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To: Lane3 who wrote (130655)	8/8/2005 3:17:40 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793624

I have the same dislike of the "cable boxes" that you describe. We call them "receivers" here, for the digital cable feed one DVB-C en.wikipedia.org receiver is required for each device (TV, VCR). But my upgrade to Net access left me the choice between the traditional analog TV signal and DVB-C. I stick with the former so I needn't upgrade any TV-related device.

To: Lane3 who wrote (130655)	8/9/2005 10:40:51 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793624

Now this makes me mad. "Comcast moving Sci-Fi to digital offerings Posted Aug 8, 2005, 5:01 PM ET by Chris Thilk Filed under: Industry, Cable/Satellite, Cable Cable provider Comcast is, quite frankly, sticking it to its basic cable subscribers. In what Chicago Tribune columnist Phil Rosenthal calls "a move only a stock-holder could love" the company is taking the increasingly popular Sci-Fi Channel out of it's mix of basic-cable channels and making it available only to digital service subscribers. That means if you want to continue to follow Battlestar Galactica or any of your other favorite Sci-Fi you'll have to upgrade your subscription and pay for the new converter box. Rosenthal gives upset viewers a web address to email Comcast and register their displeasure but I say forget that and wait for the DVDs. That way you cut Comcast completely out of the money." tvsquad.com