Comments on: Digital Television Transition Approaching http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/20/digital-television-transition-approaching/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Valerie http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/20/digital-television-transition-approaching/#comment-193847 Valerie Sun, 24 May 2009 17:26:43 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=6305#comment-193847 One thing that no one mentions is the side effect of the digital change-over, regardless of how you do it, if you have a TV set that does not have a digital tuner. i.e., it has nothing to do with whether you are using Cable and its various boxes, or an antenna with a digital box. We now have the Comcast setup and although OnDemand is somewhat handy, we no longer can use our VCR to tape one program while we watch another. Due to its not having a Digital Tuner, we can only tape the channel that is set on the digital box and ergo, only tape what we are watching. In addition, if we want to tape something that in the future when we are not watching, we have to remember to (1) set the VCR programmer to Channel 3 and (2) set the digital box to the channel we want to record and then leave it on, with the set off. Even DVD recorders that don't have their own tuners have to be used this way. The only way out is something like TiVo, which is expensive. And this is no time for most people to go out and have to buy expensive peripherals to do what they could do before Digital at no cost! One thing that no one mentions is the side effect of the digital change-over, regardless of how you do it, if you have a TV set that does not have a digital tuner. i.e., it has nothing to do with whether you are using Cable and its various boxes, or an antenna with a digital box.

We now have the Comcast setup and although OnDemand is somewhat handy, we no longer can use our VCR to tape one program while we watch another. Due to its not having a Digital Tuner, we can only tape the channel that is set on the digital box and ergo, only tape what we are watching.

In addition, if we want to tape something that in the future when we are not watching, we have to remember to (1) set the VCR programmer to Channel 3 and (2) set the digital box to the channel we want to record and then leave it on, with the set off.

Even DVD recorders that don’t have their own tuners have to be used this way. The only way out is something like TiVo, which is expensive. And this is no time for most people to go out and have to buy expensive peripherals to do what they could do before Digital at no cost!

]]> By: Craig http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/20/digital-television-transition-approaching/#comment-193735 Craig Wed, 20 May 2009 15:48:21 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=6305#comment-193735 @myjourney I agree, coming from LI Cablevision is the worse service and has ridiculous prices and the Dolan's are greedy owners and for me have ruined the Knicks franchise. @myjourney I agree, coming from LI Cablevision is the worse service and has ridiculous prices and the Dolan’s are greedy owners and for me have ruined the Knicks franchise.

]]> By: Craig http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/20/digital-television-transition-approaching/#comment-193734 Craig Wed, 20 May 2009 15:47:16 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=6305#comment-193734 How do you feel about this? It personally doesn't affect me and won't affect the majority of people. From a marketing perspective I would think cable companies would basically give away services for as cheap as possible to hook people in. Maybe give them free service for 6 months, etc, that way people are in and then will lead to the normal rates after, gaining new customers. How do you feel about this? It personally doesn’t affect me and won’t affect the majority of people. From a marketing perspective I would think cable companies would basically give away services for as cheap as possible to hook people in. Maybe give them free service for 6 months, etc, that way people are in and then will lead to the normal rates after, gaining new customers.

]]> By: MyJourney http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/05/20/digital-television-transition-approaching/#comment-193730 MyJourney Wed, 20 May 2009 13:47:46 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=6305#comment-193730 Flexo, I know this has little to do with the post, but I will tell anyone who will listen and let me rant...I HATE CABLEVISION! They are the worst run company ever, and now they started blocking channels if you don't have a box in every room! /rant Flexo,

I know this has little to do with the post, but I will tell anyone who will listen and let me rant…I HATE CABLEVISION! They are the worst run company ever, and now they started blocking channels if you don’t have a box in every room!

/rant

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