As Decision Has To Be Made

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I am in a similar situation, except I have 5 DirecTivos in my house. I am
going with just the cable internet, and some day replacing the Tivos with HD
tivos.

Brad Houser

"karmadude" <jsievers@netnitco.net> wrote in message
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>
> Comcast has announced that HD digital cable and High Speed Internet
service
> will be available in my area in a couple of months. Their trucks can be
> seen all over our area now. I moved to the country a year ago after
having
> Comcast Cable Internet for four years and missing it has not been easy
since
> all I can get is 56K dial up (DirecWay did not work for me). I have HD
> service with DirecTV and a Sony SAT-HD300 receiver hooked via DVI into my
> Sony KV-34XBR800 and get stunning results with this setup. However, I
NEED
> Broadband Internet. These are my questions:
>
> 1) Many sources say DirecTV is better than digital cable HD. True or
> false?
>
> 2) Keep DirecTV HD and just buy the Broadband Internet service?
>
> 3) Sell the Sony receiver and get the reduced package pricing of Comcast
> Digital Cable w/ HD and Broadband?
>
> 4) Keep the above (3) and add VOOM as a true HD content provider?
>
> 5) Is the cable equipment up to par with my current Sony receiver which
> upconverts everything to 1080i?
>
> As you can see, this is a decision I do not take lightly and would
> appreciate those that know to help.
>
> Jim
>
>
>

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karmadude wrote:
> I forgot to add I do not have DirecTV local HD programming as i live
> 60 miles from downtown Chicago. This would require a gain antenna of
> some kind. The Comcast people tell me that the local channels will
> be available in HD at a nominal fee.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> "karmadude" <jsievers@netnitco.net> wrote in message
> news:g6SdnZrCRdsxdQrdRVn2sg@netnitco.net...
>>
>> Comcast has announced that HD digital cable and High Speed Internet
>> service will be available in my area in a couple of months. Their
>> trucks can be seen all over our area now. I moved to the country a
>> year ago after having Comcast Cable Internet for four years and
>> missing it has not been easy since all I can get is 56K dial up
>> (DirecWay did not work for me). I have HD service with DirecTV and
>> a Sony SAT-HD300 receiver hooked via DVI into my Sony KV-34XBR800
>> and get stunning results with this setup. However, I NEED Broadband
>> Internet. These are my questions:
>>
>> 1) Many sources say DirecTV is better than digital cable HD. True
>> or false?
>>
>> 2) Keep DirecTV HD and just buy the Broadband Internet service?
>>
>> 3) Sell the Sony receiver and get the reduced package pricing of
>> Comcast Digital Cable w/ HD and Broadband?
>>
>> 4) Keep the above (3) and add VOOM as a true HD content provider?
>>
>> 5) Is the cable equipment up to par with my current Sony receiver
>> which upconverts everything to 1080i?
>>
>> As you can see, this is a decision I do not take lightly and would
>> appreciate those that know to help.
>>
>> Jim

If you want locals in HD, then OTA or cable are your choices. If you
don't care about locals, then just keep DirecTV.

--
David G.

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Thank you, all. For now I will keep the DirecTV setup, get the Comcast
broadband and reevaluate later.

Jim


"Paul Cardoza" <paulcardoza@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 4 May 2004 14:02:09 -0500, "karmadude" <jsievers@netnitco.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >Comcast has announced that HD digital cable and High Speed Internet
service
> >will be available in my area in a couple of months. Their trucks can be
> >seen all over our area now. I moved to the country a year ago after
having
> >Comcast Cable Internet for four years and missing it has not been easy
since
> >all I can get is 56K dial up (DirecWay did not work for me). I have HD
> >service with DirecTV and a Sony SAT-HD300 receiver hooked via DVI into my
> >Sony KV-34XBR800 and get stunning results with this setup. However, I
NEED
> >Broadband Internet. These are my questions:
> >
> >1) Many sources say DirecTV is better than digital cable HD. True or
> >false?
> FALSE
>
> >
> >2) Keep DirecTV HD and just buy the Broadband Internet service?
> If you wish.
>
> >
> >3) Sell the Sony receiver and get the reduced package pricing of Comcast
> >Digital Cable w/ HD and Broadband?
> If you wish. That's what I have and am thrilled!
>
> >
> >4) Keep the above (3) and add VOOM as a true HD content provider?
> Compare the two services and see if having Voom will get you
> additional HD THAT YOU WILL WATCH!
> >
> >5) Is the cable equipment up to par with my current Sony receiver which
> >upconverts everything to 1080i?
> Yes. 1080i
> >
> >As you can see, this is a decision I do not take lightly and would
> >appreciate those that know to help.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >
>