Re: Cable Firms Raise Set-Top Box Rates

Jul 07, 2007 0 Replies


That reminds me: does having a digital cable box mean that I'll be


> able to receive _all_ the digital channels on my analog TV, or are > there exceptions?

With a provider-supplied cable box you should be able to receive all digital channels and interactive services (e.g. video-on-demand).


With Comcast, if you have a customer-supplied cable box and a cable card, I think you can get all digital channels, but none of the interactive services.


Barry Margolin, snipped-for-privacy@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA


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