Can you receive hdtv signals on dig. cable?

i live in denver, the current but soon to be former headquarters of at&t broadband. i noticed a quite perceptible improvement moving from analog to digital cable. nonetheless, i'm dumping cable altogether because: (1) i'm fed up to my eyeballs with at&t's bungling, particularly after the @home switch over fiasco, and; (2) i'd like to get the full functionality from my loewe aconda hdtv, so i'm installing satellite hdtv dishes and a STB, which i'm hoping will include tivo. i don't foresee hdtv availability on cable for quite some time; the major players are just too screwed up to care. -cfb

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Sd- My experience was the same as yours and I changed over to DSS with basic analog cable for local channels. However, its not a very user friendly set-up. Lots of remotes, and complicated by the fact that most universals do not control all the functions on my Loewe TV and I've not mastered the art of programming my Pronto, which does. I did get an oval dish when I had the DSS installed, which I would strongly recommend. I also recommend paying for a real installer, not the hacks that do the "free professional install with one year agreement". They will mount the dish to the closest, lowest spot they can find, even if its the railing on your front porch. Very attractive.

direct TV currently broadcast HDTV on less than 5 channels at this time, dish network has 5 also.

mejames: and that's 5 more than you can get on cable. BTW, i don't think you're counting the "big 4" or 5 in your calculation, nor the premium sports channels. -cfb

hi It is possible for cable to do HD but they are using the digital technology to increase the number of channels rather than the quality of picture. $$$$$$ talks. I think at best digital cable`s picture quality equals that of regular satellite. I sell electronics and have heard complaints from customers who believed the cable hype about digital quality. And the price keeps going up.