Cablecards - useful?

Hi all,

I'm getting ready to buy my first HDTV and I am wondering what the
pro's and con's are in getting a TV with a cablecard slot other than
not having a STB sitting near the TV and another remote cluttering up
the coffee table? Is that the wave of the future?

On person mentioned that with a cablecard I would not be able to get
OnDemand programming, at least on Comcast.

Any thoughts, comments??

Thanks,

-=tom=-

"Tom Orle" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I'm getting ready to buy my first HDTV and I am wondering what the
pro's and con's are in getting a TV with a cablecard slot other than
not having a STB sitting near the TV and another remote cluttering up
the coffee table? Is that the wave of the future?

On person mentioned that with a cablecard I would not be able to get
OnDemand programming, at least on Comcast.

Any thoughts, comments??

Thanks,

-=tom=-


If you have Comcast you can get a HD DVR for $9.99/month. That has more
advantages than not.

Rich

On 9/2/2006 2:19 PM, Tom Orle wrote:
Hi all,

I'm getting ready to buy my first HDTV and I am wondering what the
pro's and con's are in getting a TV with a cablecard slot other than
not having a STB sitting near the TV and another remote cluttering up
the coffee table? Is that the wave of the future?

On person mentioned that with a cablecard I would not be able to get
OnDemand programming, at least on Comcast.

Any thoughts, comments??

Thanks,

-=tom=-

You have all of that correct, both the pro's and the cons.

The next version of Tivo, the Series 3, will have two cablecard slots
and they have notified the cable companies. They also had a deal with
Comcast to distribute the new Tivo boxes. We'll have to see how the
pricing plays out. The two cable cards let the Tivo use its two tuners
so that you can record two shows at the same time (and watch a
previously recorded show at the same time), or watch something live
while recording something else.

Bernie

Well I was just informed of the tie-breaker. No menu system which I
don't really care about. But you also loose DVR, unless I buy
Comcasts. Nah - not worth it to me. I hate TIVO and similar services
anyway.

STB it is!!

-=tom=-

Tom Orle wrote:

Hi all,

I'm getting ready to buy my first HDTV and I am wondering what the
pro's and con's are in getting a TV with a cablecard slot other than
not having a STB sitting near the TV and another remote cluttering up
the coffee table? Is that the wave of the future?

On person mentioned that with a cablecard I would not be able to get
OnDemand programming, at least on Comcast.

Any thoughts, comments??

Thanks,

-=tom=-