I have cable (Comcast) myself. I’ve never seen the need to go the satellite route. Anyway, I’m not sure how you can see what you see on HD channels. They don’t come up on my system. I get the sound, but the screen remains blank. Are you paying for an HD signal when you don’t have HDTV? Or did your cable company make a mistake?
I think that the comparison of satellite to cable has to be made on a case by case local basis. We have had Dish (non-HD) for about 5 years now. Our broadband cable provider also has cable TV so I priced it again recently, as I do from time to time, and it was actually slightly more expensive than satellite with the configuration we have.
You would think since I get broadband from them, the cable provider could discount the cable enuf to make it attractive to add on, but they won’t, so we will stick with satellite. Plus in our area, SD satellite is widely accepted to have a slightly better picture than the local cable provider.
No, Cable One includes all but the movie channels, and a few select HD channels that are subscription only, in the package I have.
So, I have access to about 18 HD channels. When I get an HDTV, I won’t have to make any programming or hardware changes.
I’m guessing that after Feb 18, I’ll have access to more HD channels.
On my SDTV, the HD channels come in letterboxed.