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• Digital Out for sound - sam82264 06:17:40 04/10/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Digital Cable posted by sam82264 on April 07, 2002 at 21:23:19:

  I also heard there was a digital out audio connection on these new digital cable boxes. Would i be able to get 5.1 sound on any broadcasts or is this a scam as well.
  
  

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• I also have Adelphia, in Virginia and just switched out... - Paul in Sterling 18:00:51 04/09/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Digital Cable posted by sam82264 on April 07, 2002 at 21:23:19:

  my 2nd and 3rd boxes from analog to digital. I have had the first box digital for some time. Digital is better than analog. Better picture, better sound. Neither option is as good ad DVD but still digital is better than analog in my experience...
  
  

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• Re: Digital Cable - I thought the quality of both video and audio was better! - KA 14:38:59 04/09/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Digital Cable posted by sam82264 on April 07, 2002 at 21:23:19:

  Yes, it is worth the switch.
  
  

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• Re: Digital Cable - daleda 13:23:51 04/09/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Digital Cable posted by sam82264 on April 07, 2002 at 21:23:19:

  An outrageous scam (just using the extra bandwidth for more channels)
  not quality! If you are interested in HDTV - use the bird or roof antenna.
  
  

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• Quality vs. Quantity - Lasermeister 07:16:59 04/09/02 (1)
  In Reply to: Digital Cable posted by sam82264 on April 07, 2002 at 21:23:19:

  Digital cable is really an attempt by the cable companies to compete against the satellite services with their multitude of channels. The problem is that the signal suffers from many of the same compression/artifact problems due to too many channels and not enough bits. Unless your analog cable is very poor quality, or you simply must have a kazillion channels, I would avoid it.

  Todd
  
  

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  • Re: Quality vs. Quantity - T. Buns 15:27:22 04/09/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Quality vs. Quantity posted by Lasermeister on April 09, 2002 at 07:16:59:

    I agree. This is a quantity issue not a quality one. Digital cable looks like mid grade MPEG video, high artifact count. The compressed signal also screws up TiVo which re-and uncompresses the signal again. So if a TiVo is on your "might buy" list (and it should be), be warned that they probably won't work together. Over all, unless your analog cable is poor, avoid digital cable.

    -Tim
    
    

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• Re: Digital Cable - Max 23:17:45 04/07/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Digital Cable posted by sam82264 on April 07, 2002 at 21:23:19:

  Typically the digital channels do not duplicate the analog channels.

  
  
  

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