As of August 2011, most, if not all, TV broadcasters had to switch to digital broadcasting, mandated by the CRTC.analogue equipment are working fine.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/com100/2010/r100716.htm
As of August 2011, most, if not all, TV broadcasters had to switch to digital broadcasting, mandated by the CRTC.analogue equipment are working fine.
Well, it is really about Rogers wants you to pay for every TV in the house. With analog, you could legally put a splitter/amplifier on and pay a single rate. Now you pay per TV. Rogers also wants to be the content provider, with their lousy hardware and high package/streaming rates.The guy from rogers said this way people can't steal cable anymore.
Doesn't matter OTA or over cable, a signal is a signal, and if your TV can't decode it, you're SoL. And, who would continue to pump an analog signal over the air or cable that could only be picked up by ever-diminishing numbers of folks?OTA analogue signal, that is.
Well, it is really about Rogers wants you to pay for every TV in the house. With analog, you could legally put a splitter/amplifier on and pay a single rate. Now you pay per TV. Rogers also wants to be the content provider, with their lousy hardware and high package/streaming rates.
With OTA and streaming availability, Rogers is a dinosaur distribution model. They are also incredibly expensive, with a lot of compression, and lousy service.
Got rid of my cable 25 yrs ago and also never regretted it except not doing it sooner. If you have a newer tv (built in digital tuner) you can make your own antenna for pennies. You just need a RF converter I believe, which I found lying around the home. A couple of coat hangers from you local dry cleaners and scrap wood, just look up the steps on youtube. Any old antenna would also work, again assuming your tv has the built in digital tuner. I'm in the north end and get about 8 channels, all Cdn. Its a excellent way to cut costs if times are tough.Cut my cable 15 years ago and never looked back. I would consider digital antennas though - a friend of mine set it up and he says its great. Gets about 20 Canadian and US channels - but can watch Superbowl with US ads.
I hear this argument a lot. Lets look at it from a business perspective. The problem with allowing people to run their own cable and use their own dollar store splitters, there is a tremendous amount of service requests for cable lines that Rogers did not install. Up until about 5 years ago, Rogers technicians never charged the customer for technical service work done at the home. Now they only charge if it is a customer equipment issue.Well, it is really about Rogers wants you to pay for every TV in the house. With analog, you could legally put a splitter/amplifier on and pay a single rate. Now you pay per TV. Rogers also wants to be the content provider, with their lousy hardware and high package/streaming rates.
With OTA and streaming availability, Rogers is a dinosaur distribution model. They are also incredibly expensive, with a lot of compression, and lousy service.
Well of course Rogers wants you to pay whatever you'll pay. We call that capitalism and think it a Good Thing. As long as you ignore what you promised in the contract—and it said no owner-provided splitters from the earliest days, 'cause they always wanted to charge per TV, and occasionally did—you could and still can 'legally' install your own splitters. Digital signals don't care any moire than analog did. Rogers and all the other cablecos have always been 'content providers'; what else are they pumping out of your end of their wires but content?Well, it is really about Rogers wants you to pay for every TV in the house. With analog, you could legally put a splitter/amplifier on and pay a single rate. Now you pay per TV. Rogers also wants to be the content provider, with their lousy hardware and high package/streaming rates.
With OTA and streaming availability, Rogers is a dinosaur distribution model. They are also incredibly expensive, with a lot of compression, and lousy service.
Actually an RF converter is a different device, I had one to pump the signal from my VIC-20 into the TV.Got rid of my cable 25 yrs ago and also never regretted it except not doing it sooner. If you have a newer tv (built in digital tuner) you can make your own antenna for pennies. You just need a RF converter I believe, which I found lying around the home. A couple of coat hangers from you local dry cleaners and scrap wood, just look up the steps on youtube. Any old antenna would also work, again assuming your tv has the built in digital tuner. I'm in the north end and get about 8 channels, all Cdn. Its a excellent way to cut costs if times are tough.
Um no that is violating the contract you signedWith analog, you could legally put a splitter/amplifier on and pay a single rate. Now you pay per TV
You are correct, I should've have said a (uhf/vhf) transformer....Actually an RF converter is a different device, I had one to pump the signal from my VIC-20 into the TV.
...The device that joins the 300ohm paired wire to the 75ohm screw connection on the TV or cable is a 'balun' transformer...