Comcast already did in my area. You can still get what they call "analog 
cable" which are the same channels as before, but the boxes were all 
upgraded 2 or 3 years ago, before I made the switch even, to digital. In 
fact, I had a VCR hooked up before the cable box for basic channels and 
another after for the digital cable channels and for about 6 months before I 
switched my VCR inline before the cable box couldn't get the channels at all 
anymore and when I called a friend who worked for comcast at the time, he 
told me they went 100% digital in this area and upgraded all the cable boxes 
and they got a lot of complaints from people with cable ready TV's that 
couldn't take the digital signal. I'm not sure if they did that everywhere 
or not but I know everywhere I know of  around me they did.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: digital TV, DVDs


> Hi Terry.
>
> It will be up to Comcast as to when they pull the plug on analog
> cable.  They are not mandated to do so--only over the air television is
> mandated to shut their analog transmitters off.  I would expect that in
> reality, cable providers will start phasing analog equipment out, but they
> aren't on a specific time table like the over the air broadcast stations 
> are.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>