Posts by BiggAW

Quote:Originally Posted by comfynumb If the future is 4K downloads then the ISP caps and the lack of speed will be the stick in the mud. I'm not saying it won't happen because it will, but it has a long way to go. There will be a...

Quote:Originally Posted by Morac Exactly.   Though I don't think HD technically costs more from a programming standpoint.  After all it's the content providers that are actually creating and transmitting the HD signals, not...

Quote:Originally Posted by Timelord1956 So their equipment costs Comcast"s millions of customers $10 per month for the rest of eternity? Really? If you break down the bandwidth in the plant, HD costs a heck of a lot more than SD....

Quote:Originally Posted by Morac My area doesn't charge additional outlet fees, which can easily add $30 to $40 to a bill so I don't complain too loudly about the HD tech fee, at least not to Comcast.   As for that fee, Comcast...

Quote:Originally Posted by imagic That's no joke. I was never all that impressed with Cable TV, if there was ever any reason I used to think Netflix was not so bad, it's the shoddy quality of on-demand cable. Yeah. Cable looks worse...

Quote:Originally Posted by Scooper From what I can see about Satellite companies (both Direct and Dish) - they are receiving the local channels via OTA just like we can, then they do more compression / reencoding and ship it off to...

Quote:Originally Posted by Morac  The issue is that Comcast charges a HD technology fee, even if you don't have a Comcast provided HD cable box.  Comcast even says it's not a fee on the box, it's a fee to receive HD, which is...

Quote:Originally Posted by Sir Meili She saw your post and gave me "that look".....LOL. She did say "yes..I'm happy as long as I can start the roku". :D:D Quote:Originally Posted by Sir Meili I plan on putting in a good size...

Quote:Originally Posted by jmpage2 Comcast HD channels are not compressed anywhere close to what is done for streaming. As to TiVo auto deleting content you are mistaken. The copy protect flag prevents you from copying a program, it...

Quote:Originally Posted by Sir Meili Yeah.... I guess I shouldn't say "approval"..it's more "acceptance"...LOL. She's just happy she can get to the Roku and that's about it. She doesn't understand half of it, and doesn't care to....