Digital cable
While escaping Irma, I haven't bothered to set up satellite so I just hooked up to park cable. In the past, I dreaded watching park cable because the picture is usually pretty bad (snow, out of focus...
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wa8yxm wrote:
There is Digital, Digital and Digital
Over the air Digital is ATSC. all TV's solid in the USA since some time back several years ago must be capable of ATSC reception
Digital Cable can be ATSC or QAM Mostly QAM There is one make of TV which is MADE in the USA (ELement) also one make that does not decode QAM (Element) I'd like to see them fix that.
I don't understand. Every flat screen TV I have seen handles ATSC and unscrambled QAM.
wa8yxm wrote:
Finally there is encrypted. Several cable companies are going to Encrypted that requires a "Set Top Box" to view.. The reason is greed by the way.
ABSOLUTELY !
There WAS a push to allow you to purchase your own set top box about 12-18 months ago, but it seems to have died.
The set top box DOES handle the guide and DOES allow you to purchase pay per view. Not worth the $7-$15 per month, IMHO !!
