Plasticman
Will Work For Bandwidth
Premium
join:2002-09-06
Harrisville, RI
clubs:
 ·Cox HSI
| This will be interesting to see 25/4 from Cox
I wonder if the New England area will be one of the first to go 25/4? I know in Rhode Island they have already upgraded. So now its just time to wait for them to turn up the throttle and give us more speed.
Plasticman
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SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
| Was this supposed to be Big News?
HD ain't all that. In fact, I see nothing about it that makes me want to run out and drop $$$$$$$ on either an "HD" television or the $$$$$$$$$ HD cable lineup, which consists of the same ol' shit only brought to the subscriber at a jacked up pricetag. Considering the programming that is found on television today, I'd rather watch TV with rabbit ears and tin foil b/c that's about what it's worth. |
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ztmike
Mark for moderation
Premium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN
·Comcast
| said by SilverSurfer  :HD ain't all that. In fact, I see nothing about it that makes me want to run out and drop $$$$$$$ on either an "HD" television or the $$$$$$$$$ HD cable lineup, which consists of the same ol' shit only brought to the subscriber at a jacked up pricetag. Considering the programming that is found on television today, I'd rather watch TV with rabbit ears and tin foil b/c that's about what it's worth. Until 2009..that is.
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ajwees41
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE | Omaha already has some of those HD channels |
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codee
Premium
join:2001-10-01
Minneapolis, MN
| reply to SilverSurfer
said by SilverSurfer :HD ain't all that. In fact, I see nothing about it that makes me want to run out and drop $$$$$$$ on either an "HD" television or the $$$$$$$$$ HD cable lineup, which consists of the same ol' shit only brought to the subscriber at a jacked up pricetag. Considering the programming that is found on television today, I'd rather watch TV with rabbit ears and tin foil b/c that's about what it's worth. It just so happens that I think it is "all that", and I sprinted out to buy 4 HDTVs over a 2 year span with HDDVRs from both Comcast and Dish on all of em. Additionally, I am impresed that Cox is upgrading their entire system to 1Ghz in addition to SDV and other new things they are implemented.
I think its big news. |
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joako
Premium
join:2000-09-07
/dev/null
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Fairfax?
Who cares about Fairfax, VA. Here in Florida we have by far the worst cable service. We pay over $20/month PER HD-DVR box (which is the same price as SD-DVR). 53% of my bill is the cost of 2 cable boxes, but I have every possible channel.
Oh and we only have 10 HD channels, half of which are SD transmitted via HD.
Cox also zooms and crops Discovery HD.
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to ztmike
Re: Was this supposed to be Big News?
Then you just need one of digital converters. The rabbit ears and tin foil will still work just fine. |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK | What's number 31?
In Tulsa they have 30 HD channels, if you include HD On Demand, the Cox channel in HD and FSN-SW, which is only rarely on the air, since they have so little HD content and they don't do the Stretch-o-Vision thing when only SD is available. |
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amungus
Premium
join:2004-11-26
America
clubs:
| nifty
Neato. Not that I have an hdtv  ...but it is interesting to watch 'hd' on a tube set! Looks good. Actually looks decent compared to the regular local channels that always have some fuzz, color weirdness, or what have you. The Sooners/Mizzou game looked sharp as a tack
Do I just have to call to have all the rest of the 'hd' channels come through? They're supposedly "free" around these parts... and I'd watch 'em, even on my panasonic tube set (sharp for an analog tv). Even comparing regular digital channels to HD, there's a bit of noticeable difference (yes, even on a normal tv)... less pixellation mostly.
As for the whole "sdv" thing, I'm not sold. Sure, it's neat, but it's strange that the channels aren't all being "broadcast" as in standard systems. |
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DotMac4
Shill H8r
Premium
join:2007-10-26
Huntington Beach, CA
4 edits | Not worth it...
Not to slam Cox but overpriced TV in general. Cable TV used to be a good deal. But the prices have risen out of control while the quality of channels (and their programming) have gone into the sh!tter.
I ended up just canceling 'pay TV' all together. The few shows on cable I did watch like South Park and BSG are available from other outlets (eg iTunes).
I just don't see anything compelling on pay-TV anymore. I was at a friends house yesterday to watch the network NFL games and we were all talking about it (started with the NFL Network ads telling us to call our evil cable company and insist they fork over zillions for that crap channel). One mentioned the old TechTV and I agreed that it was a perfect example of the direction of cable/DBS television. Comcrap gobbles up TechTV merging it with the completely worthless G4 "TV for Gamers" then fires the TechTV staff and kills the shows (except X-Play). Now when we looked at the listings for G4 yesterday endless and I mean endless hours of crap Ninja shows, Star Trek reruns and paid programming. Out of a 24 hour cycle about 4 hours were dedicated to anything remotely computers and it was X-Play, Cinematech, and Cheaters.
So now not only have TV prices gone up substantially (in my area, about 50% in 5 years), now we just get 150 channels of G4-HDNet type garbage and about 5 channels that are barely worth watching like Sci-Fi and NGC.
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Mike
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join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs:
·Verizon FIOS
 ·Verizon Online DSL
Host:
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W.O.W.
FairPoint
World of Warcraft
Alltel Axcess
| Comcast is insane
Their marketing budget is insane and they're just flat out lying.
Everything in the city (even satellite) is plastered with Comcast HD ads and their 3x as many HD channels claim.
My dad has 11 HD channels now with Comcast. Even if they count free HD-OD he's up to 20. I have... about 65 with DTV.
So.... who wants to fudge with numbers on that one?
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK | reply to SilverSurfer
Re: Was this supposed to be Big News?
Methinks you need to get some glasses (or get your prescription checked) |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·Teliax VOIP
| reply to DotMac4
Re: Not worth it...
said by DotMac4 :So now not only have TV prices gone up substantially (in my area, about 50% in 5 years), now we just get 150 channels of G4-HDNet type garbage and about 5 channels that are barely worth watching like Sci-Fi and NGC. While I agree regarding the general decline in quality programming, I must be incredibly lucky or something. 5 years ago I was paying $100 a month for all the channels and a digital box. Now I'm paying $110 for all the channels, a digital box, an HD-DVR, and two cable cards.
My overall bill has gone up much more, though, but that's only because the cable company is now also my ISP. |
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digiblur
Got Sipura?
Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana
| reply to SilverSurfer
Re: Was this supposed to be Big News?
said by SilverSurfer :HD ain't all that. In fact, I see nothing about it that makes me want to run out and drop $$$$$$$ on either an "HD" television or the $$$$$$$$$ HD cable lineup, which consists of the same ol' shit only brought to the subscriber at a jacked up pricetag. Considering the programming that is found on television today, I'd rather watch TV with rabbit ears and tin foil b/c that's about what it's worth. LOL... I can't stand to watch SD anymore. I enjoy my HD from my rabbit ears though! Gotta love OTA!
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digiblur
Got Sipura?
Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana
| reply to joako
Re: Fairfax?
said by joako :Cox also zooms and crops Discovery HD. No, they don't. Discovery does this. Cox sends what they get.
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cableguy619
join:2003-06-24
Chula Vista, CA
| reply to Mike
Re: Comcast is insane
said by Mike :Their marketing budget is insane and they're just flat out lying. Everything in the city (even satellite) is plastered with Comcast HD ads and their 3x as many HD channels claim. My dad has 11 HD channels now with Comcast. Even if they count free HD-OD he's up to 20. I have... about 65 with DTV. So.... who wants to fudge with numbers on that one? LOL have of DTVS HD is a east coast west coast.. Dual channels dont freaking count that is just a freaking ploy to even count those. |
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Greg_Z
Premium
join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL | reply to SilverSurfer
Re: Was this supposed to be Big News?
Hmmn, Dancing with Stars on ABC, Fox Football on Sundays, Sunday Football on CBS, Pretty much any sports game, Primetime (Especially CSI & Bionic Woman), the list goes on.
Like they say, once you go HD, you never go back. |
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robertfl
Premium
join:2005-10-10
Mary Esther, FL | reply to cableguy619
Re: Comcast is insane
TV in itself is getting annoying. Nothing but bugs and ads on the screen. Sometimes I wonder why bother.
-Rob |
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thecybernerd
Premium
join:2007-01-05
Great Falls, VA
|  Channels are NOT LIVE yet...
I went to tune to these new channels and they are not being broadvast yet... So i called tech support and it took the lady 20 minutes just to figure out that there were new hd channels in the line up. They are sending a tech out on wenesday....The funny thing is that my friends who live close by also dont get the channels yet. I am in the northern virginia cox cable system...???????? |
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Bio Lizard
join:2004-04-15
Norfolk, VA | reply to ajwees41
Re: Was this supposed to be Big News?
Every area has different HD channels. The point is that the NoVA area has the most. |
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