Comcast HD

[Yaddamean!]

Dont know where to post this, but, I'm pretty sure people will appreciate this.

I currently have Comcast Digital Cable with 4 boxes total in the house. We have Starz, HBO, and Showtime with our package. I didnt go for an HD box because really, the PS3 satisfies my HD needs. Anyway, last week, I had to move my box to another room and didnt have a box for a couple days. I figure I can just have basic cable with no box. I can live without the ondemand service and premium channels for a couple days.

So I went ahead and did an auto scan on my Sammy. It scanned all the way up to 125 or something. After that, it automatically did another scan. Im thinking, It was finished but I guess it was doing more scanning. After it was all said and done, I had two different sources. TV and DTV. TV was the basic cable going up to 70 channels and DTV was HD!!! I've been enjoying NFL football and the Olympics in glorious HD for free!!

BTW, when in DTV, the channels are coming up as 71.4 71.5 80.1 80.2 80.3 etc...I also noticed a couple channels were being broadcasted in 720p. Shame on cable providers forcing us to pay $5 extra a month for a box.

Has anyone else found this out? Or am I somehow receiving the feeds illegally?

[jctash]

I found that out the same way. It's only the local channels but it does look nice. Your TV has to have NTSC and ATSC. My friend has one and it doesn't have both so he doesn't get the other channels in HD. Its nice to watch the olympics in HD.

[ithinkhesondrugs]

YES! haha our cable box was acting up so we just went ahead and plugged it in straight from the wall and received a bunch of HD channels...and programming we werent subscribed for. *like hi random porno? lol* It was insane. Granted its sad to lose the guide but we're just going to get a splitter. So yay for free hd! haha

[mdabb]

Qam

[harley]

I have cox here in AZ...about to buy the sammy 32lna 450 with built in tuner...will certainly try this