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Some cable companies are now hawking a "digital" signal. What they don't tell you is that it's a 16 bit signal as opposed a 32 bit signal from satellite.

Heh, you should check out the cable company where I live. The "digital service" that they hawk as being far superior to the "dish" isn't even digital! Only the upper channels (ie, past 70) are actually digital channels and those are all premium movie channels (ie, an additional fee is requried for them), the lower channels are still analogue! Of course, you do get the feature of the box receiving programming information for every channel...of course, that feature often breaks and needs updating, and sometimes it screws up to the point that the information pops up on the screen whether or not you want it there.

Oh, and the default connection for it (used by the installer) is an RF line to the TV. The best connection it supports is composite video with L/R RCA stereo sound output. It looks like there's a model available with S-video and S-P/DIF output, but the cable company doesn't provide it. Component (with progressive scan)? Forget it.

I'd consider a PVR if anything came to the TV with reasonable quality -- as it is our cable connection signal is so degraded that we need a powered line amp.

I'd consider a PVR if anything came to the TV with reasonable quality -- as it is our cable connection signal is so degraded that we need a powered line amp.

You sound like a perfect candidate for a satellite dish. Why haven't you got one?

Here's what it is coming to: Sitcoms will no longer "break" for commercials -- they will give little mini "infomercials" lasting several seconds, many times throughtout, so the people will not switch.

"Brad, darling, please pass me the Parkay Margarine that is 100% free in fatty turboacids."

Here's what it is coming to: Sitcoms will no longer "break" for commercials -- they will give little mini "infomercials" lasting several seconds, many times throughtout, so the people will not switch.

"Brad, darling, please pass me the Parkay Margarine that is 100% free in fatty turboacids."