ztmike
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Premium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN
 ·Comcast
| CC=Joke
Basically, Comcast is cramming to much data (hd) when their system can't handle it..all to compete with Directv.
To say they have "more" hd channels...Comcast is seriously a joke.
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SlickEnW
Premium
join:2003-01-21
Seattle, WA
clubs:
·Comcast
| Of course
Of course crapcast will try to BS its way out of what is wrong. Same "technical reasoning" (read:excuse) for overloading nodes with users and then going on a trip fest when said users try to utilize their connection.
Silly Crapcast, n00bs aren't for large scale implementation of services that you have the audacity to charge us for  |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to ztmike
Re: CC=Joke
I'd demand a refund... or take my service elsewhere/
Comcast's TV service isn't known for being cheap/inexpensive.
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
 ·Embarq
| Of course
it blows. Did we expect real HDTV through their crammed full silver-goo coax?
I don't sub to their HD service, but I get a few HD channels on the dot channels using my HDTV's tuner. They look better than the normal fare (basic cable - no box), but nowhere near as good as OTA HD channels (not even close) or my neighbor's HD SatTV.
They'll cram even more junk down their little pipes until you're looking at digital blocks of garbage and tell you it's gold. Sorta like the old "piss on your boots and tell you it's raining" thing, only at over a C note a month. hahahahah!!! Gotta love these guys cutting their own throats.
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs: 
| Hmm...
I'm watching Comcast HD right now and it looks awesome.
Actually..one of the best HD pictures I've ever seen.
And, scanning through my whole lineup the rest look great as well.
I guess the Satellite salesmen are resorting to anything these days to try to sell their 2nd rate service.
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PolarBear
The bear formerly known as aaron8301
Premium
join:2005-01-03 | Benefit of the Doubt
At least they're admitting it, which is quite surprising. Usually they'd minimize it or blame it on the customer's TV or lack of Monster Cables. |
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majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY | couldnt they do sdv and remove analog channels?
Couldnt they move to sdv and remove some analog channels insead of compressing the hd signals? |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
clubs: | reply to Titus Pullo
Re: Of course
so far there is no evidence of recompressing OTA channels, so if you are seeing a difference that's just a placebo effect. |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
clubs: | reply to majortom1029
Re: couldnt they do sdv and remove analog channels?
analog is still a huge portion of cables business, they don't want to lose those customers. |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
clubs: | reply to Rick
Re: Hmm...
man you are one piece of work...  |
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ebubman
join:2002-01-17
Enola, PA
·Comcast
 ·Vonage
| comcast response on hd ?s
here's how it usually reads if/when bothersome consumers try to ask questions of comcast:
consumer: "what's up with the hd quality?:
comcast: "shut up. take what we give you and like it"
in one way or another, we've all been on the catching end of such a dialog with team roberts. go figure. |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to Rick
Re: Hmm...
My Comcast HD service has been problematic from go.
I remember watching the Mets Vs. Phillies game on Comcast SportsNet at the end of last year's season. The dropped frames and pixelization drove me INSANE.
Compared to my buddy's Fios TV, my Comcast service is definitely second rate. I'm patiently waiting for Verizon. Supposed to have it by the end of June.
Sure, Comcast's light beams might technically pass more homes, at least according to their commercial, but when those light beams actually come to my doorstep. Well, the result is more gooder...
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mmainprize
join:2001-12-06
Houghton Lake, MI
| HD not form cable or Sat just OTA
Well it is true that the only HD you will ever get that is true HD if from OTA broadcasts.
Both cable and Sat system still compress there signals. Granted cable has to compress it more, as they have less bandwidth at this time. The sat company's have had to put up new sat's just to handle the HD bandwidth to avoid the over compression. Still even with sat i see over compression on regular channels. Nothing makes me mad-er then paying for a PPV movie and then seeing it all blockey and over compressed so if i record it , while let me just say i should of not ordered the movie just by the DVD. This has it own set of problem now also, what you going to do with those HD DVD's now.
I think the Government need to make some laws, to stop this practice. That is if we are going to have to pay extra for HD signals and equipment then they should have to deliver the HD signal in full uncompressed format. If that means that cable company's need to upgrade to fiber networks so be it. |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| reply to plat2on1
Re: Hmm...
said by plat2on1  :man you are one piece of work... Thanks. I'd tend to put much more reliance however in my own experience as an actual user of the service rather than some of those above who, by their own admission..don't even have the service but yet who choose to bash it.
Now THAT is what i'd call a real piece of work.
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
clubs:
| said by Rick :said by plat2on1 :man you are one piece of work... Thanks. I'd tend to put much more reliance however in my own experience as an actual user of the service rather than some of those above who, by their own admission..don't even have the service but yet who choose to bash it. Now THAT is what i'd call a real piece of work. evidence be damned! comcast is great! |
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voyager6868
join:2003-01-29
Lynnwood, WA | reply to Rick
Someone owns Comcast stock. |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
clubs: | reply to mmainprize
Re: HD not form cable or Sat just OTA
OTA is true HD? since when? most stations are multicasting 1 or 2 SD channels starving the HD channel of bitrate. |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
clubs:
| reply to plat2on1
Re: Hmm...
said by plat2on1 :said by Rick :said by plat2on1 :man you are one piece of work... Thanks. I'd tend to put much more reliance however in my own experience as an actual user of the service rather than some of those above who, by their own admission..don't even have the service but yet who choose to bash it. Now THAT is what i'd call a real piece of work. evidence be damned! comcast is great! Evidence? I don't need any evidence. I have the service and it works great.
I'm sorry if your experience has been less than satisfactory..but mine hasn't.
I have yet to see a HD picture that looks anything close to what has been presented in these "news" stories.
My HD pictures look great. Awesome in fact.
And so too is my 30,000k HSI speeds.
Sorry if that seems to trouble you. But that's how comcast performs for me.
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sullim4
join:2003-05-18
Redmond, WA
·Verizon FIOS
·Verizon Online DSL
·Comcast
| reply to Rick
What do you want us to do, pat you on the back because Comcast has such a great picture in Waterbury?
We get it - you like love Comcast. You'd find some way to justify continuing to love Comcast if they literally took your first born.
And please explain to me what exactly is second-rate about satellite. The fact that they cooperate with Internet forums on releasing beta software for their boxes containing new features? The fact that they've been continuing to increase picture quality by shifting to MPEG4 compression? The fact that DirecTV has more HD channels than any other major provider? The fact that DirecTV offers remote booking and media share/networking capabilities?
You say rain fade is a problem with satellite? Then perhaps you should talk to the thousands of customers in the Seattle area who went without Comcast's services for a month after the December 2006 windstorm.
If anything, it's Comcast's bogus ads about having "more HD", omitting the word "channels" after those two words, that wreaks of desperation. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Rick
Something tells me a satellite salesman posting made-up crap at AVS would meet the same fate as a spyware vendor talking trash here in the Security forum.
The evidence is there. Maybe you need a new TV to see what a good HD picture looks like.
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