Given the sad state of the number of HD channels and their overcompressed signal (Apart from a few like HDnet) and the actual TRUE HD programs, maybe they should delay this mandatory switch.
Right now you still pay a premium to get an HD Cable Box, only to be disappointed about # of programs, bitrates, overcompression, ... and the fact that you can only watch it on the TV with the Cable box, either the bedroom or the living room, unless you pay even more to get the signal in two locations.
It just adds up for not enough return, imo, and we actually returned our HD Cable box earlier this week and went back to analog for the foreseeable future. They can sort it out before we pay another big cable bill month after month.
The analog shutoff does not affect cable. Only OTA. I am not sure I understand the overcompressed signal argument. I get all my HD through OTA and they are not overcompressed. If you are getting your analog channels through cable, you will not have to do anything. You can continue to get it through analog cable. Most OTA channels are not overcompressed.
"Ah, HD DVD, our old friend - we thought we'd never see you again. But there was no mistaking it, here's the logo tucked away in Chinese manufacturer TCL's booth on a China Blue HD deck next to a similar Blu-ray player."
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Given the sad state of the number of HD channels and their overcompressed signal (Apart from a few like HDnet) and the actual TRUE HD programs, maybe they should delay this mandatory switch.
Right now you still pay a premium to get an HD Cable Box, only to be disappointed about # of programs, bitrates, overcompression, ... and the fact that you can only watch it on the TV with the Cable box, either the bedroom or the living room, unless you pay even more to get the signal in two locations.
It just adds up for not enough return, imo, and we actually returned our HD Cable box earlier this week and went back to analog for the foreseeable future. They can sort it out before we pay another big cable bill month after month.
The analog shutoff does not affect cable. Only OTA. I am not sure I understand the overcompressed signal argument. I get all my HD through OTA and they are not overcompressed. If you are getting your analog channels through cable, you will not have to do anything. You can continue to get it through analog cable. Most OTA channels are not overcompressed.