Re: [DMCForum] Continued: Cable Satellites (Andrei)

[Andrei Cular <andreic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes they are running still running C band however they are pulling in a 
digital signal not analog for most feeds.


Andrei

content22207 wrote:

>99.9% of the cable companies are still looking at the C band
>satellites. Why do you think they're still up there (and are regularly
>replaced with new ones)? Certainly not for the handful of us home dish
>users left. I used to get codes for my black board from a fellow who
>worked at a cable company in Texas.
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>I can bolt a Ku LNB on my dish and look at the exact same birds you
>are. Hicksville has nothing to do with it. 
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>Bill Robertson
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>>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrei Cular <andreic@xxxx> wrote:
>>Maybe in your back woods hicksville your company still receives
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>>But in this higher tech hicksville we receive digital C and Ku
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>>Even my dish receives and decodes the 100% pure digital signal as well 
>>as the conventional analog.
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>>Andrei
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>>>Actually the conversion is analog to digital.
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>>>Every cable system I've ever seen receives analog C band. That's the
>>>array of big dishes pointed in different directions -- same old
>>>satellites they've been using for 30 years (well, new satellites in
>>>more or less the same place as old ones fail). C band owners receive
>>>EXACTLY the same signal as cable companies do, without conversion and
>>>layers of distribution. 
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>>>Same with "local" channels over the air. You'd be amazed how clear a
>>>rooftop antenna (properly amplified) is over the same channel on cable.
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>>>Renders HDTV as unnecessary as fuel injection.
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>>>Bill Robertson
>>>#5939
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>>Andrei Cular
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>>Mechanical Engineer
>>Marine Concepts inc.
>>www.marineconcepts.com
>>P:239.283.0800 F:239.283.3332
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Andrei Cular
Mechanical Engineer
Marine Concepts inc.
www.marineconcepts.com
P:239.283.0800 F:239.283.3332

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