>From what I understand Comcast will not sell them. I questioned the tech that >was onsite installing in one of our buildings if we really needed the >converters if we had digital TV's with the QAM tuners. He said the QAM tuners >would work for a while, but the channel numbers would not be consistent and >would probably change frequently. However, the bigger issue is that Comcast >is gradually encrypting channels and, according to the tech, all channels >would eventually be encrypted and require Comcast's box to decode them.
Thomas C. Steele Technology Director Manteno CUSD #5 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Ben Story Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 11:56 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Cable in the Classroom What about purchasing the boxes outright once instead of "renting" them? The basic gist is that they are going all digital. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Richard Kasson <rkas...@valmeyerk12.org<mailto:rkas...@valmeyerk12.org>> wrote: The only drawback is that everyone has to watch the same channel when using ChannelOne as a distribution point. Kind of a bummer when two people want to use it at the same time to watch something different or someone wants to use ChannelOne Connections. It's been an adventure in sharing and planning ahead, but is working out OK. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org> [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org>] On Behalf Of Bob Morse Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 11:20 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Cable in the Classroom Wow thanks Richard. I was going to look into this myself but needed to know this information you just provided. We have channel one in the Jr. High already plus the free Comcast connection. I was wondering if the channel One equipment could be used to distribute he signal to the classrooms. Once again thanks.... Bob From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org> [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org>] On Behalf Of Richard Kasson Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 11:11 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Cable in the Classroom There is always Direct TV Goes To School. They donate up to 4 receivers per school if I remember correctly. You have to pay for installation of the dish and any necessary cable. If you have cable to every room already, that shouldn't be a major expense. I think it cost me $1100 to get the dish mounted and cable run to 4 locations. We use ChannelOne to distribute DirectTV to the Jr. High and High School. Then we have separate receivers for the History teacher, Library, and the Superintendent for weather etc... You get the basic Direct TV package for nothing. The process is fairly simple and straight forward. The hardest part is finding someone to do the install and then getting Direct TV to answer the phone to activate the receivers. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org> [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org<mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org>] On Behalf Of Keigher, Judi Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:44 AM To: tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org<mailto:tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org> Subject: [tech-geeks] Cable in the Classroom Good Morning, Comcast has informed me that we will need to pay 1.99 per month for cable boxes in order to ensure that our cable works in our classrooms. This could prove to be thousands of dollars for our District. Are there other cable options or providers any of you are using? Thank you for your help. Judi Keigher Community High School District 218 | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | -- -- Ben Story CCSP, CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCDA ben.st...@gmail.com<mailto:ben.st...@gmail.com> "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. -- Abraham Lincoln
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