Comcast HDTV in Los Angeles without renting the box?
 

I've read some people in other parts of the country are getting HDTV cable
service from Comcast without having to rent the box. Is this true? I have
a brand new MITS (65813) with built in everything, it seems a shame to have
to rent a box if the feature is already built in. I only want basic cable so
I don't need any scrambled channels.

hook the cable to dtv ant in and see what you can get
"Jim" wrote in message
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I've read some people in other parts of the country are getting HDTV cable
service from Comcast without having to rent the box. Is this true? I
have
a brand new MITS (65813) with built in everything, it seems a shame to
have
to rent a box if the feature is already built in. I only want basic cable
so
I don't need any scrambled channels.

I get nothing. I figure they have to flip a switch to make that happen
though.

"Jim" wrote in message
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hook the cable to dtv ant in and see what you can get
"Jim" wrote in message
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I've read some people in other parts of the country are getting HDTV
cable
service from Comcast without having to rent the box. Is this true? I
have
a brand new MITS (65813) with built in everything, it seems a shame to
have
to rent a box if the feature is already built in. I only want basic
cable
so
I don't need any scrambled channels.

Works here in Indy - but as you said you won't get HBO or Showtime.

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:24:30 -0500, "Jim" wrote:

hook the cable to dtv ant in and see what you can get
"Jim" wrote in message
news:[email protected]_s51...
I've read some people in other parts of the country are getting HDTV cable
service from Comcast without having to rent the box. Is this true? I
have
a brand new MITS (65813) with built in everything, it seems a shame to
have
to rent a box if the feature is already built in. I only want basic cable
so
I don't need any scrambled channels.

I had a Mits 55613 for a couple of days (see the thread: 8VSB/QAM Tuners and
Time Warner Cable)

While I am in San Antonio and use Time Warner, I ran the cable to the
ANT-DTV and a cable from the loop out to ANT-A. Ran a digital and a cable
channel scan (took 10-15 minutes for the digital side).

I picked up all my basic channels (I don't have a digital package) and HDTV
local channels. I also picked up some channels that I didn't even know they
transmitted (like the local transguide traffic cameras and BBC America)
"Jim" wrote in message
news:[email protected]_s51...
I've read some people in other parts of the country are getting HDTV cable
service from Comcast without having to rent the box. Is this true? I
have
a brand new MITS (65813) with built in everything, it seems a shame to
have
to rent a box if the feature is already built in. I only want basic cable
so
I don't need any scrambled channels.