Problem for me is 62-1 and 156 channels are not HD and Insight is getting rid of non HD channels as they duplicate channels as in this case with Three versions of the SyFy channel. No good reason to broadcast three versions of the same content two SD and one HD version. They need the bandwidth for HD and internet and phone so the SD channels will be moving out.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Larson Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 9:08 PM To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers Subject: Re: [MacGroup] Tivo To Mac On Feb 27, 2011, at 6:30 PM, John Robinson wrote: > Are you saying that when Insight goes fully digital our T.V.'s will not work? > This seem to be what Insight is trying to bring to our attention, check to > be sure they will work without the box, and they do. I had an Insight guy on > the phone one night and he told me that as long as I could get the listing of > the channels on 8-14 then I am completely ready for their digital network. If > so, then the HDhomeroun box should work? The clear QAM basic channels should be no problem. They might be moving them around some, but I've not heard they're going to encrypt them. There is already a boatload of encrypted channels: all the premium stuff and the extra stuff in the higher tiers. What the boxes and cards do for you is translate the QAM channel designation to the nice numbers, such as SyFy from QAM 62-1 to Insight 156. This lets them move the QAM slots around without changing the Insight channel number. To tell you the truth, if there was a decent alternative to Insight broadband around here, we wouldn't have cable at all. Almost all the TV watching we do these days is over the Roku. _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
