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Katy, TX | No TVs have cablecard support Until TVs are made with cable card support no one will use them.
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| said by r81984:Until TVs are made with cable card support no one will use them. My 2005 DLP set had a cable card slot. I would have neve considered using because I have no desire to watch TV in real time. |
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said by r81984:Until TVs are made with cable card support no one will use them. A friend of mine had a flat screen TV with a Cable Card slot, which he used. Of course, I don't remember the brand and IF they still make them. |
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said by aaronwt:said by r81984:Until TVs are made with cable card support no one will use them. My 2005 DLP set had a cable card slot. I would have neve considered using because I have no desire to watch TV in real time. |
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bob1954
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Hackensack, NJ | reply to aaronwt
Tv manufacturers have been using cable cards in some of there models for almost 4 years... |
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Houston, TX | reply to r81984
My Sony XBR Bravia has a cable card slot. |
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New York, NY | reply to aaronwt
said by aaronwt:said by r81984:Until TVs are made with cable card support no one will use them. My 2005 DLP set had a cable card slot. I would have neve considered using because I have no desire to watch TV in real time. I agree, until cablecards can support PPV and VOD they will continue to be useless to me.
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Mine has CableCard slot/support. DLP LED 57" HDTV.
What I don't know is how much is the card per month versus HDTV STB?
Fios offer this?
Comcast?
Charter?
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It would be nice if those with the cards could post the cost/monthly to make a comparison...
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said by bob1954:Tv manufacturers have been using cable cards in some of there models for almost 4 years... In like less than 1% of HDTVs.
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| said by r81984:said by bob1954:Tv manufacturers have been using cable cards in some of there models for almost 4 years... In like less than 1% of HDTVs. That is because CableCARD was priced as an option (and an expensive one at that) in most HDTVs in the early days; Sony and Toshiba were the odd folks out in offering CableCARD in their *tube* TVs (32" to 36"); most brands put CableCARD in their high-end models (primarily plasma and RPTV, including DLP). I have a Philips 42" plasma from 2005 (42PF7320A/37A; unique to North America and manufactured at NAP Hermosilla, Mexico) with CableCARD and bought it as a closeout; the model that replaced it lacks CableCARD support. Philips is one of the few TV manufacturers with few to no issues with CableCARD (Pioneer and Sony are the others).
The number of TVs with CableCARD support is decreasing, and decreasing rapidly, since 2005; however, I blame not the cable industry, but the CEA. Given a $400+ price difference between two HDTVs (and the only difference is CableCARD support), which would YOU buy? |
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Collegeville, PA | reply to cableties
said by cableties:What I don't know is how much is the card per month versus HDTV STB? Fios offer this? It would be nice if those with the cards could post the cost/monthly to make a comparison... Since you asked nicely...
FiOS:
CableCARD (M-Card) = $3.99/mo
HD STB = $9.99/mo
Bottom line: You can save $6/mo if you can live without VOD, PPV, and FiOS exclusives to their STBs (IMG, Guide, Widgets, etc) for each TV that you use a CableCARD with.
For many who go the route with CableCARDs exclusively (ex. TiVo for every TV) is keep at least one HD STB so they can access VOD and other FiOS TV features that require a STB. |
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said by wifi4milez:said by aaronwt:said by r81984:Until TVs are made with cable card support no one will use them. My 2005 DLP set had a cable card slot. I would have neve considered using because I have no desire to watch TV in real time. I agree, until cablecards can support PPV and VOD they will continue to be useless to me. Cable cards can do PPV and VOD. It the hardware that won't let them do VOD and PPV. The modem is only for incoming no out going
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Port Charlotte, FL | reply to r81984
My 2004/2005 RCA HD56W58 56" projection TV has a cablecard slot in it.
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2 edits | said by Wills:My 2004/2005 RCA HD56W58 56" projection TV has a cablecard slot in it. TVs with cablecards are not easy to find since almost every TV does not have them.
»www.newegg.com/Store/Category.as···evisions
If you search google products this is what you find:
cablecard hdtv has 455 listings
hdtv has 293,278 listings
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3 edits | See what TV's(LCD & Plasma) have cablecard slots here:
»www.google.com/products?q=lcd+|+···oring=pd
And for those under $700
»www.google.com/products?q=lcd+|+···k=prsugg |
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1 edit | Your search only has 269 listings vs 293,278 for hdtv
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1 edit | said by r81984:Your search only has 269 listings vs 293,278 for hdtv 370 for LCD & plasma. Didn't check for projection and other types.
Brands selling TVs with cablecards:
# Hitachi
# JVC
# LG
# Mitsubishi
# Panasonic
* Philips
* Pioneer
* Samsung
* Sharp
* Sony
* Toshiba
The point being you can easily get one if you want one.
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r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
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Katy, TX | What's your point I already posted that there are 455 listings for cablecard hdtvs?
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kudos:5 | said by r81984:What's your point I already posted that there are 455 listings for cablecard hdtvs? Yes, you modified your post after I pointed out the obvious. |
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Katy, TX | My post was modified over a minute before you posted.
You posted after I pointed out the obvious.
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