Anyone has experience of using SONY's KDF-50WE655 to watch..

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I mean, without using the comcast cable box, connecting cable to TV
and using TV's built-in tuner to watch HDTV channels.

I got many digital channels (HDTV) from FOX, CBS, PBS, ABC, but not
ESPN and NBC.

Anyone know why? Thanks!

I am living in metrowest of Boston area, with Comcast service.

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New HDTV owner wrote:
>
> I mean, without using the comcast cable box, connecting cable to TV
> and using TV's built-in tuner to watch HDTV channels.
>
> I got many digital channels (HDTV) from FOX, CBS, PBS, ABC, but not
> ESPN and NBC.
>
> Anyone know why? Thanks!
>
> I am living in metrowest of Boston area, with Comcast service.


Sorry... previous Bad response from Den Mayer... I must read
first...

New answer: ESPN-HD for Cable usually is an add on extra and
is scrambled until you sign up for ESPN-HD $$$.

NBC-HD could have a contract issue where the
Cable Co and local NBC-HD owner have not come to HD terms...

It seems TW Cable and our local GBay, WI NBC-HD are on again &
off again as to when NBC-HD is on Cable chan 707..

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Using an Outside Antenna into the ATSC Tuner will probably give you HDTV
reproduction if the signal strength. Via the cable source, with it's
compression and other tricks they do with the signals, the set probably will
NOT produce any HD pictures.
"Mapanari" <whosthat@anonmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96C7175E52E1Bmapi@216.168.3.64...
> Dennis Mayer <Polaris1@execpc.com> wrotenews:419277E1.5DA0776A@execpc.com:
>
>>
>>
>> New HDTV owner wrote:
>>>
>>> I mean, without using the comcast cable box, connecting cable to TV
>>> and using TV's built-in tuner to watch HDTV channels.
>>>
>>> I got many digital channels (HDTV) from FOX, CBS, PBS, ABC, but not
>>> ESPN and NBC.
>>>
>>> Anyone know why? Thanks!
>>>
>>> I am living in metrowest of Boston area, with Comcast service.
>>
>>
>> For ESPN-HD.... I believe they have a policy of not
>>
>> offering ESPN-HD to an OTA (Over the Air Antenna) TV-HD Station.
>>
>> For NBC-HD use web site: http://www.antennaweb.org and
>>
>> enter your 5 or 9 Digit Zip Code for the Digital Station
>>
>> location, Direction, & Digital Channel... The Last Column..
>>
>> I'll bet it's in a totally different direction OR is VHF
>>
>> Channel 2 thru 13...
>>
>
> What a crooked spam can site!
>
> They want your home address, name, telephone number and email address
> first.
>
> Right.
>
> Are you a crook and a spammer or just stupid?
>
> mapi

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Mapanari wrote:
>
> Dennis Mayer <Polaris1@execpc.com> wrotenews:419277E1.5DA0776A@execpc.com:
>
> >
> >
> > New HDTV owner wrote:
> >>
> >> I mean, without using the comcast cable box, connecting cable to TV
> >> and using TV's built-in tuner to watch HDTV channels.
> >>
> >> I got many digital channels (HDTV) from FOX, CBS, PBS, ABC, but not
> >> ESPN and NBC.
> >>
> >> Anyone know why? Thanks!
> >>
> >> I am living in metrowest of Boston area, with Comcast service.
> >
> >
> > For ESPN-HD.... I believe they have a policy of not
> >
> > offering ESPN-HD to an OTA (Over the Air Antenna) TV-HD Station.
> >
> > For NBC-HD use web site: http://www.antennaweb.org and
> >
> > enter your 5 or 9 Digit Zip Code for the Digital Station
> >
> > location, Direction, & Digital Channel... The Last Column..
> >
> > I'll bet it's in a totally different direction OR is VHF
> >
> > Channel 2 thru 13...
> >
>
> What a crooked spam can site!
>
> They want your home address, name, telephone number and email address
> first.
>
> Right.

Mapi:

Absolutely not........ Only ZIP code required...

This is a very valuable HDTV web site that gives both Analog & Digital

TV Tower station information for those using OTA antenna setups.

OTA local Digital/HD TV is free. Do you want to consider FREE

HDTV in your area? Knowing the digital/HDTV channel numbers and

availability is worthwhile.. Knowing distance/miles &

direction/angle to Towers is valuable too. A 9 digit Zip Code

gives you very accurate info... A 5 Digit Zip code works too.




>
> Are you a crook and a spammer or just stupid?

I've studied HDTV for two full years now... and I have

helped a lot of HD newbies move up the learning curve...

PLease Try http://www.antennaweb.org & enter your ZIP Code only.

>
> mapi

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On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 07:17:26 -0000 Mapanari <whosthat@anonmail.com> wrote:
| Dennis Mayer <Polaris1@execpc.com> wrotenews:419277E1.5DA0776A@execpc.com:
|
|>
|>
|> New HDTV owner wrote:
|>>
|>> I mean, without using the comcast cable box, connecting cable to TV
|>> and using TV's built-in tuner to watch HDTV channels.
|>>
|>> I got many digital channels (HDTV) from FOX, CBS, PBS, ABC, but not
|>> ESPN and NBC.
|>>
|>> Anyone know why? Thanks!
|>>
|>> I am living in metrowest of Boston area, with Comcast service.
|>
|>
|> For ESPN-HD.... I believe they have a policy of not
|>
|> offering ESPN-HD to an OTA (Over the Air Antenna) TV-HD Station.
|>
|> For NBC-HD use web site: http://www.antennaweb.org and
|>
|> enter your 5 or 9 Digit Zip Code for the Digital Station
|>
|> location, Direction, & Digital Channel... The Last Column..
|>
|> I'll bet it's in a totally different direction OR is VHF
|>
|> Channel 2 thru 13...
|>
|
| What a crooked spam can site!
|
| They want your home address, name, telephone number and email address
| first.
|
| Right.
|
| Are you a crook and a spammer or just stupid?

They can do a general lookup with just the zip code alone. However, I have
found their database is rather lacking in my location. I think they are
just listing stations in the same DMA rather than figuring from the center
of the zip code to individual stations.

In theory they could refine the reception analysis with your street level
address. I don't see at all how the email address would help (especially
as lots of people have AOL, Bigfoot, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo, etc).

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