This is how FIOS works for TV: a fiber cable goes into a box and copper coax comes out of the box. The data that was on the fiber is re-modualted into rf on the coax so as to be useable by a traditional STB.

What I'd like to know is how do the regualar SD channels look? On analog cable they are usually kinda fuzzy at the best and totally unwatchable at the worst. FIOS has the opportunity to deliver a signal as clean as the master broadcast which as anyone with an "old fasioned" big dish will tell you rivals DVD in clarity. If FIOS could deliver this same level of fidelity into my home without the need for the big dish I'd be all over it. Oh and the fat net access pipe is nice too. Rumar has it my area gets FIOS soon. We'll see.

Fios TV is great. Even on regular non HD TV's you will notice a difference from Cable. When they installed mine, I had a high end non HD Toshiba and I was surprised at the difference in Picture quality. May be Cable in my area was just crappy but fios tv does indeed come in clear.

This seems to be true at least with most reviews I have read. The Channel Lineup is impressive too. I have a whole bunch of discovery Channels, I think 5 Military Channels and the list goes on. I got Channels I didn't even know existed! And then again may be the Cable provider in my area was just cheap!


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Can I get Fios TV Now?