Spurious Rumors: Comcast Ramping Up HD?
I’ve been following some spurious rumors, that Comcast could be preparing to ramp up their HD capacity in the Seattle/Tacoma area. A technician said that next month, they’re supposedly going to cut the number of analog channels they provide. Why is this important? Because the old analog channels take up twice as much space as the average HD channel.
A single analog channel consumes a 6mhz slot (while 2-3 HD channels can occupy the same slot). If they’re running 70 analog channels on a 860mhz system, then the analog channels consume roughly half of it’s capacity. Even removing a few of those channels frees up a lot of space for more HD channels. In some cities that are all digital, Comcast runs 50+ HD channels.
I have my fingers crossed.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
You have your fingers crossed for a rumor you say is false?
November 26th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Not necessarily false, but certainly not confirmed as being true. Comcast has already started phasing out analog in some areas, so it wouldn’t be surprising if they cut a couple analog channels.