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wajo /forum/post/15430463
rickl44, in the "early days" with the original unit, the 3575, ~38% of users who subscribed to basic analog cable would get "analog interference" with their digital tuner that would cause loss of tuning for the digital channels (only), with many able to get tuning back by toggling the TV/DTV button.
The later 3576's weren't "perfect" but MUCH better in that regard... just a few reports with the earliest units, as I remember.
NO reports so far on the 2160 losing digital tuning in an analog cable system, and no reports with any model when using an antenna (OTA), digital cable, or satellite (of course, not using tuner).
And it "seemed" as if the majority of problems with analog cable were with Comcast, but no specific stats on that.
As far as SDV, I haven't read of anyone who actually was in a SDV neighborhood so they could describe what the effect was. So far, I'm **assuming** a lot in the SDV area cuz of that and also cuz no one so far has said exactly how it works re: the neighborhood "node" that serves channels to "cableco equipment" needed to tune SDV, which is all I've read about in semi-tech details so far.
From what I've read and with my own experience in a small-midsize cable market, I *think* people in those markets are pretty safe and won't see SDV, maybe ever due to cost/subscriber ratios and smaller channel loads, but big markets with lots of channels might well see SDV someday, if not already. A 2160 would be a good bet in a small-midsize TV market?
I haven't read if SDV would apply to ALL channels in a neighborhood or if they'd have to still send some channels, like the locals, in a non-SDV way just for emergency-notification purposes???
Since you want to ditch Comcast anyway, the best other alternative would be the DTVPal DVR, which records in HD, has twin tuners, TVGOS, etc., but it's only for OTA antenna, so you'd have to use an indoor or outdoor antenna... but after $249-299 for the DVR, everything's free from then on, and no SDV in the future.
Of course, if you went to an indoor or outdoor antenna, you could also use the 2160 w/o fear of SDV. This would give you SD but adds a DVD burner that the DTVPal DVR doesn't have.
Here's the DTVPal DVR thread...
and here's a thread where you can find your city/area and see what OTA channels others are getting.