Didn't youse guys read what Monty posted day before yesterday?????? QUOTE Comcast Exceeds One Million HDTV-Capable Set-Top Boxes; Demand for HDTV Service Propelled by Super Bowl - Feb 2, 2005 11:34 AM (PR Newswire) PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- As Super Bowl frenzy reaches a = fever pitch, Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), announced it has now deployed more than one million high-definition television (HDTV)-capable Digital Cable set-top boxes in customers' homes, adding more than = 800,000 of them in 2004 alone. In addition, Comcast has experienced a 143% = increase in the number of customers connecting HDTV sets to Comcast's HD service = during January 2005 versus January 2004. ... - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=3D46612126 UNQUOTE -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mitch Cardwell Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 1:48 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Cable in trouble?? The problem iss that from what I understands the Sinclair station in=20 Nashville is broadcasting with a 9 volt battery. On Feb 4, 2005, at 9:28 AM, Bob Miller wrote: > The Superbowl plus a loss in the must carry battle might just wake up > broadcasters. > > Sinclair's actions to withhold the Superbowl may bear fruit. That is=20 > the > biggest gun broadcasters have. Cable may be shown to have no clothes. > > From AVSForum... > > quote: > Originally posted by foxeng > If the phone calls I have received over the last two weeks are any > indication, cable is suffering. I have taken at least 4 to 5 every day > the last 2 weeks. I took 6 calls and 3 emails yesterday alone. The > antennas are sprouting like mushrooms around here. > > I can' speak about the rest of the country, but word has gotten out in > my area that the way you get HD here is with an antenna, not cable or > not satellite. I am not sure who is marketing it, but it seems to be > working. > > > One of the engineers at our Fox affiliate told me the same thing > yesterday. He's received a lot of calls asking him if all they need is = > a > STB and an antenna for the Superbowl in HD. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at = > FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word = > unsubscribe in the subject line. > =20 =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at = FreeLists.org=20 - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word = unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.