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Denver, Colorado
Comcast, like Time Warner Cable, is slowly transitioning many of its traditional analog channels to digital, making more room for additional HD channels and faster broadband. The latest city about to experience what Comcast calls its “all-digital migration” is Denver, Colorado.
“As part of the technology enhancement, Comcast is making available up to three devices to customers so they can hook up their (analog) televisions and not miss any channels,” said Cindy Parsons, a spokesperson for Comcast in Denver. “What this allows us to do is provide hundreds of HD channels in the future, faster Internet speeds, better picture quality, and more ethnic programming.”
Customers with any level of service above Limited Basic with an existing digital set-top box may receive two digital adapters at no additional monthly cost; customers without an existing digital set-top box may receive one standard digital set-top box and two digital adapters at no additional monthly cost.
Parsons claims up to 90 percent of Comcast’s Denver customers already subscribe to digital cable on at least one television set in the home. Comcast is offering free self-install kits through its Digital Now website.
Comcast intends to commence the transition to digital channel delivery starting this spring continuing into the summer. The entire state of Colorado will follow, with the transition to digital complete by the end of the year.
Of course, customers with many analog televisions, or who dislike the notion of having to deal with add-on equipment, are out of luck.
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KUSA-TV Denver talked with Comcast’s Cindy Parsons about the city’s imminent “all-digital-migration” to digital cable television. (3 minutes)
I know that Comcrap is also doing this in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.
If you’ve got more than three TVs in the house then you can probably afford a couple bucks per month for DTA rental.. It’s not like the sat companies haven’t been doing this for years now. Also, with the upgrades Comcast will be able to roll out more channels (HD and standard-def) and faster internet. Sure, it’s not like they’re converting to a FTTP system, but OTOH they aren’t sitting still either (hint, hint, Qwest). Maybe I’m a bit biased because I’m a direct beneficiary of Comcast’s DOCSIS 3 upgrades in this area, and my HDTV is digital capable…and I… Read more »
Ian, that is specifically why I do NOT use satellite. I don’t want clumsy boxes on all my TV’s. Not to mention, 5 TV’s, even at $2.00 a month, extra $10 on a bill for no added service. On a bill that already tops $100 a month, mind you. Not to mention the fact that i have 3 HTPCs. This makes them virtually useless. No more one remote, one interface solution for all. And I lose DVR functionality unless I want to pay even more money for DVR’s, which limit my abilities to watch TV on any computer in my… Read more »
TWC has required set top boxes for years for some of their services. Even before I had sat service, my TW service required a box for certain channels, and that required a rental fee. Even with the set top box, my sat bill is considerably lower than TWC for 3 TVs.
Welp, got my boxes. Now to try to make them work with my HTPC’s >.<