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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8820 on: January 12, 2009, 05:48:26 PM »
Comcast told me "When the DTV Transition goes as planned, we will Have enough bandwidth to add your indicated HD channel to your local lineup" so i guess its too good to be true then  :(
Comcast has their own "DTV Transition" plans. They are in a lot of areas getting rid of the Expanded Basic tier of analog and putting it in all digital.

Also, the boxes that they have available for older analog TVs are called "DTA"s and they are much cheaper than a full box. For Comcast you can get 2 for free, and I think its about a dollar for another.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8821 on: January 12, 2009, 06:23:41 PM »
What do they mean by "bandwidth" for a channel? Like I heard adding individual Intellistars to satellite companies take too much bandwidth?

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8822 on: January 12, 2009, 06:32:26 PM »
Each cable system has an allotted space of bandwidth. It's similar to internet bandwidth, but a bit different. Analog channels take up a massive amount of bandwidth compared to compressed MPEG2 channels. I don't remember what the ratio is, but I think it was about 5-6 SD MPEG2 compressed to one NTSC Analog channel.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8823 on: January 12, 2009, 10:35:49 PM »
Sorry, but i don't believe that technology upgrades should EVER be forced by law.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8824 on: January 13, 2009, 10:19:52 AM »
Sorry, but i don't believe that technology upgrades should EVER be forced by law.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8825 on: January 13, 2009, 06:24:12 PM »
I hate smooth jazz.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8826 on: January 13, 2009, 06:36:06 PM »
I guess you'd better stop watching TWC then.  :whistling:

OR

You could....get your head out of your ass...realize you are who you are...and ignore other assholes.  :biggrin:

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8827 on: January 13, 2009, 06:41:43 PM »
I hate smooth jazz.

You hate smooth jazz?

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8828 on: January 13, 2009, 06:45:49 PM »
I hate smooth jazz.

I'm confused, am I missing something? are you being serious?  :huh: :thinking:


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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8829 on: January 13, 2009, 07:05:17 PM »
TWC plays smooth jazz all the time :yes:

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8830 on: January 13, 2009, 07:25:15 PM »
TWC plays smooth jazz all the time :yes:

Thank you Captain Obvious. :D

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8831 on: January 13, 2009, 07:31:53 PM »
TWC plays smooth jazz all the time :yes:

Thank you Captain Obvious. :D
Do you like TWC music Tyler?

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8832 on: January 13, 2009, 07:34:38 PM »
TWC plays smooth jazz all the time :yes:

Thank you Captain Obvious. :D
Do you like TWC music Tyler?

Uh, yes. That's about a third of the reason why I watch TWC.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8833 on: January 13, 2009, 07:35:41 PM »
Cool. And I am guessing reason number 1 is the STAR? :unsure:

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #8834 on: January 13, 2009, 07:37:17 PM »
I guess you'd better stop watching TWC then.  :whistling:

OR

You could....get your head out of your ass...realize you are who you are...and ignore other assholes.  :biggrin:
Good point. IDK smooth jazz now sounds just like the same. There's barely any variety. I enjoyed smooth jazz from early this decade and even the 90s but now within the past 2-3 years, most of the new jazz albums coming out sound horrible.