Released: October 02, 2009

As cable TV goes digital, it’s still stuck inside the box

Source: Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post

Television as millions of Americans have known it for decades is undergoing a radical change as it shifts to a new digital system.

No, you’re not watching a rerun of the digital-TV transition that ended analog over-the-air broadcasts in June. This time, cable subscribers—the vast majority of U.S. viewers—have to make the shift. In the Washington area, they include many Comcast customers in Maryland, while subscribers to RCN completed the transition earlier this year. (Cox is holding off on this move.)

Like the DTV transition, cable’s digital conversion comes with unanticipated issues that will upset some viewers. Unlike the DTV transition, most of these issues could have been avoided.

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