ContributionsMost RecentMost LikesSolutionsRe: Clear QAM channels now scrambled I am aggrieved by this too. When the going AllDigital hoopla started I took it at face value and used common english to understand that it meant Cox were dropping the analog service. Thus, the remaining TV signals would all be digitally encoded and Cox would have an AllDigital distribution network. Whoo for Cox, maybe eventual Whoo for customers who would benefit from the recovered bandwidth being used to carry more digital channels, and inconvenient for the customers with analog TV receivers, but Cox being the good folks they are would help them over the hurdle with the crappy free miniboxes. I even spent a few hours one afternoon in April working my way up the support tree until I spoke to a real engineer in their network planning department out of VA and he assured me that my belief was correct. The ClearQAM would remain ClearQAM, the Encrypted channels would remain encrypted, and all that would be different would be the absence of analog. September 13th, around 6am, suddenly the previously ClearQAM basic national channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, ...) became encrypted and my equipment with digital tuners that can only decode ClearQAM became chunky paperweights. My homebuilt whole-home DVR which used a mix of simple digital tuners and CableCARD equipped tuners suddenly could only use their CableCARD tuners. I called Cox. I am convinced the author of the customer-facing scripts they use is being deliberately disingenuous. The front-line support all earnestly parrot that all Cox are doing is going AllDigital(tm). None of them know the difference between encoding and encrypting; only that they need to ship a minibox to any customer with a pulse. Anyway, the aggravation has spurred me to install a broadcast TV antenna and hook that up to my older digital tuners, which can decode ATSC, thank goodness. the 13.2 Mbps digital HD signal there is visibly superior to the 6Mbps stream used for a HD channel on Cox's network. I should have done it years ago. I already have Netflix, HULU, and Amazon Prime subscriptions so the content that I actually rely on COX for is further diminished. Were it not for a few channels which carry some programs I cannot source online I would be cutting the cord now. But, those few channels, or rather those even fewer programs, are now costing me $120+/month. Once I wean my family off them I'll be gone. Re: NASA TV Channel, even if only for August Thanks - I did that yesterday as well as starting this thread. As expected I quickly received a canned response which only peripherally touched on the subject. The usual 'Go Away and don't bother us' wrapped in polite language. I'm sure the question never got any further than someone trying to clear their inbox. I wanted to establish this thread to see if a groundswell of support (OK, a ripple of support) would emerge. Thanks for the reply. Frank. NASA TV Channel, even if only for August On August 5th, 25 days from now, the Mars Science Laboratory will be landing on Mars. Seehttp://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ I would like to be able to watch the proceedings at JPL on NASA TV, ideally the HD feed. Is it possible to add NASA TV back to the lineup for Phoenix (and elsewhere, I suppose) even if only temporarily for August? NASA TV used to be in the lineup several years ago. Adding it as a Switched Digital channel (SDV) would suffice. I know I can watch it online from the NASA streaming feed (and mirrors), but that is poor resolution and during other 'blockbuster' events such as launches it is useless due to over-subscription. I expect it to be unwatchable again for the MSL landing event. Thank you.