IIRC, DirecTV and Dish offer hundreds of digital channels at no extra charge. Cheaper than Insight, better support and it's cheaper. Yes, you get all the local stuff too.
I'm really amazed more people don't take this route. Sure, your internet access may go up a bit but it's a small price to pay. Step two would be to call Insight and tell them you're discontinuing your cable TV in favor of a satellite dish. I'll bet they'll come up with some special pricing to keep you on board. Just some thoughts. On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Andy Arnold<[email protected]> wrote: > Any cable TV experts in the group? > I can't figure this whole racket out... I have a couple HD TVs with built-in > tuners... Insight wants $15 per month for their DVR which is supposed to > carry many more HD channels than if I plug the cable wire directly into the > HD TV. But this is a crude solution for many reasons (one of which is that > you can't sync the boxes) Plus I don't watch that much TV, so $30 a month > just for the box is crazy. I had heard that some TVs can contain a cable > decoder card that will allow the signal from all of Insight's channels to > come thru in HD. But now most manufacturers have abandoned that strategy > because all TVs have a digital tuner built-in and if your cable company is > outputting unscrambled channels then you can tune all the stations through > the TV without a cable box or CableCard. Is the problem that Insight is > behind the national curve and still scrambling most of their stations? Stop > the madness! Would love to hear what others are doing about all of this... > BTW, this is still a Mac topic because I have an AppleTV thrown into the mix > as well :-) > thanks > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
