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[BigGuynRusty]

[quote Forrest][quote bazookaman]It says you don't need them if you have satellite or cable. I'm assuming thats b/c the satellite or cable "box" takes care of everything you need. But what if your TV is cable ready and you therefore don't have a cable box?
Your cable should continue to function as it does today. At some point, the cable companies will probably switch to a digital signal - but that won't happen in February, 2009. If you want more info, contact your cable company. Most CC's went digital years ago.
Mine did, they convert from digital to analog at the hub.

BGnR

[Racer X]

"Most CC's went digital years ago.
Mine did, they convert from digital to analog at the hub."

Comcast in Seattle has done it that way for a number of years as well. I notice that my analog signal at my house is better than the digital signal at a friend's, who pays a premium for all digital.

[Forrest]

Here's a strange quote from http://www.macworld.com/article/131370/2...erter.html

"The FCC requires cable and satellite providers to continue providing an analog signal until 2012."

Hmm, I've been receiving DirecTV satellite for 11 years - it's always been digital!

[guitarist]

Right, just because it's a digital signal doesn't mean its source is really digital. The signal can be equal, or worse than a typical analog signal. If the source it's converted from is analog, and not a quality signal to begin with (in Seattle's Comcast Cable service, we have the AMC channel, which is converted from analog, and is hands-down the worst signal a person should have to pay money for, digital OR analog) so some of us are realizing, digital is by no means a guarantee the service provider is obligated to give you a good signal. Whether its analog or digital is secondary. The question is, is it a quality signal.