baineschile
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join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI
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| reply to OptimusADL
Good news, bad news
Good news:
Tons more HD and HD content, DOCSIS 3.0 deployment, ability to add more digital and ethnic channels
BAD NEWS:
The days of not needing equipment to get TV are over. I heard a rumour that Comcast and Panasonic are teaming up to have TVs with built in digital tuners (not QAM or NTSC) that can go up and down |
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neufuse
join:2006-12-06
Indiana, PA
·Comcast
| they already have those tv's they are called Tru2Way and they use QAM tuners and cablecards still.... they just program the box code into the tv so you dont need a box for the GUI and VOD you can buy one right now, but only a few compcast markets have Tru2Way enabled right now |
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jmn1207
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join:2000-07-19
Reston, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to baineschile
The best news for me is that I will be able to use my Moxi HD DVR with a CableCard as Comcast has no plans to go the SDV route, which this DVR cannot do at this time. Now, if I change service from FiOS back to Comcast, I can still use my own DVR, at least for the foreseeable future. |
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mustang46
join:2005-05-06
Roseville, MI | reply to baineschile
I got a letter last month saying my area is going all (mostly all) digital in June. I wonder how long after that we'll see more HD and have docsis 3.0.
I hope it's soon, but I've been told don't expect anything till years end or later. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
| reply to neufuse
said by neufuse  :they already have those tv's they are called Tru2Way and they use QAM tuners and cablecards still.... they just program the box code into the tv so you dont need a box for the GUI and VOD you can buy one right now, but only a few compcast markets have Tru2Way enabled right now Chicago and Denver are the only two markets I've heard of so far. While 100% of Comcast's and four other companies' digital cable systems are supposed be "Tru2Way ready" (whatever that means) by July from what I've heard consumers shouldn't expect much until next year. |
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djdanska
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join:2001-04-21
Glen Ellyn, IL
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| reply to mustang46
said by mustang46 :I got a letter last month saying my area is going all (mostly all) digital in June. I wonder how long after that we'll see more HD and have docsis 3.0. I hope it's soon, but I've been told don't expect anything till years end or later. The city of chicago was converted to all digital a year or so ago and it took ages for them to get more channels. On the other hand, one of chicago's other cable companies, rcn, did it differently. They converted ALL channels to digital. (Even 2-20, unlike comcast) and when they made the switch, the same night you got TONS of new HD channels! Not weeks or months later. Did it area by area. Not the entire city at one time. |
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TechnoScott
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join:2003-03-25
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| reply to Sammer
Comcast Oregon Market was the first market in the country to roll out the Cav project. Oregon deployed MANY DTA devices to give customers TV service while freeing up MANY channels. Comcast Oregon Market has also deployed DOCSIS 3.0 as well as a huge assortment of HDTV channels.
The nice thing, IMO, is that there is still room for more improvement. The cable network just keeps scaling and scaling. |
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