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HDTV and In Ground Cable - Does this work?

I currently have a sat dish, non-eliptical, non-HD. I wanted to go HD and was going to purchase a new dish, receiver, etc, etc, etc. I called the local cable company (Comcast/ATT) and was informed their digital cable will pass HD signals, with thier HD box converter. The person explaining this had to ask someone else several times, and I even called a second time, same response and actions from another person. Question is this:

Can one get HD signals from non sat, non antenna signals?

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Dan
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beavis
272 posts
 
Your should be concerned if cable from "Sat dish" is able to pass HDTV signals.
nar_com
70 posts
 
I just have installed Comcast HD box. They currently run 5 HD channels. The demo HD channel looks great. HBO,SHO, ABC and NBC looks better than regular channels, but quality is less than demo channel generally being on par with average DVD.
Sound quality is not even close to DVD though.
Anyways with current promotions on HBO, Showtime, free installation you will get instead of regular box HD box with component connection to your TV and Digital Audio to processor vs. buying second dish, receiver etc.
Not to mention a cable internet access from the same line. For me the cable is a winner.

However if you want to know what guys who know what they are talking about think, you’d better go to avsforum.com
rufier
16 posts
 
hi- i've been told that comcast(mid jersey) passes hdtv
programing nbc.abc.pbs on their regular cheap cable. 7.00
i've been thinking off getting decoder box myself.comcast
has got a deal if you trade in your sat eqipt. you get
450.00 off your bill.25.00 over 16 mo.not a bad deal.
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porschecab OP
336 posts
 
Well, I did just that!

Went with the digital package, which includes an HD box ($5 per month baked into the price) and a million channels, HBO included. March madness is going to have several games in HD, and all of this for $65, less $25 per month (sat refund) for 16 months!

Sweet!

Thanks
Dan
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