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Old 11-26-2006, 11:33 PM  
Martin3
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Originally Posted by Sly View Post
If you're going through cable or satellite, its an extra $5-10 a month for the HD service, which includes a tuner.

If you're going through antenna for the basic broadcast channels (total waste of HD, IMO), then yes, an actual tuner will be needed.
Waste of HD?
OTA HD broadcasts have some of the highest bandwidth through put currently. Sat and cable companies lower bitrates and resolutions(1440x1080) to save on bandwidth. Both directtv and dish do this with all their HD channels aswell as most cable companies.
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