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[VPhys]

Now that G4TechTV is utter crap, I'm wondering why I am keeping digital cable at all. With an HDTV the channels don't look any better, and I'll still get ESPN if I switch back to basic.

 

[DMczaf]

NBATV

Hardwood Classics > All

 

[karasu]

7 HBo's 4 stations of Cinemax & Starz, IFC, Sundance, and On demand programming??

 

[VPhys]

NBATV sounds good but between ESPN, Fox Sports, and TNT I get pretty much every game I have time to watch anyways.

 

[RedDwarf]

Catching The Office when it's shown on BBC America's a nice treat. On Demand's my main reason to have digital cable. It's good stuff.

 

[Shazapp]

VH1 Classic used to be, but now it's on my basic cable. Yay.

Um, that's all I can think of.

 

[nitewulf]

is regular cable any cheaper? around my place all the services have comparable pricing, and digital cable has the best visual quality and stability (ie, if a little wind blows the signal still stays intact, unlike satellite).

 

[fennec fox]

The Game Show Network!

Brett Somers!

Charles Nelson Reilly!

Fannie Flagg!

Betty White! Pre-Golden Girls! What a cutie!

 

[Spiritreaver]

Until Sundance, IFC, and Starz completely drop in quality, I've got a reason to stick with digital cable, though I'm about ready to drop a lot movie channel packages.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Get DirecTV

It's ON!

 

[element]

OnDemand rules!

 

[Jim Bowie]

Dude, Nickeolodean GAS. Old Nick gameshows 24/7. I'm watching me some Nick Arcade this evening.

Won't you join me?

 

[The Shadow]

is regular cable any cheaper? around my place all the services have comparable pricing, and digital cable has the best visual quality and stability (ie, if a little wind blows the signal still stays intact, unlike satellite).

Is that for real or are you just repeating what the commercials say? I figured they were over exaggerating the problem because it was a commercial for cable.

 

[Cloudy]

NBA League Pass

 

[Marty Chinn]

Its not real at all. Wind will not disrupt your signal unless you have maybe like a tornado that hits it or something like that. But if that happens, you have bigger issues if you're still watching TV then. Digital Cable is the biggest fraud around. I had to get it last year because Satellite wasn't an option and I was shocked that only a handful of channels were actually digital. A majority were analog. That's such crap compared to satellite having all channels in digital.

 

[Silkworm]

The main reason I have digital cable is for the ESPN Gameplan and Full Court Or course you can do the same with satellite TV

 

[The Shadow]

Ah....that's good to know. I'm moving next month and at the new place, I'm thinking about switching to Satellite.

 

[Marty Chinn]

Ah....that's good to know. I'm moving next month and at the new place, I'm thinking about switching to Satellite.

Get it with DirecTivo, and you'll wonder how you ever dealt without it. You can get DirecTivo boxes for $20 to $50 easily.

 

[isamu]

Hmm....

 

[Cooper]

With an HDTV the channels don't look any better, and I'll still get ESPN if I switch back to basic.

Why would you expect standard def channels to look better? Have you tried the cable company's HD package? I watch ESPN HD quite frequently.

 

[Phoenix]

is regular cable any cheaper? around my place all the services have comparable pricing, and digital cable has the best visual quality and stability (ie, if a little wind blows the signal still stays intact, unlike satellite).

Funny thing about that. Cable companies use satellite farms too and in particularly bad weather certain channels in the network will experience problems accordingly.

 

[Phoenix]

Is that for real or are you just repeating what the commercials say? I figured they were over exaggerating the problem because it was a commercial for cable.

Gross overestimation. When I lived in MD and VA I swore by DishNetwork satellite and unless there was a blizzard outside our signal was fine. To have something like wind mess with the signal you'd have to have a crappy poorly installed system to start off with (i.e. self installed )