You guys are right.. Insight does SUCK

[black00ws6]

Well we got digital cable through insight last week since they were the only company back here for now... Supposedly it's digital cable, even though every TV we have has a shitty picture. They are all fuzzy, and their digital cable box is a freakin joke. It just has composite hookups on the back, no component, no s-video, just normal rca jacks. graemlins/thumbsdown.gifgraemlins/thumbsdown.gifgraemlins/thumbsdown.gif

[LJ]

Originally posted by Homey D. Clown:

Well we got digital cable through insight last week since they were the only company back here for now... Supposedly it's digital cable, even though every TV we have has a shitty picture. They are all fuzzy, and their digital cable box is a freakin joke. It just has composite hookups on the back, no component, no s-video, just normal rca jacks. graemlins/thumbsdown.gifgraemlins/thumbsdown.gifgraemlins/thumbsdown.gif

They must have given you a bad box. Mine has component, s-video, and rca jacks, as well as coax cable jacks. Mine is just hooked up through the coax cable jack and my picture is sharp, call them and request a better box.

[Nitrousbird]

Originally posted by Homey D. Clown:

Well we got digital cable through insight last week since they were the only company back here for now... Supposedly it's digital cable, even though every TV we have has a shitty picture. They are all fuzzy, and their digital cable box is a freakin joke. It just has composite hookups on the back, no component, no s-video, just normal rca jacks. graemlins/thumbsdown.gifgraemlins/thumbsdown.gifgraemlins/thumbsdown.gif

I'm assuming you aren't running a digital box on every TV. If it's fuzzy on all (and assuming it isn't a problem with all of the TV's, which is doubtful), you've got a cable problem.

 

Since your house is newly built, the cable fittings behind the wallplates are highly suspect. These idiot builders slap on the cheapest cable fittings you can get, and even then don't put them on right. And this is if you are lucky enough to have a builder that doesn't wire the house with the cheapest RG59 crap no cable company has used in many years.

 

The problem could be a large number of things though. As for the box, when I had Insight years ago, their box did have S-video outputs on it; are you sure they didn't give you one of their analog boxes.

 

Also, digital channels should look clear, even if the analog channels don't. W/ digital, it is either all or nothing, you don't just get a fuzzy pic (you can get digital breakup, but that's never mistaken for a fuzzy pic). If the Digital pics aren't sharp, it's either:

- Jumper between box and TV

- TV itself

- Box itself (but normally the above 2)

[smokin5s]

Originally posted by Nitrousbird:

I'm assuming you aren't running a digital box on every TV. If it's fuzzy on all (and assuming it isn't a problem with all of the TV's, which is doubtful), you've got a cable problem.

 

Since your house is newly built, the cable fittings behind the wallplates are highly suspect. These idiot builders slap on the cheapest cable fittings you can get, and even then don't put them on right. And this is if you are lucky enough to have a builder that doesn't wire the house with the cheapest RG59 crap no cable company has used in many years.

 

The problem could be a large number of things though. As for the box, when I had Insight years ago, their box did have S-video outputs on it; are you sure they didn't give you one of their analog boxes.

 

Also, digital channels should look clear, even if the analog channels don't. W/ digital, it is either all or nothing, you don't just get a fuzzy pic (you can get digital breakup, but that's never mistaken for a fuzzy pic). If the Digital pics aren't sharp, it's either:

- Jumper between box and TV

- TV itself

- Box itself (but normally the above 2)

his box says digital right on the front....

 

Every channel that I saw looked fuzzy.... cable box or no cable box...

[Brandon]

nitrious bird is correct, its all or nothing with digital. And the first 100 channels on digital cable are analog so...

[black00ws6]

They told me the only boxes they had with all the other connectors were the DVR boxes, which are on back order until the end of march. Every TV has a fuzzy picture.

[Rally Red Evo]

Insights boxes suck. I do not have DVR and they tell me my box is the newest they have. Its 6 years old and like yours has crap for hook ups.

[99BlownYellowGT]

Im tired of my crappy insight also.Ive been having probs with roadrunner too.

[Nitrousbird]

Then switch people!! In a lot of areas (but definately not all), either WOW or TW will also be in the area.

 

If not, you can always go to Satellite (but it has it's own problems too). Though I'd still avoid DSL at all costs and suffer with their cable modem service if they are the only providers available.