Rogers to go all Digital for cable starting early 2012

[fergy]

Another argument for me to go OTA and get rid of these buggers. Like I really want another buggy slow to react SA STB that needs to be plugged in all the time.

My thoughts exactly.

Is Rogers going to discount my bill to make up for the seven hundred thousand watts of increased energy usage per year for a couple of HD boxes?

TV boxes are power guzzlers http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/st...r.html?ref=rss


Last post in thread.: "I noticed the Rogers box consumes the same amount whether it is on or off (40watts or so). So I stopped turning it off... since I already had to replace one remote for a new one because the power button stopped working." So 40 watts 24/7 = 350,400 watts consumed in one year.

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/secon...boxes-1056309/

Just two of those Rogers boxes would consume more energy than our non-energy star fridge. Absolutely ridiculous beyond belief. They must have vacuum tubes in them. No wonder why those things fail so regularly, they must cook themselves to death.

[BobSagget]

I can vouch for how hot those things can get. I am not a rogers customer any more, but still have the old SA box we bought when we were a long time customer. Before HDTVs, we used to have our Rogers box sitting on TOP of our old 27" CRT (very huge so it's not like it was going to fall off). After years and years of use and finally upgrading to an HDTV it came time to switch out the box with an HDPVR and the new TV.

The bottom of the rogers box had MELTED to the top of the CRT tv!
Now one could argue that it could have been a combination of the heat of the TV and the rogers box...but still, these things ROAST.

[Jimboski]

Does this mean everyone that will switch to this digital box will either have to buy It outright from Rogers or take the $3-$5 monthly rental fee right..?

Money grab!

[fergy]

The "free" boxes do not have an off switch. They run 24/7 and have to be activated after installation with Rogers. They come with a universal remote control. I highly doubt they list a code for the Auria TV in the bedroom.

How to install one of these digital transport boxes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbKaUC6aAHs

[AV-Fishing]

Got my letter:


Went to a Rogers Plus store and picked this up:



Now I'm gonna hook it up with my old 27" Mitsubishi CK2606C that is in the basement:

[AV-Fishing]

So I connected everything ... and then I get this on the screen:



Knowing that trying to reach one of those losers on the phone ... I decided to use their Rogers Live Chat .. let's wait and see what result I get ..

After waiting on Live Chat for 15 minutes ... I decided to call them ...

What needed to be done was to have one of them people AUTHORIZE ...

Now it is working properly ...

[Simaahoy]

That means Ill need to get an adapter or a digital box? Got this letter today in the mail



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Haven't receive a letter yet, but aint a big deal if i gotta switch

[Ottomaddox]

Anyone in the London area get one of these?
It's gonna be a PITA to explain this to my parents.

[comicbookguy]

Knowing that trying to reach one of those losers on the phone ... I decided to use their Rogers Live Chat .. let's wait and see what result I get ..

After waiting on Live Chat for 15 minutes ... I decided to call them ...

What needed to be done was to have one of them people AUTHORIZE ...

Now it is working properly ...

You can authorize the box yourself if you log into your My Rogers account online.

[lubmar]

did anybody in mississauga receive the letter yet ?

[Deaks2]

Am I missing something here? Doesn't this just mean Rogers is moving their basic analog channels to digital so if you are rocking an older television without a QAM tuner, you won't be able to decode them? Thus what the device Rogers is giving out is for?

Almost all tvs made after 2006 have a built in QAM tuner, so unless you are on basic cable and using an old school CRT, this shouldn't be an issue, right? You will just need to run auto-scan for CADTV channels after the switch, I think.

I think Rogers has a bunch of digital music channels already on CADTV, so isn't this just where all the regular basic channels will be moving too?

All DTVs sold in Canada all have an ATSC tuner, however, only some have a QAM tuner. In the US all DTVs have ATSC and QAM tuners.

[baresi]

I wish I could drop Rogers but I am not exactly thrilled about other options, be it satellite or online

[flashy_mcflash]

We're on an old analog plan as well. If they switch this out we'll just cancel it and go OTA. The only thing that could get me to stay with Rogers would be if they match my existing service and plan on a digital box, which I doubt they'd do.

[Maymybonneliveforever]

I just came upon this thread and now I'm confused since I'm not really tech savy. I was under the impression that all signals went digital last year with Rogers? I don't have any digital box and only receive basic cable with about 70 channels. My oldest tv is a 26 year old Sony and everything is as usual with no external box needed. Has something changed since I haven't received any letters.

[tsat]

I just came upon this thread and now I'm confused since I'm not really tech savy. I was under the impression that all signals went digital last year with Rogers? I don't have any digital box and only receive basic cable with about 70 channels. My oldest tv is a 26 year old Sony and everything is as usual with no external box needed. Has something changed since I haven't received any letters.

only broadcast channels (OTA) had to go digital.

Funny, me and my wife where talking about this last night since we're all analog... Good thing i got her to agree to just dump the cable the day that it went all digital.