Posts by drdigital1

I took the most straightforward approach: I returned the PC to Costco (they have a 90 day return policy for PCs) and rented an additional dual tuner HDTV DVR. My rationale: - Media Center with Cable Card is an expensive (about $500...

Idea: why can't the Vista PC with DCT be my primary outlet (free cable card)? The Comcast DVR is $12/month period i.e., without an "additional outlet" fee, right? Alternate idea: if I tell them that the Vista PC with DCT is on the same...

Good news: finally Comcast confirmed that they support Digital Cable Tuner with Cable Card and agreed to schedule a “knowledgeable” technician to install. Bad news: they now want to charge $5.99/month for the card, even though they say...

Quote: Originally Posted by Numindast Just had Comcast here. ... Looks like the card paired with the tuner just fine. But, I can't get any picture ... We'll see, I'll report back what I find. This is very encouraging - congrats! Once...

Quote: Originally Posted by Numindast Just called Comcast (Chicago market) to order service ... and within 5 minutes wrapped up my order with an install date Thursday morning, two days from now. I had the same experience with the...

Did you guys see this http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ocur?page=1%2C0? I don't know if to cry from laughter or despair!

What a disappointment! So I got my shiny new HP Vista Computer with Cable Card only to have the Comcast tech unable to activate the cable card. What's worse is that he was presumably told by his supervisor that Comcast doesn't support...

Quote from “Samsung 1080p Owner's Thread --- HLSxx87W/HLSxx88W DLP Models” post #17481 and several others Pincushion, although partly attributable to the DLP design, may be extreme in these models. It has been hypothesized that the...

Quote: Originally Posted by RockStrongo Doh! Looking at the stand, I think I have the arms reversed! Thats why the glass dips...****, im gonna have to remove everything and fix it!! Oh well. The wood top of TR71B stand is bowing a...

Quote: Originally Posted by videobruce drdigital1; I narrowed this issue down somewhat. It seems specific to my situation, but could be elsewhere with TW cable. Take a look at this...