On 8 January 2016 at 07:51, David Collier-Brown <davec-b@rogers.com> wrote:
I like the fish tank, but switching to encrypted digital instead of plain digital is just a scheme to make me retire my MythTV in favor of their tied PVR offering.
I think it's a money maker for them... If I want to get any HD channels I have to pay an extra $7/month for their HD box otherwise you get a box that only does SD. If they didn't encrypt then you could just plug the cable directly into your TV and get all the HD channels (though the on-demand wouldn't work). I find it silly that I pay for down-sampled SD channels that come for free OTA in 1080p but I can pay extra to get the full version. Another funny thing, the on-demand content isn't encrypted. You can find what other people are watching on-demand with the digital tuner in your TV. The only issue you're at the mercy of them pausing, rewinding, or stopping whatever they're watching.