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

[Andrei Cular <andreic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Take a look at http://www.4dtv.com/Xcel/xcel.htm  select channels by 
category and notice how many have digital under wave form.  I think more 
than a few major channels have digital feeds now.


Andrei


content22207 wrote:

>Negatory -- all the major channels are still analog. Very few digital
>transponders, all of them on the far east birds (footprinted all wrong
>west of the Rockies). Don't think I've ever seen anything digital
>below the Canadians (I do miss being able to pick them up).
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>I've also lost the Mexicans -- are they still up there?
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>Bill Robertson
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>>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andrei Cular <andreic@xxxx> wrote:
>>Yes they are running still running C band however they are pulling in a 
>>digital signal not analog for most feeds.
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>>Andrei
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>>content22207 wrote:
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>>>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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>>>analog.  
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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
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>>>>as the conventional analog.
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>>>>Andrei
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>>>>content22207 wrote:
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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
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>>>>>Renders HDTV as unnecessary as fuel injection.
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>>>>>Bill Robertson
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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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Andrei Cular
Mechanical Engineer
Marine Concepts inc.
www.marineconcepts.com
P:239.283.0800 F:239.283.3332

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