There is mention in another thread that Rogers is testing a new digital adaptor - the DTA 50 - pdf link below: You will note that this is a very basic adaptor with only RF-coax out.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/video/ps8611/ps8612/ps10771/7016863.pdf (This is a pdf. Note that the IR extender mentioned is not included in the Rogers package)
DTA & FAQs: http://www.rogers.com/web/support/tv/network-enhancement/170
Rogers will be moving some analogue channels to the digital tier from 2012 on. As time passes, Rogers will eventually be all digital, with even basic cable no longer analogue
This is happening with all cable service providers as they need the bandwidth for additional services - VOD, more HD, etc. There are already existing threads on this topic in Shaw, Eastlink, Videotron and Cogeco forums where the process has begun (links below).
Most times the provider will (for now) keep a basic lineup of analogue channels shifting non-basic channels to the digital tier, sometime in stages, sometimes all at once. Rogers will provide a free adaptor to assist customers still on analogue, but who have more channels than basic.
Anyone with additional (confirmed) information on this process at Rogers is encouraged to post in this thread. This is not regarding the occasional channel that has been shifted to digital, but rather a series of channels - usually those over channel 28 or so, depending on location.
Rogers already has at least one digital STB in more than 85% of their (Ontario) cable customer homes, so this will affect those people who have analogue service beyond analogue basic and/or TVs without STBs. There is a possibility that this will affect all analogue customers, so any information regarding that would also be useful, but I suspect that is not the case at this time - (shifting all channels to digital.)
Here's a link with FAQs on the DTAs. Thanks to danteA for this info and for blazing the trail.
The DTAs will only tune the analogue channels that you had before you added the DTA - roughly channels 2-70, plus a couple of others in higher numbers (95, 96, 129, 130). The DTA will not tune the same digital channels as a STB and it won't get the various music channels. As far as we can tell, the basic channels (2-28) will remain analogue for a while longer, unless we hear confirmation otherwise.
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?p=1371457#post1371457
This thread should not be used to gripe about this process since this is inevitable and will proceed. Any comments regarding Clear QAM or CableCARD will also be deleted since those topics are discussed elsewhere.
Here are the links for the other providers:
Cogeco: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=136537
Shaw: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=138005
Eastlink: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=124763
Videotron: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=143167
Of course Satellite and IPTV have always been 100% digital requiring STBs.
Channels moved/removed - Posts 159, 184, 192, 196, 198, 230, 235, 295 (May vary by area/Head End) Here's the list of channels removed so far or to be removed shortly:
American Movie Classics
BBC World News
BET
BNN
Comedy Network (East)
Family Channel
Food Network
HGTV
History Television
MTV
Ontario Legislature
Peachtree
The Score
SPACE
Spike
TELETOON (East)
Turner Classic Movies
TV5
TVtropolis (East)
Starting July 22, 2014: Discovery, Slice, Bravo, Showcase, CMT, OLN or Telelatino
Starting August 6, 2014: TLC, CNN, A&E, M3, TSN, MuchMusic or CPAC English
In 2015, many locations now have no analogue channels.
If you click the following link and scroll down, you'll find links for your specific area and the activity there:
www.rogers.com/TVadapter
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/video/ps8611/ps8612/ps10771/7016863.pdf (This is a pdf. Note that the IR extender mentioned is not included in the Rogers package)
DTA & FAQs: http://www.rogers.com/web/support/tv/network-enhancement/170
Rogers will be moving some analogue channels to the digital tier from 2012 on. As time passes, Rogers will eventually be all digital, with even basic cable no longer analogue
This is happening with all cable service providers as they need the bandwidth for additional services - VOD, more HD, etc. There are already existing threads on this topic in Shaw, Eastlink, Videotron and Cogeco forums where the process has begun (links below).
Most times the provider will (for now) keep a basic lineup of analogue channels shifting non-basic channels to the digital tier, sometime in stages, sometimes all at once. Rogers will provide a free adaptor to assist customers still on analogue, but who have more channels than basic.
Anyone with additional (confirmed) information on this process at Rogers is encouraged to post in this thread. This is not regarding the occasional channel that has been shifted to digital, but rather a series of channels - usually those over channel 28 or so, depending on location.
Rogers already has at least one digital STB in more than 85% of their (Ontario) cable customer homes, so this will affect those people who have analogue service beyond analogue basic and/or TVs without STBs. There is a possibility that this will affect all analogue customers, so any information regarding that would also be useful, but I suspect that is not the case at this time - (shifting all channels to digital.)
Here's a link with FAQs on the DTAs. Thanks to danteA for this info and for blazing the trail.
The DTAs will only tune the analogue channels that you had before you added the DTA - roughly channels 2-70, plus a couple of others in higher numbers (95, 96, 129, 130). The DTA will not tune the same digital channels as a STB and it won't get the various music channels. As far as we can tell, the basic channels (2-28) will remain analogue for a while longer, unless we hear confirmation otherwise.
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?p=1371457#post1371457
This thread should not be used to gripe about this process since this is inevitable and will proceed. Any comments regarding Clear QAM or CableCARD will also be deleted since those topics are discussed elsewhere.
Here are the links for the other providers:
Cogeco: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=136537
Shaw: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=138005
Eastlink: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=124763
Videotron: http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=143167
Of course Satellite and IPTV have always been 100% digital requiring STBs.
Channels moved/removed - Posts 159, 184, 192, 196, 198, 230, 235, 295 (May vary by area/Head End) Here's the list of channels removed so far or to be removed shortly:
American Movie Classics
BBC World News
BET
BNN
Comedy Network (East)
Family Channel
Food Network
HGTV
History Television
MTV
Ontario Legislature
Peachtree
The Score
SPACE
Spike
TELETOON (East)
Turner Classic Movies
TV5
TVtropolis (East)
Starting July 22, 2014: Discovery, Slice, Bravo, Showcase, CMT, OLN or Telelatino
Starting August 6, 2014: TLC, CNN, A&E, M3, TSN, MuchMusic or CPAC English
In 2015, many locations now have no analogue channels.
If you click the following link and scroll down, you'll find links for your specific area and the activity there:
www.rogers.com/TVadapter