conversion to digital tv. is everyone ready?

[Marigold2]

Thank goodness it is all done. I was so tired of the commericals. You would have thought it was a matter of life and death the way they advertised it for over a year.

[catnapper]

Comcast is the only game in town here too. I HATE Comcast, but cable is sooooo much better than dish. We had oodles of problems when we were with a dish provider.

I paid $309 last week for two month's worth of Comcast bills. We do have cable, internet and phone, but its way more expensive than what they snooker you in with. I think the current promotion is $99 a month for all three. So why does a customer in good standing (well, with on late month ) have to pay $50 a month extra than new customers?

Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack with a Comcast rant.

To answer your question: Yup, we've been ready because we've had digital cable forever. I wonder what mom's doing -- she had regular Comcast. I know she had all sorts of problems with my remote because it sets up different on digital than analog cable. I bet she is having a fit tonight!

Oh, and I too have been soooo tired of the commercials! I coulsn't understand why they pushed it back from February to June. I figure with all the commercials and news about it, that if anybody was that bad a procrastinator, they could pay the price by not having their tv until they got off their butts and got the convertor or a new TV.

[RICHARD]

THis really irritates me....

I called up the cable company about another problem and the woman asked me about getting set up for DTV.

I told her that I had heard that I would not need a DTV box for my tv.


There are three, One is on a cable box and the other two are on the cable feed, w/no box.

SHe told me that there was a one-time 12.95 charge to convert them.

She them told me to wait because they were going to have a special as the date (6/12) got nearer.

Since I don't watch much TV I sent away for the coupons for the porch TV.

I went to another set that does not have box and it still works!?!?!?

I'll wait to see what happens, Just like the Millenium Bug, I think it's a lot of hype for nothing???