hdtv from basic cable?

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John 'Shaggy' Kolesar wrote:

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:45:27 -0400, wrote:
that's what I was afraid of....

I did the scan but it takes forever to go through and find the keepers. I
think I'll save my sanity and go buy the antenna. Thanks for the help.

That's how I get most of my HD content as well. I really only use cable for
Comcast SportsNet HD and ESPN HD.



What model of TV do you have?

I thought sets with cable-compatible (meaning QAM instead of 8VSB)
tuners were still due in the future.

Nope, all the Mitsubishi RPTV's, platinum through diamond series have both
QAM and ATSC tuners, and so does the Hitachi XWX series.

There are also some new ones with ATSC tuners, such as the Sony WS550
series, Toshiba HX93 series, new Sony XBR950 LCD RPTV's, and some others I'm
sure I'm missing.

Doug

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In article ,
John 'Shaggy' Kolesar wrote:

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:45:27 -0400, wrote:
that's what I was afraid of....

I did the scan but it takes forever to go through and find the
keepers. I
think I'll save my sanity and go buy the antenna. Thanks for the help.

That's how I get most of my HD content as well. I really only use cable
for
Comcast SportsNet HD and ESPN HD.



What model of TV do you have?

I thought sets with cable-compatible (meaning QAM instead of 8VSB)
tuners were still due in the future.

I have the Mitsubishi WS55511, diamond serise with HDTV tuner. It tunes in
the digital programs, most are scrambled. I have found NBC and ABC, plus a
few bonuses. I have successfully saved them all, but it's quite a job
deleting the hundreds of scrambled channels.

Greg

"poldy" wrote in message
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In article ,
John 'Shaggy' Kolesar wrote:

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 17:45:27 -0400, wrote:
that's what I was afraid of....

I did the scan but it takes forever to go through and find the
keepers. I
think I'll save my sanity and go buy the antenna. Thanks for the help.

That's how I get most of my HD content as well. I really only use cable
for
Comcast SportsNet HD and ESPN HD.



What model of TV do you have?

I thought sets with cable-compatible (meaning QAM instead of 8VSB)
tuners were still due in the future.