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do you even have other options?
Comcast will encrypt basic cable
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Comcast is getting to greedy. I pay $150 per month and now I need their crappy adapter on all televisions. Time to look at other options.
Comcast will encrypt basic cable
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Well fark. I guess I will have to dig out the OTA antennas and set them back up in a room upstairs once again to use my TV as a TV rather than a monitor in the near future.
Hmm. I wonder if the...
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Depends on the area and situation (house vs apartment) but yes, or they install a filter. Now they just click a button on a computer at their HQ to turn on the exact services you are paying for. No...
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Everything
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/comcast-encrypting-all-cable-channels/
Comcast will encrypt basic cable
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How is that different to the situation when it's unencrypted? Are you saying that if you disconnect service, Comcast sends a truck out to physically disconnect the co-ax at the pole?
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Actually, it does lower costs since it eliminates truck rolls. You have live/on cable services even when your service is disconnected. Of course MBA's get a hold of the idea and tack on more fees...
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Local over the air channels as well?
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Comcast encrypted their service March 19th in the Twin Cities. :(
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Well FARK.
In a nutshell, prior to December 10, 2012, cable companies were prohibited from encrypting local channels you could receive with an antenna. Now they may do so if their service is...
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The FCC changed the law in the fall and they are now allowed to and from my understanding that is the plan. Comcast already encrypts everything else.
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I'm not aware of such a law.
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Those with a prime and cable card should be good. But if your using dlna it will be only what is marked copy freely.
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I am aware I can get them with an antenna. I used one when they started broadcasting in HD and Comcast didn't carry the HD signal. I'd prefer not having to go back to using an antenna for them. ...
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Most of those you can get online free but also should get with an antenna.
Discovery is the one that you require cable for or a box. But you can wait for those shows to be on Netflix.
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BOLD ITEM NO. 1: That should remove the worry for those with HomeRun Primes, right?
BOLD ITEM NO. 2: His spelling needs work.
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HD homerun FTW, I think this is just going to push people to these type of devices.
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It's nearly as annoying as when they charge $7 for changing your programming as a "convenience fee"
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Greater profits for Comcast they mean. When Comcast migrated to digital, they gave each household up to two free digital converters. About a year later, they started charging $2.00 a month per...
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well yeah, but at least you'll have some DVR capabilities. That's what you were talking about in your earlier post. If your DVR has IR blaster capabilities, you can go comcast box -> DVR -> TV and...
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