pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | About Damn Time
Analog TV is so 1950s. The sooner cable dumps this albatross and embraces more modern HDTV technology the better.
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hdi
@optonline.net | it will help if they release a whole house digital to analog converter for the first 70 channels.
but then they loose $$ of there cable box fees.
they could all have gone digital by now there own fault. |
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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
 ·EarthLink
·AT&T Midwest
 ·Earthlink Cable Mo..
| "DirecTV says they'll be offering 100 new high-def channels"
Correction, and DirecTV has either changed their tune or clarified their wording, depending on your view of the company:
They have plans to have the capacity to offer up to 150 HD channels.
Even their Jan 8th press release isn't clear between them saying "the planned launch and carriage of 100 national high-definition (HD) channels" and then later, "With the launch of DIRECTV 10 and DIRECTV 11 satellites in 2007, DIRECTV will have the ability to deliver more than 1,500 local HD and digital channels and 150 national HD channels."
"will have the ability" is the key phrase. |
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CCLA
join:2002-06-17
Baton Rouge, LA
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Re: About Damn Time
said by pnh102  :Analog TV is so 1950s. The sooner cable dumps this albatross and embraces more modern HDTV technology the better. U know cable companies are REQUIRED to still have analog stations right now |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by CCLA :U know cable companies are REQUIRED to still have analog stations right now And it is a dumb requirement. Personally, if I could drop all analog stations from my cable lineup, I would do it in a heartbeat.
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BIGMIKE
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Westminster, CA
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said by pnh102 :Analog TV is so 1950s. The sooner cable dumps this albatross and embraces more modern HDTV technology the better. And the TV shows now days are junk.
1950's Shows
Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, The
I Love Lucy
Leave It To Beaver
Lone Ranger, The
2007's Shows
The Girls Next Door
Hollyoaks
Shameless
The Simpsons
Skins
Torchwood
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CCLA
join:2002-06-17
Baton Rouge, LA | reply to pnh102
Torchwood and the simpsons are good. |
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inteller
Sociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | reply to Hall
Re: "DirecTV says they'll be offering 100 new high-def channels"
this happens when you dont know if your next satellite will blow up or not. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| reply to BIGMIKE
Re: About Damn Time
said by BIGMIKE :And the TV shows now days are junk. Quality of programming is in the eye of the viewer. For many people, shows from that era are just plain unwatchable.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| reply to CCLA
While that may be true... purchasing digital, and having the lower analog channels on your more expensive digital service is not a good thing.
When I had TW Cable in the San Fernando valley, all the lower channels were the same quality as analog even when I paid for more expensive digital service.
Eventually, I migrated over to less expensive and cleaner picture of satellite. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| said by en102 :When I had TW Cable in the San Fernando valley, all the lower channels were the same quality as analog even when I paid for more expensive digital service. Digital cable (Comcast's includes HDTV) is not worth the price unless you have an HDTV.
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | reply to hdi
A 70 channel QAM to analog converter would cost a fortune. That's 8-10 tuner/demodulators and multi-stream MPEG decoders, plus 70 frame buffers and RF modulators. |
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
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said by pnh102 :Analog TV is so 1950s. The sooner cable dumps this albatross and embraces more modern HDTV technology the better. I have no problem with this, provided I don't have to pay more to change over to digital, but I bet there's going to be an additional fee. The way I see it, there should be no further charge, since getting these subs to go digital benefits the cable company, since it can reclaim bandwidth.
New technology is great, provided it isn't an excuse to charge customers more money. |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
·Comcast
| reply to BIGMIKE
Most old tv to me is unwatchable. Besides for the simpsons I don't see anything I watch there.
I am a simpsons , family guy , seinfeld (even with the racist micheal richards there) the war at home , and jericho watcher.
I tivo em and watch em all in one day 
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to ISurfTooMuch
Everything cable does is an excuse to charge customers more money. This saves them so much money they should be able to provide free transition to every single analog customer with enough left over to fund the executive slush lunch fund for decades.
Instead, you'll be nicked $5-$10 additional per month per TV just to keep watching what you have right now. If it sounds like a back-door rate increase (and a hefty one at that), it is a back-door rate increase.
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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH
·EarthLink
·AT&T Midwest
·Earthlink Cable Mo..
| reply to inteller
Re: "DirecTV says they'll be offering 100 new high-def channels"
Exactly. You also see people announce that so-and-so's satellite was successfully launched. Well, people have launched satellites into space that didn't communicate back to Earth and were then nothing more than space junk. Or they can talk to it, but thrusters failed and they can't position it properly in it's orbital location. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
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Re: About Damn Time
A cable box costs about $709 to $250 for a standard digital box. A whole house box, as you speak of, would cost several hundred and it would have to be installed on EVERY HOME, as well as removed from every home when they disconnect. (Two truck trips) not to mention the service calls to take care of those things when trouble hits. They'd not be able to recoup any of that money in rental fees. Now multiply to that every home you serve in America.
Play as if you were running the company. Would you make that choice? (Which, in a way, is pretty much a new system design) It's easy to arm chair these things.
Televisions or devices with downloadable security is the way to go. Whole house boxes are a modern step backwards.
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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clubs: | reply to inteller
Re: "DirecTV says they'll be offering 100 new high-def channels"
the satellites were successfully launched. so unless they WILL BE offering 100 new HD channels reasonably soon, it is marketing garbage/confusion designed to mislead customers into joining because a perceived advantage. |
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clickie
join:2005-05-22
Monroe, MI |
As opposed to cable's vilification of satellite services because of rain or snow. Sure, torrential rain can take it out, but not faint spritzing suggested by cable.
They're both equally guilty of misleading the consumer. |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
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clubs: | agreed. i was thinking about that issue as i posted, but didn't address it. |
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