Re: Comcast HD service


<jes.t.er@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:za6dnZCd2rI9DEDbnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry for the OT post, but Comcast's website is pretty uninformative,
I believe the person I talked to on the phone was wrong, and I know
a lotta you folks have local Comcast HD service.

I'm getting a HD delivered to me on Friday. I called COmcast to see
what I would need in terms of my service plan to get HDTV. I currently
have a SD DVR. The woman claimed I needed to do nothing at all, just
plug in my HDTV and I'm good to go. The thing is, my DVR looks nothing
like the HD-DVRs I've seen in the past, and I'm pretty sure I don't spend
as much as other folks w/ HD-DVRs per month.

Do you have the component outputs in the back of the DVR?

Are you able to get the HD channels in the 800 tier of channels? I have two HD DVR boxes, one hooked up to my SD 27 inch Toshiba, and I use those HD channels all the time. I get much improved quality even with my standard TV.

If you said no to either of those questions, it's not an HD DVR. If Comcast THINKS it is, they may be (over)charging you for one and gave you the wrong box.

BTW...Comcast should supply you with the cables if you need them...you needn't buy them...unless you think the improved quality will be worth buying the high priced cables. I notice my (Comcast) set does not have an HDMI connection, which is reputed to be the best.

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