Digital Cable with HD Compatibility

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Posted by Rich on June 16, 2005, 8:36 pm

I plan on buying the new HP z555 with OTA HD support. If I have Comcast
Digital Cable with HD support for local and premium channels like HBO, will I
see HD through my HP z555 since it does support HD at some level? Guess I
don't want to spend $2,000 on a computer when I will not be watching HDTV
through it using its sweet interface.

Posted by Doug Knox MS-MVP on June 17, 2005, 9:26 am

No. HD over cable is not yet supported in MCE 2005.

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>I plan on buying the new HP z555 with OTA HD support. If I have Comcast
> Digital Cable with HD support for local and premium channels like HBO, will I
> see HD through my HP z555 since it does support HD at some level? Guess I
> don't want to spend $2,000 on a computer when I will not be watching HDTV
> through it using its sweet interface.

Posted by Todd Bowra [MSFT] on June 17, 2005, 2:01 pm

You will get to watch the HD digital cable content, but it will be
down-converted to SD by your cable box

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> I plan on buying the new HP z555 with OTA HD support. If I have Comcast
> Digital Cable with HD support for local and premium channels like HBO,

will I

> see HD through my HP z555 since it does support HD at some level? Guess I
> don't want to spend $2,000 on a computer when I will not be watching HDTV
> through it using its sweet interface.

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