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Comcast moving Sci Fi Channel to digital service (HIGHER PRICE!)
Chicago Tribune ^ | 8-03-05 | Phil Rosenthal

Posted on 08/03/2005 9:48:26 AM PDT by toddlintown

Comcast has come up with a plan for local fans of the increasingly popular Sci Fi Channel that only a stockholder could love.

In the name of what a spokeswoman for the cable operator calls "conformity," it's bucking Sci Fi next week from the basic tier where two-thirds of its local customers now find it to a more expensive digital service where the other third already gets it.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: comcast; comcrap; scifi; tv
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To: toddlintown

Just as a side note, every analog channel is taking up the bandwidth of (about) two HD channels or four+ digital channels.

In the not too distant future (looks like end of 2008), it's all digital.



61 posted on 08/03/2005 10:56:25 AM PDT by No.6 (www.fourthfightergroup.com)
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To: Tsunamii
I'm just kidding about the neighbor, as a matter of fact I don't watch to much TV anymore. I get my news from radio and the Internet and the rest of it is just an excuse to sit on the couch. I would much rather be on a boat on the water than watching a Gilligan's Island marathon. lol
62 posted on 08/03/2005 11:00:34 AM PDT by TheForceOfOne (The alternative media is our Enigma machine.)
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To: toddlintown

only for the first week. but that was a hardware issue in the receiver. don't know how it will react to snow yet, it's only been installed for a few months.


63 posted on 08/03/2005 11:01:08 AM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: theFIRMbss
I watched that -- or parts of it anyway. It literally may have been the worst movie I've ever seen.

It was like a movie from Dan Ackroyd's old "Bad Cinema".

That was not so good now, was it.

64 posted on 08/03/2005 11:06:29 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Wolfie

ahh netflix that bast to get all the oldies and make copies.


65 posted on 08/03/2005 11:08:27 AM PDT by markman46 (happily watching manned spaceflight sense 1962)
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To: mysterio
If cable wasn't the only high speed internet in my area, I would have ditched it years ago. You can get DSL through the phone company, but it's still expensive and much slower.

Cable rates are approaching predatory

thats no lie, I pay about 125.00 for cable internet and digital cable. oh ya I have adelphia.

66 posted on 08/03/2005 11:12:16 AM PDT by markman46 (happily watching manned spaceflight sense 1962)
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To: toddlintown
The Sci Fi channel? as a premium service? Hell they never show anything but various versions of Stargate.

I swear, EVERY single time I look at the guide to see if there's anything interesting, it's all Stargate.... all the time...

67 posted on 08/03/2005 11:15:22 AM PDT by Lloyd227
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To: No.6

No 6. At the bitrate that is used on WFXT you could get 4 HD stations out of it.


68 posted on 08/03/2005 11:25:36 AM PDT by Tsunamii
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To: theFIRMbss
their mutant shark film was broadcast. So I missed it. Damn! It looked so good!

>you forgot the sarcasm tags<

Your right..that was a very sorry, poorly made film... ...the writers/directors/producters..and the Cast should be sent to North Korea, and work for TINY KIM.

:P

69 posted on 08/03/2005 3:54:38 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: HitmanNY

Maybe I'm the only one, but I thought last week's episode really dragged.

They need to bring the interesting characters back into the picture (Adama, Boomer, Starbuck)..


70 posted on 08/03/2005 3:57:25 PM PDT by k2blader (Hic sunt dracones..)
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To: pankot
Ya wanna see a marauding shark? Watch Hillary....NOoo! :D
71 posted on 08/03/2005 4:00:24 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: longtermmemmory

SG1 jumped the shark the minute Jack's onscreen time was reduced. : )

I stopped watching after the episode of Sam talking to herself and deciding the direction her life should take. *Rolling eyes*

I thought last season's finale should have been the season finale.


72 posted on 08/03/2005 4:06:44 PM PDT by Politicalmom (Just one more reason to hate the government....)
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To: TightyRighty
Ohh, I love my direcTV

Well, I love my DISH network as well....we moved a couple of years ago and tried ComCast for a short while because we wanted the cable internet...what a disappointment after having Dish. The price was higher to begin with, and just kept going up. We switched to DSL and put our dish back up. I love being able to hit a button and have a synopsis on the screen when I am surfing. I'm told you can do that with cable, but we didn't have digital cable.

We moved to another area and are able to have cable internet from a different cable company without the bundling, so we now have the best of both worlds, IMO.

73 posted on 08/03/2005 4:07:23 PM PDT by greyfoxx39
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To: toddlintown

I think they had to make Daniel grow a beard, because the new guy looks very similar. Maybe if the ratings drop, Daniel can un-ascend naked again.


74 posted on 08/03/2005 4:09:03 PM PDT by Politicalmom (Just one more reason to hate the government....)
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To: absolootezer0
odd, i get just fine reception when its raining, maybe that had something to do with the fact that it was raining when my satellite was put in tho.

ROTFL We very seldom have rain and snow problems, but we do live in New Mexico, maybe that's why. The sun was shining when our dish went up.

75 posted on 08/03/2005 4:10:06 PM PDT by greyfoxx39
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To: toddlintown

Comcast is rapacious. That's why I moved to BellSouth DSL. If I get cable I will go for the Dish. I refuse to line their pockets. Plus what a bunch of misfits they have on their community affairs channels.... makes me want to puke. I catch glimpses of this when I visit others.


76 posted on 08/03/2005 4:16:56 PM PDT by dennisw ( G_d - ---> Against Amelek for all generations)
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To: greyfoxx39

We had a similar situation when we sold our home. We had to move into an apartment for a year and decided to go with Comcast while we were there. It was awful! I haven't heard much about Dish Network but really ANY satellite service has to be better than cable. I suspect that cable companies are going to see a sharp decline in their subscriptions if they haven't already. People seem to think that satellite is a bigger hassle than cable but it's not.


77 posted on 08/03/2005 4:36:40 PM PDT by TightyRighty
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To: k2blader

You're not the only ones. Ratings have slid from the first season's numbers, though many reasons have been offered (summertime, less people watching tv, etc.),


78 posted on 08/03/2005 4:42:07 PM PDT by HitmanLV
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To: The_Victor
Can you say "Dish Network?" Better service, lower price, and Sci-Fi channel on basic service.

But "dish" doesn't offer the NFL package. DirecTV does, and if you mention my name when switching, I get a month free! ;-) Sorry for the shameless plug!

79 posted on 08/03/2005 5:42:58 PM PDT by golfboy (character is doing what is right, when no one is looking)
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To: golfboy

To follow up a little late on this thread -
Comcast is the absolute worst... not only for their service, but for not showing Nationals games to their fans in the DC area.

Terrible!

[rant over]


80 posted on 08/09/2005 9:40:07 AM PDT by yankeedoodledandy
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