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David Steinberg wrote:
> 
> Rogers, my local cable company, announced in 1995 a firm order for (very
> expensive) GI Digicipher II set top boxes for delivery starting late
> 1997.
> 
> I am not sure, in my own mind, whether it makes sense to make a major
> order for this type of equipment in the absence of a clear end-to-end
> approach to digitalization and digital compression accepted by the North
> American cable insustry as a whole.  I imagine that the industry will
> not reach that point until 1997 (can anyone comment on this?).
> 
> In any case I have read that GI itself may be about to abandon its
> propriatory Digicipher II compression system for a straight MPEG2
> approach.
> 
> Can anyone enlighten me as to what is happening?
> 
> David Steinberg

With a demand for compression, and no standard, it made sense for GI to 
make a product that meets the needs of the marketplace.  Now that 
standards have been set down, we can choose to use the standard if and 
when it makes sense.

This is a logical step along the evolution path to digital.

Gilbert Bennett, P. Eng.
Director - Network Development
Cable Atlantic
St. John's, NF