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More Hi-Def Exposure
Mark Miller
San Francisco -- Comcast launched high-definition television in the Bay Area last Tuesday, giving its customers access to HD programming from KNTV-HD (NBC), KGO-HD (ABC), KQED-HD (PBS), HBO and Showtime. The HD signals are available to more than 800,000 cable households in 64 cities throughout the Bay Area, including upgraded areas in the cities of San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland; Marin County; and East Bay cities including Hayward and Union City.
Comcast customers who have an HDTV-ready TV set now will be able to rent a digital set-top converter that includes an HDTV tuner, for as little as $5 per month, which will allow them to view the channels shown in high-definition. Comcast HDTV customers will continue to be able to view standard analog and digital channels on their HDTV sets. Comcast's HDTV service features a wide-screen 16:9 picture, more than 2 million pixels per picture and color resolution that is twice that of analog television.
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