Comcast reports 72% boost in HD and PVR subscribers

Cable provider Comcast says 535,000 customers added either a PVR or HDTV to their orders during the first quarter of 2007, a 72% increase from the same period last year.

About 20 percent of Comcast's 25 million subscribers now have a high definition box, a personal video recorder, or both. Not that the two items are really related unless your a Comcast PR person touting the strong growth in sales of "new technologies." But Comcast doesn't break down the two figures separately in its financial reports, so that's about as specific as we can get.

About 38% of the company's digital customers (with video-on-demand, HD, and/or PVRs) are using high definition PVRs. That's about 5 million Comcast customers paying an average of $75 per month or more for video services.