[mythtv-users] (US) Goodbye to unencrypted QAM...

[David Brodbeck]

jedi wrote:
> There's never been much that the cable companies were required
> to put on QAM anyways. Most often, you're just getting degraded
> versions of what you can get with an antenna anyways.

I wish.

I hooked up my rabbit ears and digital converter the other day, because 
I realized that I hadn't tried it since the channel reshuffling.  It 
turns out the reshuffle actually made things *worse* for me.  I used to 
be able to get PBS, but not much else.  (Well, ION and Univision, but 
they don't count.)  Now PBS has moved their digital broadcasts to their 
primary VHF transmitter, which puts it closer to Seattle but farther 
from me, so I don't get squat.  I've fallen off the digital cliff.  I'm 
in a first floor apartment so an outdoor antenna isn't an option.