Technology / Television (TV) / Digital Cable: A service provided by many cable providers (Time Warner and insight both offer it) which offers viewers more channels, access to pay-per-view programs, and online guides. Digital cable is not the same as HDTV or DTV: rather, digital cable simply offers cable subscribers the better picture quality and additional services. In the Cincinnati area, Time Warner offers an HDTV digital set top box that allows you to connect a HDTV set to the cable and receive some HDTV programming. You will find WCET Digital on TW Channel 948.
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