um, could that video be any rougher? yikes.

VCAST has always been a bit clunky and I agree that the novelty wears off quickly and you don't watch much video after the first week. I popped open my phone after reading this and found a few full episodes -- but broken down into segments of wildly varying length. Aside from being stupid, it also makes the VCAST menus even clunkier. Fail.

Agreed. Are there reasonably priced Flash licenses for individuals? $699 is insane.

I read this article when the magazine arrived. I like Jamie (and MythBusters) a lot but I thought the article was boring and poorly written. I also don't think it warrants mentioning on engadget. *shrug*

Several people have noted that contacting Rick Germano, Senior Vice President of Customer Operations, gets a person with a clue to answer your question. After I was unable to get an answer about HD channels in DC (or even for anyone on the phone to admit that HD Theatre != Discovery HD), I used that form on the Comcast site and got a call back the next day. Others have received similarly fast responses from someone who has real information (even if it isn't what you want to hear). You'll find the form by going to www.comcast.com, click on Contact Us, click on "Send an e-mail to Rick" in the box to the right. Just ask a succinct and polite question and I bet they return a polite answer (by phone if you leave your number).

I spoke to someone at Comcast after I "emailed Rick" and was told the city would get these channels in mid-January. Someone else noticed that the lineup for DC ZIP codes has already been updated at www.comcast.com (not tvplanner, though). I'd say a few more weeks' patience will be rewarded! :)

I know it isn't necessarily fair to compare apples to cucumbers (or whatever produce you fancy) but CBS was fined $550,000 for the Janet Jackson booby incident. Seems to me that the FCC is saying one booby is about as bad 10% of a company's cell users not being locatable in an emergency. I don't buy it.

Me me! :)

I promise not to wear it as a belt buckle. But I would love to have a better mobile browser (even if it is slow). I'm tired of the watered down browser on the VZW phones.

Thank goodness they came to their senses. This is clear to anyone who attended any college class in the last five years...why anyone thought high school (or younger) kids would be more responsible with the technology has always befuddled me.