When will cable be all digital?

Question

When will cable be all digital?

Answer 1

Feb 2009 only applies to broadcasts over the air. These require HD antennas to pickup the signal.

Cable and Satellite are not bound by these restrictions.

Please refer to the following:

Does the DTV transition affect TV sets that are connected to cable services?

No. If you subscribe to cable service, the DTV transition should not affect any TV sets that are connected to your cable services. The DTV transition applies only to full-power broadcast television stations – stations that use the public airwaves to transmit their programming to viewers through a broadcast antenna.

http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html#f...

Is the FCC making cable companies switch to digital service?

No. Cable companies are not required to switch to digital service. Cable companies may choose to make their service all or partly digital, but they are not required to change from the analog service they offer today. In fact, the FCC requires cable companies to continue to provide local stations in analog as long as they provide any analog service, even after February 17, 2009.

http://www.dtv.gov/consumercorner.html#f...

Answer 2

who knows ... maybe in one or two years.

Answer 3

february 2009

Answer 4

I read something like February 17, 2009.

This is the site where you can get a coupon for a converter for the t.v.'s that don't have cable if you're in the U.S.

https://www.dtv2009.gov/

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/

Answer 5

February 19, 2009

Answer 6

They're saying by Feb. 17th-19th of 2009

Answer 7

Feb, of 09