I was with Dish Network for the past 3 years using their older receiver which allowed to record HDTV to D-VHS vcr. Both picture quality and DD 5.1 sound were awesome. Then Dish retiered 5000 receiver and I stopped being their subscriber. Going with Comcast is like feeding the pig. They will increase your monthly bill without any explanation several times a year. You should ask yorself several questions on what is really important to you - price, picture quality, variety, ability to timeshift, ability to archive to D-VHS tape today and then transfer in the future to Blue Ray discs ot HD-DVD format (ongoing war between the two).
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