Going back around 25 years (I first had “digital cable” in 1998) -- the channels in the 2-99 range were the traditional “analog” cable channels, and the 3-digit channels were “digital,” which eventually became “HD.”
Many cable systems no longer transmit analog signals, but they duplicate the digital/HD channels in the 2-digit range so people don’t have to learn new channel numbers if they don’t want to (and, perhaps, due to carriage contracts that specify channel locations). > On Dec 22, 2023, at 1:49 PM, Jon Delfin <jondel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've been looking over alternative cable TV plans lately, and looking at the > channels menu, I see many of them have two locations in the list > > there are theoretically numerical groups (the 200s are news channels, the > 500s are HBO/SHO/etc.), but this is random; SyFy can be viewed on 17 and 111, > IFC on 81 and 627 > > all duped channels are on the same tiers, so anybody whose package includes > one of the channels can also access the other > > other than upping the number of "channels offered" in their advertising, is > there anything about this that matters to the viewer or to the cable company? > > thanks > and merry/happy/other to all > > jon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dhgT%3D8umCznqcRZenuAXHvhetVMLiitf8Bxz_NOU8UWA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dhgT%3D8umCznqcRZenuAXHvhetVMLiitf8Bxz_NOU8UWA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6381B8E5-2A39-4136-BA2A-50269B92DE46%40ellwanger.tv.
