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I would think that the broadcasters would WANT the cable companies to downrez. That's a bigger reason to get on your roof and put up an antenna and recieve all that OTA goodness that they're blasting into the ether.]]>May 26th 2006 4:48PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/26/broadcast-cable-cos-fight-over-downconverting/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/26/broadcast-cable-cos-fight-over-downconverting/
They could all die, that might solve the problem. Than the general public, might actually see HDTV in our lifetime, without those idiots standing in the way. Blocking Technology at every turn.

Look Hollywood, either get on the train or get off... but get the hell out of the way. Or we (the public) will continue to NOT go to the movies and cost you billions.
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HD to Analog - I'm glad that the broadcasters are coming around on this one. Cablecos are going to need some kind of basic analog-cable package to ease the post-shutoff pain for analog customers, and I wouldn't want to be the marketing guy in charge of selling such a package if the broadcast channels WEREN'T included.

HD to DTV - I think broadcasters are being paranoid if they think that cable wouldn't carry their HD signal - that'd be business suicide! Beyond that, I've been trying to figure out the purpose of HD/DTV downconversion in the first place, and I have a guess (pure speculation here). My old bedroom set is hooked to an SD cable box, and you can get the audio (but no video) from the HD channels. So maybe HD/DTV downconversion is to give setups like that a taste of the HD channel universe. But who knows what they're actually thinking?]]>May 26th 2006 9:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/26/broadcast-cable-cos-fight-over-downconverting/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/05/26/broadcast-cable-cos-fight-over-downconverting/
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Neal Saferstein]]>Jun 3rd 2006 8:30PM