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Originally Posted by ken0042
I actually find this somewhat amusing. People complain about Shaw not having as much HD content as other providers, so Shaw steps it up. Now they are asking people to pay for the bandwidth that they are requesting, and people have issues with it.
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There is no way for a customer to keep their current Shaw HD lineup without forking over more money. That's the problem. If all they did was introduce five new channels and kept their current free lineup, we'd all be happy.
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Keep in mind when we buy our HD DCT's that our TV service provider sees very little of that money; if any at all as some of those are actually subsidized. So just because you gave $700 to Shaw for the box doesn't mean Shaw made $700 off you. Same as how they didn't make a dime off that $2000 TV you bought at Future Shop.
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Eh? My brother used to work at Future Shop; I assure you Shaw and Future Shop make good money off the HD boxes (so did my brother - $50 spiffs on those buggers). They make almost nothing off of the regular digital cable boxes, but the retailers love them because they help sell TVs.
Shaw desperately wants everybody to go to digital cable. Analog cable takes up far too much bandwidth, and they want to add more channels to compete with satellite. They can't do that without killing their analog service.