I'm new to Comcast, and specifically HD, so I'm hoping someone in the area can offer some answers to these questions. Please be gentle if I'm covering familiar ground for you ... a search didn't turn up what I'm looking for.

Given that the UFC went HD in February, I set up a party for next week assuming that the UFC would be in HD on Comcast in Seattle. I'm starting to see things suggesting that Comcast doesn't have any HD PPV events in my area. Am I stuck seeing it in SD?

As for HD, I remember setting up my father-in-law's Comcast box and seeing INHD1 and INHD2. This was less than a year ago. I'm not seeing them on my service in the same service area. Did Comcast drop those channels? Do they drop HD channels often? If they're promising a ridonkulous 400 HD channels this year, how the heck is that supposed to happen if they're dropping channels?

I've read threads from people who have much different channel lineups than I do out here. Is Seattle really that far behind? I'd love FoodTV in HD, but it looks like there's only a handful of cities that have it. Is there a place I can go to find out when/if they're adding channels in my service area?

Thanks for your patience. I'm coming from DirecTV, and while it's nice to have HD finally, the surprising lack of content is a bit of a shock.

I'm new to Comcast, and specifically HD, so I'm hoping someone in the area can offer some answers to these questions. Please be gentle if I'm covering familiar ground for you ... a search didn't turn up what I'm looking for.

Given that the UFC went HD in February, I set up a party for next week assuming that the UFC would be in HD on Comcast in Seattle. I'm starting to see things suggesting that Comcast doesn't have any HD PPV events in my area. Am I stuck seeing it in SD?

As for HD, I remember setting up my father-in-law's Comcast box and seeing INHD1 and INHD2. This was less than a year ago. I'm not seeing them on my service in the same service area. Did Comcast drop those channels? Do they drop HD channels often? If they're promising a ridonkulous 400 HD channels this year, how the heck is that supposed to happen if they're dropping channels?

I've read threads from people who have much different channel lineups than I do out here. Is Seattle really that far behind? I'd love FoodTV in HD, but it looks like there's only a handful of cities that have it. Is there a place I can go to find out when/if they're adding channels in my service area?

Thanks for your patience. I'm coming from DirecTV, and while it's nice to have HD finally, the surprising lack of content is a bit of a shock.
Cable is kind of in a transition phase. Some systems have the bandwidth to add new channels, some need to remove analog channels and turn them to digital only to make room.

As for INHD and INHD2. IN Demand merged the two channels a few months back and then renamed it to Mojo.

Watch your Comcast bill and your local thread for channel announcements. HD PPV on Comcast is done on a system by system basis. Your best bet would be calling Comcast to ask them if UFC is offered in HD in your area.

You might get better information in the Local Comcast Seattle Thread.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=253006&page=333&pp=30

Thanks! I did call Comcast on my way home from work .. the lady on the phone assured me that UFC 74 next Saturday would be in HD on channel 801. If it's not, I'm going to be pretty pissed! :)

Thanks for pointing me to the Comcast Seattle thread as well!