John; Don't you mean channel 5-0 or 5-1? John Willkie ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Shutt" <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:40 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Why did we undertake this transition in the first place? > Bill, > > Why do you care what channel a broadcaster ends up using, or what the > broadcaster is called? Your STB insulates you from all that messy stuff. > You want channel 5, hit "5 " on the remote, and a picture pops up. > > Does it bother you that OTA channel 5 is actually found on Cable channel 9? > > Regards, > > John Shutt > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Hogan" <billhogan1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > But they probably will not choose to put digital on channel 5 because of > > receiver design issues. The CBS > > television network owned and operated stations in the major markets that > > have a channel 2 analog assignment > > have announced they will wait and request a new assignment in the UHF or > > high VHF channel bands. > > > > Things just go from BAD to WORSE. > > > > Regards, Bill Hogan > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.