Comment Re:you still need a box for cable and sat also cab (Score 1) 277
Here in Comcast SF Bay Area land, the old analog channels (expanded basic tier) are now clear QAM. What I've heard is that they'll remain clear because the free converters they've sent out to analog customers don't support encrypted QAM. Also, someone has figured out how to extract and decode the channel mapping tables that these converters use (search for "scte65scan").
The broadcast HD channels will also remain clear but I suppose the rest of the digital cable lineup (including a bunch of new HD channels being added this month) will remain encrypted. I hope cable box + Firewire continues to work for those.
