Meridian HDTV

[Fly Navy]

I'm posting this here, vice the private forum as many of you may not be part of the private forum.

Comcast Cable in Meridian now has HDTV available. It's only a few channels as of right now, but it has been activated. I just called them today to turn the signal on for me (already had the HD/DVR box). Good stuff!

 

[Gatordev]

I know you're talking Meridian, but I'm sure it's about the same service as Mediacom here, ie, crappy. I lost my free pay-channels after six months (didn't really watch them anyway) except for Showtime. Including the SHO HD channel, I have a whopping 3 HD channels. They don't even give you Discovery HD for free. And 24 is about to start again! It's appalling. Guess it's off to bitTorrent for me...

My house came w/ a big DishTV dish, and I'm seriously thinking of switching over, despite it being more expensive. Having true digital channels, even for the regular basic channels would be nice, as well. Sorry for the threadjack, FLy, but wondering if anyone has Dish in either area and what they think?

 

[Fly Navy]

I know you're talking Meridian, but I'm sure it's about the same service as Mediacom here, ie, crappy.

Oh yeah, I hate Comcast with a passion.

 

[Brett327]

Oh yeah, I hate Comcast with a passion.

I've been a DTV user for ~8 years and I love it. While I don't have an HDTV, I know that DTV offers quite a few HDTV channels and you can get the associated Tivo gear as well. The nice thing about the dish is that you can take it with you when you move and not worry about the hassle of having the cable folks do any kind of installation. Anyone with minimal skilz can aim a satellite dish. They also offer high speed internet if you happen to live out in the boonies and can't get DSL or Cable.

Brett

 

[KBayDog]

Meridian: From rabbit ears to HDTV in one easy step.

Great - HDTV. Is that available for 13" B&W units atop stacked milk crates? And, if not, can Walmart keep HDTV-type units in stock? And, if so, can the average Meridian-ite afford the service?

 

[webmaster]

I hate you all.....

All I have is AFN "This city was the capital of...." blah!!!

 

[mkoch]

I can't even afford a TV. Not just the service, the actual TV....

Yay for college. Ramen anyone?

 

[Gatordev]

I hate you all.....

All I have is AFN "This city was the capital of...." blah!!!

<Shudder>. At least you're you're in one of the bizarro timezones, so you can figure out when a 2 year old episode of Everyone Loves Raymond is on.

 

[KBayDog]

^Does AFN play two year old episodes of King of Queens? If so, I'm soooo there

 

[Gatordev]

They did two years ago.

 

[gaijin6423]

I have direct TV here in Pace, and it's not too bad. Better than Dish Network, that's for sure. WX hardly ever impacts our new dish like the old one, and even without the HD receiver in my room, the quality is still pretty good. With dish network, it was like trying to get a flight out in primary: Slightest hint of bad weather, and no joy. Plus, we've got NFL sunday ticket, and that just rocks.

 

[Gatordev]

What size DishTV dish did you have? I've heard the bigger, two tuner ones are better, which is what is on my house. It's funny, I heard the exact opposite from what you're saying from someone. Guess it's pretty hit and miss.

 

[fc2spyguy]

I hate you all.....

All I have is AFN "This city was the capital of...." blah!!!

[threadjack]Staying in Hotel New Yokosuka when I was there afforded me two engilsh speaking channels. CNN international was great during the Bush/Gore election......

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[webmaster]

[threadjack]Staying in Hotel New Yokosuka when I was there afforded me two engilsh speaking channels. CNN international was great during the Bush/Gore election......

[/threadjack]

Well, at least you didn't say Hotel Goddess....

 

[Rainman]

DirecTV was always leading the way in HD programming until Dish bought out the HD only sat company VOOM. Today, technically Dish (w/ HD and VOOM pkg) has more HD channels, but Direct has ESPN2HD and Universal HD plus over 100 NFL games per year in HD if you elect to purchase Sunday Tick.

Note both companies give you Discovery, ESPN, HDnet, HDnet Movies, HBO, Showtime, and various PPV.

Bowl season was incredible in HD. Can't wait for more cable networks to make the switch.