Campground Cable digital or analog
Our Class C does not have an antenna, only a cable tv port. We have never taken a tv with us. But, I was wondering how are campgrounds handling the digital signal switch. Can I just plug in an old ana...
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Camps providing cable through a satellite provider ( like ours from Dish) are most likely analog. The equipment to provide HD cable from a satellite is prohibitivly expensive and prone to failure.
Camps with a cable provider might be either, if the provider has the bandwidth, if the camp has the cable infrastructure, and the budget to pay for HD.
Our subscription to Dish for 25 channels ala carte for 84 sites & cabins costs $484/ mo. We own and maintain the recievers, modulators, boosters, cable- everything. Even the climate controlled building to house the recievers.
Cost to put it in topped 20k and almost daily we are asked to come to a site with a tv to prove it works. Sorry sir, the problem is in your RV. Did you turn off your antenna booster? Have you configured your tv to cable standard? Is your selector switch set for cable tv 1?
We do not charge extra for cable or raise rates for it, but did factor in that it could fill sites, and set us apart from nearby camps with no cable. We are in an area with no air channels. That assumption is working, but is it worth the hassle & expense?
It will take a long long time to recoup the investment.
If our IP provider could provide enough bandwidth to allow video streaming we would not have put in catv.
Camps with a cable provider might be either, if the provider has the bandwidth, if the camp has the cable infrastructure, and the budget to pay for HD.
Our subscription to Dish for 25 channels ala carte for 84 sites & cabins costs $484/ mo. We own and maintain the recievers, modulators, boosters, cable- everything. Even the climate controlled building to house the recievers.
Cost to put it in topped 20k and almost daily we are asked to come to a site with a tv to prove it works. Sorry sir, the problem is in your RV. Did you turn off your antenna booster? Have you configured your tv to cable standard? Is your selector switch set for cable tv 1?
We do not charge extra for cable or raise rates for it, but did factor in that it could fill sites, and set us apart from nearby camps with no cable. We are in an area with no air channels. That assumption is working, but is it worth the hassle & expense?
It will take a long long time to recoup the investment.
If our IP provider could provide enough bandwidth to allow video streaming we would not have put in catv.
