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Jack1000 · 03-15-2002, 07:42 PM

I don't have it. The option to upgrade is an added $6.30/month. Yet my only interest in it is because we would get Game Show Network and 46 Commercial Free Audio Digital Music Stations on it. Our analog cable has 80 channels on it now. We also get HBO and Showtime...(Oh yea, they also boost you up to 10-15 multiple screens of any premium chaneel you subscribe to and 40 PPV's along with optional "sports package" and the optional "Digital Movie Package" for $3.00 more per month. (9 screens of Encore) and about 40 additional standard service networks.) So you figure about 100-150 additional channels. Problem is, we pay over $60 per month for analog cable now. I would like to hear the boards comments about digital cable and the reasons why you like it, or don't like it. If you don't have it, reason why (etc) I have a poll:

Swimfan85 · 03-15-2002, 09:18 PM

i have it and i love it cuz its sweet

Truth · 03-15-2002, 10:18 PM

I have it and love it, except here its an extra like 30 bucks a month.....

ISmellFine · 03-15-2002, 10:24 PM

I have it and I hate it. Boo.

Chocoholic · 03-15-2002, 10:26 PM

I don't have it and I really don't see the need for it right now.

Mossopp · 03-16-2002, 07:12 AM

I dunno much about the situation in the States, but over here digital satalite is the only way to go.

-*Forever*- · 03-16-2002, 01:19 PM

I LOVE IT!!!! I love being able to see what eps are on. and the music channels.

Kay Scarpetta · 03-16-2002, 03:17 PM

I don't have it. I just got regular Cable. I don't really find a need for it anyways, seeing as I only watch NBC, and Lifetime basically.

Warm & Fuzzy · 03-16-2002, 05:48 PM

I had digital cable for a month only, and beleive me, I didn't think it was worth paying for. Since everything is, well, digital, sometimes, they'll have little specks on the TV, causing some kind of raninbow kind of view.

Anyhow, I had digital cable, but did not enjoy it, so canceled.

Lee · 03-16-2002, 09:57 PM

I don't like digital cable because there aren't as many choices
as there are with satellite systems. I like TVLand and Nick-At-Nite!

TV Favorites · 03-17-2002, 12:15 PM

I would get it, but I can only afford either analog cable and a cable modem OR digital cable and dial-up modem. Since I have TV Land, GSN, Goodlife, and the big three networks on analog and couldn't bear a dial-up modem again, I decided to keep analog.

Maybe if I got another job making more $$ I could get both!

JT · 03-17-2002, 12:51 PM

I have it.I LOVE it.
Here's our digital cable lineup:
(If it's in all caps I watch it)

101...SCI-FI
102...GAME SHOW NETWORK
103...Ovation
104...BET Jazz
106...Style
107...TOON DISNEY
108...TRIO
109...mtv 2
110...Noggin (I do watch Electric Company....LOL)
111...LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK (I know...)
112...Much Music USA
113...Tech TV
114...VH1 Classics
115...GOODLIFE TV
117...NICK GAMES AND SPORTS
133...NewSI
134...Discovery Kids
135...Discovery Science
136...Discovery Health
137...Discovery Home
138...Discovery Civilization
139...Discovery Wings
140...BBC America (I do watch Are You Being Served?)
141...Bloomberg
142...National Geographic Channel
161...CnnSI
162...Speed
163...ESPNews
164...ESPN Classics
166...Outdoor Channel
167...Outdoor Life
168...Fox SportsW
199...ESPNow

Not bad.I prefer the channels up at the top of the dial though.

AllIWantIsYourClutch · 03-17-2002, 01:07 PM

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I want it.

Sean Snow · 03-17-2002, 01:08 PM

I wish I had digital cable! My company here (Mediacom) has some really good channels! Goodlife...Noggin...Game Show Network...Toon Disney....how I want those

Dude111 · 06-26-2022, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kay Scarpetta

I don't have it. I just got regular Cable. I don't really find a need for it anyways, seeing as I only watch NBC, and Lifetime basically.

Ya when Spectrum bought my local cable company they dropped the analogue tier... (Didnt matter anyway,it was just digital crap coverted to analogue and assigned to channels 2-69 by that point)

I had cable but got rid of it...... I had then fastest box they offered and when they went to this Navigator crap my box was slow and disgusting.......

I managed to avoid then update for awhile by unplugging my wire at night but sadly I was only doing it on tuesday night (The day they said they were gonna be doing that)

Bastards got my box on a different night.......

THEY ALWAYS TAKE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND MAKE IT GARBAGE!!!

View Poll Results: What Do You All Think of Digital Cable?
I Have Digital Cable! I Can't Live Without it!	3	18.75%
I Have Digital Cable, But The Price is Too High For What You Get	4	25.00%
I Don't Have Digital Cable Because I Don't Watch Enough TV to Justify The Upgrade	2	12.50%
I Don't Have Digital Cable Because it's too Expensive	7	43.75%
Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll

03-15-2002, 07:42 PM	#1
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	What Do You All Think of Digital Cable? I don't have it. The option to upgrade is an added $6.30/month. Yet my only interest in it is because we would get Game Show Network and 46 Commercial Free Audio Digital Music Stations on it. Our analog cable has 80 channels on it now. We also get HBO and Showtime...(Oh yea, they also boost you up to 10-15 multiple screens of any premium chaneel you subscribe to and 40 PPV's along with optional "sports package" and the optional "Digital Movie Package" for $3.00 more per month. (9 screens of Encore) and about 40 additional standard service networks.) So you figure about 100-150 additional channels. Problem is, we pay over $60 per month for analog cable now. I would like to hear the boards comments about digital cable and the reasons why you like it, or don't like it. If you don't have it, reason why (etc) I have a poll:
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03-15-2002, 10:18 PM	#3
Truth •°·Alien Believer·°• Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 15, 2001 Posts: 3,463	I have it and love it, except here its an extra like 30 bucks a month.....
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03-15-2002, 10:24 PM	#4
ISmellFine Zim Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 13, 2001 Posts: 4,886	I have it and I hate it. Boo.
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03-16-2002, 07:12 AM	#6
Mossopp asleep at the wheel Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 30, 2000 Location: Helensburgh, Scotland Posts: 3,726	I dunno much about the situation in the States, but over here digital satalite is the only way to go.
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03-15-2002, 09:18 PM	#2
Swimfan85 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 04, 2001 Posts: 7,030	i have it and i love it cuz its sweet

03-15-2002, 10:26 PM	#5
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I don't have it and I really don't see the need for it right now.

03-16-2002, 01:19 PM	#7
-Forever- <3333333333333333333 Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 22, 2001 Location: Manlius, NY in reality. Deerfield Beach, FL in my heart. Posts: 28,001	I LOVE IT!!!! I love being able to see what eps are on. and the music channels.
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03-16-2002, 03:17 PM	#8
Kay Scarpetta Defy Gravity 8.26.05 Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 04, 2001 Location: La Vie Boheme Posts: 28,013	I don't have it. I just got regular Cable. I don't really find a need for it anyways, seeing as I only watch NBC, and Lifetime basically.
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03-16-2002, 05:48 PM	#9
Warm & Fuzzy Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 02, 2001 Posts: 10,254	I had digital cable for a month only, and beleive me, I didn't think it was worth paying for. Since everything is, well, digital, sometimes, they'll have little specks on the TV, causing some kind of raninbow kind of view. Anyhow, I had digital cable, but did not enjoy it, so canceled.
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03-16-2002, 09:57 PM	#10
Lee veteran member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 23, 2001 Location: Pulaski, Tennessee Posts: 4,768	I don't like digital cable because there aren't as many choices as there are with satellite systems. I like TVLand and Nick-At-Nite!

03-17-2002, 12:15 PM	#11
TV Favorites Star of Family Feud Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 19, 2001 Location: United States of America Posts: 3,153	I would get it, but I can only afford either analog cable and a cable modem OR digital cable and dial-up modem. Since I have TV Land, GSN, Goodlife, and the big three networks on analog and couldn't bear a dial-up modem again, I decided to keep analog. Maybe if I got another job making more $$ I could get both!
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03-17-2002, 12:51 PM	#12
JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,223	I have it.I LOVE it. Here's our digital cable lineup: (If it's in all caps I watch it) 101...SCI-FI 102...GAME SHOW NETWORK 103...Ovation 104...BET Jazz 106...Style 107...TOON DISNEY 108...TRIO 109...mtv 2 110...Noggin (I do watch Electric Company....LOL) 111...LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK (I know...) 112...Much Music USA 113...Tech TV 114...VH1 Classics 115...GOODLIFE TV 117...NICK GAMES AND SPORTS 133...NewSI 134...Discovery Kids 135...Discovery Science 136...Discovery Health 137...Discovery Home 138...Discovery Civilization 139...Discovery Wings 140...BBC America (I do watch Are You Being Served?) 141...Bloomberg 142...National Geographic Channel 161...CnnSI 162...Speed 163...ESPNews 164...ESPN Classics 166...Outdoor Channel 167...Outdoor Life 168...Fox SportsW 199...ESPNow Not bad.I prefer the channels up at the top of the dial though.
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03-17-2002, 01:07 PM	#13
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03-17-2002, 01:08 PM	#14
Sean Snow moo Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,408	I wish I had digital cable! My company here (Mediacom) has some really good channels! Goodlife...Noggin...Game Show Network...Toon Disney....how I want those