Here is a recent article on the compression issue. http://www.siliconvalley.com/latestheadlines/ci_8999669?nclick_check=3D1
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I've seen, Cox is constantly dropping analog channel programming > and moving that programming over to digital. At some point I figure the only > thing they'll have left on analog will be 3 or 4 network channels. > > Richard P. > >> Drop channels? When have they ever really dropped a significant >> portion of channels. The cable is already crowded. They need to shoe >> horn more material into that limited bandwidth. Media General used to >> use two lines to get all the channels out to Fairfax county prior to >> the last rebuild and takeover by COX. >> >> Look at the satellite groups lots of people complain about the quality >> of HDTV compared with the OTA signal. FIOS is the only one with >> bandwidth to spare right now. >> >>> >>> And cable/fios companies don't re-compress source material - why would >>> they when they have no trouble sending hundreds of channels? They just >>> drop a channel to make room. >>> >>> >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
