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In Reply to: Digital vs Analog Cable... Not real impressed. posted by AbeCollins on August 03, 2003 at 09:59:17:
I got digital cable when that HBO Special Band of Brothers was on.. Thay had a nice promo..Comcast would NOT give me a digital cable box with a s-video out.
I was not impressed, so I cancelled it right after the miniseries was over.
As far as I am concerned digital cable is a joke. The only problem being that my cable company is the only place to see my hockey team. AND digital cable is the only way that I will be able to get those games in High Def (when I get a HDTV).
Sometimes you get the elevater,
Sometimes you get..... the SHAFT!Good Luck,
Charlie
Follow Ups:
The Motorola set top box that I got from Comcast for digital cable does include an S-Video out as well as a coaxial and optical out for audio (Dolby 5.1 on some channels).Unfortunately, picture quality via the S-Video out is still the same as what I had with plain ole analog cable that required no box at all. The slightly fuzzy channels are still as fuzzy. The ONLY place I see significant improvement is in a handful of 'premium' channels which I plan to drop anyway after the promo period. Frankly, I was expecting "S-Video Quality" on all my channels.... no such luck so I'm not impressed. I might hang around with Comcast cable just to try out their HDTV offerings hopefully later this month. Otherwies, I see myself with a satellite setup by year's end.
Just to be fair, I've been very pleased with the level of reliability and speed I get from Comcast cable internet access.
I was going to upgrade my Comcast analog to Comcast digital, but based on your comments and others, I'm doubting that it is worthwhile. Are you reasonably certain that satellite will be a higher quality picture? If so, why?Do you think there was no improvement to most of your analog channels because their source material is not of high enough quality, but the premium channels' source material IS of higher quality?
Do you think the digital cable box is essentially a de-scrambler for the premium channels? Or is it actually receiving the channels digitally?
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