Basic HDTV Question?

That is correct, and given the changes sure to be coming, its a wise use of funds. For more detail on the box and the ins and outs of HDTV, go to avsforum.com

Swampwalker, thanks for your answer and for the link to the avsforum... It looks like I'm about to find out what HDTV can do for me.

Frank :)

Plato set the alarm for 5AM, shower , get a large coffee, gas up the car , bang on Comcast's Door, If they are closed, because its Saturday, bring a Baseball Bat, break the windows if you have to, get in their and grab a box !
Seriously, yes I have have it, HDTV for $5.00 a month is incredible, additionaly they offer fee Video on Demand, Free in the sense if you are for example, a Normal HBO subscriber, You can go to on Demand , pull up an HBO series, like the Soprano's, choose the episode, play it when you want, freeze it if the phone rings , basically play it all you want, or something else, a keen observer can find a titty or two, and enjoy some similar benefits of Tivo, still for the same $5.00 a month. Its HDTV, VOD and DD, thats not Double D breasts boys , thats of course Dolby Digial.
Its a Killer deal and one you would be a fool to be without.
Get the Box ! Enjoy !

Plato; swampwalker is correct when cox cable came out in our are some 20 years ago you would just rent there box and they would make there money on programing.Last year my buddy called cox and they wanted 500.00 plus installion,which I thought was insane,I ended up finding a hdtv receiver for 250.00 plus 150.00 for the dish which worked with direct tv. So for 5 dollars a month plus you pay programming is a great deal. good luck Douglas.

Depends on what your local cable company offers. Here in RI Cox offers ESPNHD, HBOHD, INHD1, INHD2, DiscoveryHD, ShowtimeHD, and just recently the local NBC (which is actually not broadcast on the free airwaves yet).

I still use my $300 Motorola HDT100 O-T-A receiver and $60 Radio Shack attic antenna to get the digital HD broadcasts of ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, WB, UPN, and Fox from Boston. Most of the good stuff (Law and Order, Alias, NFL football, etc) is on the networks and Cox's NBCHD is still 4:3 instead of 16:9.