Okay, that explains it. With Comcast, I have to subscribe for HD reception (and maybe even exchange my box). At $5 it’s no big deal, but that’s the way it’s structured.
Still, HDTV is no lure for me. My 32” Sony gives excellent results. I’m quite content...
Sharper, cleaner, and with a lot less mosquito noise.
With DirecTV, when I watched golf, the course looked more like green oceans than grass. With Cable One, when I watch golf on one of the HD channels, it IS grass. I'd estimate the improvement is 47,687% better.
The flesh on people's faces no longer shifts around. Eyeballs stay where they are. Programming is watchable again.
I did have to pull some clever legal maneuvers against DirecTV to keep from having to pay an early termination fee. <SPIT>. Well, not really clever. I merely had to research the laws WRT contracts in my State, and I discovered that DTV had made a huge error which means they are not legally entitled to the fee. YMMV.