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05-16-2007, 07:42 AM
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Question About Comcast Digital
Well, for back story, I am finally finishing grad-school (ROCK!) and am moving on Saturday back with my girlfriend. In my 2 years gone, she upgraded to comcast digital (with that 3-pack dealie). At my apartment, I have had just basic analog cable that comprised of only 6 channels. You would be surprised how far 6 channels can go with sage!
My question is probably simple. Just so I can be prepared, are all of the digital channels (tv obviously) available over analog as well. We are not registered for any fancy pay channels that WOULD require the box, but am mainly asking about stuff like cartoon network, history channel, etc.. We also only have SD. Is the STB needed for digital or do they also stream over as analog. If i could avoid using the box that would be great.
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05-16-2007, 08:51 AM
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Everything you want should be available over regular analog.
To be sure, http://www.comcast.com/customers/clu/channelLineup.ashx will provide you with the channel lineup for your area. Just verify that the channels you want are available over their basic analog service. My understanding is that digital service simply provides you the box to view the extra digital channels - the analog service always remains available. Matt
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05-16-2007, 10:29 AM
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For any channels that aren't digital (traditionally those that are under channel 126) would be available over the coax. Anything over 125, are digital only and would need the digital box to receive. I don't have my digital cable box hooked to my sage unit, because we mainly only use it for the "On Demand" stuff and therefore wouldn't work with Sage anyway. Plus the added complexity, just turned me off completely from using it. Also, depending on your provider, some of the digital stations (usually just the music only) are accessible through the HDHomerun and its QAM tuner (this is supposed to be true in my area but I havne't hooked my HDHomerun up yet as I just recieved it on Monday).
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05-16-2007, 01:20 PM
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Awesome, thanks for the replies. Not using that box would make my system happy.
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05-16-2007, 07:42 PM
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Of course, the digital has to be unencrypted QAM for the HDHR to work; not counting Music Choice I think I got nearly a dozen channels w/ mine.
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