- Feb 19, 2001
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Before I begin, I'll address what equipment I have:
- Small comcast digital cable STB probably the size of my cable modem
- Sony Bravia XBR3 w/ QAM tuner
One year ago my mom talked to Comcast who said we could get an upgrade to digital TV for 1 year (Digital Silver) and get a price that was $1 below what we were paying for standard. We said sure and we went to the Comcast office to pick up the STB. I know my friends had the big Moto STB that had component hookup and stuff. Well they told me to pick the small one and it was the same. Something told me that wasn't right because I thought the big STB had a DVR inside.
So apparently the small box doesn't let me watch HD stuff? I hook up my coaxial cable through the small STB and then into my TV.
Using the Comcast remote I can't tune to 700s+ but for channels like ESPN HD and what not it marks green. I assume it means I can see it. If I try to tune to it it gives me a black screen. I understand that channels you are not allowed to watch will usually give you a message saying Restricted or Forbidden or something similar. I get nothing for channels like ABC, CBS, blah blah.
Well I got this about a year ago so I threw the box out and I decided to rely on the QAM tuner because my mom doesn't really care about ESPN or anything, so getting the local channels is enough.
Anyways, I found out the USC vs. ASU game is on ESPN today so I decided to give the box one more try. No luck.
Questions:
- Will changing to the big Moto STB change anything?
- Why the hell is Comcast so freaking moronic? Why can't we start getting QAM channels for these HD channels so we don't need an STB? Is it because they can't control theprivileges as easily?
- Small comcast digital cable STB probably the size of my cable modem
- Sony Bravia XBR3 w/ QAM tuner
One year ago my mom talked to Comcast who said we could get an upgrade to digital TV for 1 year (Digital Silver) and get a price that was $1 below what we were paying for standard. We said sure and we went to the Comcast office to pick up the STB. I know my friends had the big Moto STB that had component hookup and stuff. Well they told me to pick the small one and it was the same. Something told me that wasn't right because I thought the big STB had a DVR inside.
So apparently the small box doesn't let me watch HD stuff? I hook up my coaxial cable through the small STB and then into my TV.
Using the Comcast remote I can't tune to 700s+ but for channels like ESPN HD and what not it marks green. I assume it means I can see it. If I try to tune to it it gives me a black screen. I understand that channels you are not allowed to watch will usually give you a message saying Restricted or Forbidden or something similar. I get nothing for channels like ABC, CBS, blah blah.
Well I got this about a year ago so I threw the box out and I decided to rely on the QAM tuner because my mom doesn't really care about ESPN or anything, so getting the local channels is enough.
Anyways, I found out the USC vs. ASU game is on ESPN today so I decided to give the box one more try. No luck.
Questions:
- Will changing to the big Moto STB change anything?
- Why the hell is Comcast so freaking moronic? Why can't we start getting QAM channels for these HD channels so we don't need an STB? Is it because they can't control theprivileges as easily?