Do you have the AT-9 dish or slimline? I have a slimline.


AT9, but then again, Greywolf said here that he has never seen anyone else with the signal levels I have here - so I doubt a slimline would make a difference as I have this thing so tweaked.

Any other D* customers lost only their local HDs in this storm? I understand rain fade and all, but with the locals acting up last week, I was wondering...

Congratlations on finally getting ESPN-2 HD on TWC. That was faster than I though it'd be... I'm out in San Diego now for a few months and haven't even gotten cable or DirecTV yet. I intend to get DirecTV if the dish fits on the porch. I don't have much motivation now since it isn't football season and we're busy anyway.

I'm happy to report that my RoadRunner service is running great out here, a massive improvement over the trouble I was having with Earthlink over TWC in Feb/Mar. It is a pleasure to use the web again instead of a painful nightly ordeal. Incidentally, I did find someone from Charlotte on dslreports.com having similar problems. I'm still not sure if the problem was the cable modem or TWC/Earthlink routers (my suspicion). The big lesson learned is to stick with RoadRunner. At least that way you have a common point of support instead of Earthlink/TWC "us vs. them."

Anyone around here paying the extra $9.95/month for the upgrade from 5Mbps Road Runner for 8Mbps? I'm somewhat intrigued by this "upgrade" but would like to hear if anyone has any firsthand experience with it and felt the benefit.

Anyone around here paying the extra $9.95/month for the upgrade from 5Mbps Road Runner for 8Mbps? I'm somewhat intrigued by this "upgrade" but would like to hear if anyone has any firsthand experience with it and felt the benefit.
I just got the card in the mail about trying it free the first month. But I'm not sure if there's ever been any time that I've waited for anything to download. The 5Mbps seems to be more than enough for me right now. Maybe if I was going to video phone or something?

I just got the card in the mail about trying it free the first month. But I'm not sure if there's ever been any time that I've waited for anything to download. The 5Mbps seems to be more than enough for me right now. Maybe if I was going to video phone or something?


ditto, im a bit leary until I hear someone actually seeing the benefits of it.

Anyone in this market getting either WXLV or WMYV in HD on Charter Cable (post-Charter/Sinclair Retrans Agreement made last week)? I'm in the GSP-AVL Market and am waiting on WLOS and WMYA's HD Signal to appear on our system here. Any info to offer, please pass it this way. Thanks!

Anyone in this market getting either WXLV or WMYV in HD on Charter Cable (post-Charter/Sinclair Retrans Agreement made last week)? I'm in the GSP-AVL Market and am waiting on WLOS and WMYA's HD Signal to appear on our system here. Any info to offer, please pass it this way. Thanks!

Charter has no systems in our area.

The press release from Sinclair had mentioned the stations as being carried on Charter Systems:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070412/neth076.html?.v=1

Thanks for the info.......the wait continues on this end until ABC is available in HD (Finally!)....

Any other D* customers lost only their local HDs in this storm? I understand rain fade and all, but with the locals acting up last week, I was wondering...
Today I finally got my first rain fade since I got my slimline dish in January. The fade only affected the locals. All other channels including the national HDs were ok. I noticed the problems with D*'s HD locals back on Thursday and Friday but I haven't seen the yesterday or today. Maybe that got corrected. Are you still noticing them?

Got 'em back right when the storm moved through. I haven't noticed the audio thing since Friday, either.

Interesting, I got some raid fade today too. For me my locals were always coming in crystal clear. It was the HD nationals that got pixelated for me. Maybe I have an alignment problem? Which sat are the national HDs on?

The press release from Sinclair had mentioned the stations as being carried on Charter Systems:

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070412/neth076.html?.v=1

Thanks for the info.......the wait continues on this end until ABC is available in HD (Finally!)....

If Charter has one here it must be a small system then with only a few thousand subs. TWC has 350k subs and the next largest system last I saw was Lexcom at around 20k and the rest were between 1k and 3k.

FWIW - I have heard that Don Moore is no longer at WCWG.

Any other D* customers lost only their local HDs in this storm? I understand rain fade and all, but with the locals acting up last week, I was wondering...

My Slimline lost HD locals during the monsoon the hit me yesterday, but I still received all the other channels. I switched to national Fox east on channel 88 since Fox 8-1 kept sending out all the weather alerts and messed up the HD. (I know, they are just looking out for us, but I was in my basement anyway).

Anyone around here paying the extra $9.95/month for the upgrade from 5Mbps Road Runner for 8Mbps? I'm somewhat intrigued by this "upgrade" but would like to hear if anyone has any firsthand experience with it and felt the benefit.

I've had it for a couple of months now and really enjoy it. DL speeds top out at over 1MB/sec (1000k) from big servers like tucows and majorgeeks. They also bump the upload speed up from 384k to 512k which is nice for watching my slingbox at work, and for skype video with family and friends. I think its worth the extra $10 a month, as long as you are getting your money's worth.

another email reply this time from our branch presiden Jack Stanley, take it for what its worth, only took a week to get a reply...

Good morning Donnie,

I'm glad you are pleased with the addition of ESPN2 HD. We are currently evaluating other HD product, including Versus/Golf for possible addition to the system. While no definitive date has been set, I do anticipate more additions to occur in the mid-year time frame.

Thanks again.
Jack W. Stanley
Greensboro Division

Don Moore posted this in the Triad HDTV list:

WCWG is off the air as a result of a power failure earlier Monday.

Unfortunately, last Thursday, WCWG's General Manager asked me to resign and refused my offer of helping with the transition to her choice for my replacement. North Carolina is a
Right To Work State and it was her right to replace me. Hopefully, they will be back on the air before my replacement arrives in three to four weeks.

I'd have no problems helping them get back on the air; but, apparently, the General Manager can not bring herself to ask me personally.

Don Moore

Anyone around here paying the extra $9.95/month for the upgrade from 5Mbps Road Runner for 8Mbps? I'm somewhat intrigued by this "upgrade" but would like to hear if anyone has any firsthand experience with it and felt the benefit.
I have Road Runner turbo charged. Before I got I was getting about 4.6-4.7 mbps download speed from Time Warner's Road Runner test download site. With the turbo charged version I get about 7.5 mbps download on the same site. To convert to the faster speed was easy. I called them and they changed it while I was one phone. No service visit required.

Since I'm in High Point I considered North State's DSL service because they do have faster speeds available than Road Runner but I didn't want to change my email address. I use my Road Runner email address with a lot of online accounts I use to pay bills, purchase products from stores, messageboard accounts and other things.

Notice any real effect from the boost?

When surfing web pages the differences aren't that noticeable because most web pages aren't that large when it comes to the amount of data you download. But I do notice a difference when downloading large files such as a music purchase from iTunes or downloading movie trailers.

When surfing web pages the differences aren't that noticeable because most web pages aren't that large when it comes to the amount of data you download. But I do notice a difference when downloading large files such as a music purchase from iTunes or downloading movie trailers.

I've had it for a few days and agree with your assessment. Downloads are lightening fast. As far as the speed of locating and opening a web page (i.e. DNS look-ups), I have found a lot of speed-up by not using RR's default DNS servers, but rather using the DNS servers of www.opendns.com. RR's DNS servers seem to get really busy and slow, especially at night.

For surfing the web, it's like driving from winston salem to greensboro. A car that can do 160 MPH is not going to get you there any faster than a car that can drive 70MPH - as you won't be doing 160MPH.

As far as the speed of locating and opening a web page (i.e. DNS look-ups), I have found a lot of speed-up by not using RR's default DNS servers, but rather using the DNS servers of www.opendns.com. RR's DNS servers seem to get really busy and slow, especially at night.
Never heard of Opendns. How long have you been using that? Happy with it? Any downsides?

Never heard of Opendns. How long have you been using that? Happy with it? Any downsides?

No downsides. It's a simple matter of setting your TCP/IP properties to use 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 as your DNS servers, rather than to obtain DNS server addresses automatically (i.e. from RR). I first learned about it a while back from the RR forum at www.dslreports.com when I noticed that DNS look-ups were sometimes slow during peak hours at night. I haven't tried RR's DNS servers lately, so I don't know if they've made any changes/upgrades to speed up their servers.

got a new hd tv a few days ago and bought a powered ant to start into the high def world...till i can get my new dish up and running.....i live out in the woods pretty good and its struggling to keep a signal with the ant...will my dish be better in pulling in the locals in hd??? sure hope so.......also ..... what all channels do you guys get down there.....im west of ws about 10 miles and was just wondering ???? thanks for the help....btw im on direct tv.........

Welcome nodoubt!

All of the stations except WXII and WUNL have their digital antennas south of Greensboro so you are quite a ways from them with just a set top antenna. You didn't say if you had Dish or DirecTV. Only DirecTV has local HD stations via sat and only WFMY, WGHP, WXII and WXLV. Both Dish and DirecTV do have built in over the air tuners that will receive all of the local stations with an antenna.

Hope that helps and we all are willing to help if we can.

Welcome nodoubt!

All of the stations except WXII and WUNL have their digital antennas south of Greensboro so you are quite a ways from them with just a set top antenna. You didn't say if you had Dish or DirecTV. Only DirecTV has local HD stations via sat and only WFMY, WGHP, WXII and WXLV. Both Dish and DirecTV do have built in over the air tuners that will receive all of the local stations with an antenna.

Hope that helps and we all are willing to help if we can.
im on direct tv....that built in sat antenna has to be better than the rabbit ears im trying to use now....thanks

How is you guys here in the Triad are getting the national local HD feeds on DTV? I was told that it took (literally) an act of Congress and a letter of permission which was impossible to get for me to receive them.

The only national feed that was available was FOX because WGHP is owned by FOX. When the local HD's became available, no new waivers could be granted.

How is you guys here in the Triad are getting the national local HD feeds on DTV? I was told that it took (literally) an act of Congress and a letter of permission which was impossible to get for me to receive them.


When I got national Fox, I had to tell them my street address and they looked at a map to determine whether or not I could get it. I'm lucky to still have it considering Fox 8 is at full strength and they have it LiL. I'm sure one of these days I'll turn to channel 88 and it won't come in.

I believe that WTWB has finally gone high-power on their transmitter. I can now receive them OTA.

I believe that WTWB has finally gone high-power on their transmitter. I can now receive them OTA.

They powered up about 3 weeks ago and they do need to update their EPG on call letters.

foxeng,

I live in North Raleigh (as you know). I've been in California for the past week. Before I left, I regularly receive (90%+ of the time) WFMY and WCWG. WMYV is the next signal to show up, better than 50%, and WGHP less than 10%. WLXV I only get during pretty intense inversions, and WXII is, as expected, pretty much a no show.

Tonight, all evening long WXLV is SOLID, WFMY is solid (as usual), WCWG and WMYV are down in the dirt with WGHP, occasionally popping in for a few seconds. The analog signals on 20 and 48 are no stronger or weaker than any normal evening. No other real strange reception activity. Antenna has definitely not been compromised. What gives ???

I suspect it is propagation. As far as I know, everyone is operating at full power and with no problems. You might be getting propagation interference from other stations on those channels. In other words, the band may be open from other areas than the Triad, but the Triad stations are getting walked on.

Anyone having problems with Not Authorized messages on their cable box?

I have these messages on a 8300 and 8000 box. I started getting these this morning and the TW number has been ringing busy all day - apparently the numbers must roll somewhere else because I tried the WS, GSO and Lexington numbers and they all ring busy.

They said they were doing an update and would be done by 5 today but no go in Winston Salem. If I can't record Lost again because of them I will go postal.

They said they were doing an update and would be done by 5 today but no go in Winston Salem. If I can't record Lost again because of them I will go postal.


lol I was thinking the same thing... problems last wednesday too =P

Anyone have anything yet? I am getting a little ticked now.

Anyone having problems with Not Authorized messages on their cable box?

I have these messages on a 8300 and 8000 box. I started getting these this morning and the TW number has been ringing busy all day - apparently the numbers must roll somewhere else because I tried the WS, GSO and Lexington numbers and they all ring busy.

same problems here still!

Finally got through to customer service, the upgrade has taken longer than they hoped. They said it should be up and going by 10 pm. Those b@st@rds!

I live in Asheville and have Charter. This maybe a newbie question or issue, but recently when on the FOXHD channel, at the very top of my SONY KDL46V2500 there is this very thin horizontal line that goes across the entire screen that is showing the show that is being broadcast. I'm not sure how to best describe what it is. It is however extremely annoying. If you need more description about it let me know and I'll try my best. But if anyone knows hot to fix it please help. Thanks!

If it is only during non network programming, that is the Vertical Interval, lines 1-21. Active video starts on line 22. In the analog what that is where test signals and timing signals and other signals go. Because of overscan of SD TVs you never see it. With HD TV's the overscan is GREATLY reduced or non existant, depending on the TV. In the pure digital world, the Vertical Interval isn't a problem since there is no Vertical Interval in digital. Some upconverters do not mask the Vertical Interval as well as others.

Finally got through to customer service, the upgrade has taken longer than they hoped. They said it should be up and going by 10 pm. Those b@st@rds!

any indication what this upgrade was for ?

Something about new features for the future like "start over", but it's past 10 and still craps. They screwed me again on yet another Wednesday when I record Lost.

Something about new features for the future like "start over", but it's past 10 and still craps. They screwed me again on yet another Wednesday when I record Lost.


mines still not back yet as of 630 am thursday

Mine seems to be back working - although I am missing Speed 101.

I am not sure if we got this upgrade in greensboro. We lost the On Demand stuff in the morning, but it was back last night. I also noticed last night that I'm getting all the premium channels and the recently dropped hd pack. Odd.

Mine is not back. I'm very thankful I still have the HD channels though. I can not record, can not get to recorded shows, and can not use the guide. I hope I'll be able to watch my recorded 24 eventually. I might have to hook up the old vcr tonight for Smallville. I'm in Winston-Salem.

I found last night that the HD channels on TWC Winston Salem (which I can only watch via QAM) had been moved around to different numbers. Even the various UNC TV channels were moved. I found ABC HD in time to watch Lost. I also found that ActionMax, which I could see before, was gone but another movie channel, HDNETMV, was there. I haven't checked today to see if anything else has been changed.

Same here, still nothing.

Today I am no longer getting the premium channels I don't pay for, but the HD Pack is still coming in. Weird.

I will have to do a rescan when I get home to see what I am getting via QAM in W-S. I still have not been able to receive WXII or PBS for the past couple of months.

QAM in W-S is all changed. The only channel I found is 84-2, which has some cheesy Mel Gibson movie on right now. Discovery HD, PBS, and the other channels I'm used to are gone.

Still no service here on most channels except basic level and the basic HD, discovery HD, and ESPN's in HD - I'd be happy with just the DVR service back.

Am I right that all the upgrade is for is Start Over? Doesn't sound like much of an upgrade since you are forced to watch all the commercials, etc. Now if it were for new HD channels I'd probably be ok with that.

Odd, here in Winston we have different HD channels tonight than we had yesterday. Last night, all non-local HD channels were gone except ESPN-HD and Discovery-HD. Tonight we have those plus HDNM. I guess that's progress according to TWC.

I also have all of the HD channels. Hopefully this will stick, because 6 bucks for two more HD channels is ludicrous.

I live in Asheville and have Charter. This maybe a newbie question or issue, but recently when on the FOXHD channel, at the very top of my SONY KDL46V2500 there is this very thin horizontal line that goes across the entire screen that is showing the show that is being broadcast. I'm not sure how to best describe what it is. It is however extremely annoying. If you need more description about it let me know and I'll try my best. But if anyone knows hot to fix it please help. Thanks!

There is an adjustment in your menu called "Display Area" and has options "Normal" "-1" and "-2". Use these to slightly increase the overshoot and eliminate the undesired barker line.

I think I have a handle on what is going on at TWC.

From what I can find out, on Monday or Tuesday, they combined the Winston and Greensboro headends together to have one large system. The intergration has not gone well. Depending on where you are, the type of box you have and the version of software in it, you may have no service, partial service or you get everything that is offered. TWC and the headend manufacturer, software manufacturer are in marathon sessions trying to resolve the many, many, many, many, many, many, many issues this has caused. No timetable on when they think they have it resolved.

Boy, I am glad I have DirecTV!!

I think I have a handle on what is going on at TWC.

From what I can find out, on Monday or Tuesday, they combined the Winston and Greensboro headends together to have one large system. The intergration has not gone well. Depending on where you are, the type of box you have and the version of software in it, you may have no service, partial service or you get everything that is offered. TWC and the headend manufacturer, software manufacturer are in marathon sessions trying to resolve the many, many, many, many, many, many, many issues this has caused. No timetable on when they think they have it resolved.

Boy, I am glad I have DirecTV!!

just to add, the lady on the phone(they got mine restored) said the upgrade was for the "start over" implementation, ( i have yet to see it on my system tho) and upgrades needed for when they switch over to SDV...

There was a write up in the Winston Salem Journal yesterday saying all of the above, but they did add that they will credit our bill on time missed with services, so who knows how much that will be.

Here's a question.... I'm only using TWC for internet. Ironically, I cut my cable line Wednesday tilling a flower bed. I patched it up yesterday, but no cable light on the modem. Get home from work today, cable light's on, but even though I'm getting 48-52 Mbps on my router, but it's taking a loooooooooong time to load pages.

Is this "upgrade" affecting y'all's Roadrunner at all?

Here's a question.... I'm only using TWC for internet. Ironically, I cut my cable line Wednesday tilling a flower bed. I patched it up yesterday, but no cable light on the modem. Get home from work today, cable light's on, but even though I'm getting 48-52 Mbps on my router, but it's taking a loooooooooong time to load pages.

Is this "upgrade" affecting y'all's Roadrunner at all?
I haven't noticed any issues with my Roadrunner.

It seems to be better now... think I'll still keep my Sunday service call, though.

This upgrade according to their c/s was to enable "start over" feature. I have yet to see this new thing pop up on any of the channels they have listed that are "start over" enabled. I understand its only certain programs but I would assume I would have seen it by now? anyone caught this yet? I wonder if because all of the problems and the huge ****-up it caused that they reverted back to old ways or they never got it enabled.... just a curious customer, i doubt I will ever use it;) thanx in advance as always.

I tried the channels listed also for start over, and a no go. Who knows what they were updating.

Here are the channels I get in W-S over QAM with HDHR. Anyone found TNT or INHD yet?


; Channel: 82
; Frequency: 573000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 1
; Description: NBCHD

82-1 2 qam256:573000000 1

; Channel: 82
; Frequency: 573000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 2
; Description: Weather Plus

82-2 3 qam256:573000000 2

; Channel: 82
; Frequency: 573000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 4
; Description: UNCHD

82-4 4 qam256:573000000 4

; Channel: 84
; Frequency: 585000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 2
; Description: HDNETMV

84-2 5 qam256:585000000 2

; Channel: 87
; Frequency: 603000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 1
; Description: ESPNHD

87-1 6 qam256:603000000 1

; Channel: 87
; Frequency: 603000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 11
; Description: DiscoveryHD

87-11 7 qam256:603000000 11

; Channel: 92
; Frequency: 633000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 11
; Description: ESPN2HD

92-11 8 qam256:633000000 11

; Channel: 108
; Frequency: 699000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 45
; Description: ABCHD

108-45 9 qam256:699000000 45

; Channel: 109
; Frequency: 705000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 1
; Description: CBSHD

109-1 10 qam256:705000000 1

; Channel: 109
; Frequency: 705000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 2
; Description: WeatherNow

109-2 11 qam256:705000000 2

; Channel: 109
; Frequency: 705000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 3
; Description: FOXHD

109-3 12 qam256:705000000 3

I'm not getting anything (except for an occasional random on-demand ordering) over QAM in Winston-Salem.

So frustrating... I'll give it a few more days and hope TWC gets things straightened out again.

Here are the channels I get in W-S over QAM with HDHR. Anyone found TNT or INHD yet?


I'm getting the same, plus a few non-HD like the other UNC TV (Kids, ED, NC), and Ovation. No TNT though.

OK, so here in Winston I have all of my HD channels back from TWC, but my DVR is still out. Guess I'll give them a call to get a better update.

Be sure and ask about TNT... Thanks!

I seem to have all channels and function back w/ TWC SA8300HD, but now NGEO (01) quality is AWFUL!

I seem to have all channels and function back w/ TWC SA8300HD, but now NGEO (01) quality is AWFUL!

my natgeo was always awful in clarity

I have completely lost all channels via QAM on my RCA. Dumb question, but what is HDHR mentioned above?

I used to get CBS on 92-1 and FOX on 92-3, so last night after I rescanned and couldn't find anything (92 doesn't even show up as an optional channel in my channel listings) I punched in channel 92, and after a brief pause, it remapped to channel 0 and I got ESPN2 HD.

This crazy stuff makes no sense. I can do the same thing to get Discovery HD (ch. 87) and ABC (ch. 108).

But I haven't found anything else.

I finally got down and got some antennas a couple of months ago. Thank goodness, as I would be pulling my hair out now!

I'm still in the same boat as you, DaveWolf.

I had the same channels as you before, though I lost Discover HD about a month ago. More recently I had Cinemax Action at 94.23 and Discovery Home at 88.94. As of last night, I have nothing--including the locals.

I hope they get it up and running again.

I'm still in the same boat as you, DaveWolf.

I had the same channels as you before, though I lost Discover HD about a month ago. More recently I had Cinemax Action at 94.23 and Discovery Home at 88.94. As of last night, I have nothing--including the locals.

I hope they get it up and running again.

DIRECTV: 1-888-777-2454

DIRECTV: 1-888-777-2454

LOL.

For an extra $13 per month (I'm currently paying the $7 analog fee), I can get the Family package in Digital (with local channels in HD) from Time Warner Cable.

I actually had DTV come out to my house, but the installer said it would cost several hundred dollars to hook it up (needed to run a line away from the house for line of sight) and actually suggested I just call TWC.

I really don't care much about a lot of extra channels. If I was certain I could get an over the air antenna to pick up the major channels, I doubt I'd even pay the $7 per month fee.

Like others, I'd love to get the locals in HD for the cost of analog through QAM.

HDHR is here www.silicondust.com. Great for a HTPC.

Um, my QAM in W-S went bonkers. All the channels are screwed up or missing. Stupid TWC, I hate monopolies. If only my HDHR worked on satellite!

Anyone having DVR problems since the upgrade fiasco?

If I go into my scheduled recordings I have only one listing for all scheduled recordings. But if I try to record Heros tonight it tells me I have two previously scheduled recordings but the only listing in the conflict guide is the entry I just tried to add.

DaveWolf:

86=News14
87=Discovery HD
92=ESPN2
106=NBC
108=ABC
109=CBS
111=Weather Channel

Can't find Fox. It might be somewhere over 130, but I didn't go any higher...

Thanks for helping me find the first few...

LOL.

For an extra $13 per month (I'm currently paying the $7 analog fee), I can get the Family package in Digital (with local channels in HD) from Time Warner Cable.

I actually had DTV come out to my house, but the installer said it would cost several hundred dollars to hook it up (needed to run a line away from the house for line of sight) and actually suggested I just call TWC.

I really don't care much about a lot of extra channels. If I was certain I could get an over the air antenna to pick up the major channels, I doubt I'd even pay the $7 per month fee.

Like others, I'd love to get the locals in HD for the cost of analog through QAM.

Sounds like a lazy installer to me. Depending on how bad you want DirecTV, you could always run lines to the location he pointed out, that way all they have to do is drive a pole into the ground and hook up the dish. If you do this, make sure you use good quality RG6 cable.

LOL.

For an extra $13 per month (I'm currently paying the $7 analog fee), I can get the Family package in Digital (with local channels in HD) from Time Warner Cable.

I actually had DTV come out to my house, but the installer said it would cost several hundred dollars to hook it up (needed to run a line away from the house for line of sight) and actually suggested I just call TWC.

I really don't care much about a lot of extra channels. If I was certain I could get an over the air antenna to pick up the major channels, I doubt I'd even pay the $7 per month fee.

Like others, I'd love to get the locals in HD for the cost of analog through QAM.

I have come to believe that the most important factor for good over-the-air digital reception is a television with a recent generation tuner. The tuner built in to the Dish Vip series receivers is much better than the tuner in the Dish 811 but still not as good as the tuner in recent Sony or Panasonic TVs. I have an attic antenna that gives absolutely no reception on older tuners but rock solid local reception on my Sony SXRD.

Have you tried an indoor antenna? If an indoor antenna works at all then it's likely that a rooftop or attic antenna will give good results. Check antennaweb.org for direction and distance to the transmitters.

I finally got Dish last weekend here in San Diego on my temporary relocation. All of the good things I read/heard about Dish vs. cable are true. The ViP622 DVR is much better than the SA 8300HD. Among the nice features are:

Adjustable start early / stop late - no more missing the beginning/end of programs, manually adjusting the record times every week, etc.

Setting up recurring recordings by title/description search

30s commercial skip!!!

300x fast forward

Picture quality is at least as good as cable, if not better. The recompression artifacts that plagued cable are gone. There are still some MPEG artifacts, but I think that's the network feed.

Right now Dish has the most HD. I don't really need NFL Sunday Ticket. Cable sucks.

Adjustable start early / stop late - no more missing the beginning/end of programs, manually adjusting the record times every week, etc.


Cable sucks.

Right on, dude. One of the small pleasures when I switched to the D* HR-700 was the "That's some bad hat, Harry" tag at the end of House. With TW's box, I rarely got the whole "scenes from next week" trailer. I had forgotten about that little Jaws line every week.

foxeng,

when we are watching prime time shows on Fox8, it never fails that when there is a commercial tease for the 10:00 news, the first few seconds of the audio is clipped. It only happens on commercials for the 10:00 news, never other commercials. We watch the HD feed on DTV. Is this a technical issue or a producer that doesn't know how to work the equipment?

foxeng,

when we are watching prime time shows on Fox8, it never fails that when there is a commercial tease for the 10:00 news, the first few seconds of the audio is clipped. It only happens on commercials for the 10:00 news, never other commercials. We watch the HD feed on DTV. Is this a technical issue or a producer that doesn't know how to work the equipment?
This issue doesn't occur on OTA. I do notice it if I watch the HD feed from D*.

It also happens with cable, and actually worse on ABC 45. The "Frasier" commercials during "Boston Legal" just about drive me over the edge!

It also happens with cable, and actually worse on ABC 45. The "Frasier" commercials during "Boston Legal" just about drive me over the edge!
I will pay attention to this to see if it our equipment. I suspect it is and is probably a switching delay between network and our local easysound unit. I have not heard this OTA, but I do not watch everything.

I will pay attention to this to see if it our equipment. I suspect it is and is probably a switching delay between network and our local easysound unit. I have not heard this OTA, but I do not watch everything.
Thanks Zane! Next week, I'll try to switch from cable to OTA to see if here is a difference.

D* has some issue with the HD receiver they are using to pick up our OTA digital signal when it comes to switching between surround mode and true 5.1. I suspect that is the same problem with TWC as well. What is happening is that 9:50 news tease is so fast, (10 seconds) that the receiver doesn't have time to settle down from one switch of 5.1 from net to local surround before it is having to switch back to 5.1 net. I have 4 different receivers I can monitor off air and I don't hear it on any of those different manufacturers and vintage receivers. I will try and give them a call to see what they are doing about it.

I had to call TWC to get my DVR service reinstated, but all is back to normal now here in Winston. Some of the upper SD channels have moved, though.

Has anyone been watching the OTA WCWG since it went full power? It appears that they haven't thrown the HD switch yet. All the shows that advertise as available in HD where available (Smallville, Supernatural) look really crappy as in addition to the regular side black bars, they also have black bars on the top and bottom leaving the actual video about half the viewable area. And the sound is also pretty bad, leave alone DD 5.1, it's barely DD 2.0.

Anyone have any idea on what gives? And when we can expect to see HD programming on the OTA channel?

Right after they turned on their high power transmitter, they fired their engineer so the studio end was never finished.

Right after they turned on their high power transmitter, they fired their engineer so the studio end was never finished.

There's always two sides to the story, but it seems like their timing could have been a little better. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

There's always two sides to the story, but it seems like their timing could have been a little better. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

He claims he offered to stick around until they found his replacement. They said nope. Sounds like a good deal to me, but without all of the facts who knows. The product sure has suffered as a result.

I have asked several friends that never subscribed to this pack yet they are now getting all the HD channels. I cancelled and am still getting all the channels two weeks later! The only reason I was ever paying to begin with was for ESPNHD.
The TWC website has false information and their customer service department is still playing dumb.

Anyone have an update if/when TW in W-S will bring back some of the other HD channels into the clear? Here is what I have now:



; Channel: 82
; Frequency: 573000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 1
; Description: NBCHD-WXII

; Channel: 82
; Frequency: 573000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 4
; Description: UNCHD

; Channel: 87
; Frequency: 603000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 1
; Description: ESPNHD

; Channel: 87
; Frequency: 603000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 11
; Description: DiscoveryHD

; Channel: 92
; Frequency: 633000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 11
; Description: ESPN2HD

; Channel: 108
; Frequency: 699000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 45
; Description: ABCHD-WXLV

; Channel: 109
; Frequency: 705000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 1
; Description: CBSHD-WFMY

; Channel: 109
; Frequency: 705000000
; Modulation: qam256
; Program: 3
; Description: FOXHD

I don't watch more sports, so I love it when the had TNT and HDnet-Movies in the clear.

Jagercola,

Thanks for the heads up. That is all I know of. I had not found ESPN-HD, as they must have just recently added that. I am tickled to death to be getting that via QAM, so hopefully everything will stay unchanged now for a while. (Crossing fingers).

I'll keep an eye out for TNT, as that is the only thing I know we used to have that we are missing now. But I am not complaining! I will take ESPN and ESPN2 and be happy!

I guess the CW station might be awhile in hiring a new engineer and finishing the HD broadcast setup?

Sure wish TWC would carry MY48 in HD

Sure wish TWC would carry MY48 in HD

I'm glad they aren't wasting the bandwidth. I can't imagine what HD content would be on that channel that I would want.

I have asked several friends that never subscribed to this pack yet they are now getting all the HD channels. I cancelled and am still getting all the channels two weeks later! The only reason I was ever paying to begin with was for ESPNHD.
The TWC website has false information and their customer service department is still playing dumb.
When TWC first added ESPN2HD, both it and ESPNHD were immediately available to me without the HD Pack, but the other three HD Pack channels were not. I noticed then that TWC continued to say online, falsely, that ESPNHD was still part of the HD Pack. But for at least the last week and a half I've been receiving the remaining HD Pack channels as well. This happened around the same time that TWC had all that trouble on the Winston-Salem side of the Triad, so who knows if it's a mistake or an intentional change. The website still says ESPNHD, INHD, HDNet, and HDNet Movies are part of the pay-extra HD Pack, if it's to be believed (probably not).

When TWC first added ESPN2HD, both it and ESPNHD were immediately available to me without the HD Pack, but the other three HD Pack channels were not. I noticed then that TWC continued to say online, falsely, that ESPNHD was still part of the HD Pack. But for at least the last week and a half I've been receiving the remaining HD Pack channels as well. This happened around the same time that TWC had all that trouble on the Winston-Salem side of the Triad, so who knows if it's a mistake or an intentional change. The website still says ESPNHD, INHD, HDNet, and HDNet Movies are part of the pay-extra HD Pack, if it's to be believed (probably not).


Yea I am still a bit leary to cancel the pack in hopes that these channels are still on my system. Im afraid to cancel and they stay on the system and then they dissapear and I have to re-order the pack again. I like a lot of the programming on those channels. sadly I doubt local twc knows of this change and or if its supposed to be this way or not...

Jagercola,

Thanks for the heads up. That is all I know of. I had not found ESPN-HD, as they must have just recently added that. I am tickled to death to be getting that via QAM, so hopefully everything will stay unchanged now for a while. (Crossing fingers).

I'll keep an eye out for TNT, as that is the only thing I know we used to have that we are missing now. But I am not complaining! I will take ESPN and ESPN2 and be happy!

I learned something new about my Toshiba tonight. I had rescanned dozens of times over the last couple of weeks trying to pickup the QAM channels. I was getting nothing. From your reply and Jagercola's post, I knew that i should be able to pickup SOMETHING. I finally tried the brute force method and tickled the menu option that does a "Reset to factory defaults". A rescan after that let me pickup all of the channels Jagercola listed. I'll have to remember this when TWC reshuffles the QAM channels on their every 6 weeks schedule :)
Thanks Guys!!

All right. I moved my parents down in with me from up north which called for an addition which calls for a relook at how I get my media. I'm currently with D*TV and Road Runner. My original plan was to put an antenna up in the attic (Lake Brandt and 150 - 27455) to hopefully pull in some signals other than local. Is this even worthwhile to do anymore? Will I be dissapointed? It seems most of you have just taken the cable route....

You will be able to get most of the Roanoke stations along with the locals and maybe some of the Raleigh stations as well.

Foxeng - Is the Winegard the best bet for me? Any other you would reccomend?

Wineguard antenna or pre-amp?

Here in GSO, ESPN-HD is now showing up as scrambled via QAM. Prior to today, I was receiving it in the clear. Still getting ESPN2-HD, Disc-HD, WUNC-HD and the 4 major local HD channels via clear QAM.

Same here in Clemmons. ESPN was in the clear via QAM last night, Scrambled today.

Wineguard antenna or pre-amp?

Antenna. Looks like I'm omnidirectional with yellow, red, blue and violet:

WFMY-DT 2.1 CBS GREENSBORO NC 188° 22.6 51
WXLV-DT 45.1 ABC WINSTON-SALEM NC 186 22.7 29
WMYV-DT 48.1 MNT GREENSBORO NC 186 22.7 33
WGPX-DT 16.1 ION BURLINGTON NC 78° 10.6 14
WPXR-DT 38.1 ION ROANOKE VA 353° 71.1 36
WLXI-DT 61.1 IND GREENSBORO NC 186° 22.8 43
WUNC-DT 4.1 PBS CHAPEL HILL NC 129° 43.7 59
WCWG-DT 20.1 CW LEXINGTON NC 186° 22.8 19
WDBJ-DT 7.1 CBS ROANOKE VA 353° 71.2 18
WXII-DT 12.1 NBC WINSTON-SALEM NC 300° 32.4 31
WBRA-DT 15.1 PBS ROANOKE VA 353 71.2 3
WSLS-DT 10.1 NBC ROANOKE VA 354° 71.5 30

If a pre-amp would work, too, I'd go for that as well. Just trying to get the best possible reception I can....THANKS A LOT!!!

Is anyone going to call TWC and question losing ESPN-HD via QAM? It appears all of the Triangle area is receiving ESPN and ESPN2 in the standard tier. It even mentions it on their website. (Use a zip of 27607).

I personally use the Channel Master 4228 with good results with a modest pre-amp (15 db). I am not sure which Winguard you are looking at but the 4228 is compact enough to fit in most attics with a rotator. It is a screen type antenna and not a boom type yagi.

Also check out www.tvfool.com. The guy who runs the site is an AVSForum poster and he has taken the FCC database and his work is closer to reality than antennaweb.com. You can get pie chart graphs of stations strengths and directions from specific locations. I would say compare his data with antennaweb for a better idea of what you can receive.

Anyone else not getting ESPN2HD this morning (blank, silent screen) on TWC? (Not QAM)

I was just told by a TWC CSR that ESPN2 HD is not available anymore )-:

I was just told by a TWC CSR that ESPN2 HD is not available anymore )-:

WTF!! Any reason given??

I hate TWC. I told my wife just the other day everything was just perfect when we finally started getting ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD. I swear they are either the most incompetent group ever or they just enjoy hanging carrots out in front of everyone, and then laughing their butts off when they yank them back.

Cue up all the D* and E* folks coming to laugh at us and tell us what big buffoons we are!

Yeah we will see what happens...the lady didn't really seem to know what she was talking about. I had to correct her on the several things. Still showing up in the channel guide. Still promoing the launch on the website!! Why in the world would they give us the channel and then take away?

Sent email asking the deal as well. Would be interesting to hear if any others got this info from TWC as well.

I would encourage anyone who wants to call TWC about this to contact Steven Medley. He is an HD specialist at TWC. He has been very helpful and knowledgeable when he has answered questions in the past.

He is very familiar with how QAM reception works, and is aware of the typical CSR response to not knowing what QAM is.

I would prefer for some other folks to call/bug him besides myself, because I want them to know it is a widespread issue. I am assuming that ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD are disappearing from everyone, both digital cable subscribers and QAM receipients. At least now everyone is in the same boat whether or not you live in W-S or Greensboro.

The W-S number for TWC is 785-3390. The toll free # is 1-800-476-1471. I think Steven works in the W-S office. I don't have an extension for him directly, but you can probably just asked to be transferred once you get a human.

He is probably our best bet to get a straight answer to what is going on. Please post if you hear anything.

I am assuming that ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD are disappearing from everyone, both digital cable subscribers and QAM receipients.
ESPN-HD disappeared from clear QAM, but it's still available via STB's (at least it is for those with the HD Pack--don't know about its continued availability for those who have an STB but not the HD Pack). I suspect ESPN-HD's showing up via clear QAM (which happened when ESPN2-HD was added) was a mistake since it has always been listed as part of the HD Pack, and TWC has now "corrected" that mistake by encrypting the channel. I suspect that ESPN2-HD's sudden disappearance is due to some techinical glitch and hopefully will be short-lived.

OK FTM, thanks for the clarification. I didn't realize it was just a QAM-related issue. I wonder why the Triad is the only region now in NC that still has ESPN HD in the premium HD pack. It looks like Raleigh and Charlotte both have ESPN HD moved into the regular package? That doesn't make any sense?

Has that question been posed to the Triad TWC folks?

I was told a while back that both ESPNHD and ESPN2HD would not require the HD pack when I unsubscribed to it. I am still getting ESPN HD, but I am also still erroneously getting the rest of the HD Pack right now. ESPN2HD is still out this afternoon.

Here's my timely email reply from TWC about ESPN2 HD being taken away...

"Thank you for contacting Time Warner Cable. We are unsure why you were advised that we no longer offer ESPN2 in high-definition. This channel is still offered. We will have this phone call pulled and review the information. We are sorry that you were given incorrect information."

Well 10 minutes after I last checked it, ESPN2HD is now back up (via STB).

ESPN-HD and ESPN2-HD are both working for me. I think the channel assignment
might be different though.

C Snyder

I have both ESPN HD channels on the SA8300HD DVR STB in G'boro. I also can view MOJO and HDNET too.

I checked QAM last night and still got everything that I was getting except ESPN-HD (but still getting ESPN2-HD) . Anyone know the current QAM channel in greensboro for ESPN-HD?

I checked QAM last night and still got everything that was getting except ESPN-HD (but still getting ESPN2-HD) . Anyone know the current QAM channel in greensboro for ESPN-HD?

I did a rescan last night and now no longer have ESPN2-HD (which I had via QAM before the scan). What QAM channel do you find it on?

I checked QAM last night and still got everything that I was getting except ESPN-HD (but still getting ESPN2-HD) . Anyone know the current QAM channel in greensboro for ESPN-HD?


Same thing here for me (northwest greensboro), no ESPN HD but still getting all the other HD channels including ESPN2.

BTW, just got a call from someone at TWC saying that people in my area have been getting channels they shouldn't be getting in the analog cable and that they were going to fix it soon. He offered to give us basic 2-77 tier for half price if losing the extra channels was going to upset us. I pay for the $9.95 basic (and RoadRunner) and am supposed to get 2-15 analog. We also happen to get 23 and 75-77 analog and I assume that will stop after they fix whatever is "broken".

It won't bother me to lose 23 and 75-77, I don't watch anything on those anyways except CSI reruns. The thing I was wondering though is whether or not the filters they are going to "fix" will affect my QAM stuff. I didn't bother to ask the guy calling me since you guys have said that the typical TWC customer service person has no clue what QAM is. Oh well, we'll see what happens after they "fix" it.

What area are you in? I know that at my townhouse TWC uses a filter for HBO (analog channel 5) on the splitter to the units. (The cable distribution post is not locked for some reason).

If I wanted HBO, I'd want the HD feeds and not a low quality analog one so I really don't care about the filter and the DVR is not affected by a filter (blocked byt TWC HQ), only analog cable tv tuners.

What area are you in? I know that at my townhouse TWC uses a filter for HBO (analog channel 5) on the splitter to the units. (The cable distribution post is not locked for some reason).

If I wanted HBO, I'd want the HD feeds and not a low quality analog one so I really don't care about the filter and the DVR is not affected by a filter (blocked byt TWC HQ), only analog cable tv tuners.


We're just off of Jessup Grove road. As long as it only affects analog channels, I don't care what they block. I get all the channels I want through QAM.

i'm just off of fleming down the road from jessup grove. i recently lost ESPNHD. i still have ESPN2HD and the major networks in hd but it's very very sad. i was in heaven when i was getting some of the nba playoff games in hd and i was already thinking about next college hoops season...

i'm just off of fleming down the road from jessup grove. i recently lost ESPNHD. i still have ESPN2HD and the major networks in hd but it's very very sad. i was in heaven when i was getting some of the nba playoff games in hd and i was already thinking about next college hoops season...

Yeah I was eating it up too. I am afraid they are just teasing us with ESPN2 HD until football rolls around. As soon as the fall gets here and sports ramp up, I bet we will lose it. Right now there is just not much HD content on there worth watching. An occasional baseball game and the Busch racing. That is about it.

When I found ESPN, I was just salivating for the first Saturday of college football!

I would appreciate any Directv HD local in local report(s) for WFMY please.

Thanks.

Rickey

Everything seems okay. The country music awards are on now and that's not in HD. PQ looks like SD and am getting DD audio. No noticeable difference between D*LIL and OTA. I haven't watched my DVR'd shows from WFMY from earlier this week yet, and they are in HD. If I notice anything I'll edit my post.

Anything specific you're looking for?

Not sure if this is the best place to ask a question about a DVR, but I'm going to give it a shot anyways.

Is anyone else having a problem with their DVR not recording shows the last 2 weeks? My HD DVR from Time Warner did not record two shows on Tuesday night (Gilmore Girls & Veronica Mars) that I know were first-run episodes. It is also not planning on recording two shows Thursday night (Smallville & Grey's Anatomy) that I know are first-run.

I was wondering if this is a programming error on Time Warner's side, or if it's something that is going to be a problem in the future with my particular box.

And one more thing (sorry for the rambling), but how do I find a list of every show we have marked as "Record First-Run Episodes Only"?

I would appreciate any Directv HD local in local report(s) for WFMY please.

Thanks.

Rickey

I watch WFMY HD via D* all of the time and am very pleased with it. The limited comparasions that I have done between D* and OTA have demonstrated no noticable difference.

D* HD looks great on CBS. (All the other locals look good as well). It would be cool if they could add PBS-HD.

Thanks everyone.

Rickey.

Not sure if this is the best place to ask a question about a DVR, but I'm going to give it a shot anyways.

Is anyone else having a problem with their DVR not recording shows the last 2 weeks? My HD DVR from Time Warner did not record two shows on Tuesday night (Gilmore Girls & Veronica Mars) that I know were first-run episodes. It is also not planning on recording two shows Thursday night (Smallville & Grey's Anatomy) that I know are first-run.

I was wondering if this is a programming error on Time Warner's side, or if it's something that is going to be a problem in the future with my particular box.

And one more thing (sorry for the rambling), but how do I find a list of every show we have marked as "Record First-Run Episodes Only"?
Most folks in this thread are OTA or D* people. Very few of us cable subscribers. And I personally hate the DVR for the reason you mentioned, just unreliable with recordings. I use a TiVo S3 for my main recording and leave non-critical recordings to the DVR. Check the threads about TWC DVRs in the HD recording equipment section, you'll find the answers to your questions there.

But basically, it just doesn't do a good job of labeling/remembering/recording first-run episodes. Mine just quit recording The Apprentice mid-season, even though it was in the "scheduled" list. Apparently it didn't think any of the episodes were first run, even though they are ALL only first run.

Thanks jacksonian. I've been looking at this site to try and figure out how to get HD channels on my plasma tv without having to get a second HD box from TW, so I was hoping to get some information about the DVR.

I did find out that our DVR had just gotten out of synch, so a restart fixed it.

So your plasma isn't connected to your HD DVR? Do you have an antenna for OTA HD channels? They're fairly easy to pick up around here depending on where you are.

Hey Davewolf,

i am curious as to what steven medley told you when you asked him about losing espn hd via qam. i put in a call to twc today to ask about it but they said he was out of the office until monday.

Yeah I was eating it up too. I am afraid they are just teasing us with ESPN2 HD until football rolls around. As soon as the fall gets here and sports ramp up, I bet we will lose it. Right now there is just not much HD content on there worth watching. An occasional baseball game and the Busch racing. That is about it.

When I found ESPN, I was just salivating for the first Saturday of college football!

I have not actually placed a call to Steven about this. Please let me know what you hear from him. Thanks. I'll be interested to hear what they have to say.

It does appear they finally have updated their website to show ESPN HD to show under the normal tier. It is no longer listed in the HD Pack for for the Triad area.

WFMY seems to have removed the grey side bars from 4:3 content. Good move. There needs to be a law against grey side bars.

WFMY seems to have removed the grey side bars from 4:3 content. Good move. There needs to be a law against grey side bars.
It's been that way for a few days. While the black bars look better than gray bars I always thought gray bars were suppose to be better for the health of the TV.

It's been that way for a few days. While the black bars look better than gray bars I always thought gray bars were suppose to be better for the health of the TV.

Plasmas can suffer "burn-in" or uneven screen wear if certain areas have sustained static luminance levels. The plasmas set manufactures should incorporate (if they don't already) internally generated side bars to minimize the problem. Burn in is not an issue for LCD panels or most rear projection technologies.

There needs to be a law against grey side bars.

Someone has too much time on their hands.

Someone has too much time on their hands.

ROFLMAO! ;)

Someone has too much time on their hands.

Isn't that what this site is all about ???? 10% useful knowledge and 90% useless opinions???? ;)

Anyone else notice WGHP DT OTA is down? I can receive all other southern level cross/Randleman stations without problem.

Hope I don't miss Simpsons 400'th tonight. May have to resort to
*shudder* analog OTA.

Anyone else notice WGHP DT OTA is down? I can receive all other southern level cross/Randleman stations without problem.

Hope I don't miss Simpsons 400'th tonight. May have to resort to
*shudder* analog OTA.

The DTV channel has been up. No down time. It is up as I type this. I am watching it OTA.

Odd. I'm in k-ville 27284 and I can still receive all other "southern transmitter" stations without notable difference in signal strength. WGHP DT is virtually unwatchable with just a trace of signal strength. With same equipment and antenna, I'm currently watching WXFR DT OTA, from approx 80 miles away. It's signal strength is currently stronger.

WGHP-DT is coming in OTA fine for me in Greensboro at 10:28pm. (Indoor antenna)

Very odd. At 10:30pm, I'm still able to receive all "southern transmitter" OTA with the exception of WGHP, which has improved somewhat but not stabilized.
Maybe it's just me and my equipment?

Very odd. At 10:30pm, I'm still able to receive all "southern transmitter" OTA with the exception of WGHP, which has improved somewhat but not stabilized.
Maybe it's just me and my equipment?

I had it fine too last night. Could there be some kind of interference in your area?

Odd. I'm in k-ville 27284 and I can still receive all other "southern transmitter" stations without notable difference in signal strength. WGHP DT is virtually unwatchable with just a trace of signal strength. With same equipment and antenna, I'm currently watching WXFR DT OTA, from approx 80 miles away. It's signal strength is currently stronger.

I'm in Kernersville also and couldn't get a good lock on WGHP on Saturday afternoon. No wind, no rain. Fox Charlotte came in without a problem. Is there something that could be causing this for folks in southern Forsyth county FoxENG?

Could be that something was causing interference in that area. I am unaware of any other area having problems. I had a good lock all weekend and I live on the north side of Greensboro.

Could be that something was causing interference in that area. I am unaware of any other area having problems. I had a good lock all weekend and I live on the north side of Greensboro.
I'm still experiencing the "k-ville foxhole" whatever the cause. Still solid signal on other stations, barely any signal on WGHP.

Have you done a rescan?

Watched the whole American Idol finale and had 100% signal strength through the whole show. Nice to have Chris back! Good performance! He makes Guilford County Proud!

Have you done a rescan?

Watched the whole American Idol finale and had 100% signal strength through the whole show. Nice to have Chris back! Good performance! He makes Guilford County Proud!
Yup, tried a re-scan. I also tried my alternate tuner, a hughes hird-e8, and used it's signal-strength utility to come to the same conclusion. It was able to get a 100% lock on virtually all the "southern transmitter" stations, with exception of WGHP, which swung sporadically from 30% to 55%. Rabbit hunting time? My uniden scanner doesn't want to tune to 600mhz. :(

Yup, tried a re-scan. I also tried my alternate tuner, a hughes hird-e8, and used it's signal-strength utility to come to the same conclusion. It was able to get a 100% lock on virtually all the "southern transmitter" stations, with exception of WGHP, which swung sporadically from 30% to 55%. Rabbit hunting time? My uniden scanner doesn't want to tune to 600mhz. :(

I watched 24 on Monday night on WGHP with no dropouts, so the issue at my location seems to have resovled itself.

So your plasma isn't connected to your HD DVR? Do you have an antenna for OTA HD channels? They're fairly easy to pick up around here depending on where you are.

Sorry for not getting back sooner. We have a rear projection TV in our Den/Living Room that has the HD DVR hooked up to it. My plasma is down in the basement and is mostly used for playing games. I have been trying to decide whether or not to get an indoor antenna for downstairs or order another HD box from TW (since I would love to be able to watch the G4 network whenever I wanted without worrying about the DVR recording two other channels).

Sorry for not getting back sooner. We have a rear projection TV in our Den/Living Room that has the HD DVR hooked up to it. My plasma is down in the basement and is mostly used for playing games. I have been trying to decide whether or not to get an indoor antenna for downstairs or order another HD box from TW (since I would love to be able to watch the G4 network whenever I wanted without worrying about the DVR recording two other channels).

Be very careful using that plasma for games. You'll burn in a scoreboard or life meter in a heartbeat. Hell, I won't even watch movies on mine that aren't cropped or stretched. I'm not even gonna hook up a PS3 to mine to use as a Blu-ray player, lest I be tempted. My DLP projection room is my gaming room, and as it's more than twice the size as my plasma, that's just fine for me.

As long as he doesn't have his plasma in torch mode, there is no reason why he can't use it for games. Modern plasmas suffer from burn-in far less than the older models. I use mine for gaming and have had several long stretches of gaming without even a tiny sign of image retention - much less any burn-in.

As long as he doesn't have his plasma in torch mode, there is no reason why he can't use it for games. Modern plasmas suffer from burn-in far less than the older models. I use mine for gaming and have had several long stretches of gaming without even a tiny sign of image retention - much less any burn-in.

ditto i have a philips plasma, when finished playing some games and I turn off the ps2 or whatever, the screen will go black and I can sometimes see a faint image of a life meter/bar etc, but it goes away the second I flash new material on the screen. they have become much better at image retention/burn in

Most of the new games (non-sports) know about burn-ins, so they don't have a lot of GUI information on the screen. I can play Legend of Zelda on my Wii for around 2-3 hours and not have a burn-in.

I fixed it by re-adjusting my antenna (indoor homebrew type).
It was working perfectly in it's "sweet spot" for weeks, and then somehow, it "soured" for just one channel. I swear, Radio Frequency and Murphy's Law are closely related.

ESPNU to be added to lineups in time for College Football Season:
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6446156.html

TWC will stop charging for ESPN HD Channels:
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6446179.html

I fixed it by re-adjusting my antenna (indoor homebrew type).
It was working perfectly in it's "sweet spot" for weeks, and then somehow, it "soured" for just one channel. I swear, Radio Frequency and Murphy's Law are closely related.

Oh, well that makes sense then. Indoor antennas are always a crap shoot. That is why I NEVER recommend an indoor antenna. A Channel Master 4228 in a bucket on a patio is 10 times better on a bad day than the best day with an indoor antenna.

Oh, well that makes sense then. Indoor antennas are always a crap shoot. That is why I NEVER recommend an indoor antenna. A Channel Master 4228 in a bucket on a patio is 10 times better on a bad day than the best day with an indoor antenna.
My homebrew is a DB-2, essentially one fourth of of a Channel Master 4228. I've had such good results with it that I haven't bothered trying for a DB-4 or CM 4228 clone. I'm also not too keen on outdoor mounting unless I absolutely had to. Once, I tried it and two other antennas with temporary outdoor mounting and couldn't lock on to WFXR, whereas with indoor mounting in the "sweet spot", I could. A lucky crap shoot this time. (oh yea, approx 50 feet of "possibly" RG-6 coax, no preamp)

More info on homebrew UHF / ATSC OTA antennas:
http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9613&st=0

I'm also not too keen on outdoor mounting unless I absolutely had to.

Then as long as you use an indoor antenna, you will have these issues from time to time. That isn't the stations fault.

Remember, the FCC bases coverage on a unity gain (no gain in free space) antenna mounted at 30 feet above ground, not indoor antennas. They never have.

Then as long as you use an indoor antenna, you will have these issues from time to time. That isn't the stations fault.

Remember, the FCC bases coverage on a unity gain (no gain in free space) antenna mounted at 30 feet above ground, not indoor antennas. They never have.


It has been my experience that the dominant and limiting influence on an indoor antenna's performance is it's environment.
And indeed the indoor antenna's surroundings have more effect on its performance than dollars spent or specifications IMHO.

Rickey.

I am sure many on here like me read the Raleigh News and Observer's article yesterday on TWC Raleigh and "much of NC" getting ESPNU on Aug 31st, just in time for football season. How about here? Our local rag weighs in.... Linky (http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070524/NEWSREC0105/705240302/1021/GTCOM)


Buck Yarborough, a spokesman for Time Warner in Greensboro, said Wednesday the network will be added no later than October or November, but could be available even sooner.

"We're still working on that," Yarborough said.

Looks like we may lag behind Raleigh yet again. I really hope they don't wait till the football season's over to add it.

I am sure many on here like me read the Raleigh News and Observer's article yesterday on TWC Raleigh and "much of NC" getting ESPNU on Aug 31st, just in time for football season. How about here? Our local rag weighs in.... Linky (http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070524/NEWSREC0105/705240302/1021/GTCOM)



Looks like we may lag behind Raleigh yet again. I really hope they don't wait till the football season's over to add it.

is there a lot of HD programming on ESPNU?

I apologize I jumped the gun... I see a new channel add I automatically assume its HD, this one isnt....

is there a lot of HD programming on ESPNU?

I apologize I jumped the gun... I see a new channel add I automatically assume its HD, this one isnt....
ESPNEWS is going HD but I wonder how long it will take TWC to add it. We know that D* is going to add it as soon as it is available, along with everything else it seems except for the Voom channels.

ESPNEWS is going HD but I wonder how long it will take TWC to add it. We know that D* is going to add it as soon as it is available, along with everything else it seems except for the Voom channels.

Well the good news is that ESPNEWS HD is included in the deal TWC just made to get ESPN2HD and ESPNU. So, it will just be up to TWC Greensboro to make it happen. So while we will probably wait a while, at least we won't have to wait for TW Corporate to broker another deal. Frankly, I am pretty indifferent to ESPNEWS, as Sportscenter is on plenty enough for me. I would be much more excited if ESPNU were going HD.

What I would be concerned about if I was a TWC customer in Greensboro is how much more room they have for HD. In Raleigh they are all digital I believe so they probably have room for more HD but doesn't TWC here still have analog.

What I would be concerned about if I was a TWC customer in Greensboro is how much more room they have for HD. In Raleigh they are all digital I believe so they probably have room for more HD but doesn't TWC here still have analog.


I assume if they meet their target of getting SDV by the fall to end of the year, those bandwith issues wont even matter to them... my question is once they go SDV are they going to give us the "full" channel down the pipe without all the compression etc etc...

What I would be concerned about if I was a TWC customer in Greensboro is how much more room they have for HD. In Raleigh they are all digital I believe so they probably have room for more HD but doesn't TWC here still have analog.

When you say Raleigh is all digital do you mean they no longer offer analog at all? You have to have a digital box to get channels in Raleigh? I hadn't heard that. As much as I want bandwidth for HD channels, I can't believe cable companies seem to be moving in the direction of eliminating the analog tiers. I know one of the big advantages cable has over satellite (for me) will vanish if I can't have 3 TVs hooked up without a box in addition to the 2 I have hooked up with a box.

When you say Raleigh is all digital do you mean they no longer offer analog at all? You have to have a digital box to get channels in Raleigh? I hadn't heard that. As much as I want bandwidth for HD channels, I can't believe cable companies seem to be moving in the direction of eliminating the analog tiers. I know one of the big advantages cable has over satellite (for me) will vanish if I can't have 3 TVs hooked up without a box in addition to the 2 I have hooked up with a box.
That's what somebody on a sports message board told me. I found this link that says the same thing.

http://www.timewarner.com/corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,1080373,00.html

Time Warner Cable today announced its Raleigh, NC division has become the Company’s first cable system to digitally simulcast its analog channel lineup throughout its full service area. Time Warner Cable expects to complete its digital simulcast rollout in half of its 31 divisions by the end of the year. Digital Simulcast will ensure customers receive the best picture quality and the best sound on all of their channels.

Ahh the article also says:


Current analog customers will not be affected as all analog channels will continue to be transmitted in analog.

So they are still doing analog (which I think is wise).

Ok, I didn't catch that. However if they are still going to have analog for some customers, then they don't get back the bandwidth that would be freed up by going all digital.

Ok, I didn't catch that. However if they are still going to have analog for some customers, then they don't get back the bandwidth that would be freed up by going all digital.

Quite true. But, I think they would be very wise to get that bandwidth via other means (SDV or whatever), as I think providing analog is one of the few advantages to their TV offering that they have left.

Maybe when DirecTV has 100 hd channels I may consider switching and seeing what kind of wiring nightmare the installer will have go through to have 4 outlets in the house running to the dish.....

What I would be concerned about if I was a TWC customer in Greensboro is how much more room they have for HD. In Raleigh they are all digital I believe so they probably have room for more HD but doesn't TWC here still have analog.Comcast just signed a few HD channels. They said the channels would be added to individual systems as additional capacity became available. i assume that TWC cable operates similarly: when budgeting allows they add another satellite tuner and digital cable encoder.

Maybe when DirecTV has 100 hd channels I may consider switching and seeing what kind of wiring nightmare the installer will have go through to have 4 outlets in the house running to the dish.....
I currently have 7 outlets coming from the dish feeding 3 non DVR receivers and 2 DVR receivers. Both DVRs are downstairs and I have 4 cables running into a rubber sealed hole (similar to the one TWC used for my RR) into my living room. Then 2 cables are feed through the wall in between the living room and the den to DVR in that room. The other 3 cables are buried in the ground running along the base of the house (I have a slab not a crawl space) into the cable box that was on the side of the house when I bought it. Then those cables are connected to the existing coaxial in the cable box that are feed to the TVs upstairs.

The installer should be able to connect the cables from the dish to the cables you already have for TWC. He should do it in the cable box like what is being done at my house.

I live in a townhouse and don't have all the access a regular house does. I would have to look again, but there are some cable runs in the attic.

Ah, I see. That does make it more interesting but I do see townhouses in my area with satellite dishes on them. And they aren't on the end of the unit either. So it is possible.

Anyone else in northwest Greensboro having problems with QAM? The only QAM channels I'm getting right now are WXIIHD and sporadic UNCHD. All the others I just get the "weak or scrambled signal" message from my samsung stb.



Edit: came back 15 minutes later and the channels were all back. Gotta love the inconsistency. And they wonder why people are slow to adopt new tech, perhaps if it didn't flake out all the time they would (I get this channel dropping stuff at least once a week).

Time Warner news

http://blog.news-record.com/staff/bizbuzz/archives/2007/05/time_warner_cou.html#more

May 25, 2007
Time Warner could cut channels

Time Warner Cable's Triad office is trying to iron out deals with several programmers.

The cable provider's agreements with SportSouth, GAC on Demand, HGTV, Cine Latino, Fox Sports en Espanol, CNN on Espanol, MTV Spanish, Discovery en Espanol, CNN Showcase on Demand and Starz/Encore are set to expire. And these channels could be pulled off the air if big cable and its programmers can't reach an agreement about how much Time Warner and its customers should pay to watch them.

Local spokesman Buck Yarborough says the talks are no big deal.

"From time to time, our programming agreements with various programmers are up for renewal," he told me today. "As a matter of fact, it's happening all the time."

Time Warner is required to give at least 30 days notice to customers about any change.

"So far, we have not been forced to drop anything, and we're hopeful and confident that we will be able to come to programming agreements," Yarborough said.

He said it's just a coincidence that many of the channels in question carry Spanish-language programming. Time Warner offers a Spanish-language package with a number of other channels.

* Time Warner has added ESPN2 in high-definition on digital-access channel 556.

* Fox Reality is available on channel 127 of Time Warner's Digital Specialty Networks package.

* The Jewelry Channel is on digital access channel 130.

* The Gospel Music Channel has replaced the Black Family Channel on Digital Specialty Networks channel 130.

* Starting June 7, ESPN Classic will move from channel 18 to 142 on the Digital Specialty Networks tier.

* Starting June 7, Spike will move from channel 76 to channel 18.

Howdy. Just moved to Mebane from Ohio, and hauled my silver sensor out. I can get everything in RDU and GBoro rotating it, and this on the first floor. So I wwant to put something in my attic that is a good front/back dipole.

Suggestions?

thanks,
Dave

Anyone else in northwest Greensboro having problems with QAM? The only QAM channels I'm getting right now are WXIIHD and sporadic UNCHD. All the others I just get the "weak or scrambled signal" message from my samsung stb.



Edit: came back 15 minutes later and the channels were all back. Gotta love the inconsistency. And they wonder why people are slow to adopt new tech, perhaps if it didn't flake out all the time they would (I get this channel dropping stuff at least once a week).FYI, I got a call from TWC Greensboro Monday about clear QAM reception, To make a long story short, clear QAM channels disappeared from some TV's in the Myrtle Beach TWC system in February and they still don't know why. In my letters to the TWC CEO (after no update from TWC-MB for 3, then 7 weeks) I mentioned that apparently TWC Greensboro was also having clear QAM problems (based on this thread of this forum, to which I directed the callers attention). TWC-MB called yesterday. They still don't know what changes were made to their system between FEB 12 and 14. It's amazing that TWC apparently doesn't even know when they have technical problems that have been reported to them.

So has everyone on TWC pretty much dropped the HD pack since it now only contains 3 channels:
560 MOJO
562 HD NET
563 HDNET Movies

WCWG in HD !!!

anyone have any reception problems with Coca-Cola 600 in HD on D*? I did not have any problems on standard def.

Yes! Audio would go out every few seconds, then lost signal on WGHPHD around the 50 to go mark, then back to nromal for post-race.

WCWG in HD !!!
where? And is there anything to watch on WCWG?

where? And is there anything to watch on WCWG?

Where = OTA 20.1 (19.1 physical) And is there anything to watch on WCWG, well you got me there.

WCWG has been upconverting to 1080i since they increased power several months ago but I don't think they have anything set up to transmit CW HD since they got rid of their engineer as soon as the full power went on line.

I just switched over to WCWG for a minute to check it out. Everybody Hates Chris was on and it was in 16:9 format and certainly looked like true 1080i and not an upconvert to me.

WCWG in HD !!!

I am not sure when they finally completed the switch, but I was shocked to see the Smallville season finale repeated on 20-1 in full HD Sunday night. I don't think it was working last Thursday. I believe I remembered to checked it again before switching over to watch it on the Charlotte station. I have been checking every week.

Hi all. I have been away for quite a while. What equipment do I need to tune in the HD locals or any other free HD channels from TW or if you can point me to some article/posting that would be great.

Thanks

You need a QAM tuner to get HDTV from TWC without a cable box but be aware that TWC offers little or no support for direct tuning of QAM and they have changed the channel numbering and location many time without warning. IF you have TWC digital service, just ask them for an HD compatable set top box (it should not cost extra). If you have just basic cable you should still be able to get locals in HD thru QAM and, for now, DiscoveryHD, ESPN2HD, and some others. If you have a TV with a digital tuner you should try over the air locals. Start with a simple indoor antenna and see what you get. If you need an external tuner box, the price is starting to come down a bit. Check out this one (it should also tune QAM).

Check out the Samsung HD Tuner (DTB-H260F) $180 at Circuit City. It will tune QAM and ATSC (over the air digital)

I sure wish TWC would dumo Mojo for National Geographic-HD or even Food Network HD. Not much good programming on Mojo. HDNet and HDNet Movies has some decent programming so I'll keep those.

I sure wish TWC would dumo Mojo for National Geographic-HD or even Food Network HD. Not much good programming on Mojo. HDNet and HDNet Movies has some decent programming so I'll keep those.

there is some show on MOJO I cant recall the name off the top of my head, "get out" or something like that. basically they take 3 hot ass models and send them to exotic places... the scenery both landscape and females is excellent... so dont you tell me there isnt anything on MOJO!!! :) my wife isnt a big fan of the show though... go figure.

^ That's on HDNet, dude.

^ That's on HDNet, dude.

well dont I feel like an ******* :) thanks for the correction.

I sure wish TWC would dumo Mojo for National Geographic-HD or even Food Network HD. Not much good programming on Mojo. HDNet and HDNet Movies has some decent programming so I'll keep those.
TWC is a part owner of Mojo so there is no chance they dump it.

I just dumped my HD pack tier since HDNet, HDNet Movies and MoJo were all that were left on it. Not worth $7 a month.

For some reason, So You Think You Can Dance is in 4:3 mode.

Was it a Fox network issue or Fox8? I was hoping for the widescreen 720p version

I don't know who had the problem but Fox 8 was showing the logo they use for local programming and the side bars were the dark gray Fox 8 uses instead of the black bars we would get from Fox TV.

I don't know who had the problem but Fox 8 was showing the logo they use for local programming and the side bars were the dark gray Fox 8 uses instead of the black bars we would get from Fox TV.

I wasn't watching last night but I am unaware of any problems. Network may have had a splicer initialization issue and it never came on line when we called for it. I will check it out when I get in today.

SYTYCD was in 16x9 on WRAZ lastnight the whole show.

Time Warner has changed their HD Pack information again. They are making it look like Braves games have been available in HD since April 18 on the HD Pack.
I don't think this is true. Two seasons ago they also stated they were showing games the entire season and it wasn't until almost mid season after 3 phone calls, the last call coming during a game scheduled to be on before they finally started showing some. Prior to that they kept telling me the games were on when I called the next day.
BTW I still get the HDPack channels after cancelling over a month ago (not that I watch them.)

the braves have definitely not been available in hd since april 18th.

Anyone with HD locals from D* having issues today? They were fine yesterday and this morning 2 and 12 are pixelated and 8 and 45 are out. Everything else is fine, all SD and national HD come in great.

I'm not having any issues. However, I wasn't watching local programming at the time you posted your issue.

I'm not having any issues. However, I wasn't watching local programming at the time you posted your issue.
Thanks for the reply. It ended up being a misalignment issue. Its really weird. Last night everything was fine and this morning it was either out or unwatchable. I took my first stab at realigning my slimline and was able to get everything back online. What really annoys me is that when the installer put in my sat in January I questioned him about the low signal strength on 99 and 103 and he said that it was normal. Then it was maxing out around 35%. This morning it was maxing out around 20%. After realignment I got it as high as 65%. I think I'm going to try and find a deal on a 101/119 signal meter and see if I can get it any better. My 110 dropped down a bit with the tweaks, but the other 4 all went up with 101 and 119 with 95+ across the board.

bump

Hey foxeng--any ideas what will happen with Fox selling WGHP?

All I can say is see the press release.

Where is the press release?

http://www.newscorp.com/news/news_339.html

Did anybody else notice how terrible the HD quality was during the Michigan race yesterday? Lots of artifacts and an overall low resolution looking picture.

Regarding Fox8: Will the sale mean that the new buyer will be a Fox affiliate or Fox itself?

Did anybody else notice how terrible the HD quality was during the Michigan race yesterday? Lots of artifacts and an overall low resolution looking picture.

I watched it a little bit and it looked good on TWC.

I watched it a little bit and it looked good on TWC.

yes mine looked horrible

The problem with the race seems to have been a problem with TNT and not any of the providers. People from different providers saw the same thing.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=862592

xmitterengineer, nice news/weather ticker this evening. Not sure how long it has been up, but its the first I've seen it. The number 2 slightly cut off, but that is probably just an overscan issue on my end. Looks good!

It probably is an over scanning issue for you. For me the 2 isn't cutoff.

Does anyone know what the exact satellite and transponders are for our local HDLIL? From what I can find we are on the 99 satellite, but I can't find any information on what the transponders are. I'm curious because I have been getting a lot of breakups and pixelation lately (not because of trees, etc). What's wierd is that its not consistent. Sometimes one will be out and everything else will be fine. Today, for example, 2 is out but everything else is okay.

xmitterengineer, nice news/weather ticker this evening. Not sure how long it has been up, but its the first I've seen it. The number 2 slightly cut off, but that is probably just an overscan issue on my end. Looks good!

It looked very good on my SXRD, the 2 was not cut off (but close to the edge)

I've noticed that if there is any type of bad weather on the horizon, the 1st channels to get dropped are the local HD channels. This past Sunday night when we had a bad storm hit the area, it wasn't raining at my house at all and we lost local HD. A few minutes later it started raining hard and I lost the national HD channels, but never lost the channels on sat 101 even though we had monsoon-like rain. Apparently the local HD "spot-beam" is pretty sensitive. One more reason to have an antenna as a backup.

Is time warner getting the voom hdtv channels?

Boy, you let everyone get on the air at full power and this thread dries up! Guess we all must be doing our jobs!

Hey foxeng,
I realize there is probably nothing anyone can do about this, but...I'm getting really sick of all of my primetime shows basically getting ruined by the weather warnings. It takes a beautiful high def picture and turns it into an SD postcard. The weather scrawl literally takes up 1/3 of the screen! And there's so much wasted space down there with the gigantic map of the county (which, of course, is still too small for it to actually be useful to anyone), plus just tons of wasted screen space. And then it stays on the screen for almost the entire show.

Have they considered making it a wee bit smaller, like maybe a crawl across the bottom rather than 1/3 of the screen?

life is hard and then you die.

Has anyone else noticed that ABC HD has been dropped via TWC QAM on 108-45? I've been missing it for almost two weeks now. Anyone know what is up?

Has anyone else noticed that ABC HD has been dropped via TWC QAM on 108-45? I've been missing it for almost two weeks now. Anyone know what is up?

As of yesterday, I was still receiving it via QAM in G'boro. I'll post the channel number when I get home tonight, however my QAM channel numbers often do not match what others have posted (must be my TV).

HDNET / HDNETM off the air for anyone else with Time Warner?

Hey foxeng,
I realize there is probably nothing anyone can do about this, but...I'm getting really sick of all of my primetime shows basically getting ruined by the weather warnings. It takes a beautiful high def picture and turns it into an SD postcard. The weather scrawl literally takes up 1/3 of the screen! And there's so much wasted space down there with the gigantic map of the county (which, of course, is still too small for it to actually be useful to anyone), plus just tons of wasted screen space. And then it stays on the screen for almost the entire show.

Have they considered making it a wee bit smaller, like maybe a crawl across the bottom rather than 1/3 of the screen?

The problem is that with the splicer, we have no way to insert an HD crawl into the network signal, FOX made no provision for that when the splicer was designed, so we have to go back to SD to run it. It doesn't make a lot of sense to buy HD graphic equipment and then not have a way to use it because the network signal would be the 4:3 SD version even if we used it. This issue has been discussed quite a bit among many people at work, since many of them now have HD sets and have asked Engineering the same question. When FOX provides us with a way to insert full screen graphics for weather, I am sure we will find a way to do it.

I know the size issue was addressed late last week to not squeeze up and to reduce the size of the crawl banner. That should be in place now.

Thanks foxeng!

Has anyone else noticed that ABC HD has been dropped via TWC QAM on 108-45? I've been missing it for almost two weeks now. Anyone know what is up?

I also can't find the NBC (106 or 107?) digital channel anymore.

I've run a couple of rescans but have had no luck finding either one.

If and when I find them, I'll post them here.

Boy, you let everyone get on the air at full power and this thread dries up! Guess we all must be doing our jobs!
And Kudos to all the local stations for doing such a great job. I now get my locals in HD via D*, but I know I can always switch back over OTA if ever I have rain fade; which unfortunately happens more than I'd like to admit. Keep up the great work, we all appreciate it!

thanks for a lot of great info, my problem is learning the language here, things like STB,
QAM, etc...
Is there a rosetta stone somewhere?

stubeeef, try http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=179095&page=1&pp=30 and this http://www.hdtvprimer.com/

I also can't find the NBC (106 or 107?) digital channel anymore.

I've run a couple of rescans but have had no luck finding either one.

If and when I find them, I'll post them here.


Over the last couple of weeks I've lost most of my clear QAM channels here in Clemmons. It was ABC-HD about 2 weeks ago, UNC-HD/NBC-HD about 1 week ago and FOX-HD/CBS-HD today. Currently DISC-HD and ESPN2-HD are the only ones coming through. I realise the Clear QAM is not a priority for TWC but it's almost like they are purposely screwing it up every couple of months. :mad:

Over the last couple of weeks I've lost most of my clear QAM channels here in Clemmons. It was ABC-HD about 2 weeks ago, UNC-HD/NBC-HD about 1 week ago and FOX-HD/CBS-HD today. Currently DISC-HD and ESPN2-HD are the only ones coming through. I realise the Clear QAM is not a priority for TWC but it's almost like they are purposely screwing it up every couple of months. :mad:Well, the others arguments are 1) incompetence and 2) is lack of necessary training resulting in incompetence. Which is the 3 would you like to defend? It doesn't matter because neither federal, state, or local government is interested in how cable subscribers are getting shafted during the digital transition.