrading" to a DIGITAL >>SIMULCAST capability, wherein ALL of the analog channels are being >>replicated as unencrypted multiplexed SD channels. Eventually, most if >>not all, of the analog channels will be replaced by more HD channels (et. >>al) in order to match D* and E* upgrades. > --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.