Should I go Comcast Cable or DirectTV at my new place.

[mkenyon2]

I'm not too concerned w/ programming selection... they'll both give me what I want to watch. I'm concerned about tuning.

I'll have 3 Hauppauge NTSC tuners (1 PVR 150, and 1 PVR 500). Right now the PVR 150 is pulling channels off the standard cable and I'm happy. I tried using the digital box from Comcast, but channel changing didn't always happen correctly, and I never played with it enough to get it working.

With Comcast, I know that (for now) I can just tie the cable into a splitter and get three feeds, one for each tuner.

With DirectTV, I'll need 3 boxes, right?

What would you choose? (Let's say for sake of argument, that I can get bundles of equal cost and channel line-ups from either.)

[nightwalker]

Depending on where in Pa you are Comcast is about to end sending analog over their cable so you will need a STB anyway, If not this year, by next summer for sure.

It ends up being a wash, for all intents and purposes it won't make a bit of difference, same setup on either system.

[mkenyon2]

If Comcast sends more QAM, I could still use digital cards to capture without a box, correct?

With DirectTV, I would only be able to use STBs, if I understand correctly.

[nightwalker]

Comcast has cut the Clear QAM to the quick. They're only sending out the local networks now. They have finished their conversion here but that's their plan for everwhere.