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Comcast Customers Forced To Switch To Digital If They Want To Watch ‘Dave’ For The 75th Time

It's not analog cable, it's HBO

Comcast customers without digital cable — clearly, people who live in the draconian time of 1997 and don’t have to deal with that horrible Motorola DVR box (although the latest firmware update may have fixed it) — are now faced to deal with a choice: Upgrade to digital, or miss The Sopranos.

The Inquirer reports this comes after Comcast previously upset smaller groups of older peopel by shifting some Catholic network (EWTN) and C-SPAN2 to digital-only.

A decision to move EWTN and C-SPAN2 to Comcast’s digital tier late last year caused an uproar at Pennswood Village, a Bucks County community of 450 people over age 65.

“Pennswood was up in arms,” said Alice Garr, chairwoman of the village’s ad hoc TV services committee, which was formed solely to deal with the issue.

Indeed! Meanwhile, some man is angry he already pays $83.50 for regular cable on three television sets, which means his deal is way better than mine, apparently.

HBO move riles some Comcast customers [Inquirer]
 
dmac | 2:33 PM | 3 Comments
Comcast, HBO, HBO Comcast
 
  1. George Says: Mar 21 4:05 PM

    This will make way for new and exciting products.

  2. jnik Says: Mar 21 9:27 PM

    Same thing’s happening here in Richmond, VA; I think it’s a national move by Comcast to eventually make everyone rent one of their digital boxes.
    this means my TiVo and my VCR won’t be able to record HBO for me. I have a Comcast unit to record Showtime and other digital channels, but their DVR is awful.

  3. David Snyder Says: Mar 22 10:50 AM

    Hey, Dave is a good movie.

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