Hello:
While I joined Comcast they send me a box which was free and was unable to watch HD TV.
When asked about it , they will send new box which will  cost 8.70 each month. Same as the cable box which cost 5 dollar a month and can be purchased free after mail  in rebate which I got it and no need to pay every month.
But I have no idea about the HD box,  if I can buy a box that will convert single to HD? How much it will cost and any special web. Thanks for helping and why should I make fat to corporate American company, COMCAST.

Why didn't you go to the store?

I've got HDTV. The cost is 10 bucks, I think. It depends on state to state. Here in Cali, I pay 19 ( Can you believe it! ) bucks for HBO alone. Before I moved here, I was only paying 9 bucks.

I'm not sure about converting and so on..

Why pay $9 every month just to watch HD tv, in 2 years I will be paying about 190. I am wondering if I can buy box just like comcast loans us to watch HD. 

the HD service and HD equipments costs are bundled. You cannot buy 3rd party equipment for use with comcast. BTW i just got a deal from comcast with 20 mbps internet, HD premium channels and phone for 89.99. Total comes out to 100 with taxes and fees. (MA)

If you already have HDTV why to bother about setup box? plug the co-ax cable direclty to your TV u will be able to enjoy all HDTVs. The only thing will be the channels will be absurd like 35.0185 or 37.1125. This however doesn;t apply to premium channels and u won't have cable on demand. If you are fan of cable on demand than u need the box. Otherwise, just plug to your TV and save $10/mo.

Prettybhadra, is that a joke or something? ( or am I really missing something? )

If you have a HDTV, you need HD Settop box to enjoy the HD quality. Just having a TV doesn't mean anything. Also, Not sure if anybody's aware but HDTV aren't that compatible with regular Standard Definition signals so the images will appear blurry. In other words, there's no point of having HDTV if you don't subscribe to HD Package.

yess, Birodh you are missing something. I haven't mentioned that you don't need HD package but a premium package and HD package are different things . premium package refers 2 pay per view channels and some digitally encoded channels. If you have HDTV with QAM demodulator they can decode the HDTV channels . I don;t have HD box I still enjoy all the HD TV because my TV does the work as QAM demodulator. The only thing is I have channels like 4.2, 2.1, 2.2, . The channels with decimal point are digital ones. If you still have any confusions, let me know.

You can directly plug in cable to your TV and search all the channels, then u will know what I am talking about.

 

That means rent the HD box for 8.70. Can not be bought  box to  to avoid rental charges?

@syanjali
I am also leasing the hd box for $7 a month from comcast. You can always buy comcast approved hd box like cisco hd box. You can buy from eBay or craiglist. Connect the co-ax cable and call 1-800 number with the serial number to activate the box. But talk to comcast b4 buying. Some hd box use smart card inside hd box so make sure with an authorized representative.

While we're at it, my Comcast HDDVR Box only has 15 hrs of DVR Recording space....is there any ways I could tweak around it?

I'll give it a try sometime Perry.

I saved by switching to Dish Network.

I used to pay $109.00 every month for cable and internet(7.0 Mbps) through TimeWarnerCable.

Dish -network 29.99 plus tax/month. 120 channels pluas HD free and box free.

Dish network has internet capacity and it can be used for VOIPhone ? Furke it would be nice if you have paste the web.

dishnetwork don't have internet, it partnerships with qwest, verizon, timewarner etc to give you some discount, lake 5 dollars.. but tv is much better and cheaper with dish network.. 

Why pay for them when u can get it for free... buy a fta receiver like nfusion, viewsat etc..and watch all the channels for free including premium, ppv and international..

Sona
Could you please elaborate. Tv channels for free? In a legal way? Also premium channels like Hbo n cinemax?

Yes Free and Legal.. check http://www.ftacp.com/  or google fta (Free-to-air)

 

 

 

If anyone is thinking about getting DirecTV, let me know and I will give u my account number so that we can enjoy the $100 referral. I am stuck with DirecTV for another year. Too freaking expensive..

I agree with perrybhadra. If you need HD channels, just plug in your comcast coax cable to TV and use your TV tuner to get the channels. However, you do need ATSC/QAM tuner in your TV which most of the newer HDTV comes by default. Again as perrybhadra mentioned, you will not get all the channels as some channels are encrypted. But you will get over hundreds of free HD channels.

@sona,
How much does the equipment cost? Is there annual fee? Are the pictures sharp like satellite tv channels? What internationAl programming you are talking about? Do you get like Hindi channels, Nepali channels? And you can watch on tv right? Not a computer? Please reply. It is totally new to me.

Sona, I looked into it. The channel lineup looks really awful. http://www.gosatellite.com/FTA-Learning-Center/FTA-Channel-Listing

For a second, I got excited coz I thought I'd get to watch skysports but oh well...