So not even 3 days after they started having WNPB in QAM on the Morgantown system, they have changed stuff again. Now instead of it being on PSIP 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, they for what ever reason decided yesterday to change it to 8.3, 8.5 and 8.6 and they removed the PSIP identifiers to say what channel is what. I believe that 8.6 is the HD one 8.5 is Create and 8.3 is the SD version of 8.6.
In addition to this change they also moved the Pittsburgh CW HD Channel from 65.2601 to 7.2601. Which leads me to believe they are getting ready to start here what they are doing in other cities. Basicly the only thing that will be in the clear in the Analog channels will be the local ABC,CBS, NBC, FOX and PBS. Everything else will be moving to a digital channel. Because of this they will move most of the “analog” stuff down to the lower channels, and start using all the upper channels to do digital stuff. This is would explain why WNPB and the Pittsburgh CW were moved. WNPB they had on channel 66 and the CW was on 65. So what does all this mean? I assume that pretty soon that you will have to have a DTA (Digital Television Adapter) to make your “non-obsolete tv” that was supposed to “still work after the OTA digital switch work with cable now. So basicly even though they have said that the switch to digital transmission for the people who are not using rabbit ears and had cable would not be affected… You will be now.
Now if Comcast wanted to do it the RIGHT WAY, they would make all the channels that are currently available in the analog channel band, be in the clear on the digital side. So all those people who have the new TV’s that do Clear QAM recepition, will be able to still get the channels with out having to add another box and remote.
Wonder what Comcast will do next? And the TVGOS still doesn’t work……
