[ale] OT: Comcast and digital TV

[docx at io.com (Dylan Northrup)]

A long time ago, (02.04.09), in a galaxy far, far away, Geoffrey wrote:

:=2. Fact or Fiction??? If you want to go digital, you MUST rent digital 
:=converter boxes from Comcast.  The first one is free, $6 per box after 
:=that.  You can not buy them anywhere.  I don't quite understand this.  I 
:=do have one digital/analog TV in my house and I do currently pick up a 
:=smattering of channels when I go to the digital tuner.

Fiction, but only kinda.  You can get televisions or tuner boxes that you
can put a CableCard into that will allow you to get access to everything but
the VOD and PPV content.  I use it with my Series 3 Tivo and it works really
well with Comcast.  I do believe there is a $2-3 charge for additional cards
beyond the first one, but I don't handle the bills, so I'm not entirely
positive on the charge, if any, for this.

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