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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CCLA
join:2002-06-17
Baton Rouge, LA
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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. 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
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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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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| reply to BIGMIKE
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
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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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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!" |
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RadioDoc
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Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
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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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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
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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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jbjetta
Premium
join:2004-07-23
Laurel, MD
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said by pnh102 :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. Hey, I am actually very happy about unwatchable TV. Thanks to it I watch no more then an hour a day off my TiVO and I am saving a large chunk of money because I droped to the base level DTV package since even Speed channel is not worth having anymore. |
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thender2
Glamour Profession
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join:2004-05-16
Staten Island, NY | reply to BIGMIKE
and people's speaking nowadays is even wors.e
24, Prison Break, Heroes, south park, House, Boston Legal - TV is just getting started. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to pnh102
I agree |
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sitrix
join:2002-04-15
Tacoma, WA
| reply to jbjetta
Yea, Speed channel went down hill that's for sure... I no longer watch it and enjoy Discovery instead...
As for news, it's faster to get it off the web then sit through an hour of useless stories, just scan through headlines and pick the right one to read. Talk about all the time I save each day! |
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dmeyer
join:2002-08-14
Austin, TX
| reply to fiberguy
On the upside, no longer would the cable companies have to disconnect a home from the tap when a user cancels their service. All they do is return the box, format it, and reissue the box to the next new customer. Theft of cable also becomes a lot harder with all-digital/secure cable. |
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ISurfTooMuch
join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL
| reply to RadioDoc
Agreed 100%. In my case, however, the cable companies should know that the only thing keeping me subscribed to expanded basic is that I get several channels I want. Take those away, and I won't go digital; I'll simply either drop my subscription to the lowest basic tier or unsubscribe entirely. I have plenty of things to keep me occupied: DVD's, my Wii, my computer, XM radio, and the great outdoors. If I lose the cable, I can find something else to fill the void.
Hmm, now that's got me thinking... |
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