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kyle16
03-10-2006, 02:54 PM
ok i just bought a new Samsung HLR5667W 56" DLP HDTV. the features state that it has a Digital Cable ReadyTuner. does this mean that i don't need the "digital cable box" from Comcast (but still pay for digital cable obviously)??

if i still need the Comcast digital cable box - then what is the importance of this feature? thanks!!!!
JDHutt25
03-10-2006, 02:55 PM
It means your TV can use a cablecard from the Cable company instead of a cable box. I don't know how Comcast's cards work, but Cablevision's cablecard isn't so great.
kyle16
03-10-2006, 02:57 PM
ok, i may be way off base here, but i don't think that Comcast uses cable cards yet.... do they? i have never seen or heard them mention it. anybody?
JDHutt25
03-10-2006, 03:02 PM
ok, i may be way off base here, but i don't think that Comcast uses cable cards yet.... do they? i have never seen or heard them mention it. anybody?

Call and ask. Cablevision doesn't tell you about them unless you ask.
SeanC
03-10-2006, 03:03 PM
Comcast does in Massachusetts. I'm using one.
kyle16
03-10-2006, 03:16 PM
yeah, i just called and they do offer the card in Nashville, TN apparently. cool. ok, so if i have the card and am paying the $5 a month HDTV fee to comcast, i don't need anything else to receive all of the available HD content, right?
JDHutt25
03-10-2006, 03:17 PM
yeah, i just called and they do offer the card in Nashville, TN apparently. cool. ok, so if i have the card and am paying the $5 a month HDTV fee to comcast, i don't need anything else to receive all of the available HD content, right?

You shouldn't...