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do you have to pay extra for cable with a high definition television?

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1. It depends on who is your cable provider. Time Warner and Comcast does not charge as far as I know if you have someone other than that it is possible.
2. Comcast charges $5 a month for high definition service. It inlcudes a couple extra channels that you could not get with an over-the-air HDTV antenna.
3. yes... but what my dad did was that he went to bestbuy and bought a high definition antenna and he installed it and all the television programs are in high definition. but we dont have capable :( its too expensive.
4. Hi Kaleem, It costs $10 more a month in Chattanooga. I was in Walmart today and in the electronics department they had "Rabbit Ear" antennas for $14.95. I am just getting it set up but on my first shot the over the air looks better then my cable did. I can't drop cable because I depend on it for Internet but I can save $10 a month. Norm
5. not for cablevision / optimum, here in nyc.. and i believe that TWC does the same for there customers in nyc..
6. Depends on the provider. DirecTV charges $10 a month for HD channels. But remember you also have to buy or lease an HD receiver to watch them.
7. Your cable package already includes HDTV channels most companies have about 20 total. The amount you get depends on your package--problem is that they won't work unless you rent 1 of their HDTV cable boxes which runs between $5-$12/m.
8. It only costs extra if you get a HD digital cable box from your cable company.. If you install cable cards into your television or into a series 3 Tivo, then you will not have to pay anything extra because HD is included on all cable cards for free.