{"id":1024,"date":"2009-08-18T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2009-08-18T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T13:07:19","slug":"rogers-and-pbs-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=1024","title":{"rendered":"Rogers and PBS (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now I think I know why Rogers were so perplexed when Ottawa viewers like me complained<\/a> about the planned change in its cable lineup, replacing WPBS from Watertown with a Detroit PBS channel.<\/p>\n

You see, they must have known all along that we won’t be watching either.<\/p>\n

Although they were citing signal quality as the reason for the planned change, reality is that the signal quality on cable channel 64 was just fine. I never had any problems watching WPBS there. However, now that they moved this and two other channels to the 95-97 range (cable channels that happen to coincide in frequency with FM radio) this is no longer true: the signal quality on these channels is just unacceptable.<\/p>\n

I phoned them and they wanted to send a technician. I talked them out of that. Now my only hope is that some of my neighbors will phone also, and they escalate the problem.<\/p>\n

Or maybe it’s time to dump cable TV after all and just get satellite? The main reason why I am keeping cable is the convenience if a set-top-box-less existence… if I need a set-top box, I might as well stick with digital cable. But set-top boxes are such a nuisance, especially when used together with a computer tuner card.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it’s time to return to a good old-fashioned aerial. Never mind analog TV, I can get some HD digital channels even with a tiny indoor antenna… who knows what a decent aerial might do?<\/p>\n<\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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