On Jan 7, 2:04*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
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Well, once again you say you are informed, but offer zero information
to back your claim.. I mean, it's obvious that you have plenty of time
to correct me (cut and paste from google), but you really have nothing
to offer... Stick to insults, it's all you have...

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I'll try.

If you have an older, non-digital television and hook it up to your cable
directly from the wall, meaning no cable box, whatever programming you can
watch is analog. *It can be good, or it may be fuzzy. *Analog signals can be
processed and displayed even if they are weak, whereas with digital you will
either get a lock and a "perfect" picture or you'll get no picture at all..
You can see digital occasionally dropping out of sync. *The TV actually has
a buffer in it (as does the cable box) to filter out these occasional,
temporary dropouts.

The cable companies currently send both analog and digital programming. *If
you are using a cable box and a non-digital TV, the box is converting the
digital programming to analog so your TV can display it.

HD programming is all digital.

But .... *(big but) ... *just because you get a digital TV, it doesn't mean
you will receive all digital programming sent without a cable box. * You
need a cable box to receive any non-basic, premium programs. * It all
depends on what your purchased "package" includes.

Eisboch

Cool...

On Jan 7, 1:52*pm, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 7, 1:27 pm, hk wrote:
wrote:
On Jan 7, 1:09 pm, wrote:
On Jan 7, 11:21 am, wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:38:24 -0800 (PST), wrote:
It'll work. The only thing that the going digital thing will affect is
if you use an antenna. What I'm ****ed about is that now the History
Channel has went to digital format, the only way you can get it is
with the Comcast box. Only have one on the main TV, all the other TV's
are just wired directly to cable.
I really believe soon we will be getting content like "history" and
"discovery" directly from the internet with the cable company only
providing bandwidth. If guys like the Mythbusters could get us to pay
a dime an episode for the download they would make more money than
they do through the network and cable company distribution with very
little cost to them.
That's true. I'm having a little trouble understanding the thing with
the History channel. They went digital, so I get no signal unless it
goes through Comcast's box. Any other TV doesn't get it. BUT, when all
cable goes digital, it's not supposed to affect the cable ready TV's..
What's up with that?
"Digital" is a misnomer really. Before congress sold out to China to
force everyone to buy new TV's (Y2K hoax all over again), cable
companies used the word "digital" to make pay channels sound better..
In fact, all cable signals are "Digital". But to the cable companies
"digital" was a way of sorting out the good channels so they could
make them "premium" which is what they really should have called
them.. Of course that would have come off just as phony as their claim
that "Sattelite" providers are resold, have you ever gone by a "cable"
office and seen all the sattelite dishes in front
Once again, you demonstrate you simply do not understand anything. Stick
to sandpaper, or something else that doesn't require thinking.- Hide quoted text -

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Well, once again you say you are informed, but offer zero information
to back your claim.. I mean, it's obvious that you have plenty of time
to correct me (cut and paste from google), but you really have nothing
to offer... Stick to insults, it's all you have...

Tell you the truth, I find it far more fun and more interesting, too, to
watch you and several others wallow in your ignorance and stupidity.

Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals
down from satellites.- Hide quoted text -

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Uh, Harry.......digital is zeros and ones..........

Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with
numbers like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming
signals down from satellites.

Um. not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission
methods, not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch


I thought he was referring to cable company marketing and going to
digital because of HD and beyond.

"hk" wrote in message
m...
Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals
down from satellites.

Um. not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission
methods, not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch


I thought he was referring to cable company marketing and going to digital
because of HD and beyond.

I donno. Maybe he was.
I quit.

Eisboch

On Jan 7, 2:06*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals down
from satellites.

Um. * not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission methods,
not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

That's what I thought. I was mistaken thinking all cable output was
digital, Harry was too busy forcing a laugh to really read the thread

On Jan 7, 2:39*pm, hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with
numbers like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming
signals down from satellites.

Um. * not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission
methods, not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

I thought he was referring to cable company marketing and going to
digital because of HD and beyond.- Hide quoted text -

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Pfffffttt... Google fails you yet again snerk

wrote:
On Jan 7, 2:06 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals down
from satellites.
Um. not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission methods,
not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

That's what I thought. I was mistaken thinking all cable output was
digital, Harry was too busy forcing a laugh to really read the thread


Is that what you thought? I doubt it. I do admit, though, to not taking
anything you post seriously. Aren't you here to provide giggles?

On Jan 7, 2:41*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"hk" wrote in message

m...





Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
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Here's a hint: "digital" in cable tv usage has a lot to do with numbers
like 480, 720, and higher, and very little to do with beaming signals
down from satellites.

Um. * not really.

I think we are discussing digital versus analog signal transmission
methods, not format or screen resolution.

Eisboch

I thought he was referring to cable company marketing and going to digital
because of HD and beyond.

I donno. *Maybe he was.
I quit.

Eisboch- Hide quoted text -

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No need to quit, you explained it perfectly.. That's what the thread
needed...

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:31:06 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


wrote in message
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On Jan 6, 11:53 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Mike" wrote in message


As long as the tv is digital ready you are ok.. it's only older tv's
that will be effected. If the tv works now with cable from the wall,
it is digital and you will not have a problem if I understand
correctly..

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I don't think that is true. The older analog TVs work now connected
directly to the cable (no box) because the cable company also provides an
analog signal in addition to digital.

The reason I asked is because the people living in the assisted living place
that my mother is in are all concerned that their older analog TVs won't
work. Most of them are on fixed incomes and have basic cable service that
does not require a cable box. I've tried to decipher the Comcast
advertisements on the subject and they are not very clear. They say, "if
you are a cable subscriber" you don't need to do anything, and the ads show
a TV connected to one of their boxes.

I guess the real question is, "How much longer will the cable companies
continue to provide the analog signal on their cable lines?" I suspect
that eventually (if not starting this February) that they will phase out the
analog signal and do everything in digital. It only makes sense because
analog consumes much of the bandwidth capacity of cable and they want it for
other things (like digital voice for telephone). If my assumption is
correct, then anyone with an analog only TV will eventually require either a
cable box from the cable company, a digital to analog converter box or a
digital TV.

Meanwhile, this is funny. I made a copy and sent it to my mother.

http://www.eisboch.com/digitalconversion.wmv

Eisboch

Rich, tell your wife to get those folks to apply for the $40 coupons! Hell,
the boxes are almost giveaways once you have the coupon. Here's an idea of
what they cost.

http://tinyurl.com/5f3wnl

I ordered from them last night. Ended up ordering two of them, the Zinwell
and the Tevax. With the coupons, the totol cost was about $34, for both.
About $13 of that was shipping.

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:31:06 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


wrote in message
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On Jan 6, 11:53 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Mike" wrote in message


As long as the tv is digital ready you are ok.. it's only older tv's
that will be effected. If the tv works now with cable from the wall,
it is digital and you will not have a problem if I understand
correctly..

--------------------------------------

I don't think that is true. The older analog TVs work now connected
directly to the cable (no box) because the cable company also provides an
analog signal in addition to digital.

The reason I asked is because the people living in the assisted living place
that my mother is in are all concerned that their older analog TVs won't
work. Most of them are on fixed incomes and have basic cable service that
does not require a cable box. I've tried to decipher the Comcast
advertisements on the subject and they are not very clear. They say, "if
you are a cable subscriber" you don't need to do anything, and the ads show
a TV connected to one of their boxes.

I guess the real question is, "How much longer will the cable companies
continue to provide the analog signal on their cable lines?" I suspect
that eventually (if not starting this February) that they will phase out the
analog signal and do everything in digital. It only makes sense because
analog consumes much of the bandwidth capacity of cable and they want it for
other things (like digital voice for telephone). If my assumption is
correct, then anyone with an analog only TV will eventually require either a
cable box from the cable company, a digital to analog converter box or a
digital TV.

Meanwhile, this is funny. I made a copy and sent it to my mother.

http://www.eisboch.com/digitalconversion.wmv

Eisboch

Very good. I'm about to forward it to a potfull of folks. Hope your site
can take the heat.