HDTV

Per Michael Black:
He gets high speed internet from the cable company. He has to take cable
tbv along with it. Hence he might as well watch tv, and that's where the
issue of being compatible with the digital signal from the cable company
comes in.

If he relied on over the air, then he'd not need cable, but he'd lose his
internet connection.
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I didn't think of that.

For me, cable and internet are unbundled. I just pay $40 per month
for the internet access.

As a side benefit, every few months a nice young person comes to the
door to call my attention that fact that we are apparently the only
household for many miles that don't have cable and wouldn't we like to
join the 21st century....
--
Pete Cresswell
 
On 07/14/2013 03:29 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Humbled Survivor:
But if I get TV and am paying for it, I'd like to have TV to
watch an occasional show. Do you get what I'm saying?

This might be a long shot, but it might be worth checking into how many
OTA stations you have access to.

We are in a built-up area, have a rooftop antenna and; personally, I
have yet to see a reason to spend money on cable.

There's a little more to it than I'm saying.... but I'd still check what
local OTA stations are available. NB that with digital, rabbit ears
don't do the job (at least around here) and a rooftop antenna is needed.
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He said he buys broadband and the cable is part of the deal.
 
On 07/15/2013 06:25 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Michael Black:
He gets high speed internet from the cable company. He has to take cable
tbv along with it. Hence he might as well watch tv, and that's where the
issue of being compatible with the digital signal from the cable company
comes in.

If he relied on over the air, then he'd not need cable, but he'd lose his
internet connection.

I didn't think of that.

For me, cable and internet are unbundled. I just pay $40 per month
for the internet access.

As a side benefit, every few months a nice young person comes to the
door to call my attention that fact that we are apparently the only
household for many miles that don't have cable and wouldn't we like to
join the 21st century....
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Nobody around you has DiSH or DTV?
 
Per dave:
Nobody around you has DiSH or DTV?
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Audio-visual Luddite that I am, when I think "cable" it includes all of
the above.
--
Pete Cresswell
 
On 07/15/2013 04:29 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per dave:

Nobody around you has DiSH or DTV?

Audio-visual Luddite that I am, when I think "cable" it includes all of
the above.

Unless the cable guy has looked in back yards and such I don't see how
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he'd know.
 
dave har bragt dette til verden:
On 07/15/2013 04:29 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per dave:

Nobody around you has DiSH or DTV?

Audio-visual Luddite that I am, when I think "cable" it includes all of
the above.

Unless the cable guy has looked in back yards and such I don't see how he'd
know.
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Perhaps they have a deal with NSA?
The cable company provides NSA with access to your internet usage, and
NSA gives the cable company surveillance photos to scout for sattelite
dishes?


--
Husk křrelys bagpĺ, hvis din bilfabrikant har taget den idiotiske
beslutning at undlade det.
 
On 7/16/2013 2:12 AM, Leif Neland wrote:
dave har bragt dette til verden:
On 07/15/2013 04:29 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per dave:

Nobody around you has DiSH or DTV?

Audio-visual Luddite that I am, when I think "cable" it includes all of
the above.

Unless the cable guy has looked in back yards and such I don't see how
he'd know.

Perhaps they have a deal with NSA?
The cable company provides NSA with access to your internet usage, and
NSA gives the cable company surveillance photos to scout for sattelite
dishes?


I find all this amusing...
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Didn't anybody else read "1984"?
Big brother IS watching you.
Get over it.
 
On 07/16/2013 04:02 AM, mike wrote:
On 7/16/2013 2:12 AM, Leif Neland wrote:
dave har bragt dette til verden:
On 07/15/2013 04:29 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per dave:

Nobody around you has DiSH or DTV?

Audio-visual Luddite that I am, when I think "cable" it includes all of
the above.

Unless the cable guy has looked in back yards and such I don't see how
he'd know.

Perhaps they have a deal with NSA?
The cable company provides NSA with access to your internet usage, and
NSA gives the cable company surveillance photos to scout for sattelite
dishes?


I find all this amusing...
Didn't anybody else read "1984"?
Big brother IS watching you.
Get over it.
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As in just throw up our arms and say "OK"? Not likely. The people who
don't mind being spied on are traitors and cowards. They have no right
to surrender our Bill of Rights to the Corporation.
 
On 7/16/2013 6:07 AM, dave wrote:
On 07/16/2013 04:02 AM, mike wrote:
On 7/16/2013 2:12 AM, Leif Neland wrote:
dave har bragt dette til verden:
On 07/15/2013 04:29 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per dave:

Nobody around you has DiSH or DTV?

Audio-visual Luddite that I am, when I think "cable" it includes
all of
the above.

Unless the cable guy has looked in back yards and such I don't see how
he'd know.

Perhaps they have a deal with NSA?
The cable company provides NSA with access to your internet usage, and
NSA gives the cable company surveillance photos to scout for sattelite
dishes?


I find all this amusing...
Didn't anybody else read "1984"?
Big brother IS watching you.
Get over it.

As in just throw up our arms and say "OK"? Not likely. The people who
don't mind being spied on are traitors and cowards. They have no right
to surrender our Bill of Rights to the Corporation.
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TRAITORS???
How did you come up with that leap??

People who don't do things that are illegal, immoral, antisocial...
Are not as bothered by it as you are.

Don't like it? Vote for someone who will change it.
Life is not nearly as black-and-white as you seem to wish.
 
On 07/16/2013 06:45 AM, mike wrote:
On 7/16/2013 6:07 AM, dave wrote:

As in just throw up our arms and say "OK"? Not likely. The people who
don't mind being spied on are traitors and cowards. They have no right
to surrender our Bill of Rights to the Corporation.

TRAITORS???
How did you come up with that leap??

People who don't do things that are illegal, immoral, antisocial...
Are not as bothered by it as you are.

Don't like it? Vote for someone who will change it.
Life is not nearly as black-and-white as you seem to wish.
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Voting doesn't work. The candidate that spends the most wins 3 out of 4
times. Legislators are in the back pockets of businesses that sell stuff
to the government. The courts see nothing wrong with this.

This country was built by antisocial little brothers.
 
On 07/13/2013 07:52 PM, Humbled Survivor wrote:
My cable tv company switched the signal to HDTV, so naturally my tube TV
doesn't pick up the signal. All I get is fuzz.

I have found not one converter that switches HDTV back down to analog. All
the ones on the market are for antennas only. They try to dupe you that it
converts a coaxial cable HDTV signal from the cable company to analog, but
none of them do that.

It's like taking an upgrade from the past and downgrading it to the past
again. Nobody is making such junk. Prove me wrong, but I have found
nothing.

The only solution I have in sight is to buy an HD TV for hundreds of
dollars.

I've been checkmated.
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Did you pay your bill?

I don't think they would just shut NTSC off all of the sudden without
sending you an email or snail mail letter which would go something like
this:


Dear Cable T.V. Customer

We wish to inform you that on June 13, 2013, NTSC channels will be
discontinued.

If you are one of the 5 people left in this world that still use an NTSC
television and wish to continue viewing Progressive Car Insurance
Commercials and "How I Met Your Mother" reruns, then you will need to
rent a set top box for an additional fee of $4.95 per month. Remote
controls for are also available for an additional $2.95 per month.

We regret any inconvenience this may of cause you, but shutting down
analog NTSC will be profitable for us in the long run. We're hoping in
the future that the bandwidth now available will allow us to increase
your Internet speed, and charge you more for access. We will be offering
more landlines, which nobody uses anymore and offer even more TV viewing
choices such as On-Demand, where you can watch movies all you want for
24 hours at a cost which is a only a few bucks less that purchasing the
DVD or Blu-Ray and owning it forever. Additionally look for even more
channels which will be on their own tier, adding yet another monthly
charge to your already expensive bill. These channels offer you the
latest in Cell Phone commercials and sports you don't care about and old
reruns of shows you got sick of in 1990.

We thank you for being a loyal cable subscriber and we look forward to
you and your family going without groceries for 2 weeks so we can get
richer than we already are.

Sincerely Yours,

The CableCo.
 
On 07/13/2013 08:33 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

No need to prove you wrong. You've done an adequate job of doing that
yourself.
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Yeah, and you've done an adequate job of proving you are a Jew.
 
Per Phoena:
>Yeah, and you've done an adequate job of proving you are a Jew.

I call that a total non sequitur (or however it's spelled...).
--
Pete Cresswell
 
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