Re: [PLUG] OT: HD TV

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On Sunday, November 24, 2002, at 12:56 PM, Naresh wrote:
> I was thinking of buying a HDTV (43" Hitachi), and I was wondering what
> exactly do I need :
>
> I have Comcast cable (not digital cable), with 85 channels. Do I need 
> to
> subscribe to the Digital cable and all the other "digital" services?

In general HDTV is a digital service, incompatible with analog cable.

However, being a Time Warner (Urban CableWorks) subscriber, I don't 
know Comcast's schedule... but in general, the Cable industry is loth 
to carry HDTV signals. (To the best of my knowledge, TW does not carry 
any of the local Channel's HD material.) For that you need one of the 
satellite services, or, even cheaper, a rooftop Antenna!

All of the Major local TV stations (3,6,10,12,17,29,57) broadcast some 
portion of the broadcast day in HDTV (Channel 12 supposedly is 
broadcasting a full 24 hour schedule in HDTV). However, the HDTV 
broadcast is normally carried on a different "cable" channel than the 
regular analog broadcast as the two are incompatible.

If you can put up with all the popups, see:
		http://www.hdtvgalaxy.com/
or a cleaner site...
		http://www.titantv.com/

for a list of stations in the area broadcasting HDTV and their HDTV 
schedules. (Don't forget to check the NJ and DE (Delaware) listings; 
Channel 12 - WHYY - is actually licensed out of Wilmington. (Also note 
that WWOR is listed as Secaucus NJ, but their transmitter was one of 
those atop the World Trade Center, and as with all of the NYC stations 
is no longer broadcasting HDTV.)

TitanTv is, in my opinion a better source... especially if you happen 
to have an EyeTV interface from Elgato. (http://www.elgato.com/) You 
get a subscription with your EyeTV software. It makes turning your OS X 
Mac into a PVR a "no-brainer."

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
# Beige G3 - Rev A motherboard
# Flat-panel iMac (2.1) 800MHz - Super Drive - 768 Meg
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