What is the difference between regular cable and digital cable?
The difference between analog video and digital video is the way the signals are transmitted. The video signal of analog TV is transmitted in AM while the audio is transmitted in FM. This can cause interference in your picture such as ghosting or snowing channels. Plus, the amount of bandwidth assigned to an analog channel is limited restricting the resolution and quality of picture. Digital video is transmitted as data in a binary format where the video data is represented by a series of “1”s and “O”s. Because this signal is made up of “bits”, the same bandwidth size that takes up a current analog TV signal, can accommodate not only a higher quality image in digital form, but also allows for additional video and audio in that same space. As a subscriber to Cox Digital Cable, all the channels you receive are broadcast in 100% digital quality. Meaning you have a clearer resolution and digital video and sound on every channel!
