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Old 04-09-2009, 05:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
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According to Gemstar, more than 25 million households have TVGOS devices. Many, probably most, of these devices obtain their data from a signal embedded in the local analog PBS station’s broadcast.
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What will happen to all of these devices when the analog broadcasts cease on (or before) February 11, 2009? Even if you don’t use antenna, if the local PBS station goes all digital, the feed to your cable provider would be from the digital source.
The article was from Dec. 2007, but has TVGOS addressed the issue??
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I think that's an old article, the Dish Network DTVPal actually uses this TVGOS for it's EPG, so obviously it's being broadcasted over digital waves.
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my pbs is digital and I still get it for my DTVPAL-plus
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My understanding is PBS analog used to transmit the TVGOS information and is now through the digital CBS affiliates.
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My understanding is PBS analog used to transmit the TVGOS information and is now through the digital CBS affiliates.
According to http://rabbitears.info/termlist.php that is the case.
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