Comments on: Cable companies salivating over digital TV switch http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/16/cable-companies-salivating-over-digital-tv-switch/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:33:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris Taylor Jr http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/16/cable-companies-salivating-over-digital-tv-switch/#comment-697774 Chris Taylor Jr Sun, 18 May 2008 01:08:57 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26482#comment-697774 Great so I am screwed come 2012 :-) well at least thats 4 more years. Great so I am screwed come 2012 :-) well at least thats 4 more years.

]]> By: Dave C http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/16/cable-companies-salivating-over-digital-tv-switch/#comment-697734 Dave C Sat, 17 May 2008 23:44:13 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26482#comment-697734 Analog cable is not going away in 2009. According to a Sept. 11, 2007 FCC ruling, cable companies are mandated to continue to provide analog cable service until at least 2012. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070912-fcc-to-cable-you-must-support-analog-tvs-until-2012.html Analog cable is not going away in 2009. According to a Sept. 11, 2007 FCC ruling, cable companies are mandated to continue to provide analog cable service until at least 2012.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070912-fcc-to-cable-you-must-support-analog-tvs-until-2012.html

]]> By: Chris Taylor Jr http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/16/cable-companies-salivating-over-digital-tv-switch/#comment-696663 Chris Taylor Jr Sat, 17 May 2008 03:42:48 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26482#comment-696663 I hope your wrong man because it will mean I will stop paying for TV and be stuck with torrents only. I REFUSE to get a digital box. I refuse to surrender that much control. I hope your wrong man because it will mean I will stop paying for TV and be stuck with torrents only. I REFUSE to get a digital box. I refuse to surrender that much control.

]]> By: JOSH http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/16/cable-companies-salivating-over-digital-tv-switch/#comment-696417 JOSH Fri, 16 May 2008 22:21:01 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=26482#comment-696417 So Matt let me get this straight. My (friend) whose house purchased last year seems to have an unlimited supply of cable T.V. (Friend) have an HDTV with built in HD Tuner and he gets all the HD channels as well as regular channels and even on demand stuff for freezy. So does this mean I'll I mena he will lose all of his channels unless I have a set top box or will my hd tuner cut it? I mean his. So Matt let me get this straight. My (friend) whose house purchased last year seems to have an unlimited supply of cable T.V. (Friend) have an HDTV with built in HD Tuner and he gets all the HD channels as well as regular channels and even on demand stuff for freezy. So does this mean I’ll I mena he will lose all of his channels unless I have a set top box or will my hd tuner cut it? I mean his.

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