Both Cox Cable and Daniels Cablevision have introduced the option of digital cable in the past few years. It's a television world filled with specialty channels that are intended to have something that appeals to everyone. Phillip Urbina, spokesman for Daniels Cablevision, explained that digital cable technology allows the cable company to deliver hundreds of channels to a home by compressing the signals on the system's fiber optic cable, and then decompressing the signals once it reaches the converter box hooked up to the television. The late Bill Daniels was one of the first to introduce digital cable to his customers across the country. It was launched locally on Daniels Cablevision in 1997.
Digital cable adds another level of channels to that package.
Representatives at Cox Cable, which launched digital cable in early 2000, agreed. The fact that you can set your VCR to record a week in advance is great. In fact, digital cable offers features beyond extensive channel choices. An information banner comes up for each channel, naming the program and giving additional information, like the year a movie was made, it's cast and a description of the plot, with a touch of one button. An on-air channel guide allows viewers to scan what is airing on each channel for up to a week ahead.