Comcast HDTV???

I have Comcast here in the Washington, DC area, and I have an HDTV as well. I would be very curious to hear about your impressions, should you go the Comcast HDTV route in the end.

Brian

I have Comcast here in the Washington, DC area, and I have an HDTV as well. I would be very curious to hear about your impressions, should you go the Comcast HDTV route in the end.

Brian

When I talked to Comcast here in Flint Michigan the told me they had three HD channels: ABC,HBO and Showtime. They would be adding more down the road. They have a one time $29.95 hook-up fee and five dollars extra a month starting in March if I hook up now. I forgot to ask anything else as that was not enough channels for me.

The Box your getting is the probably the Motorola 5100. Its has component, S and composite video as well as Toslink, Coaxial and analog rca audio. Component cables are needed for high def TV and I would recommend going toslink , as I have , for the audio. I have read other forums where some people had problems going coaxial for audio. As far as the high def picture, last night I watched the superbowl and the Hi def picture was awsome.

Thanks for the input, When I'm up and running, I'll add a comment on percieved picture quality. On local comcast, there is no upcharge for HDTV, just a $18.95 ''Installation'', for dropping off the box. We get ABC, NBC, and PBS, CBS is still being negotiated. Programming, of course, will vary. HBO and Showtime are available in HDTV. The main reason I'm upgrading is that the standard digi cable box by General Instruments is such a piece of junk. Composite video only and RCA audio that isn't very good. We'll see what comes of the new one. One question: Why Toslink? Ground loop issues? I've always had better luck with a nice RCA 75 ohm digi cable.

Thanks again.