I have Comcast and have been trying to figure this one out too. I think
what is happening is that the analog TV spectrum has been sold to make
$$ for our benevolent government. Terrestrial signals in that spectrum
will now be cellular, emergency services etc, etc, etc. Those things are
not going to be carried on TV cable systems of course, leaving a big
unused spectrum not making any money for Comcast. So they decided to put
digital TV (pay-per-view?) in the old analog spectrum which HDTV systems
are not equipped to tune. To use it you need some kind of set-top box.
Thank you Comcast
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From: Daniel Rodriguez [mailto:drod...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 5:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: [OT] web -> HDTV
Why can't you get one of the Hauppage HDTV USB device. From what
I read, they can received Analog and Digital. The one with the cable
coax connection should work.
And if you look around you can get one of those type devices for
around $50.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Erik Goldoff
<egold...@gmail.com> wrote:
not sure about your area, but comcast where I live is
going to transition their channels above channel 27 to digital
transmission over cable on October 13th, requiring their digital box to
view those stations. ( The digital channel transmission takes less cable
bandwidth than the current analog channels, and they intend on using the
newly re-gained bandwidth for on-demand and other pay based content.
I currently have a WinXP based Media Center PC with
tuner card and I'm gonna loose the ability to view stations above
channel 27 when they make the switch. I don't know if there's a 'cable
card' version of tuner available that would work for this now ...
Erik Goldoff
IT Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security
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From: G.Waleed Kavalec [mailto:kava...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:08 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: [OT] web -> HDTV
My wife and I are looking at a Samsung 40" HDTV
(UN40B7000 probably) and I'd like to be able to easily toggle into
various web channels now available.
Anyone already doing this? What is the easiest (and most
spouse friendly) way to do it?
I have Comcast for both TV and Internet, and I'm open to
dedicating a PC to the job.
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Gregory Waleed Kavalec
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