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Posted by on December 31, 2005, 2:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options I am still using Comcast analog cable and I just bought an HDTV-ready large screen TV. If I were to buy a Comcast-compatible Motorola DCT5100/1000 cable box from EBay, and install it myself without having to call Comcast, will the HDTV work? In other words, is the HDTV signal already in the coax cable feeding analog signals to my home, and all I need is something to decode the signal? The reason I don't want to call Comcast is because they insist on a hefty installation fee and have a long waitlisted installation schedule. This is on top of a monthly rental for the HDTV box itself which runs till infinity. Thanks for any help. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Quaoar on December 31, 2005, 4:16 pm
Please log in for more thread options franzen_torres@yahoo.com wrote: You should be able to go to your local ComCast "store" and pick up the box for the rental fee and install it yourself. HDTV is free (AFIK) with the box rental. You will likely have to call customer service to have them activate the box and that can take 15-20 minutes. Q | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Tom Stiller on December 31, 2005, 11:39 pm
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franzen_torres@yahoo.com wrote: > I am still using Comcast analog cable and I just bought an HDTV-ready
> large screen TV. If I were to buy a Comcast-compatible Motorola > DCT5100/1000 cable box from EBay, and install it myself without having > to call Comcast, will the HDTV work? In other words, is the HDTV signal > already in the coax cable feeding analog signals to my home, and all I > need is something to decode the signal? The reason I don't want to call > Comcast is because they insist on a hefty installation fee and have a > long waitlisted installation schedule. This is on top of a monthly > rental for the HDTV box itself which runs till infinity. Thanks for any > help. Why not let your new TV autotune to discover what's available on the cable. You may find that you don't need the HDTV box. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by L Alpert on January 1, 2006, 9:03 am
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Tom Stiller wrote: > franzen_torres@yahoo.com wrote:
> >> I am still using Comcast analog cable and I just bought an HDTV-ready
>> large screen TV. If I were to buy a Comcast-compatible Motorola >> DCT5100/1000 cable box from EBay, and install it myself without >> having to call Comcast, will the HDTV work? In other words, is the >> HDTV signal already in the coax cable feeding analog signals to my >> home, and all I need is something to decode the signal? The reason I >> don't want to call Comcast is because they insist on a hefty >> installation fee and have a long waitlisted installation schedule. >> This is on top of a monthly rental for the HDTV box itself which >> runs till infinity. Thanks for any help. >
> Why not let your new TV autotune to discover what's available on the > cable. You may find that you don't need the HDTV box. As long as his tuner is also QAM compatible, this will work. Mitsubishi tuners are QAM compatible. Not sure of the others.... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Quaoar on January 1, 2006, 11:17 am
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L Alpert wrote: > Tom Stiller wrote:
>> franzen_torres@yahoo.com wrote:
>> >>> I am still using Comcast analog cable and I just bought an
>>> HDTV-ready large screen TV. If I were to buy a Comcast-compatible >>> Motorola DCT5100/1000 cable box from EBay, and install it myself >>> without having to call Comcast, will the HDTV work? In other words, >>> is the HDTV signal already in the coax cable feeding analog signals >>> to my home, and all I need is something to decode the signal? The >>> reason I don't want to call Comcast is because they insist on a >>> hefty installation fee and have a long waitlisted installation >>> schedule. This is on top of a monthly rental for the HDTV box >>> itself which runs till infinity. Thanks for any help. >>
>> Why not let your new TV autotune to discover what's available on the >> cable. You may find that you don't need the HDTV box. >
> As long as his tuner is also QAM compatible, this will work. > Mitsubishi tuners are QAM compatible. Not sure of the others.... He will likely have to call customer service in any event to have the HDTV authorization added to the account before anything HDTV will work. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> large screen TV. If I were to buy a Comcast-compatible Motorola
> DCT5100/1000 cable box from EBay, and install it myself without having
> to call Comcast, will the HDTV work? In other words, is the HDTV
> signal already in the coax cable feeding analog signals to my home,
> and all I need is something to decode the signal? The reason I don't
> want to call Comcast is because they insist on a hefty installation
> fee and have a long waitlisted installation schedule. This is on top
> of a monthly rental for the HDTV box itself which runs till infinity.
> Thanks for any help.