Cable companies are shooting themselves in the foot. The consumers who want the expensive programming in HD are moving to DirecTV or Dish. Why they are moving at snail's pace to get more HD Channels and programming is beyond me. Maybe SDV is having more problems than first anticipated. It seems they are at least one full year or more behind the Satellite companies.
I have Comcast with DVR boxes, premium channels, and several movie channel packages. And I can't wait until fiber opens up. The number of HD channels that Comcast offers is fine, the real problem for me is that the quality of those challenges is horrible, with a decent amount of the content still running in 4:3 (which is understandable that Star Trek was never produced for HD) but upscale with many defects. Even my TVs (Sony Bravias and two Samsungs) upscale with better quality. Back to the boxes, they are slow and the remotes are a pain, but are hard to replace with universal remotes unless you buy the $250 harmony model. It’s truly disappointing.
“That iconic Klipsch sound is here in full force, with crisp highs, delicate mids (which can easily have a bit more meat added with an EQ tweak) and tight, booming bass.”
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Cable companies are shooting themselves in the foot. The consumers who want the expensive programming in HD are moving to DirecTV or Dish. Why they are moving at snail's pace to get more HD Channels and programming is beyond me. Maybe SDV is having more problems than first anticipated. It seems they are at least one full year or more behind the Satellite companies.
I have Comcast with DVR boxes, premium channels, and several movie channel packages. And I can't wait until fiber opens up. The number of HD channels that Comcast offers is fine, the real problem for me is that the quality of those challenges is horrible, with a decent amount of the content still running in 4:3 (which is understandable that Star Trek was never produced for HD) but upscale with many defects. Even my TVs (Sony Bravias and two Samsungs) upscale with better quality. Back to the boxes, they are slow and the remotes are a pain, but are hard to replace with universal remotes unless you buy the $250 harmony model. It’s truly disappointing.