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Comcast HDTV Box franzen_torres 12-31-2005
Posted by Quaoar on January 1, 2006, 1:19 pm
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L Alpert wrote:
> franzen_torres@yahoo.com wrote:
>> I am still using Comcast analog cable and I just bought an HDTV-ready
>> large screen TV. If I were to buy a Comcast-compatible Motorola
>> DCT5100/1000 cable box from EBay, and install it myself without
>> having to call Comcast, will the HDTV work? In other words, is the
>> HDTV signal already in the coax cable feeding analog signals to my
>> home, and all I need is something to decode the signal? The reason I
>> don't want to call Comcast is because they insist on a hefty
>> installation fee and have a long waitlisted installation schedule.
>> This is on top of a monthly rental for the HDTV box itself which
>> runs till infinity. Thanks for any help.
>
> This can be a problem. I purchased a DCP 501 for a bedroom, and it
> took awhile.
>
> this unit has a non-HD DCT 2000 cable box built in.
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008ZPJN/103-5962659-4815839?v=glance&n=172282
>
> The 800 service number was not very helpful. First, it was "You
> cannot use your own box", and "where did you get this from, it may be
> stolen". Trying to explain that it is a retail available low end HT
> unit was a useless exercise. They were completely lost as to what to
> do. "That GI number does not show up in our database"...so I
> explained that well, it is a database, so you could enter data, or
> else, how would you get new shipments of boxes in....
>
> I finally called the local service, and they came out, called the
> warehouse and had them enter the GI number into the database and I
> finally got it up and running....

So do you have the iGuide, OnDemand, etc. with your own box?

Q



Pure Networks
Posted by Justice Gustine on January 1, 2006, 8:19 pm
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>L Alpert wrote:
>> franzen_torres@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> I am still using Comcast analog cable and I just bought an HDTV-ready
>>> large screen TV. If I were to buy a Comcast-compatible Motorola
>>> DCT5100/1000 cable box from EBay, and install it myself without
>>> having to call Comcast, will the HDTV work? In other words, is the
>>> HDTV signal already in the coax cable feeding analog signals to my
>>> home, and all I need is something to decode the signal? The reason I
>>> don't want to call Comcast is because they insist on a hefty
>>> installation fee and have a long waitlisted installation schedule.
>>> This is on top of a monthly rental for the HDTV box itself which
>>> runs till infinity. Thanks for any help.
>>
>> This can be a problem. I purchased a DCP 501 for a bedroom, and it
>> took awhile.
>>
>> this unit has a non-HD DCT 2000 cable box built in.
>>
>>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008ZPJN/103-5962659-4815839?v=glance&n=172282
>>
>> The 800 service number was not very helpful. First, it was "You
>> cannot use your own box", and "where did you get this from, it may be
>> stolen". Trying to explain that it is a retail available low end HT
>> unit was a useless exercise. They were completely lost as to what to
>> do. "That GI number does not show up in our database"...so I
>> explained that well, it is a database, so you could enter data, or
>> else, how would you get new shipments of boxes in....
>>
>> I finally called the local service, and they came out, called the
>> warehouse and had them enter the GI number into the database and I
>> finally got it up and running....
>
>So do you have the iGuide, OnDemand, etc. with your own box?
>

A DCP501 will get everything a DCT2000 will get, except for a rental
fee.


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"From spongecake to satellites, it's gotta be Krebstar"

Posted by Warren on January 2, 2006, 2:07 am
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Justice Gustine wrote:
> A DCP501 will get everything a DCT2000 will get, except for a rental
> fee.
>

Or free upgrades when technology changes, or free support from the cable
company.

--
Warren H.

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Posted by L Alpert on January 2, 2006, 12:16 pm
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Quaoar wrote:
> L Alpert wrote:
>> franzen_torres@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> I am still using Comcast analog cable and I just bought an
>>> HDTV-ready large screen TV. If I were to buy a Comcast-compatible
>>> Motorola DCT5100/1000 cable box from EBay, and install it myself
>>> without having to call Comcast, will the HDTV work? In other words,
>>> is the HDTV signal already in the coax cable feeding analog signals
>>> to my home, and all I need is something to decode the signal? The
>>> reason I don't want to call Comcast is because they insist on a
>>> hefty installation fee and have a long waitlisted installation
>>> schedule. This is on top of a monthly rental for the HDTV box
>>> itself which runs till infinity. Thanks for any help.
>>
>> This can be a problem. I purchased a DCP 501 for a bedroom, and it
>> took awhile.
>>
>> this unit has a non-HD DCT 2000 cable box built in.
>>
>>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008ZPJN/103-5962659-4815839?v=glance&n=172282
>>
>> The 800 service number was not very helpful. First, it was "You
>> cannot use your own box", and "where did you get this from, it may be
>> stolen". Trying to explain that it is a retail available low end HT
>> unit was a useless exercise. They were completely lost as to what to
>> do. "That GI number does not show up in our database"...so I
>> explained that well, it is a database, so you could enter data, or
>> else, how would you get new shipments of boxes in....
>>
>> I finally called the local service, and they came out, called the
>> warehouse and had them enter the GI number into the database and I
>> finally got it up and running....
>
> So do you have the iGuide, OnDemand, etc. with your own box?
>
> Q

Yes....



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