My advice to you is get the Dish Network 811 system It should cost you $45.00 installed and they will credit you $45.00 on your billing FREE. then buy a d.v.i. cable if your t.v. only has h.d.m.i input then you can buy an adapter THE DISH SYSTEM ONLY COMES WITH COMPONIT VIDIO CABLES and using d.v.i. will give you a stunning pictue then order basic+ the hi-def package +voom great value about $45.00 per month. and with there great over the air hi-def tuner you can install a cheap outside antenna and pick up all your local digital channels. I live in San Jose ca and receive 19 over the channels 9 of which are in hi-def I saw n.a.s.c.a.r racing over the air and it was stunning also the 811 has optical audio for your 5.1 sound system Iam in hi-def heaven over 28 channels in digital or hi-def If you go this way email me and I will sned you a gift card # and you will get a lot of goodies and I get $5.00 off my bill for a year stewart norrie cadillacstew@aol.com
Hi all. I just recieved my Samsung HL-R5668 DLP TV (which is excellent, btw
), and I'm deciding how to hook up my cable setup. First of all, I don't get any stations beyong the basic cable package, so nothing is scrambled; I was surprised to see that I get all the HD stations the cable company provides without either a box or a cable card, just by plugging the RF directly to the TV. The only problem is it can be difficult to find the HD stations- apparently DTV uses sub numbers and the TV Guide station can't detect them- is it safe to assume this will be rectified with a cable card? Also, I've noticed more snow in my picture on my regular TV with direct input versus the cable box- is it possible that my cable company includes a signal amplifier in the cable box to improve the picture? In that case, it may be better to get the cable box. Of course, there's also the added advantage of DVR.....
Anyway, if any of you guys have suffered this decision between card or box, I'd love some advice. I'm leaning towards gettign a cable box since without scrambled channels the card seems pretty worthless, and the box does add some rarely used niceties such as on demand. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

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