An anonymous article in this months Communications Technology magazine suggests that MSOs may want to broadcast 8-VSB over cable to take advantage of the CECB as a low cost cable converter box. While not as efficient as 256-QAM, 8-VSB would allow them a savings when compared to analog and would piggyback on the large volumes of CECB boxes in the market. (Replace the + signs with dots to get to the URL. Crazy AVS BBS won't let me easily include the URL).
www+cable360+net/ct/sections/columns/bullpen/30551.html
John
www+cable360+net/ct/sections/columns/bullpen/30551.html
John