First Venture into HDTV

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by jphhughes

If a customer has an HD television without a cable box or cable card, they will not receive the HD networks only the programs that are in HD format.

This is what Cablevision is required to provide for customers who wish to receive the channels is HD format.

If you would like a phone call from me to explain this, I will be happy to contact you.

So.. filtering the noise, I would:

1) Request the phone call.
2) Have them explain the above with better clarity.
a) Ask them which frequency, etc., you should tune to with your QAM tuner to watch an HD broadcasted show. Pick your show, most prime time stuff is in HD now.

other than that, I am out of ideas. I don't have cable.

[jphhughes]

Already done. Did receive a phone call from them but missed it and they left message on answering machine, of course no return number to call. So I emailed them requesting a call back on my cell phone. Should not miss that call. Unless they call at 3AM

[tmiranda]

Clear as mud. My cable company currently does not transmit any HD in the clear but will start transmitting the networks in HD "in the next 30 days". When I inquired to their policy they told me they were not required by the FCC to transmit any HD in the clear, but were going to transmit the network channels anyway out of the goodness of their heart. They certainly insinuated in their email that I should count myself lucky for having such a swell cable company.....