Projo's and Cable.....

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brettw22
brettw22 Posts: 7,623
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
A friend of mine just got a widescreen HDTV sony somethin or another and (amazingly to me) he doesn't even have cable. Plain 'ol rabbit ears. Kills me.

I've thought about getting a big screen, but I don't know that I've ever seen a bigscreen where someone isn't automatically running with a Dish or better.

I travel EXTENSIVELY, and I'm not footing the bill for a Satellite system that I won't ever be there to watch, so with that scenario cable is the default.

Basically the question is this......Would getting a HD set be pointless if you're only going to use cable?
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited March 2004
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    Brett,
    Go to WWW.TitanTv.com and see if any of the stations in your area broadcasting an HDTV signal Over The Air (OTA). If they are then a WS-HD is practically a must have item! There are some sets that already have the HD Decoder built in, while others require a seperate box. I'm getting my local OTA-HD through a cheap ($10) rabbit-ear antenna.

    **EDIT**
    Looks like there are quite a few DT stations in the Phoenix area.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2004
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    Originally posted by brettw22
    Basically the question is this......Would getting a HD set be pointless if you're only going to use cable?

    You silly man. JK :D

    I have an HDTV and I use rabbit ears for OTA broadcasts. it's very cool stuff. yes i do have a sat dish.. but i'm watching more and more OTA network tee vee than ever before. The 4 major networks (abc, nbc, cbs, fox) are broadcasting more and more programming in HDTV. I'd prob never go back to cable again.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2004
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    the video quality from a sat dish is better than cable. yes even better than digital cable. i pay less for dish network than i can for the same amount of channels of cable tee vee.
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