[mythtv-users] Comcast rendering my HDHR useless

[Larry K]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Johnny Russ <jruss at mit.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Brad DerManouelian <
> myth at dermanouelian.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Johnny Russ wrote:
>>
>> > Nahh, I understand your point but you're unfortunately incorrect on
>> > this one.....the electric company doesn't care at all how long I take
>> > to burn 3kWh. Whether I burn it in one day or ten they charge me the
>> > same amount. That's how they charge. They bill me at the end of the
>> > month, so *they* put a time frame on it for the sake of billing
>> > purposes but they don't care a bit how fast I burn the actual power.
>> >
>> > However, the discussion was about whether one machine is more
>> > efficient than another, not about how the power company measures
>> > your bill.
>>
>> Actually, the conversation was about using an HD HomeRun with Comcast.
>>
>
> Very good point.
>
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Is there anything we can do?  I tried calling Comcast, but the morons who
answer the phone have no idea what I am talking about.  Are we in such a
minority that it doesn't matter that we want our QAM?    I wonder if FiOS
has better QAM support?  I could dump Comcast for FiOS.

As of Feb 2009, I heard that Cox Cable (Fairfax, VA) is gonna continue
analog service to its customers "as a courrtesy."  Does anyone know if
Comcast is planning something similar?  Having crappy analog SD is better
than nothing, especially since I have 2 analog tuners in addition to the
HDHR.
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