[BC] An HD Tuner for $110

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In a message dated 12/24/2005 1:41:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Robertm at broadcast.net writes:

> I forgot to add that if you only have analog service, you will never get 
> HDTV. 
>  The cable companies remodulate it from 8VSB to 256 QAM. You need  a cable 
> ready 
>  tuner with a cable card (you pay the cable company extra for that)    OR 
you 
>  just get their box.

I know that HDTV is not available in analog. That's a given. To be honest... 
I just don't think it's worth the extra money. Everything we want to watch is 
already available to us via our standard 27" NTSC set. It has a great picture. 
We paid under $200 for it a couple years ago. I have yet to see an HD TV that 
has a price that even comes close. (Right now, the cost/benefit ratio is 
negative, IMHO.) We've looked at them in Circuit City, and some of them are 
impressive... and so are the price tags. I have also noticed significant artifacting 
on most programs, much like the effect of setting the compression too high 
when saving photos in JPG. That would drive me nuts.

I guess we're not your "typical" TV watchers. Myself, I only watch about an 
hour or two per week. That time only increases when there is something special 
I want to see. My wife watches more, but still not enough to lay down those 
kind of bucks.

Willie...