That is completely up to the cable company as the government mandate is only for OTA broadcasting. Comcast, for example, has said they are moving to digital-only and are currently trying to get my grandmother off of her analog service. However, since there's no government initiative behind that one, I doubt much will change for her once enough customers complain.
Now, I own one of the Insignia boxes (same box as in the Circuit City picture above as it's really an LG box that is being branded by Insignia and Zenith) for testing (my mother-in-law wants to drop cable altogether) and I have yet to connect it to cable service. I doubt, however, that it will do anything at all with cable service.
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That is completely up to the cable company as the government mandate is only for OTA broadcasting. Comcast, for example, has said they are moving to digital-only and are currently trying to get my grandmother off of her analog service. However, since there's no government initiative behind that one, I doubt much will change for her once enough customers complain.
Now, I own one of the Insignia boxes (same box as in the Circuit City picture above as it's really an LG box that is being branded by Insignia and Zenith) for testing (my mother-in-law wants to drop cable altogether) and I have yet to connect it to cable service. I doubt, however, that it will do anything at all with cable service.