Are You Being Cheated by Digital Cable?

Lauren Weinstein writes "Even though your cable company may claim that a channel is in a digital tier that you're paying for, they may be sending it to you in analog form, with associated negative effects. Surprise! Are You Being Cheated by Digital Cable? 'You're paying for digital, you should get digital. Outside of the lower video and audio quality that can be present on many analog feeds, third-party devices (like cableCARD TiVos) which could otherwise record a digital signal directly, will be forced to re-digitize an analog signal, with inevitable quality loss in the process. But how to know for sure if a channel is digital or analog as received?'"

Shocking?

[thatskinnyguy]

Does this surprise anyone?

Re:Very interesting ...

[Anonymous Coward]

I agree, that comment did little more than restate part of the summary and didn't add anything to the discussion.

We definitely don't want comments like that on Slashdot.

Re:Very interesting ...

[markov_chain]

I second that.

I'm pretty sure I'm being cheated, let's see:

[ChangeOnInstall]

• RST packets in my Torrents
• 2gb/month Newsgroup Access Limit
• $120/month to get an HD DVR, Cartoon Network, SciFi, and Comedy Central

Currently shopping for alternatives.

Feel the signal.

[fahrbot-bot]

But how to know for sure if a channel is digital or analog as received?

I feel the cable to see if the signal is rough and bumpy, or smooth and wavy. Why, how do you do it?

Re:Audio

[duck0]

Holy semicolon, Batman! I'm out of breath after just a few words!