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evilotto

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reply to fiberguy

Re: Absolutely

said by fiberguy:

They DO rent an HD converter, but that fee is for the equipment itself. Considering you'd need to purchase a box on your own for a few hundred, the $5 rental fee isn't too bad.
I don't know what Comcrap's prices are in your area, but where I live the HD equipment fee is $6 for digital customers and $10 for non-digital customers PLUS the fee for the SD box. They waive the fee for the first box, so if you had 3 HDTVs it would be $6 + $12.95 + $12.95 = $31.90 for digital customers and $10 + $16.95 + $16.95 = $43.90 for non-digital customers. $382.80/$526.80 per year is not exactly good IMO.

fiberguy
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ComCAST's price in my area are about the same.. and I still find it a good deal. I'd go out and price an HD box on your own, to purchase, and see how much the trade off is. (Hint: The cost of an HD box, to an MSO that buys them by the truck load, is about $500 or more, each)

Also, consider the fact that they do break, the hassle of having to have them serviced, be with out, and when new technology comes out, you'd have to buy new ones.. again, the rental isn't that bad.

For the record, I have 6 televisions in the house and they are all HD. I know it costs, but, we're still in the early adopting stage. Most homes still only have just one HDTV in the house, and few have more than one.

Value, I suppose, if going to depend on WHO is the one asking that question.


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