Stick with what you have, but do see if HDMI looks better to you.
I used to split my cable out to another TV, you only get scrambled channels.

What box do you have BTW?I have the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD.

What's the point of the cable out jack if you only get scrambled channels?

anyone else get a "thank you" letter from TWC stating that since you're a triple play pkg subscriber you will get the HDXTRA tier for free? thought that was a nice surprise...may even be further evidence that they're phasing out that charge for everyone in the future. i'm in SI by the way.

anyone else get a "thank you" letter from TWC stating that since you're a triple play pkg subscriber you will get the HDXTRA tier for free? thought that was a nice surprise...may even be further evidence that they're phasing out that charge for everyone in the future. i'm in SI by the way.

oh, wow. I did't get that letter. It must be because I live in Manhattan and TWC gets on their knees for their customers in S.I. :)

So I got my box swapped out, got them to reauthorize the new box, and I still don't have MHD, A&E HD or FSNY HD.

Just to be sure, I nabbed a channel guide while I was at the TWC store, and it most certainly lists all three channels under the Digital Starter pack, which we have. The only channels listed under HDXtra are MOJO, HDnet, HDnetM and ESPNHD.

This is getting a wee bit frustrating.

Too bad the rangers didn't make it, otherwise we might have goten Versus-HD.

News
Time Warner Adds Versus HD In Buffalo
The channel is added due to the Buffalo Sabres' NHL playoff drive.
By Phillip Swann

Washington, D.C. (May 8, 2007) -- Time Warner Cable has announced that it will add Versus HD to its high-def lineup in Buffalo.

The cable operator is adding the channel so local hockey fans can watch the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Ottawa Senators.

Buffalo Business First, a Buffalo-area business journal, reports that the addition of Versus HD is temporary in the Buffalo area.

The Sabres-Senators series begins Thursday night with Versus HD set to broadcast five of the seven games, if the series goes that far.

Time Warner Cable subscribers in Buffalo can watch Versus HD on channel 708, starting May 10, and for the rest of the playoffs.

The cable operator told TVPredictions.com last month that it has obtained the rights to broadcast Versus in high-def. However, Mark Harrad, a Time Warner spokesman, said it's up to the individual Time Warner system whether to add Versus HD.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/versus050807.htm

That sucks. I want VSHD in NYC Manhattan/Brooklyn. I want to see the Conference finals and the couple of games in the Stanley Cup Finals in HD. I don't understand why TW can't give us the channel when they have the rights to broadcast it.

That sucks. I want VSHD in NYC Manhattan/Brooklyn. I want to see the Conference finals and the couple of games in the Stanley Cup Finals in HD. I don't understand why TW can't give us the channel when they have the rights to broadcast it.


They probably would have had the Rangers won.....

There probably is VERY little interest now.......

anyone else get a "thank you" letter from TWC stating that since you're a triple play pkg subscriber you will get the HDXTRA tier for free? thought that was a nice surprise...may even be further evidence that they're phasing out that charge for everyone in the future. i'm in SI by the way.


Must only be for Triple Play subscribers. I used to have Triple Play but now I have just DTV with TWC. Phone and Internet is with Verizon Fios and VOIP.

Just waiting on the day FIOSTV comes to SI.

Glad to see TWC finally adding HD channels. They must feel the need to stay competitive with FIOS coming sometime in the future.

Anyone still having issued with channel 705? I am losing audio and pic gets mets up at times.

I had sent a email to the link for TWC requesting more HD channels, this was the reply. It's kinda funny cause I asked for A&E HD and a few others- everything but ESPN2.

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anyone else get a "thank you" letter from TWC stating that since you're a triple play pkg subscriber you will get the HDXTRA tier for free? thought that was a nice surprise...may even be further evidence that they're phasing out that charge for everyone in the future. i'm in SI by the way.
Nope, but I did get a letter *yesterday* saying that a a subscriber to the HDXtra tier that INHD will be changing its name to MOJO on May 1st.

Thanks, TWC, for the useful and timely information! ;)

Nope, but I did get a letter *yesterday* saying that a a subscriber to the HDXtra tier that INHD will be changing its name to MOJO on May 1st.

Thanks, TWC, for the useful and timely information! ;) :D :D
Yeah, I got that stupid thing last week :rolleyes:
I was expecting some good news, stupid me. What a waste of paper that was.

I have the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD.

What's the point of the cable out jack if you only get scrambled channels?

well I sent my line to another room that didn't have a cable box at all... so those channels were better than normal network channels. I also recall using that cable out for a VCR... back in the day.

is your box DVR or just HD? maybe I should exchange mine for the HDMI port.

I was just checking out Verizon Fios channel lineup and noticed that they have MTVHD does anyone got any info on if or when TWC will get this.

JBBO3314 : To be honest even if you get "stuck" paying for only three channels in the HDExtra service. Have you seen HDnet and HDmovies. These 2 channels alone are among the top HD channels available to us, right after discoveryHD. In my personal view sure they are htiting us hard in you get the DVR by itself but if you have the combo pacxk for $7.50 not a bad deal when to get to view a premium it is $10 min and the DVR another $9. In my view well worth the view for some great HD channels.

Don't get me wrong I do want money back, prorated to whaen they stopped INHD1, and more money come 6/14/07, but this is my opinion. Seeing both sides of the arguement

Yes I've seen the quality in these channels but if i never have them on whats the point I only got the package for the espn and now that its gone i don't need it.

I was just checking out Verizon Fios channel lineup and noticed that they have MTVHD does anyone got any info on if or when TWC will get this.

Staten Island has had it for a little while...

The rest of us "assume" it'll show up eventually.... although no real rumors of an exact date yet....

When watching NBCHD i get a white line all the way down the left side of my screen does anyone else get that or know why this happens. This is the only HD channel I've ssen this on.

...is your box DVR or just HD? maybe I should exchange mine for the HDMI port.DVR.

:D :D
Yeah, I got that stupid thing last week :rolleyes:
I was expecting some good news, stupid me. What a waste of paper that was.

Absolutely! That useless piece of mail hit my trash basket so FAST... :(

Absolutely! That useless piece of mail hit my trash basket so FAST... :(

Yeah, I would have gladly taken the value of the bulk rate stamp as a discount off my bill. What a waste...and a buzz kill.

So I got my box swapped out, got them to reauthorize the new box, and I still don't have MHD, A&E HD or FSNY HD.

Just to be sure, I nabbed a channel guide while I was at the TWC store, and it most certainly lists all three channels under the Digital Starter pack, which we have. The only channels listed under HDXtra are MOJO, HDnet, HDnetM and ESPNHD.

This is getting a wee bit frustrating.
are you getting channels you aren't suppose to have? If yes, wait until that wears off and then look. If that isn't happening something is not right.

We all get thank you letters from TWC at the end of the year, it says:

Dear TWC customer,

Thank you for paying X-amount of $ for a service that one would normally watch broadcast networksmost of the time, which you can get for no charge. Thank you for paying for almost 200 channels that one probably only watches 30 of them, at best. Thank you for continuing to pay a mothly charge for a box we get at a bulk rate and pay close to nothing and you contine to pay for the duration of your service. Thank you for paying more every year and never really comlain about the increases. Thank you for being a loyal customer only because there is no other viable option. Thank you High Definition people who pay a additional fee for HD programing that we broadcast with no extra charge due to the previous cntract with each network. Thank you for contacting our CSR's, we have one big office located in the midwest the computer tells them what to say & are paid minimum wage and if they can't haddle the problem the get their "mamnager" who keeps you on hold until you hang up. You have saved us millions, we really thank you for that. Finally for all customers who crave more HD, we hear you loud and clear, but you are children that need to grow up. We will add channels when we feel like it. We are here to please not here to listen. I hope this makes your day a little bit brighter. We are here to please. Thank you for your time.

Richy Richerson at TWC
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF PROGRAMMING OFFICER

To belive I reall haven't had the problems most of you guys have had, but I feel you pain.

Yes I've seen the quality in these channels but if i never have them on whats the point I only got the package for the espn and now that its gone i don't need it.
if you never watch them, get rid of them it might only add $6 in your pocket but at least you will be able to say once a month, Lunch is on TWC!

When watching NBCHD i get a white line all the way down the left side of my screen does anyone else get that or know why this happens. This is the only HD channel I've ssen this on.
That happens on any TV that has a full pixel mode. The easy fix is to watch HD in Normal mode. But it varies from show to show. The Sony's and Samsungs have had issues with it. I am use to it that it doesn't bother me, just as long as I get to see the compleye screen.

Do you guys notice any difference in video and sound quality when you record an HD show with the TWC DVR compared to the original broadcast? Do you lose any quality when recording an HD broadcast?

Do you guys notice any difference in video and sound quality when you record an HD show with the TWC DVR compared to the original broadcast? Do you lose any quality when recording an HD broadcast?
You do not lose any quality because the DVR is just grabbing and recording the actual bits of the broadcast stream that the tuner is decoding.

There is no transcoding, re-recording, re-digitization of the video or audio (unless the channel is an analog-tuned channel, which there are hardly any left on our system), or squeezing of bits when something is recorded on the DVR.

It's not like TIVO, which re-records all of the audio/video (and which is why we don't get any record quality options like TIVO has, which let you save space).

are you getting channels you aren't suppose to have? If yes, wait until that wears off and then look. If that isn't happening something is not right.
I'm pretty sure I'm only getting channels I'm supposed to get (except for the three aforementioned channels.) I did watch some DTValue channels when I put the new box in, but as soon as I found I couldn't watch Bullrun Tuesday night, I called and had them rehit my box.

(unless the channel is an analog-tuned channel, which there are hardly any left on our system)

Scott, don't we have something like around 30 analog channels (the equivalent of about 100 HD channels) still hanging around? SI got 3 new HD channels a few months ago that we got jacked on because they did get rid of all analog channels in SI... but not the rest of the city.

Get about 37 non-scrambled analog channels and about 37 sync-scrambled ones (needing a converter) on the S.Manhattan head end. That's using a direct cable input to my set's NTSC tuner. Never tried it that I can recall, but if any channel on my 8300HD digital tuner was still analog, the DVR would have to digitize it before recording; (ditto for HDMI outputs).* Recall there were several straggler analog channels--21, 25, the food channel?--after the major switch to supposedly all-digital several years back. Accessing the diagnostics pages would reveal any non-MPEG channels. -- John
* Or, assuming TWC delivers analog in digital form to local 'edge servers' where the channels are converted to analog again, a tuning request for one of remaining analog channel numbers from a digital STB might just switch the digitized version from the edge server. Ah, the mysteries of cable networks. :-)

Scott, don't we have something like around 30 analog channels (the equivalent of about 100 HD channels) still hanging around? SI got 3 new HD channels a few months ago that we got jacked on because they did get rid of all analog channels in SI... but not the rest of the city.
Yes, there are 30 analog channels on our system, but those of us with DTV don't see many (or any) of them. Nearly all of the channels that are taking up analog spectrum are simulcast digitially, and that is what our DVR boxes tune to. I am quite sure that the only analog channels that we can still tune with the DTV boxes are the local access channels and the UN feed (70-something), and that's it.

Scott

I'm pretty sure I'm only getting channels I'm supposed to get (except for the three aforementioned channels.) I did watch some DTValue channels when I put the new box in, but as soon as I found I couldn't watch Bullrun Tuesday night, I called and had them rehit my box.
OK, so after having a technician come over (completely unnecessarily, I might add) and calling twice, I finally found out that MHD, A&E HD and FSNY HD are part of DTValue. The only reason I know this is because I had them put DTValue on our account temporarily to check; they didn't seem to actually know for sure.

The website and printed channel guides say MHD should be part of Digital Starter, and they don't list A&E HD or FSNY HD at all, even though all three channels were added at the same time.

One wonders just what is going on at TWCSI HQ.

At least I got Starz free for the month. But I really would have preferred getting MHD.

OK, so after having a technician come over (completely unnecessarily, I might add) and calling twice, I finally found out that MHD, A&E HD and FSNY HD are part of DTValue. The only reason I know this is because I had them put DTValue on our account temporarily to check; they didn't seem to actually know for sure.

The website and printed channel guides say MHD should be part of Digital Starter, and they don't list A&E HD or FSNY HD at all, even though all three channels were added at the same time.

One wonders just what is going on at TWCSI HQ.

At least I got Starz free for the month. But I really would have preferred getting MHD.

what is the price difference between digital starter & DTValue?

$9.90

$9.90
10 bucks well spent, even though It isn't in HD the on-demand channels come in great. Not HD great but SD great, which is something to enjoy. There is a lot of choices to satisfy anyone's likings.

Never mind the 3 channels you get extra. Should be worth it.

10 bucks well spent, even though It isn't in HD the on-demand channels come in great. Not HD great but SD great, which is something to enjoy. There is a lot of choices to satisfy anyone's likings.

Never mind the 3 channels you get extra. Should be worth it.
Now I have to convince the finance committee of that.

Just got my bill and this message is printed on the side: Please be advised that by 6/14, your HDXtra package will go into overtime when the Sports Tier is included in your HDXtra package at no additional cost. Seems like they will be adding channels to the hd package. I checked the twc site and it lists these channels under sports tier:

Fox Sports en Espanol 125/822
Nba TV 412
Fox College Sports Atlantic 452
Fox College Sports Central 453
Fox College Sports Pacific 454
Tennis Channel 455
Fuel 456
College Sports TV 457

I may just cancel the hd package once espn is added to standard because I dont think any of these channels are worth it.

Now I have to convince the finance committee of that.


come on, man up!!!!

10 more bucks a month is nuthing. enjoy all the extra channels, especially the HD ones.
When TWC will start to dramatically increase HD channels, your gonna need to upgrade to DTValue anyway.

Just got my bill and this message is printed on the side: Please be advised that by 6/14, your HDXtra package will go into overtime when the Sports Tier is included in your HDXtra package at no additional cost. Seems like they will be adding channels to the hd package. I checked the twc site and it lists these channels under sports tier:

Fox Sports en Espanol 125/822
Nba TV 412
Fox College Sports Atlantic 452
Fox College Sports Central 453
Fox College Sports Pacific 454
Tennis Channel 455
Fuel 456
College Sports TV 457

I may just cancel the hd package once espn is added to standard because I dont think any of these channels are worth it.

my bill didn't say that, where are you located?
S.I.?

So I've have two 8300HDs for about 2+ yrs now (basically since they became available). In the last week or so, the one in the living room seems to be having issues with the amount of free space available. I don't have that much on it - maybe 10 hrs of HD (a lot less than I have had at other points in time) and everytime a new show records, something gets erased. Yesterday a bunch of shows didn't even record (and I got a pop-up saying there was no free disk space) because everything on the DVR was marked to "Save Until I Delete". My other DVR seems to be working fine - in fact they are both set to record a lot of the same shows and the working one has way more on it.

Any thoughts on what is causing this? I guess I may have to bring the box back and swap it out. Kind of a pain.

come on, man up!!!!

10 more bucks a month is nuthing. enjoy all the extra channels, especially the HD ones.
When TWC will start to dramatically increase HD channels, your gonna need to upgrade to DTValue anyway.
LOL, it's not going to be a difficult campaign.

Why is tonight's Yankee game vs Mariners on YESHD in SD??? I thought ALL games would be in HD this year?

my bill didn't say that, where are you located?
S.I.?


Im located in flushing, queens. Just got my bill today. Its under "In the know.." on the left side.

So I've have two 8300HDs for about 2+ yrs now (basically since they became available). In the last week or so, the one in the living room seems to be having issues with the amount of free space available. I don't have that much on it - maybe 10 hrs of HD (a lot less than I have had at other points in time) and everytime a new show records, something gets erased. Yesterday a bunch of shows didn't even record (and I got a pop-up saying there was no free disk space) because everything on the DVR was marked to "Save Until I Delete". My other DVR seems to be working fine - in fact they are both set to record a lot of the same shows and the working one has way more on it.

Any thoughts on what is causing this? I guess I may have to bring the box back and swap it out. Kind of a pain.
This has been answered many times. Just reboot by unplugging the DVR for a few seconds and your lost storage space will return. You will not lose any recorded shows.

Cynthia

... 8300HD... seems to be having issues with the amount of free space available. I don't have that much on it - maybe 10 hrs of HD (a lot less than I have had at other points in time) and everytime a new show records, something gets erased. Yesterday a bunch of shows didn't even record (and I got a pop-up saying there was no free disk space) because everything on the DVR was marked to "Save Until I Delete". My other DVR seems to be working fine - in fact they are both set to record a lot of the same shows and the working one has way more on it.

Any thoughts on what is causing this? I guess I may have to bring the box back and swap it out. Kind of a pain.Hey Eric, glad to see you back.

I’ve had the same problem you describe-except I’ve never lost anything that was saved as “save until manually erased”.

The first thing that comes to mind is-- did you do a hard reboot?
The shows that got erased, they were all protected??? :eek: Wow.

I recall a poster here, (Barry?) having a similar problem. Not sure how his situation was resolved.

I have had a lot of HD recordings stored. I’ll watch them and erase them but for some reason it seems like the box doesn’t always “recognize” my deletions as freed up space...but I have corrected my situation with hard reboots.

Another culprit is setting up manual recordings for sporting events and not getting the am/pm correct for the end time. This basically creates an extra 12 hours of recording time zapping anything not saved.

Well at least you had a box for a few years. I’ve been through six. This is the reason why a Tivo 3 doesn’t interest me. I’ll rent a DVR and swap it out when need be.


edit... I see
Cynthia types faster ;)

Just got my bill and this message is printed on the side: Please be advised that by 6/14, your HDXtra package will go into overtime when the Sports Tier is included in your HDXtra package at no additional cost. Seems like they will be adding channels to the hd package. I checked the twc site and it lists these channels under sports tier:

Fox Sports en Espanol 125/822
Nba TV 412
Fox College Sports Atlantic 452
Fox College Sports Central 453
Fox College Sports Pacific 454
Tennis Channel 455
Fuel 456
College Sports TV 457

I may just cancel the hd package once espn is added to standard because I dont think any of these channels are worth it.
Thanks for the info, hadn't seen that yet. Mentioned here recently I'd subscribed to this package just to get the tennis channel. It's $1.95/month, plus similar startup/closeout fees. Sure agree about the worth of these channels--even Tennis is a research project to discover what's on, and it turned out that ESPN1/2 carries the major rounds compared to the startup rounds on Tennis. Hopefully, since I get the HD Extra package, on June 14 they'll remove my added sports package fee--maybe even without the 'closeout' fee! -- John

Let's see: NBA TV....starting on June 14th.....isn't the season just about OVER by June 14th?? What a waste!

As for the rest of that so-called "package", why are they mentioning it in the context of "HD programming"??....i don't believe for a MINUTE that ANY of those stations will be in HD. :(

Thanks a lot for the replies. LL3D, I guess my original post wasn't clear. I didn't lose anything that was marked "Save until I delete" but because most of the saved shows were all marked SUID, new shows never recorded. But again, I only have 10hrs or so of HD.

Will try the hard reboot.

Thanks

Let's see: NBA TV....starting on June 14th.....isn't the season just about OVER by June 14th?? What a waste!

As for the rest of that so-called "package", why are they mentioning it in the context of "HD programming"??....i don't believe for a MINUTE that ANY of those stations will be in HD. :(

The Tennis Channel will have a HD channel in December!
NBATV-HD has it's games on MOJO now. that's about it.

This has been answered many times. Just reboot by unplugging the DVR for a few seconds and your lost storage space will return. You will not lose any recorded shows.

Cynthia

If that's an answer that's been given "many times," it shouldn't have been. The 8300HDs are prone to hard disk file management errors that no amount of cold rebootings can fix. In my experience, if a really serious cold reboot (unplugging the thing at least as long as overnight to make sure that capacitors are drained) doesn't cure the problem, the only remedy is to swap out the box. In these situations, it can be useful to take a look at the free/used HD numbers in the detailed Diagnostics screens; these can show a marked deviation from known reality when the DVR's brain gets really scrambled.

Last but not least, welcome back Eric!

The Tennis Channel will have a HD channel in December!
NBATV-HD has it's games on MOJO now. that's about it.

What's the source of this info? If true, that's great news for us tennis fans!

Thanks Manatus. I tried pulling the plug for about 10 mins and rebooting and it appears to have fixed the problem. I tried scheduling a 6hr HD recording which would have previously put hourglasses on virtually all of the saved recordings, but this didn't happen.

I also went into diagnostics and it is showing 77.7GB available out of 146.9GB total. I currently have 8 hrs of HD and 1.5 hrs of SD worth of saved programs so that seems about right.

I also checked my other 8300HD and that one has 51.1GB available out of 150.6GB and has 10.5 hrs of HD and 9 hrs of SD saved.

If the problem persists I will try your method of leaving it unplugged overnight. But honestly I thought I was going to have to swap out the box so I am pretty happy.

Thanks again for the replies.

What's the source of this info? If true, that's great news for us tennis fans!

So far only DirecTV will carry The Tennis Channel-HD when it launches.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/tennis041607.htm

...I tried pulling the plug for about 10 mins and rebooting and it appears to have fixed the problem. I tried scheduling a 6hr HD recording which would have previously put hourglasses on virtually all of the saved recordings, but this didn't happen...Good to hear that you don’t have to swap out your box.

I never would have tried to set up a 6 hour HD recording to see if the hourglasses appeared. I would’ve been in fear of losing the unprotected recordings. :eek:

I don’t record anything without setting it as “save until manually erased”--if for only to be sure nothing gets zapped.

I usually leave one HD movie unprotected (something I won’t miss if it disappears) and use that as my “buffer”. I have no idea of the box’s “mechanics” but I know I’ve had recordings disappear many times in the past that were not “saved” and they also never had an hour glass warning. I take no chances.

I just setup a dummy test recording to see if the hourglasses came on. Then I cancelled it. I had to make most of my recordings Save Until Space is Needed the other night b/c I worried that new shows wouldn't record. None of the saved recordings are that important. But I agree, I normally do what you do - keep everything as SUID and have one or two things I really don't care about to act as a buffer.

Will see what happens. Most of the shows I watch are having season finales now anyway.

So far only DirecTV will carry The Tennis Channel-HD when it launches.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/tennis041607.htm

Great! :rolleyes:

Great! :rolleyes:

EXACTLY. :rolleyes:

Don't hold your breath waiting for it to get to TWC any time soon. :(

Is anyone else noticing incorrect guide data on channels 5 and 705 (WNYW/DT)? As I type, the Dodge Avenger 500 is on, but the guide says it's "Me, Myself and Irene." IIRC, that movie was on last week at this time.

This has been going on for at least a day or two...

Is anyone else noticing incorrect guide data on channels 5 and 705 (WNYW/DT)? As I type, the Dodge Avenger 500 is on, but the guide says it's "Me, Myself and Irene." IIRC, that movie was on last week at this time.

This has been going on for at least a day or two...


The NASCAR race was supposed to be last night but was delayed due to rain.

The NASCAR race was supposed to be last night but was delayed due to rain.
That would explain it. Ta much.

One wonders what the point of a digital program guide is if they can't keep it updated on the fly.

anybody having problems with in-Demand? I havent been able to access ANY indemand channel all weekend. i just called twc and she told me "oh yeah we have too many people trying to watch tv thats why." WTF kind of answer is that!!!???

anybody having problems with in-Demand? I havent been able to access ANY indemand channel all weekend. i just called twc and she told me "oh yeah we have too many people trying to watch tv thats why." WTF kind of answer is that!!!???

I don't watch InDemand any more because they have no HD. When I did, however, it only worked about half the time. They obviously have issues involving bandwidth.

Is anyone else noticing incorrect guide data on channels 5 and 705 (WNYW/DT)? As I type, the Dodge Avenger 500 is on, but the guide says it's "Me, Myself and Irene." IIRC, that movie was on last week at this time.

This has been going on for at least a day or two...
yeah that sucks because I was ready to watch Scrubs, but it was a good end to the the race also. Those cars look so nice in HD.

anybody having problems with in-Demand? I havent been able to access ANY indemand channel all weekend. i just called twc and she told me "oh yeah we have too many people trying to watch tv thats why." WTF kind of answer is that!!!???
In TWC defense a lot of families stay home on Mother's day and the kid's, father's, or other faamily members Cook meals for mom then relax by there TV"s just to sit down and enjoy a movie together. But you did say all weekend, so that doesn't bail them out that easily. I am in Richmond Hill and was using In-demand most of the day, to around 6 and there was no problem. Today I watch all the episodes of Entourage and played music on AOLIn-demand and Music choiceIn demand while I cleaned.

I understand that there are issues with any technology no matter how advanced when it gets to its capacity but the way the cust service rep answered me made it sound like this was a normal occurrence. If thats the case they should fix the problem, not tell me "keep trying and maybe it will work."

Kind of just venting I HATE time warner and their monopoly and wish i had other options.sigh.

I understand that there are issues with any technology no matter how advanced when it gets to its capacity but the way the cust service rep answered me made it sound like this was a normal occurrence. If thats the case they should fix the problem, not tell me "keep trying and maybe it will work."

Kind of just venting I HATE time warner and their monopoly and wish i had other options.sigh.
That was totally unprofessional, at a min she should have done the normal reboot check signalblah blah blah. I would call back an answer like that means freebies. Ask for a supervisor first so they know you are there for a complaint, but the CSR might just offer it himself or herself to make your day happier.
I keep trying to tell you guys TWC isn't that bad. Read some of the other companies threads and you will see they are all equal, except for RCN, they are just BAD. TWC isn't a monopoly in the old days sense, because this is the governments fault for not allowing competiion. I read somewhere that the big three look forward to the pending competition and have succeded in adding a lot of new customers because of the trip;e play package. I will try to find that article again.

I recently switched from components to the HDMI output on my 8300. Now occassionally I get flickering issues. Both the picture and sound flickers on and off. Never had this problem when I was using components. Anyone else have this problem? The flickering won't go away unless I do a hard reboot which is realy annoying, especially if you are recording something.

recently im gonna blank pix when im using my samsung hd tuner with twc. this morning i was having a problem. could it be twc signal or my sammy qam tuner?

I recently switched from components to the HDMI output on my 8300. Now occassionally I get flickering issues. Both the picture and sound flickers on and off. Never had this problem when I was using components. Anyone else have this problem? The flickering won't go away unless I do a hard reboot which is realy annoying, especially if you are recording something.
I don't have this problem, but it is generally agreed upon that it is much more "trouble free" to use a component connection with the 8300HD. HDMI works for many of us, but it gives more headaches to many others.

The difference in picture quality seems to be almost indetectable, so if HDMI is giving you trouble, why not switch back to component?

I recently switched from components to the HDMI output on my 8300. Now occassionally I get flickering issues. Both the picture and sound flickers on and off. Never had this problem when I was using components. Anyone else have this problem? The flickering won't go away unless I do a hard reboot which is realy annoying, especially if you are recording something.
This happens once in a while, the best thing you could try is swap out and see if a new 8300 is better. There are many posters here that have had that problem. One quick fix is to go to a SD channel and back to HD. The flickering only happens on HD channels for me and this sometimes stops the problem. The 3250 never had a problem like this. This is why I keep both connections installed because it can ruin a whole show someimes while it only takes a click of the remote to change inputs.

The difference in picture quality seems to be almost indetectable, so if HDMI is giving you trouble, why not switch back to component?

This depends on TV to TV and person to person. This has been debated since HDMI was first created. HDMI 1.3 will end that comparrison. But the HDMI 1.3 TV's and the HDMI 1.3 STB's are not likely to appear in great numbers until 2008. STB probably never. 1.4 might come out first.

TOTAL freeze-up on almost ALL my HD stations, starting around 8:30P. the only exceptions were HBO which was doing an SD program at the time, and just a few other channels that were in SD. But switching to an SD program did NOTHING to stop the other stations from freezing up when i went BACK to them! SO, pulled the plug outta the wall, and will re-boot in a few. To say i am pissed is an UNDERSTATEMENT. :mad: :mad:

should i change the default recording volume setting on my 8300hd DVR box from 97 to 100? does it have any effect on audio quality either way, and if not, then how come the refault volume setting is at 97 and not 100?

TOTAL freeze-up on almost ALL my HD stations, starting around 8:30P. the only exceptions were HBO which was doing an SD program at the time, and just a few other channels that were in SD. But switching to an SD program did NOTHING to stop the other stations from freezing up when i went BACK to them! SO, pulled the plug outta the wall, and will re-boot in a few. To say i am pissed is an UNDERSTATEMENT. :mad: :mad:

Even WITH the cold re-boot, every time TNT HD goes into a commercial, the pic freezes up again!!....BUT after a frozen pause of a second or three, it finally comes out of it's COMA, and things eventually go back to normal....until the next commercial. :( :mad:

Even WITH the cold re-boot, every time TNT HD goes into a commercial, the pic freezes up again!!....BUT after a frozen pause of a second or three, it finally comes out of it's COMA, and things eventually go back to normal....until the next commercial. :( :mad:
Some HD channels broadcast commercials in 480i, don't ask my why. Sounds like your set is having some delay in switching scanrates.

TWC Remote + Scientific Atlanta Cable Box (8300 HD DVR) + Sony A/V Receiver

I have an Sony HT-6600DP Home Theater System (STR-K850P Receiver) and a Scientific Atlanta 8300 Cable Box with DVR (Time Warner). I can't get the TWC remote to turn up and down the volume on the A/V Receiver. I tried all the different codes on channel 99 but none worked. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Even WITH the cold re-boot, every time TNT HD goes into a commercial, the pic freezes up again!!....BUT after a frozen pause of a second or three, it finally comes out of it's COMA, and things eventually go back to normal....until the next commercial. :( :mad:

I've had the same issue for a few weeks.

I've had the same issue for a few weeks.Me too.

It started around the Saturday night of that pay pre view fight.

It really doesn’t bother me though since it’s only during the commercials.

Some HD channels broadcast commercials in 480i, don't ask my why. Sounds like your set is having some delay in switching scanrates.

Taking your advice, i added 480i in the settings (of course that results in an annoying delay AND a disturbing popping sound on my plasma when i change channels) but the pic STILL froze in commercial(!).....so i changed it to 480p, and i'll see if that's any improvement. :confused:

(damn basketball game....they save the BEST series for this late nite time slot....kills me in the morning).

Adding the 480p setting appears to have solved the freezing problem when TNT HD goes into commercial. There's CONS that go with that PRO, but for NOW i'm thankful. :)

I was watching a TWC In-House Conference on channel 1892.

1. It was said that S.I. & Queens moved the internet from 7mb to 10mb

2. S.I. & Queens "BOTH" no longer has standard analog channels.

3. 1 year contract with 5% and 2 year contract with 10% off bill that is currently
available S.I. will be available in Queens by the end of may.

4. NYC could grant Verizon FIOS a video franchise by this june.

5. Verizon FIOS would be ready to deliver video in all of S.I. and about 60% of queens would be ready.

Andy thanks for this interesting news.

I was watching a TWC In-House Conference on channel 1892.

1. It was said that S.I. & Queens moved the internet from 7mb to 10mb

2. S.I. & Queens "BOTH" no longer has standard analog channels.

3. 1 year contract with 5% and 2 year contract with 10% off bill that is currently
available S.I. will be available in Queens by the end of may.

4. NYC could grant Verizon FIOS a video franchise by this june.

5. Verizon FIOS would be ready to deliver video in all of S.I. and about 60% of queens would be ready.
Holy crap, June? As in next month??? Are you serious!? Please don't toy with my emotions like this. :o

Holy crap, June? As in next month??? Are you serious!? Please don't toy with my emotions like this. :o

that's what was said, why do u think their in such a rush to lock people up in 1 & 2 year contracts?
:)

Some HD channels broadcast commercials in 480i, don't ask my why. Sounds like your set is having some delay in switching scanrates.
You can fix this problem in the advanced settings menu by setting your output options to 720p and 1080i only, and DISABLING the 480i and 480p options.

Some HD channels broadcast commercials in 480i, don't ask my why. Sounds like your set is having some delay in switching scanrates.
When Time Warner Cable inserts local commercials on HD channels, they insert them at 480i. Apparently they do not have (or are not using) the ability to insert commercials at hi-def resolutions.

You can fix this problem in the advanced settings menu by setting your output options to 720p and 1080i only, and DISABLING the 480i and 480p options.I’ve tried every combination (at least I think I have). Nothing seems to work.

TNT continues to get all "skitzy" on me during the commercials.

It doesn’t bother me at all but it sure has to bug out the advertisers. This has been happening for a couple of weeks now. I never changed any of my settings so I don’t know why this is all of sudden happening.

You can fix this problem in the advanced settings menu by setting your output options to 720p and 1080i only, and DISABLING the 480i and 480p options.

As I understand it, how you approach these settings only changes where the scaling goes on, in the STB or in the TV (BUT exactly what goes on where is also subject to your screen native resolution). But for sure, the "trick" for those is us who refuse to have light gray, hugely distracting side pillars can only work if the STB has 480p enabled (the trick is to set your HD channels to 4:3 in the 8300, dumb as that sounds, it does the trick).

I was watching a TWC In-House Conference on channel 1892.

1. It was said that S.I. & Queens moved the internet from 7mb to 10mb

2. S.I. & Queens "BOTH" no longer has standard analog channels.

3. 1 year contract with 5% and 2 year contract with 10% off bill that is currently
available S.I. will be available in Queens by the end of may.

4. NYC could grant Verizon FIOS a video franchise by this june.

5. Verizon FIOS would be ready to deliver video in all of S.I. and about 60% of queens would be ready.

Upstate NY has been 10MBs for quite a while, Manhattan just went from 5 to 7 2 months ago. Do we have any one who is very familiar with network issues, I have evidence that seems to point to TWC doing throttling...

If Queens has no analogs left, how come SI got those 3 new HD channels that the rest of us didn't get and Queens didn't get? Supposedly, SI got them because they had no more analog channels and should have room for close to 100 new HD channels.

That's great news about FIOS, but ONLY as an incentive to goose TW in the ass. Depending on the whole "fiber into the apartment or not" it might be a LONG while before it's actually available. It took TWC over 2 years to filly deploy fiber to all of Manhattan SOOOO, it appears to be good for those discounts...

Guys...

The TNT freezing problem has nothing to do with the TWC inserted commercials.

This is normal TNT commercials that are freezing up (T-Mobile commercials.... TNT programming... etc)

TOTAL freeze-up on almost ALL my HD stations, starting around 8:30P. the only exceptions were HBO which was doing an SD program at the time, and just a few other channels that were in SD. But switching to an SD program did NOTHING to stop the other stations from freezing up when i went BACK to them! SO, pulled the plug outta the wall, and will re-boot in a few. To say i am pissed is an UNDERSTATEMENT. :mad: :mad:

It sounds to me that you are not pissed at all just a little annoyed. ;) ;)
Last night was the first time since I had my 8300 that I had to go component during prime time. :( Did you leave the component cables hooked up also? That was my savior last night during Heroes and L&O:CI. :)

Some HD channels broadcast commercials in 480i, don't ask my why. Sounds like your set is having some delay in switching scanrates.
That has never happend to me, and it should happen to you. The HD channels would only broadcast in 720p or 1080i at all times. It is the shows that are not in HD, so the station is basicallly upcoverting the SD show to it's native signal. But unfortunatly that doesn't make the show 16x9 and doesn't make them look great if it is has bad PQ anyway.

TWC Remote + Scientific Atlanta Cable Box (8300 HD DVR) + Sony A/V Receiver

I have an Sony HT-6600DP Home Theater System (STR-K850P Receiver) and a Scientific Atlanta 8300 Cable Box with DVR (Time Warner). I can't get the TWC remote to turn up and down the volume on the A/V Receiver. I tried all the different codes on channel 99 but none worked. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Get a universal that has more functions. :D ;) :p What to do?
Go to:

http://www.scientificatlanta.com

Join the explorer club. No charge only e-mail required and you can down load the remote booklet which will contain more numbers and you will be able to do everything manually instead of going through TWC "easy screen" on channel 99. This is a a more complete guide to access more codes. I downloaded the guide but I couldn't send a pdf file to you here.

I was watching a TWC In-House Conference on channel 1892.

1. It was said that S.I. & Queens moved the internet from 7mb to 10mb

2. S.I. & Queens "BOTH" no longer has standard analog channels.

3. 1 year contract with 5% and 2 year contract with 10% off bill that is currently
available S.I. will be available in Queens by the end of may.

4. NYC could grant Verizon FIOS a video franchise by this june.

5. Verizon FIOS would be ready to deliver video in all of S.I. and about 60% of queens would be ready.

Thanks Andy very interesting. News, but now we have to commit to TWC for 1 or 2 years. 10% looks nice but I don't think it covers the increases for the last 2 years. TWC is business at it's best. Sign you up for the discount with the 1 or 2 year agreements a month before their projected date of the franchise agreements signings. How can we find out which part of Queens will be FIOS ready before the may? Are we sure NYC will be able to sign the blanket aggreeement or is it going be like Nassau Contry and each town(zip-code) would have to make the agreement. Hope it is the first one.
The bad thing about this FIOS TV thing is, we know it should look better. However, do we know if the system is flaw proof? I would say no it isn't plus any body who already have Verizon anything, know that the CSR's aren't perfect either. But hopefully we will have that FIOS TV NYC thread once the agreements are signed, this way we can get first hand reports of HORROR stories or some good BEDTIME material.

It sounds to me that you are not pissed at all just a little annoyed. ;) ;)
Last night was the first time since I had my 8300 that I had to go component during prime time. :( Did you leave the component cables hooked up also? That was my savior last night during Heroes and L&O:CI. :)

Oh, absolutely. I switch from HDMI to component as SOON AS the signal starts to screw up on the HDMI side, which seems to happen often during prime time, usually at a crucial moment in what-EVER i'm watching at the time. But last nite in particular, it didn't MATTER.....the pic still froze on the component side *too*, with every break for commercial on TNT HD.

where do I download the remote booklet exactly. I am a member now. I cant find the remote exactly, mine is gray.

the video is still on channel 1892, if you guys want to watch it.
It's pretty interesting.

Thanks Andy very interesting. News, but now we have to commit to TWC for 1 or 2 years. 10% looks nice but I don't think it covers the increases for the last 2 years. TWC is business at it's best. Sign you up for the discount with the 1 or 2 year agreements a month before their projected date of the franchise agreements signings. How can we find out which part of Queens will be FIOS ready before the may? Are we sure NYC will be able to sign the blanket aggreeement or is it going be like Nassau Contry and each town(zip-code) would have to make the agreement. Hope it is the first one.
The bad thing about this FIOS TV thing is, we know it should look better. However, do we know if the system is flaw proof? I would say no it isn't plus any body who already have Verizon anything, know that the CSR's aren't perfect either. But hopefully we will have that FIOS TV NYC thread once the agreements are signed, this way we can get first hand reports of HORROR stories or some good BEDTIME material.

the contract is an option.
Verizon shouldn't have a problem bringing FIOS to houses in Queens, MDU's are last on their list.

TWC Remote + Scientific Atlanta Cable Box (8300 HD DVR) + Sony A/V Receiver

I have an Sony HT-6600DP Home Theater System (STR-K850P Receiver) and a Scientific Atlanta 8300 Cable Box with DVR (Time Warner). I can't get the TWC remote to turn up and down the volume on the A/V Receiver. I tried all the different codes on channel 99 but none worked. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


have the same problem, although with Sony DAV-FX100W as receiver/HTIB. never found another solution and dont want an "aftermarket" universal like the harmony.
think at one point i sat down and tried every code from like 0-300 or something. dont know if there is a code that will work... eventually i contacted the manufacturer of the remote (it isnt scientific atlanta) and they offered to program the remote manually if i sent it in, but i never got that motivated.

let me know if you get anything from that website.

Upstate NY has been 10MBs for quite a while, Manhattan just went from 5 to 7 2 months ago. Do we have any one who is very familiar with network issues, I have evidence that seems to point to TWC doing throttling...

If Queens has no analogs left, how come SI got those 3 new HD channels that the rest of us didn't get and Queens didn't get? Supposedly, SI got them because they had no more analog channels and should have room for close to 100 new HD channels.

That's great news about FIOS, but ONLY as an incentive to goose TW in the ass. Depending on the whole "fiber into the apartment or not" it might be a LONG while before it's actually available. It took TWC over 2 years to filly deploy fiber to all of Manhattan SOOOO, it appears to be good for those discounts...

correction, S.I. & Queens both still have basic cable in Analog which is about 38 channels give or take.
I have no idea why they haven't added those 3 HD channels in Queens yet.
thats a question for Mr. Watson.

It's not mattering in the slightest. I've tried BOTH output settings tonite during the basketball on TNT HD, and in BOTH cases, i'm still getting freeze frames as soon as they go into commercial (while the audio can still be heard). In both cases, the freeze eventually resolves itself when another commercial kicks in, BUT....then it freezes up again depending on the commercial. That Barkley-Wade commercial about "the five"...every single time that commercial comes on, it's freeze city, regardless of output. :(

i'm still getting freeze frames as soon as they go into commercial (while the audio can still be heard). In both cases, the freeze eventually resolves itself when another commercial kicks in, BUT....then it freezes up again depending on the commercial(...But you’re not missing anything. I know it’s annoying but the actual broadcast of the game is 100% intact.

I watch everything on a delay to maximize my viewing pleasures so I get a chuckle when I fast-forward through the commercials and see the bizarre freezes. :cool:

...But you’re not missing anything. I know it’s annoying but the actual broadcast of the game is 100% intact.

I watch everything on a delay to maximize my viewing pleasures so I get a chuckle when I fast-forward through the commercials and see the bizarre freezes. :cool:

This is true, Larry...thank GOODNESS the impt stuff is NOT getting frozen like the commercials are.

It's not mattering in the slightest. I've tried BOTH output settings tonite during the basketball on TNT HD, and in BOTH cases, i'm still getting freeze frames as soon as they go into commercial (while the audio can still be heard). In both cases, the freeze eventually resolves itself when another commercial kicks in, BUT....then it freezes up again depending on the commercial. That Barkley-Wade commercial about "the five"...every single time that commercial comes on, it's freeze city, regardless of output. :(

You're output setting are not relevant....

This isn't an issue of the commercials switching to 480i (TWC inserted ads) that some thought it was.

I'm having the same problems... its either a TWC or a box problem....

the video is still on channel 1892, if you guys want to watch it.
It's pretty interesting.
No channels in the 1800 range with a SA8300HD on the S.Manhattan head end. Was this tuning in diagnostics mode? -- John

No channels in the 1800 range with a SA8300HD on the S.Manhattan head end. Was this tuning in diagnostics mode? -- John

I'm also on the S. Manhattan head end and am tuned to Ch. 1892 even as I type this (I also watched it yesterday). It's not in the IPG, but I can get to it by entering the channel # on the remote; diagnostics mode not required. I'm also using an 8300HD. When I press the INFO button on the remote, a banner pops up identifying the channel/program as "[TWC logo] 1892 Video Conference All Day." Substantively, unfortunately, this "conference" just confirms my impression that TWCNYC is abundantly populated with morons and con artists.

I'm also on the S. Manhattan head end and am tuned to Ch. 1892 even as I type this (I also watched it yesterday). It's not in the IPG, but I can get to it by entering the channel # on the remote; diagnostics mode not required. I'm also using an 8300HD. When I press the INFO button on the remote, a banner pops up identifying the channel/program as "[TWC logo] 1892 Video Conference All Day." Substantively, unfortunately, this "conference" just confirms my impression that TWCNYC is abundantly populated with morons and con artists.
Thanks. Almost tried that before posting, but I can't enter 2, 3, or 4 from my remote because I set up a component switcher with the remote (with HD on 1). Usually tune channels in GUIDE-display mode. Maybe some tinkering will present a method.* For S. Manhattan, guess that makes two 'hidden' channels, with the United Nations at 78--which I can tap in. -- John
*Done. Just entered 1892 directly and watched on composite video out from the 8300HD since entering "2" deselected the 1080i out switcher mode.

No channels in the 1800 range with a SA8300HD on the S.Manhattan head end. Was this tuning in diagnostics mode? -- John

thats weird, i'm in Manhattan South as well and i just type in 1892 on the remote and it tunes to the channel.

without Diagnostic mode

I'm also on the S. Manhattan head end and am tuned to Ch. 1892 even as I type this (I also watched it yesterday). It's not in the IPG, but I can get to it by entering the channel # on the remote; diagnostics mode not required. I'm also using an 8300HD. When I press the INFO button on the remote, a banner pops up identifying the channel/program as "[TWC logo] 1892 Video Conference All Day." Substantively, unfortunately, this "conference" just confirms my impression that TWCNYC is abundantly populated with morons and con artists.

keep the channel as a favorite, it has some informative programing at times.
especially CSR commisions for geting people to join triple play.



"Nice Sales Baby" lol

Thanks. Almost tried that before posting, but I can't enter 2, 3, or 4 from my remote because I set up a component switcher with the remote (with HD on 1). Usually tune channels in GUIDE-display mode. Maybe some tinkering will present a method.* For S. Manhattan, guess that makes two 'hidden' channels, with the United Nations at 78--which I can tap in. -- John
*Done. Just entered 1892 directly and watched on composite video out from the 8300HD since entering "2" deselected the 1080i out switcher mode.


great, I knew about this channel for over a year now, sorry I didn't think to report it sooner. Save it as a favorite.

keep the channel as a favorite, it has some informative programing at times.



Yes, like learning yesterday that SI customers were spared the price hikes the rest of us got hit with recently. Who knew that TWC's franchise from the City of NY allows price discrimination by borough?

Oh, absolutely. I switch from HDMI to component as SOON AS the signal starts to screw up on the HDMI side, which seems to happen often during prime time, usually at a crucial moment in what-EVER i'm watching at the time. But last nite in particular, it didn't MATTER.....the pic still froze on the component side *too*, with every break for commercial on TNT HD.
Mike, get the 3250 and save money on the DVR because it seems like endless problems for you with the 8300. Have you ever thought(like one poster mentioned earlier) that it could be your TV's conversion proccess that is the problem. I hope it isn't but check everything before crucifying TWC. However, if you do decide on swapping the box make sure it is not a used one, tell them it is the used ones that have given you the biggest problems

where do I download the remote booklet exactly. I am a member now. I cant find the remote exactly, mine is gray.
You can download the "Model AT8550 Remote Control" that should be similar to the one you have, because that is similar to the one I have. The only difference in all the remote s they show is the color. So just match your remote to the black one and you will be fine. But I think the remote I have should be the same as yours. When I get homeand our remotes are the same I will cross check to make sure the booklet's are the same,because I went in to swap a remote out last year and they gave me a brand new one, with the batteries still out and the manual booklet included.

the contract is an option.
Verizon shouldn't have a problem bringing FIOS to houses in Queens, MDU's are last on their list.
It is an option, but any savings is a good savings. I just found out that Richmond Hill/Ozone Park are not one of the 60%. So I might as well sign for a year and see what happens next year or maybe 2 years. It doesn't matter. I have been with Quicks / TWC since 1988. So what harm will 2 more years make. 10% off my current bill will be $9 to $10. By then the FIOS feedback will have more responses and more long term users instead of the people who just get it and say "amazing" Plus maybe I could talk to Verizon in the background to see, How much will I be able to save? I would end up with quadruple play, and I get $ off for having three right now, so when I make the leap to FIOS internet instead of Verizon DSL(-8), Digital phone instead of my home package(-5), FIOS TV instead of cable and My one bill with Verizon Wireless(-9). Maybe they will be able to offer me an offer I can't refuse.

have the same problem, although with Sony DAV-FX100W as receiver/HTIB. never found another solution and dont want an "aftermarket" universal like the harmony.
think at one point i sat down and tried every code from like 0-300 or something. dont know if there is a code that will work... eventually i contacted the manufacturer of the remote (it isnt scientific atlanta) and they offered to program the remote manually if i sent it in, but i never got that motivated.

let me know if you get anything from that website.
for both of you guys, when I get home I will scan the booklet and post it here, That will happen after 5 but before 10pm. I have the remote that I claimed before and gave the number for but in silver. But if you guys can it would be nice if you can give me your remote # so maybe I could print it here and then scan at home.

Yes, like learning yesterday that SI customers were spared the price hikes the rest of us got hit with recently. Who knew that TWC's franchise from the City of NY allows price discrimination by borough?

It isn't discrimination, it is a case of the have's and have not's. SI is always considered the forgotten borough, so when the complaints happen next winter that their streets aren't clear, the city can say, "at least you have more HD channels, stay home and enjoy" :p :) Why are the dumps still in use? The city will say"stay in the house with the AC on so you won't smell it!" :rolleyes: :D

Queens can be a close second for that 1st reason, this is why we are told we are already all digital and will be in line for more channels sooner then the remainder of the City. Just a little pet of our ego's to keep us waiting for more.

I don't have this problem, but it is generally agreed upon that it is much more "trouble free" to use a component connection with the 8300HD. HDMI works for many of us, but it gives more headaches to many others.

The difference in picture quality seems to be almost indetectable, so if HDMI is giving you trouble, why not switch back to component?

The reason I switched to DVI is because I ran out of components on my TV.
I have a component switcher on my audio receiver, but that is still not as convenient as plugging directly into the tv.

Any one seen Verizon Fios HDTV quality compared to TWC?

The only people here locaslly would be out in LI, check the Cablevision thread and you might get better feedback there.

Sorry guys, my scanner is acting up, let me know it ths woirks:

http://www.scientificatlanta.com/ExplorerClubGuides/getting_started/734357.pdf

If it does you guys are set. Plus if it does. Let me know remotes yo guys are having proiblems with and I will try to doi it this way again. really didn't expect it to be this easy, but you guys will make the judgement call tomorrow.

The only people here locaslly would be out in LI, check the Cablevision thread and you might get better feedback there.

Sorry guys, my scanner is acting up, let me know it ths woirks:

http://www.scientificatlanta.com/ExplorerClubGuides/getting_started/734357.pdf

If it does you guys are set. Plus if it does. Let me know remotes yo guys are having proiblems with and I will try to doi it this way again. really didn't expect it to be this easy, but you guys will make the judgement call tomorrow.
Here I come to save the day. Disregard the earlier link, unless it works for you. And my brand new TWC issues remote and instructions were different. I have the UR5U-8400 but they gave me paperwork for a different one. Here is the correct link:

http://universalremote.com/resources/pdfs/UR5-8400(Rev121905).pdf

If you have other numbers let me kno them because I found to perfect site. Ths SA site is only showing the current models.

Yes, like learning yesterday that SI customers were spared the price hikes the rest of us got hit with recently. Who knew that TWC's franchise from the City of NY allows price discrimination by borough?

The last city-wide rate hike didn't happen in SI??

Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, SI pays less and gets more HD (remember, 3 additional HD channels in SI that the rest of the city gets jacked on).

Upstate NY has been 10MBs for quite a while, Manhattan just went from 5 to 7 2 months ago. Do we have any one who is very familiar with network issues, I have evidence that seems to point to TWC doing throttling...

i'm in Manhattan and am routinely able to achieve 7+ Mbps when connected to a server than can handle it. was also able to achieve 5+ Mbps in the pre-7 days and 3+ Mbps in the pre-5 days, etc. what evidence do you have that they are throttling you under advertised speeds? if you mean they achieve the 7 Mbps limit through throttling, well sure, of course. if you mean you're never able to achieve 7 Mbps, I'd suspect your remote sources or have TWC check your local integrity.

1) Since I switched from component to a DVI>HDMI cable, when I change channels in HD, the image disappears for a couple seconds. Same thing when I go to the guide, and then back out (even if I'm not changing channels). Was fine with component.

2) Also, the guide looks terrible and is very slow to navigate in the higher channels - does everyone get this? is it just because the guide is designed for 4:3 and is being stretched and so slowing the processing?

Setup - all brand new:
Pioneed 3510HD STB (output set to 1080i, standard in 4:3, wide as default)
DVI>HDMI Monoprice cable
Toshiba 23HVL87 HDTV

Thanks.

1) Since I switched from component to a DVI>HDMI cable, when I change channels in HD, the image disappears for a couple seconds. Same thing when I go to the guide, and then back out (even if I'm not changing channels). Was fine with component.

2) Also, the guide looks terrible and is very slow to navigate in the higher channels - does everyone get this? is it just because the guide is designed for 4:3 and is being stretched and so slowing the processing?

Setup - all brand new:
Pioneed 3510HD STB (output set to 1080i, standard in 4:3, wide as default)
DVI>HDMI Monoprice cable
Toshiba 23HVL87 HDTV

Thanks.
The easy answer, the Pioneer's were plagued with trouble since the begining and still is in some places. If your box doesn't have DVR my best advice to you is go to a TWC center and swap your box out for the SA 3250hd. This has been the box with the least complaints about. From the way it seems the installers and repair men bring the Pioneer's out but the offices are mostly givng out the Scientic Atalntic. If you have DVR you can switch to the SA8300HDDVR, unfortunately this box isn't perfect, but at least it doesn't have the guide problem you mentioned. Also if you have 1080i only output to the tV the switch channel delay is very limited. One problem with the 8300 is you will now need a HDMI>HDMI cable. Which to me will increase the sound quality but you will now need to oder the new cable. The 3250 is DVI-Hdmi so you will be good with your current cables with that model.

The guide problem seems weird but I know the guide is over screen and not stretched. From what I have seen on all channels on different TV's Is the guide always comes on with the grey bars on the side. No stretching involved.

Isn't it a handshaking issue? I have the same problem with my DVi/HDMI adaptor, but I'm used to it now. Will they charge you more with the DVR box?

i'm in Manhattan and am routinely able to achieve 7+ Mbps when connected to a server than can handle it. was also able to achieve 5+ Mbps in the pre-7 days and 3+ Mbps in the pre-5 days, etc. what evidence do you have that they are throttling you under advertised speeds? if you mean they achieve the 7 Mbps limit through throttling, well sure, of course. if you mean you're never able to achieve 7 Mbps, I'd suspect your remote sources or have TWC check your local integrity.

Generally speaking, "throttling" is what many ISPs do if they detect certain type of content passing. One example is bit torrent traffic. I was using it to d/l some HD movie trailers (Zudeo) and if I had a download going on at 50-100 Kb/s, any other traffic was coming in a 3200 baud dialup speed. When I started encrypting the torrent data flow, I could get reasonable web browsing speeds.

BTW, this is observation over a period of time, not one instance.

Could someone tell me the actual channels that are included with HDXtra. I can't find any info on the website. I've been paying for HDXtra just for the ESPNHD channel. Planning to cancel once ESPNHD is switched to HD Standard on 06/14 but I'm curious about what actual channels are included in HDXtra before I cancel.

Could someone tell me the actual channels that are included with HDXtra. I can't find any info on the website. I've been paying for HDXtra just for the ESPNHD channel. Planning to cancel once ESPNHD is switched to HD Standard on 06/14 but I'm curious about what actual channels are included in HDXtra before I cancel.

MOJO (formerly INHD)
HDNET
HDNET-Movies
ESPNHD (until 6/14)

http://www.timewarnercable.com/CustomerService/CLU/TWCCLUs.ashx?CLUID=536&Zip=&Image1.x=51&Image1.y=3&Image1=submit
They're listed as a premium channel in our lineup (and aren't one of the premium movie channels....)

Generally speaking, "throttling" is what many ISPs do if they detect certain type of content passing. One example is bit torrent traffic. I was using it to d/l some HD movie trailers (Zudeo) and if I had a download going on at 50-100 Kb/s, any other traffic was coming in a 3200 baud dialup speed. When I started encrypting the torrent data flow, I could get reasonable web browsing speeds.

BTW, this is observation over a period of time, not one instance.

i understand what the term "throttling" is, my point is that in my experience TWC Manhattan RR does not throttle. i also live on the UWS and have been using RR since '00. i am routinely able to achieve maximum d/l speeds without issue. i have many friends in the area who are as well. so i'm not quite sure why you think there are throttling problems. unless you use a service other than RR?

i assume you know this, but allowing BT (or any other traffic) to max your upstream can dramatically inhibit your downstream. this has nothing to do with throttling. to maintain optimal download speeds, you have to cap your upload speeds to leave some overhead room for two way traffic (every downstream req some upstream TCP/IP traffic). you should also use PeerGuardian or a similar firewall to block malicious BT traffic which can slow you down. again, nothing to do with throttling. i'm not sure your experience is an indicator of true throttling.

then again, this hasn't much to do with HDTV ;)

The only people here locaslly would be out in LI, check the Cablevision thread and you might get better feedback there.

Sorry guys, my scanner is acting up, let me know it ths woirks:

http://www.scientificatlanta.com/ExplorerClubGuides/getting_started/734357.pdf

If it does you guys are set. Plus if it does. Let me know remotes yo guys are having proiblems with and I will try to doi it this way again. really didn't expect it to be
this easy, but you guys will make the judgement call tomorrow. W

What cablebox does this remote control??

W

What cablebox does this remote control??

DVR
SA8000 & SA8300

Isn't it a handshaking issue? I have the same problem with my DVi/HDMI adaptor, but I'm used to it now. Will they charge you more with the DVR box?
No this isn't a handshaking issue as much as it is a compamny that rather give no support HDMI and say you should be using Component instead of a connector(HDMI) that does not work. I live ten min to the Atlantic Ave branch and probably about 20 min to the Queens cetner branch. So it wasn't that big a deal to switch out untill I got one that works great. But there are still problems unti TWC wants to addd a couple of new classes to their CSR's. Think of it this way, DTV started about 7 years ago which ment classes for everyone to explain why Component was the cable to use. Now they need classes for HDIM, Plus sub ssubject about 13, 1.2 & the ultimate 1.3. Why take extra classes if HD is available when Component cables are used? Plus HD use is expanding but not to a point to make a major CSR rep update. There are still a lot of consumers(the biggest problem of them all) that if the shows says it is HD then it must be HD. This problem needs to stop. I still go buy stores just to check out the updated models and always find someone to discuss HDTV with. Usually a grey head that only knows that his current TV will be Obsolete in a couple of years. Which we here at AVA isn't true. He thinks I am store employee, but I disappointed him because he was ready to buy from me. But I point him to a sales person and make sure the sales pitch is accurate. Then I told him to come and confide with me after the sales pitch. I have made the sale for a few sales man but the guy who bought it felt a little cinfussed but satisfied he made the best purchase for his set up. Some of you guys should try it, all who do will have a smile on your face for the remainder of the day.

Sorry about this guys. I need and want HDTV's to get mass distrubution but I rather people not be conned into a TV just because it was hooked up with a Bru-ray and playing 1080p true video instead of things they really will be watching on their TV's.

W

What cablebox does this remote control??
check the my correction post after the original one. The first listing is the upgrade to the AT8550 one touch remote. I first got that link after checking the feautures on the remot like that one but in grey, but after furthe looking I was able to get the second link is the exact link to the remote I got when I received the SA 3250HD and SA8300HDDVR Copy & Paste the link:

http://universalremote.com/resources/pdfs/UR5-8400(Rev121905).pdf

Go here if you have the UR5-8400 remote. This will give you operating instructions and more numbers available to program the remote. If anyone has a different remote feel free to ask me because TWC isn't being exclusive with their remotes. As any one that joined SA explorer club the remotes are differenthen what we have in out houses.

Hi,

Im a Triple Play customer in Astoria, 11106.....This morning TW called me around 11 am, i was not able to pick up the phone... My apartment super confirmed that Verizon Fios will be available this August, i did not want to believe it so i called Verizon, and they told me the exact same thing that Verizon Fios will be available starting this August in my apartment building (The tech support did a look up through my phone #, and also address)

Any idea why they may have called?! Perhaps to offer me the 20% off the 2 yr contract?..Has anyone received any calls from them this morning?

If you live in a private home, then it's definitely possible. Apartments will take longer or may not get FIOS at all.

According to Friday's NY Sun, the TV portion is in the final stages of negotiations with the City. I can't post the URL as I don't have enough posts.

Hi,

Im a Triple Play customer in Astoria, 11106.....This morning TW called me around 11 am, i was not able to pick up the phone... My apartment super confirmed that Verizon Fios will be available this August, i did not want to believe it so i called Verizon, and they told me the exact same thing that Verizon Fios will be available starting this August in my apartment building (The tech support did a look up through my phone #, and also address)

Any idea why they may have called?! Perhaps to offer me the 20% off the 2 yr contract?..Has anyone received any calls from them this morning?
Did you supper say if it was all FIOS, Fios TV is not available in NYC as of yet. Unless the June approval date mentioned here on this thread earlier has any truth to it. You already have triple play, How long? did their trail period end already? If you ready between the lines of what was mentioned earlier. They want to give a discout to people that had the TPP, or get them to commit to a 1 or 2 year plan with a only a 10% discount instead of 20 like you said. My advice to you is confirm that FIOS TV is getting installed also and call verizon to make sure they will have the franchise aggreement by june. Since you are a former/current TPP user you all control here. Tell them you want them to give it at the TPP rate or you sign up for only 3 more moths. Because you are looking for better phone coverage. This way they will have to give you some discount off the newbie rate or discount from your current rates you have now. Then when august comes around you aren't signed into a long 1 - 2 year contract that will probably cost you a lot if you try to break a contract. The idea here is do not sign something long term untill Verizon makes it pitch also make sure all three of VIOS packages are available. I would suggest to anyone that TWC has called. TWC already think FIOS TV is ready in June so Parts of Queens and all of SI are ready to go once they get the franchise agreements are signed. This is businees at it's best, with TWC offering discounts on their triple play packages which were going to be lower then FIOS already and now they will really be inexpensive. That will be very hard for somepeople to say no to, but now you are stuck with TWC until the contract term is over. Just another case of buyer beware!! I applaud TWC for this great business move. For every one of us waiting for FIOS there might be 10% that stay, because one of the major complaints is cost. 10% Might not be much but it is savings for 2 years. $10 per month for 2 years $240.

Get the facts right before you listen to what TWC wants from you. Good luck!

If you live in a private home, then it's definitely possible. Apartments will take longer or may not get FIOS at all.

According to Friday's NY Sun, the TV portion is in the final stages of negotiations with the City. I can't post the URL as I don't have enough posts.
Link to article (http://www.nysun.com/article/54729)

If you live in a private home, then it's definitely possible. Apartments will take longer or may not get FIOS at all.

According to Friday's NY Sun, the TV portion is in the final stages of negotiations with the City. I can't post the URL as I don't have enough posts.
The regions are wrong in the article. Just saying you want it, won't get it to you any faster. They still have 4 borough to complete, Manhattan being the biggest difficulty. As of today, the expected signing date is sometime in June if that holds true, SI will have complete availability unless they have a building complex that is holding out. Which I find hard to believe, but to this day people don't like expansion. There are 5 areas in Queens that have Veriozon FIOS available and from my understading there is a main box that gets set up in each house so it will just be additional fiber cable needed to run from the Box towards the TVs Once agreements are signed. Saten Island is connected, Queens:Bay terrace, Bayside, Flushing, The Rockaways, fresh meadowes & sprinfield gardens. Manhattain is mentioned but we all know that it will vary more building to building then where the wiring is. But we don't know what percetage has the cables run already underground or above ground. So it really will not be easy for anyone except SI and the parts of queens that have FOIS internet available. Sprinfield is the cloest town connected and it is privete house town so I should be getting an offer soon after the ink dries. :rolleyes: :cool: :D

Has anyone had issues using hdmi with the 8300HD dvr box? I decide to connect the box via hdmi and component but the video drops out when i switch to component after doing this. can only one connection be used with this box?

Has anyone had issues using hdmi with the 8300HD dvr box? I decide to connect the box via hdmi and component but the video drops out when i switch to component after doing this. can only one connection be used with this box?


you can only connect one or the other not both.

you can only connect one or the other not both.Is there a recommended connection to use? Don't know if I'm seeing things but the video quality seems better via component as opposed to hdmi.

Is there a recommended connection to use? Don't know if I'm seeing things but the video quality seems better via component as opposed to hdmi.


well on my Pio 5070 im using HDMI and i love the PQ, I have a digital to digital connection as suppose to Component which is analog to digital connection.

On my Sharp TV, the component connection was definitely better than the HDMI - even after considerable adjustment.

On my current TV, a Sony, I haven't compared the two since component looks very good, and it's just so much easier to use.

-barry

i understand what the term "throttling" is, my point is that in my experience TWC Manhattan RR does not throttle. i also live on the UWS and have been using RR since '00. i am routinely able to achieve maximum d/l speeds without issue. i have many friends in the area who are as well. so i'm not quite sure why you think there are throttling problems. unless you use a service other than RR?

i assume you know this, but allowing BT (or any other traffic) to max your upstream can dramatically inhibit your downstream. this has nothing to do with throttling. to maintain optimal download speeds, you have to cap your upload speeds to leave some overhead room for two way traffic (every downstream req some upstream TCP/IP traffic). you should also use PeerGuardian or a similar firewall to block malicious BT traffic which can slow you down. again, nothing to do with throttling. i'm not sure your experience is an indicator of true throttling.

then again, this hasn't much to do with HDTV ;)

But it is about our provider, TWC!

Never said anything about maxing bandwidth, the transfer speeds I mentioned are way below saturation (OMG, I mistyped those speeds, it should have said kB/s, not kb/s).

The client is far better at dealing with problematic BT traffic than any firewall (SafePeer is a better solution because it has an active IP list). Besides, I clearly observed a condition that sure DID indicate throttling... remember I said encrypting the traffic instantly gave me substantially faster httpd traffic. It was so dramatic that I didn't feel the need to actually benchmark it. Encrypting the traffic in a practical sense makes it almost impossible for them to tell what "kind" of traffic.

Better example:

Our RR does about 6800 kb/s down, which is about 850 kB/s. Without encrypting the traffic, even 30 kB/s BT traffic reduces the "rest of" the bandwidth to about 30 kB/s. Encrypting the traffic and I can run 30 kB/s BT down traffic while still getting 6-700 kB/s worth of bandwidth for other stuff (like a http or ftp download).

Anyway, sorry to all for going on about this, I know most of the folks in this forum do use RR so this was the largest audience I could query.

Is there a recommended connection to use? Don't know if I'm seeing things but the video quality seems better via component as opposed to hdmi.

Might be an idea to review each technology. HDMI transfers a digital signal from your STB to the TV. Component transfers an analog signal between the two. The analog signal is more susceptible to interference than a digital one.

If the output signal of the STB is "normally" digital, there has to be a D to A conversion. If the TV's input stage wants a digital signal, you need a A to D converter. So there are circumstances where there's a double conversion going on. Engineering-wise, far better to minimize such "conversions."

Obviously, EXACTLY what goes on in the STB and the TV play a role (which is why I used "if" a lot). My observation and testing demonstrated consistently that with the component running in a manner that minimized any interference, there was a observable visual difference. That difference was that component was much darker. That was a strike against it. Secondly, I can use the TV speakers very easily for late night, don't bug the neighbors viewing (I have a kind of monster HT fed by a 200w/channel AVR and massive speakers (4 10" woofers for the bottom end)).

Hi, Riverside_Guy, looks like we have similar equipment. I have the 8300HD DVR right now hooked up with the component connection and my DVD player hooked up with HDMI. You mentioned HDMI gives off a brighter picture, which is what I need, I live on the other river(East River) side of Manhattan and sunlight glare is horrible.

Do I have to do anything different in turns of set up in the 8300HD if I want to swap the two connection(using component for DVD player, and HDMI for the 8300HD DVR)? Anything I should be aware of when I switch the inputs?
Right now the aspect ratio on the 8300 is set at 16:9 and 4:3streched, and output format is set at 1080i only.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Billy
NYC

check out Verizon Fios TV's new Guide, coming this summer.

http://verizonfios.com/img/

http://www.engadget.com/photos/verizon-launches-fios-interactive-media-guide/

I wish I still live in Queens, right now i'm in a 30 story apartment in Manhattan, and the three times I spoke with Verizon, they had no ETA as when we'll have Fios TV in Manhattan. They have this really attractive promotional package. $99.95 for the triple play style package, but too bad it's not available for me yet.

well, as bad as TWC, it's not as bad as RCN, IMO.

Billy
NYC

Can someone please explain to me why hbo on demand, cinemax on demand, and tmc on demand do not have HD versions of their shows/movies?

The rep on the phone said he would give me HBO on demand for one month to try it out, so I said ok. However it seems that none of the programming on hbo on demand is in HD...which really upsets me, as I wanted to watch curb, sopranos etch in hd not sd.

Guess I wont be keeping this very long. But i've heard that comcast offers hbo and cinemax on demand in hd as well.

Any idea why we dont get it on twc?
i'm in manhattan

Can someone please explain to me why hbo on demand, cinemax on demand, and tmc on demand do not have HD versions of their shows/movies?

The rep on the phone said he would give me HBO on demand for one month to try it out, so I said ok. However it seems that none of the programming on hbo on demand is in HD...which really upsets me, as I wanted to watch curb, sopranos etch in hd not sd.

Guess I wont be keeping this very long. But i've heard that comcast offers hbo and cinemax on demand in hd as well.

Any idea why we dont get it on twc?
i'm in manhattan
TWC in NYC does not offer any HD On-Demand. If their corporate line is to be believed, it is because Manhattan is out of bandwidth (at the current time) for adding more HD content (though ESPN2-HD is supposed to be coming soon).

There are various methods that they are working on for adding more bandwidth (and have accomplished this in some of the outer boroughs), but not in Manhattan. Even in those boroughs, there is still no HD On-Demand.

Can someone please explain to me why hbo on demand, cinemax on demand, and tmc on demand do not have HD versions of their shows/movies?

The rep on the phone said he would give me HBO on demand for one month to try it out, so I said ok. However it seems that none of the programming on hbo on demand is in HD...which really upsets me, as I wanted to watch curb, sopranos etch in hd not sd.

Guess I wont be keeping this very long. But i've heard that comcast offers hbo and cinemax on demand in hd as well.

Any idea why we dont get it on twc?
i'm in manhattanI'm in queens and it's the same for me.

Btw, has anyone figured out a way to make the channel guide fill the screen using the 8300HD stb?

....I wanted to watch curb...in hd not sd.

Guess I wont be keeping this very long. But i've heard that comcast offers hbo and cinemax on demand in hd as well.

Any idea why we dont get it on twc?
i'm in manhattanCurb Your Enthusiasm has always been in SD not HD.

HD On Demand premium channels—wow-- that would be a spectacular addition. This would be like adding an external hard drive, basically freeing up space on my DVR.

I only watch the HD versions of the premiums. I can’t remember the last time I scrolled through that part of the programming guide to see what was on any of their other channels.

Curb Your Enthusiasm has always been in SD not HD.

HD On Demand premium channels—wow-- that would be a spectacular addition. This would be like adding an external hard drive, basically freeing up space on my DVR.

I only watch the HD versions of the premiums. I can’t remember the last time I scrolled through that part of the programming guide to see what was on any of their other channels.

I feel the exact same way!
It's really quite dissapointing when comcast offers them..although i'm not sure if that's in manhattan

Great thread guys!! Keep it going!!

Great thread guys!! Keep it going!! :cool: Welcome aboard!

Curb Your Enthusiasm has always been in SD not HD.

HD On Demand premium channels—wow-- that would be a spectacular addition. This would be like adding an external hard drive, basically freeing up space on my DVR.

I only watch the HD versions of the premiums. I can’t remember the last time I scrolled through that part of the programming guide to see what was on any of their other channels.

Exactly. In the old days if you missed a show or had a conflict and couldn't record an HBO show at 9pm, you could just catch it again at midnight. Now with only 1 HBO HD channel, you often have to wait a couple of days to catch the show again. Sucks that we have to pay the full price for HBO when we only use 1 of their channels. An HBO HD on demand channel would make up for that.

<rant>I'm really, really getting to the "hate" point with Time Frakking Warner. Tuesday, boom, down went my Internet connection. Oh, it's a general service outage, from 83rd to 108th on the west side. Fine they have these every now and then, usually mean 4-10 hours and it's back. Not Tuesday night, not at all n Wednesday, not even this morning. Oh, they've fixed the service outage? Uh, it must have fried my modem... oh, you won't come till next week? Thank the LORD I won't buy into their phone service crap, it's looks like it's priced the same as Verizon AND in 40+ years of buying phone service from Verizon, I can only vaguely remember 30 years ago being out for about a dozen hours.

Well, I made the long journey to 23rd street and am back in business. I WILL be deducting the 4 buck transportation cost which will undoubtedly get me into a fight with them.

So in the past 3 years I have been without an Internet connectivity for 3 days now, a single day a while back and 5 days 2 years ago (they cut my wires for no frakking reason and really dragged their heels getting it re-connected).

Imagine if I had had a MI and ended up dead on the floor, clutching my Time Warner nonfunctional phone because it takes a week and a half to get it fixed and the MI just did NOT want to wait for a Time Warner technician to fix the non-working phone (FYI, I DID get one of these babies about 18 years ago, my Verizon phone was reliable as it always is so I got to the ER in time that I'm still alive!)??<rant>

TWC in NYC does not offer any HD On-Demand. If their corporate line is to be believed, it is because Manhattan is out of bandwidth (at the current time) for adding more HD content (though ESPN2-HD is supposed to be coming soon).

There are various methods that they are working on for adding more bandwidth (and have accomplished this in some of the outer boroughs), but not in Manhattan. Even in those boroughs, there is still no HD On-Demand.

ESPN 2 HD coming is actually posted on their web site. What a long way those jerks have come since they announced channel changes 2 days prior on a weather.com crawl!

Soundtweakers, the last software update seems to preclude having both component and HDMI hooked up and switched at the TV. Prior to it, I could have both connected and simnply switch inputs at the TV. Last time I tried (after the software update), component would NOT work until I yanked the HDMI cable. As I recall, going back to HDMI meant I had to unattach the component wires.

Only other advice is... do you like the light gray side pillars? I HATED them, so I went looking for hints... the best one is weird, but it works. Tune to a HD channel, then set the 8300 to 4:3 Standard for primary and 16:9 Letterboxed for secondary. Flies in the face of all logic, but it works! Oh, you DO have to make sure all resolutions are enabled on the 8300, if you run it at 720 or 1080 only, this trick will not work. I've done this on Samsung and Sony LCD HD sets.

Soundtweakers, the last software update seems to preclude having both component and HDMI hooked up and switched at the TV. Prior to it, I could have both connected and simnply switch inputs at the TV. Last time I tried (after the software update), component would NOT work until I yanked the HDMI cable. As I recall, going back to HDMI meant I had to unattach the component wires.

Only other advice is... do you like the light gray side pillars? I HATED them, so I went looking for hints... the best one is weird, but it works. Tune to a HD channel, then set the 8300 to 4:3 Standard for primary and 16:9 Letterboxed for secondary. Flies in the face of all logic, but it works! Oh, you DO have to make sure all resolutions are enabled on the 8300, if you run it at 720 or 1080 only, this trick will not work. I've done this on Samsung and Sony LCD HD sets.Only drawback to that is when you switch channels there's an annoying lag because all the reolutions are selected.

Only drawback to that is when you switch channels there's an annoying lag because all the reolutions are selected.

And the lag becomes WORSE the more outputs/resolutions you have checked off in settings. In addtion, at least on MY plasma, there's a very disturbing *pop* sound right before the TV settles on the correct resolution. I can't figure out where that pop is coming from. :eek:

OTOH, when i just check off 1080i, end of lagtime and popping problems.

Soundtweakers, the last software update seems to preclude having both component and HDMI hooked up and switched at the TV. Prior to it, I could have both connected and simnply switch inputs at the TV. Last time I tried (after the software update), component would NOT work until I yanked the HDMI cable. As I recall, going back to HDMI meant I had to unattach the component wires.

Only other advice is... do you like the light gray side pillars? I HATED them, so I went looking for hints... the best one is weird, but it works. Tune to a HD channel, then set the 8300 to 4:3 Standard for primary and 16:9 Letterboxed for secondary. Flies in the face of all logic, but it works! Oh, you DO have to make sure all resolutions are enabled on the 8300, if you run it at 720 or 1080 only, this trick will not work. I've done this on Samsung and Sony LCD HD sets.
Thanks for the advice!!
I had tried the HDMI connection, somehow the picture are too bright that it's uncomfortable to view, I have the Sony WEGA rear projection HDTV, the component input seems better so I'll stay with that. Man, those HD channels makes my DVDs look bad.

Can somebody explain to me what is the difference between HD tier charge everyone talks about here and the $15.00 "HD Combo Pack"(HDXTRA+HD DVR) on my bill. The reason why I asked is because a TWC rep gave me the list of FOUR HD channel that come with HDXTRA, all four channels I never watch. If I was to cancel the HD combo pack and save myself 15 bucks a month, would I have to return the HD DVR and lose "all" of my HD channels? I pretty much use the DVR for one HD channel(Discovery HD) and one digital channel(Noggins).

thanks

Only drawback to that is when you switch channels there's an annoying lag because all the reolutions are selected.

That varies by TV. On my Samsung, it's maybe a second to 2. On my sisters Sony, it's a lot longer.

It's a pick your poison, the gray bars to me are a total no-go. I'd rather be annoyed for 1-2 seconds than for hours. Besides, the 8300 has a nice PIP feature...

Thanks for the advice!!
I had tried the HDMI connection, somehow the picture are too bright that it's uncomfortable to view, I have the Sony WEGA rear projection HDTV, the component input seems better so I'll stay with that. Man, those HD channels makes my DVDs look bad.

Can somebody explain to me what is the difference between HD tier charge everyone talks about here and the $15.00 "HD Combo Pack"(HDXTRA+HD DVR) on my bill. The reason why I asked is because a TWC rep gave me the list of FOUR HD channel that come with HDXTRA, all four channels I never watch. If I was to cancel the HD combo pack and save myself 15 bucks a month, would I have to return the HD DVR and lose "all" of my HD channels? I pretty much use the DVR for one HD channel(Discovery HD) and one digital channel(Noggins).

thanks

The 15 bucks is for DVR service AND the HDXtra tier. After June 14th, the HDXtra tier will only have HDNet, HDNet-M and Mojo. I find those channels to be worth the additional 5 bucks. You can drop HDXtra, but you'll still have to pay 9.95 for DVR service.

Thanks for the advice!!
I had tried the HDMI connection, somehow the picture are too bright that it's uncomfortable to view, I have the Sony WEGA rear projection HDTV, the component input seems better so I'll stay with that. Man, those HD channels makes my DVDs look bad.

Can somebody explain to me what is the difference between HD tier charge everyone talks about here and the $15.00 "HD Combo Pack"(HDXTRA+HD DVR) on my bill. The reason why I asked is because a TWC rep gave me the list of FOUR HD channel that come with HDXTRA, all four channels I never watch. If I was to cancel the HD combo pack and save myself 15 bucks a month, would I have to return the HD DVR and lose "all" of my HD channels? I pretty much use the DVR for one HD channel(Discovery HD) and one digital channel(Noggins).

thanks

DVR and HDXTRA each have their own charge. Each are $8.95, but get discounted to $15.00 total if you get both. So if you want to cancel HDXTRA, you'd save $6 a month.

http://www.timewarnercable.com/nynj/products/cable/packagesandpricing.html

Thanks guys. Can't wait for FiosTV to hit my building.

Thanks for the advice!!
I had tried the HDMI connection, somehow the picture are too bright that it's uncomfortable to view, I have the Sony WEGA rear projection HDTV, the component input seems better so I'll stay with that. Man, those HD channels makes my DVDs look bad.


Your DVD's should not look bad. Do you have the DVD player hooked up with component cables? And also did you program the DVD player for 16X9 screen?

Your DVD's should not look bad. Do you have the DVD player hooked up with component cables? And also did you program the DVD player for 16X9 screen?
My DVD doesn't look that bad, it's hooked up with HDMI and set for 16X9. I was just comparing it with the some of the HD channels(mainly Discovery HD). There is a noticeable different picture quality.

thanks

My DVD doesn't look that bad, it's hooked up with HDMI and set for 16X9. I was just comparing it with the some of the HD channels(mainly Discovery HD). There is a noticeable different picture quality.

thanks

Well.... there should be :D

Hi, guys,

I have basic TWC service and my HDTV comes with QAM tuner. I found one thing weird. I can't get NBC HD and Fox HD simultaneously, only one of them. When searching channels, sometimes I got NBC HD (channel # 1.4), no Fox HD; sometimes I got Fox HD (channel # 1.5), but in this case, NBC HD will be replaced by TheTube (channel # is 1.4 too).

Is that usual? Any advice? Thank you!

Check out this article on tvpredictions.com
Link (http://www.tvpredictions.com/twespn052407.htm)
It's about TWC moving ESPN-HD out of the paid HD tier (HDXTRA) but it looks like Universal HD is moving to HDXTRA.

NBC HD sometimes comes in on 1.4 - other times on 104.1. Try tuning directly to 104.1 - that should do it.



Hi, guys,

I have basic TWC service and my HDTV comes with QAM tuner. I found one thing weird. I can't get NBC HD and Fox HD simultaneously, only one of them. When searching channels, sometimes I got NBC HD (channel # 1.4), no Fox HD; sometimes I got Fox HD (channel # 1.5), but in this case, NBC HD will be replaced by TheTube (channel # is 1.4 too).

Is that usual? Any advice? Thank you!

Hi, guys,

I have basic TWC service and my HDTV comes with QAM tuner. I found one thing weird. I can't get NBC HD and Fox HD simultaneously, only one of them. When searching channels, sometimes I got NBC HD (channel # 1.4), no Fox HD; sometimes I got Fox HD (channel # 1.5), but in this case, NBC HD will be replaced by TheTube (channel # is 1.4 too).

Is that usual? Any advice? Thank you!
why are you splitting the cable wire? I know not having to use the QAM is an expensive piece of your HD TV set to let sit there doing nothing, but let the box convert the channels for you, less wires and only one box change. I am assuming you have DTV basic. If this is true all you need is to swap your TV for an HD box and questions like this will be a thing of the past. You get all the channels for free with basic except the HDextra items and the HBOHD, showtimehd ect.

But if you want to keep doing this way, I have read many of these 373 pages some stuff is way out of my mind, but if you want to use the QAM you really should have at a min all the Locals working right and some nice extras that Time warner doesn't give us but there are some you do get if you go $10 more and get DTValue you get all they have to offer, excluding Premiums.

Check out this article on tvpredictions.com
Link (http://www.tvpredictions.com/twespn052407.htm)
It's about TWC moving ESPN-HD out of the paid HD tier (HDXTRA) but it looks like Universal HD is moving to HDXTRA.
The UniversalHD is up in the air but as of right now it HDXtra will be giving only 3 channels as of June 15th. But do not despair my fellow HDers. Sorry if someone mentioned this before but it is good news. Read your cable bill 2nd page and it is has interesting readings. We are finally getting money back for our HDXtra loss of INHD, don't get up and clap yet. It is a reduction of $1.95 per future billing cycle, but there are kicks. One would have to be paying for a sports tier and HD combo or HDxtra. There are some here that will not see and money change but the good news lies in the stations. They add 7 stations to the HDXtra package. Clap for only a few seconds. All the sports tiers will be included. Do not get excited not the season pass tiers, just NBATV, FOX College Sports Atlantic, Central & Pacific. Tennis Channel, CSTV, finally Fuel channel. Seven SD channels added to an HD tier. But if you look up their individual web site the future is coming and most of these channels will be broadcasting in HD. Sounds like a big maybe but I think, I have every confidence that NBATV will go all HD unfortunately we have to wait until October. But the others will follow soon.
Of course everyone has June 14th on your calender, that is when ESPNHD is free for all DTV people and we finally get the main channel on everyones must list, There is room for the other 2 HD channels fro the Mouse right after YESHD730, just put ESPNEWSHD 731 & ABCFamily HD 739 right before NBC's contribution to the HD world, UniversalHD.


I know some of you guys have some anger for this company some are right on the mark some a little bit out there, but this is a good move by TWC and another gain on our behalf. Everyone knows TWC will loose subscribers no matter what happens, but they are trying to make every move possible now to make sure they only sustain an appropriate casualty count. These extra channels will not be a full time HD channels but they will have some games in HD which (just a guess but a big possibility) Those games will be shown where they are in HD or any of 700 - 798 Channel block TWC is making HD use only.

you can only connect one or the other not both.
Trublu this advice is not totally truee used. The Video quality changes a little but that is up to brand and users vision. howeve the audio does. HDMI gives you a clearer louder sound that component w/RCA for sounddoesn't provide when set at the same level. Component would have to be set much higher. It wasn't available on most of the earlier units but it is allowed now or available now on the units but this is uit to unit. Component has been an easy fix for the blackout plague that happens on this unit when using HDMI. The 8300hd unit isn't the best but it is the best that is offered to us. They still have Pioneers circulating but those are trying to pushed out.

As for which is better, HDMI is in theory the better connection because a straight digital transfer should give you a better PQ then the Component because the box receives the signal digitally then converts the signal to analog only to be transferred to the TV and be upgraded once more. Back to digital, A lot of work to get your signal on your TV. That is the easy explanation to why HDMI "should be better" Like you have said is exactly what one half of the HDTV owners have been debating since HDMI first reached us. Component "IS" better, the other have thing HDNMI "IS: better, then the third crowd that wants the best for these TV's no matter which brand "Why would I use the 10-15 year old cable connection when HDMI is state of the art especially for these TV's. My reason, is more like the LAST, But I know it isn't perfect which is why I have component and HDMI set to different inputs and the switch works all the time when needed. Unfortunately this debate rages on and will be there untill HDMI 1.3 is in full consumer use thaen there would not be a comparrison any more, The 1.3 has power ad sound transferring that "SHOULD" blow away everyones minds and question to them selves why they didn't have this hooked up. But components are far & few that we won't see the effects for another year or 2. Right now PS3 has a 1.3. the HIDM 360 is in developement, Som DVD's players, but for TV and cable boxes are not seen at all, and the TV that might have it would break anyones bank.

As for the on-demand thing you agree to, but had questions, Right now TWC is offering on-demand for all its Premium channels, some times some old some new, but this is more a relation to what on-demand they want to give in HD land. If they start one then all the others would be knocking on TWCNYs door, it still surprises me that ShowtimeHD was added but sis TMCHD was not. What is our biggest problem, for years, with these premiums Everything gets shown endlessly. If you have a DVR record the shows on the HBOHD channel during the runs on that channel then you will get the best version on TV of those shores weahter they are SD(these are upgraded to the native feed 1080i) or HD. Plus you might have a HDDVR which will be the best place for viwing any recorded HD broadcast. Trublu I hope this helps you and Uptown I am sorry for posting off you but I have been using both connections even though the manuals says not to. And the balcking can ruin a show that a change input click solves so much better then watch =ing and waiting for TWC to fix it.

You mentioned HDMI gives off a brighter picture, which is what I need, I live on the other river(East River) side of Manhattan and sunlight glare is horrible.

Are you one of those mutile window dwellers I hate?? :p :) No really, do you have mutiple windows? If married talk to her to timt the annoying side. That is the easy answer that won't see the baby eyse and the deffinate question: but why baby why, don't you like the way I decorated?
If not married see if you can blank them out or go fance with sliding shields that go right to left not down and up, that wouldd look cool to some and helps you enjoy the TV at all times. The LCD's TV's are suppose to be the best in bright areas if you bought plasma covering windors might not be the best option, creating a TV room would help.


Do I have to do anything different in turns of set up in the 8300HD if I want to swap the two connection(using component for DVD player, and HDMI for the 8300HD DVR)? Anything I should be aware of when I switch the inputs?
Right now the aspect ratio on the 8300 is set at 16:9 and 4:3streched, and output format is set at 1080i only.

No your setting should always be set like that anyway, but you might have to readjust you settings if you played around with them and your TV offers Inputs individual settings which is great help, I help this helps a little, Good luck!


Any help is greatly appreciated.

Billy
NYC

BiLLY NYC rocks

My DVD doesn't look that bad, it's hooked up with HDMI and set for 16X9. I was just comparing it with the some of the HD channels(mainly Discovery HD). There is a noticeable different picture quality.

thanks
Be carefull what you ask for, FIOS is still a a partner with a duo-nopoly(TWC & Sat) in this city so they will hit us fast and hard to try to keep everyone of us. But you are in Midtown. You might have said uptown and you would have a better chance of receiving you other option much earlier. But I will pray for you, I really won't because he will have to call me to laugh that any parts of Manhattan will be hooked before the propossed 5 year conection proccess. I don't think you have ever said what brand your TV is, if you did, I am sorry.
But remember this anyway. A lot of these HDTV's makers are making viewing a much better process buy having individual settings for each input. I am not saying you are dumb in anyway, just a guy! Channels appear you are happy and let good enough alone, but there is a chance you are switching inputs and they will be different settings from if you already made setting on the input you use the most. Now you will have to change the settings for the imput is in question. God forbid I say this, but take a glance at that book woith plastic around it tht came with the box that helps more then the quick install page. Good luck, i hope this hopes you enjo HDTV and DVD's and not worry about any changes.

Can somebody explain to me what is the difference between HD tier charge everyone talks about here and the $15.00 "HD Combo Pack"(HDXTRA+HD DVR) on my bill. The reason why I asked is because a TWC rep gave me the list of FOUR HD channel that come with HDXTRA, all four channels I never watch. If I was to cancel the HD combo pack and save myself 15 bucks a month, would I have to return the HD DVR and lose "all" of my HD channels? I pretty much use the DVR for one HD channel(Discovery HD) and one digital channel(Noggins).

thanks

If you really do not care about HD that much you should cancel the DVR and HDXTRA, I watch a lot of TV so in my mind you would be hearing "WHY WHY WHY would some one get rid of it. It really doesn't even pay for you to have the DTValue pack, look into buyin the DTV starter pack. With the info you give you only record one show in HD, just maike plans to see them in the on the regular time. You can program the box to let you know when the show is on or look for it replays the box will remind you unitl you have scene it of shut down the search.
VCRS work great on SD programing and it depends on the upconverter on the cable box to the VCR to see if it picks up up a good feed. This all depends on TV and cable signal.

With that said he is the WHY WHY WHY part. Above half empty, below half full. look at my statement above. Big changes will be happenning. In the future, You like sprots, much more sports available without the HDXtra and even more sports with the HDXtra combo. The channels 10 total added to the HDXtra combo are almost worth the price $15. But if you truele are only recording these 2 shows one in SD save your money. Any money saved will bring you a good 3 days of lucnh time. Dollar menues rock!!!! Just something to think about.

I'm pretty sure the answer is still no, but I was wondering if there was any way to purchase just the HD and premium channels? They can keep everthing else. It's crazy when I think that I pay around $120 a month for ~25 channels (I only watch the 700's) and 2 boxes, one of which is a PVR. I wish a la carte would get here already.

I'm pretty sure the answer is still no, but I was wondering if there was any way to purchase just the HD and premium channels? They can keep everthing else. It's crazy when I think that I pay around $120 a month for ~25 channels (I only watch the 700's) and 2 boxes, one of which is a PVR. I wish a la carte would get here already.
Told you this is a pipe dream that will never happen.The closest thing we will ever get is package plus 20 and I would be very accurate to say none of the 20 - 30 would be on that package list that you or myself will need. But in turn switched video would make this an easier situation and maybe we can tell them we only watch the hd channels and tell them tha local and sports are covered in hD so ,aybe they stop broacasting those channels in SD for which person to person gives better space.
HD is ruining a lot of people because SD will look "not bad" or "Not nearly as bad as I have heard" if they never experieneced the beauty that SD affords us.
Even FIOS knows ala carte is an impossibility so they are just going on service alone. We need an all out assult from Verizon, AT&T and try to set up moe then one Telephone TV service and then and only then will the discounts come flowing. Even though there are price wars already occuring and the Newer service will be more and most of us will be eligable for the triple play again or first timers just so they can lock you into service for 1 or 2 years. Plus even more discounts then the new subscribers get, this is a company giving back to their Loyal subscribers. Come around Queens then you will see how much TWC has lost to satilllite This is only the ugliest thing I have seen, 2 floor apartments using 4 -5 dishes or jjust forgeting to take some down. The biggest eye sore of the Private house area. Broadway you are hoping for a dream. But you living Mahattan should already know you guys will be the hardest to wire up because after franchise approval and then board members needed to agree sometimes needuing 100% or 60% of the group and mostly grey hairs in each but Some how the Golden Eagles aren't to kind to technology advances might leave you in the dark from someme other trust them to get better because them, good luck either way, it is this 3 am dizziness that is catching up to me so there might be a last point that I am too tired to add, Sorry broad way I am hoping with you but there is more no's then maybe's when it come to a la carte.

well, I'm now officially on TWC's "All in One Triple Play Package" and my bill is now a tad over $217.
I'm not to happy!

maybe I will settle down on june 14 when we get espn2-hd.

well, I'm now officially on TWC's "All in One Triple Play Package" and my bill is now a tad over $217.
I'm not to happy!

maybe I will settle down on june 14 when we get espn2-hd.
What made you get the triple play?

What made you get the triple play?

they got me with the 3 free months of Digital Phone, over 3 months ago.

Check out this article on tvpredictions.com
Link (http://www.tvpredictions.com/twespn052407.htm)
It's about TWC moving ESPN-HD out of the paid HD tier (HDXTRA) but it looks like Universal HD is moving to HDXTRA.

Uh, TWC has made no such announcement (that I've come across; it is NOT part of the announced 6/14 changes). I seriously doubt they'd take a channel that has LONG been part of their basic digital package and move it to a pay tier.

well, I'm now officially on TWC's "All in One Triple Play Package" and my bill is now a tad over $217.
I'm not to happy!

maybe I will settle down on june 14 when we get espn2-hd.

Holy smokes Andy! Did you not read my screed about TWC and their "phone service?" I would have been without phone service from Tuesday morning to late Thursday afternoon... and if I couldn't go down myself, it would have been for a full 7 days, one week without service.

Come to think of it, wanna retire and give me your job?

Uh, TWC has made no such announcement (that I've come across; it is NOT part of the announced 6/14 changes). I seriously doubt they'd take a channel that has LONG been part of their basic digital package and move it to a pay tier.
From the article:
"The cable operator says it now only charges extra for four high-def channels: HDNet, HDNet Movies, MOJO and Universal HD."
Do you really put it past TWC to make such a change without an official announcement?

Does anyone even watch Universal HD? I'd gladly trade it for the Golf/VS network or any one of a half dozen other HD channels we don't get.

Does anyone even watch Universal HD? I'd gladly trade it for the Golf/VS network or any one of a half dozen other HD channels we don't get.

IIRC, Universal HD gets most of the US Open tennis in the summer, so...except for approx 2-3 weeks of tennis coverage, i never watch Universal HD.

From the article:
"The cable operator says it now only charges extra for four high-def channels: HDNet, HDNet Movies, MOJO and Universal HD."
Do you really put it past TWC to make such a change without an official announcement?
Just like I have written before and agree, RIVER thinks that it is irresponsible to change a "free" basic channel to a paid package. Even for a company like TWC.Just be happy ESPN & ESPN2 are now "freebies" and right in line of all the sporting HD channels we get now. Last time I checked, it is the LAW that they have to announce any changes, Have you guys gotten that synacle? We might not always get it because it varies from place to placewhere they make announcements but we all have access to them all. .It could be we suffer from sticker shock when your bill comes in, up $50 and you can't find a fault and know you watched everything on their list so you don't look again till you have to send payment.

Really River, that is the first I heard of any TWC phone problem. Anyone else experience digital phone problems? Like anyone else I am looking to get Verizon Fios TP, but being in the non-connected part in Queens. I would take advantage of the TWC TP, and their discounts until Verizon is fully up and running. Manhattan being the last to complete as will us southern Queens peeps. (waited a long time for cable back in the 80's) Then make the full change when it is all city. Has this been an on-going issue? Did you get a discount/refund?

IIRC, Universal HD gets most of the US Open tennis in the summer, so...except for approx 2-3 weeks of tennis coverage, i never watch Universal HD.
BSG in HD if that was the only reason it would be more than enough to keep this channel. But like one person before the US Open live games in HD and some extras that USA or CBS don't show sometimes. Chiller movie night on sat. Now we get to see what the shark is suppose to look like in HD, Sorry TNTHD I have defended you in the past but the water shots looked stunning and my hair on my arms were saluting because It is 30 years later and I don't think I am ready to go into the water again! But really as NBC continues to expand their Universe this station would be getting better than DiscoveryHD(what nerve I have, HD gods please forgive me) with more selections of their huge library of TV shows begining soon. When Scifi, originally launched wasn't it Twilight Zone, (any anthology series they can get for the cheap)The outer limits, Tales from the darkside & Ray Bradburv theater, 24/7. Then it got into it's stride and has become of big pull of original shows. 3 of which are on Universal HD right now. Firefly(I know how many time can 13 episode be shown) Stargate alantis, and BSG. I didn't watch the first 2, but they do look mcuch better in HD whihc has peaked my interest

What I am saying is don't give up hope on UniversalHD, It will be one of the favs for us HDer''s one day. Right now be glad that is available with basic cable. If one truly doesn't care about movies and extreme sports might as well get rid of HDXtra untill they officially tell us that the sport tiewrs channels added to the HDXtra willshow some of the live games in HD, Like I have predictited they would. $9 back if you didn't have HDTV combo pk.

Did I miss something, or are we still going to have an SD channel (750) in the middle of all the HD ones?

Did I miss something, or are we still going to have an SD channel (750) in the middle of all the HD ones?

750 is actually a digital OTA channel.... just not HD....

I guess they could start broadcasting HD if they chose to...

When I attempt to follow the directions on Channel 100 for enabling Caller ID info to be shown on my TV screen, I can't fnd the prompts on the remote. I've hit the Settings button and then even the A button for additional settings, and don't see any of the options described in the ch. 100 tutorial for caller ID to be shown on the TV. Anyone have any idea how to make that work? Thanks.

When I attempt to follow the directions on Channel 100 for enabling Caller ID info to be shown on my TV screen, I can't fnd the prompts on the remote. I've hit the Settings button and then even the A button for additional settings, and don't see any of the options described in the ch. 100 tutorial for caller ID to be shown on the TV. Anyone have any idea how to make that work? Thanks.

they put that video on their in error.

the IPG that shows up in the video is the new MDN (Mystro Digital Navigator) version which we don't have yet.
Last known ETA is for the fall for MDN & Caller ID on TV.

Oh ok - thanks for the clarification Andy. I'm not as tech-oriented as most of you guys on this board, but I'm not totally spazzy about it either, and I couldn't figure out why I wasn't finding the way to make the on-screen Caller ID option happen.

From the article:
"The cable operator says it now only charges extra for four high-def channels: HDNet, HDNet Movies, MOJO and Universal HD."
Do you really put it past TWC to make such a change without an official announcement?

Oh, I don't put ANYTHING past TWC... they have proven beyond doubt that they can reduce service and raise rates with not much of a whimper from the majority of customers. AND I believe that as long as customers take it on the chin without protest of some form, they will be encouraged to pull crap like take a free channel and make it a pay channel.

EVEN though I DO watch a lot of HD on HDNets/Mojo and UnHD. If they "moved" UnHD to HDXtra, it won't affect me. I'm only standing on a principle here. Who knows, maybe if they DO this, it might elicit some serious blow-back from customers.

Uh, how can "Caller ID" ever be possible if you do NOT also have their phone service which can go out for days at a time? The only way would be if there were some in and out RJ 45 jacks (if I got the number correct, I mean a standard Verizon/telco jack) on the STBs...

Riversde, I do have TWC phone service, so that's why I was wondering why I couldn't get the Caller ID up and running. But I can't remember the last time I've ever used my landline to make a regular call within the US. I use my cell for everything. I only use TWC for long distance calls to the UK (just about every week), and that's only 3 cents/minute, which is great, and also to keep my 212 number which I've had forever. I've never experienced an outage, but, like I said, I never really use that phone for calls, so maybe I have. But Caller ID will be nice on the screen when they get it up and running.

Hmm, what's up with the Mets game on SNY tonight? Here in lower Manhattan, I'm only getting SD on good ol' 741, like it's an away game. Anyone else?

Hmm, what's up with the Mets game on SNY tonight? Here in lower Manhattan, I'm only getting SD on good ol' 741, like it's an away game. Anyone else?

no clue... but its on ESPNHD (tonight is technically ESPN "Monday" night baseball - so no blackout)

no clue... but its on ESPNHD (tonight is technically ESPN "Monday" night baseball - so no blackout)
Interesting. Must be some kind of HD blackout.

Having the same problem here on TWC on Staten Island.

This isn't the first time. During the Mets-Yankees series the same thing was happening on both SNY and YES. Tonight, there is also pixelation on YES and SNY. I sent SNY an email about it, but I think its TWC- that they don't have their dishes set right to receive the signal.

Having the same problem here on TWC on Staten Island.

This isn't the first time. During the Mets-Yankees series the same thing was happening on both SNY and YES. Tonight, there is also pixelation on YES and SNY. I sent SNY an email about it, but I think its TWC- that they don't have their dishes set right to receive the signal.

MAYBE coincidence, MAYBE my imagination, but....i think the last time ESPN HD did a local game that was NOT blacked out on the local stations, the same thing happened. :confused:

Please dont flame me as i was unsure of the proper forum for this post. I am trying to set up the Olevia 232v with the above mentioned HD Box. Under channel 99, there is no option for Olevia tvs. Suggestions or known codes. I tried searching the forum but could not find an answer to this question. Im in eastern Queens if that helps.

I defintely think I have a HDMI handshake issue, the message says my HDTV does not support HPCP, I forget the exact lettering. If i change my cable box will that solve the problem, or it is my TV, or is it my receiver which does my HDMI DVI switching that is causing the problem? Please advise. Thanks.


Has this problem been resolved? I was trying to use my slingbox on the analog outputs on my sa8300 and was getting this message before. All of a sudden today it's no longer happening.

Software update recently? I think the last time I tried was a week or two ago.

I've gotten myself on a list to beta test a soon to be released Samsung STB. TWC start moving to those this year, for both HD & HD-DVR.

I currently have a SA 3250HD for a bedroom Toshiba 23HLV87, and a P 3510HD for a Samsung LN-T4661f.

The SA works best with my Toshiba, which didn't like the DVI>HDMI on the Pioneer. It's also a much smaller box so better for a bedroom.

I was thinking of replacing my Pioneed for the 3250 as well, since it has a coax out, meaning I could send a cable to the coax in on my TV and possible finally use the PIP (which only pulls from Cable source). But, I simply can't deal with the grey bars on my big TV, which the SA inserts on SD channels. On my 23" it's not so bad.

After getting the most recently manufactured 3250 TWC could find (April 2007), the grey bars are still there. Scientific Atlanta, TWC, and Aptiv (makers of Passport guide) all claim no firmware/software updates exist. SO, that debunks rumors of upgraded boxes that don't do the grey bar inserts.

Enter the Samsung model, which hopelly will answer all issues. It's smaller, has HDMI out, doesn't insert grey bars. No word on whether it will run Passport, but I assume it will.

I'll update when I get the test box (I'm told by mid-summer).

I've gotten myself on a list to beta test a soon to be released Samsung STB. TWC start moving to those this year, for both HD & HD-DVR.

It's smaller, has HDMI out, doesn't insert grey bars. No word on whether it will run Passport, but I assume it will.


no gray bars would be a dream come true! looking forward to hearing about your test results!

Hi, I've only had HD for a few weeks, but I've been having video lockup issues with TNTHD. While watching, sometimes the video freezes up while the audio continues. I have to change the channel and then change it back to clear it. Also, sometimes when first changing the channel to TNTHD the video remains fully gray while the audio plays, until I change to a different channel and change back to TNTHD again.

I have an SA3500 connected to a Samsung T4661F via HDMI, on the UWS of Manhattan. No other HD channels seem to have this problem. Only noticed this over the last few days, but hadn't spend much time on TNTHD until now.

Why would just this one channel be a problem? Is it a feed issue that I can press TWC into handling or is it more-likely an equipment problem on my end? Note that I don't have a line conditioner (yet), but while that would likely improve my overall PQ slightly, it shouldn't have anything to do with THIS issue.

Thanks for any assistance!

I've gotten myself on a list to beta test a soon to be released Samsung STB. TWC start moving to those this year, for both HD & HD-DVR.

I currently have a SA 3250HD for a bedroom Toshiba 23HLV87, and a P 3510HD for a Samsung LN-T4661f.

The SA works best with my Toshiba, which didn't like the DVI>HDMI on the Pioneer. It's also a much smaller box so better for a bedroom.

I was thinking of replacing my Pioneed for the 3250 as well, since it has a coax out, meaning I could send a cable to the coax in on my TV and possible finally use the PIP (which only pulls from Cable source). But, I simply can't deal with the grey bars on my big TV, which the SA inserts on SD channels. On my 23" it's not so bad.

After getting the most recently manufactured 3250 TWC could find (April 2007), the grey bars are still there. Scientific Atlanta, TWC, and Aptiv (makers of Passport guide) all claim no firmware/software updates exist. SO, that debunks rumors of upgraded boxes that don't do the grey bar inserts.

Enter the Samsung model, which hopelly will answer all issues. It's smaller, has HDMI out, doesn't insert grey bars. No word on whether it will run Passport, but I assume it will.

I'll update when I get the test box (I'm told by mid-summer).
See fol. re TWC plans for new SAMSUNG STB (and HDTV) that run OCAP middleware....
which means new IPG(s)....probably Digital Navigator:
http://blog.itvt.com/my_weblog/2007/01/ocapbased_servi.html
http://www.cable360.net/ct/strategy/emergingtech/22336.html
http://broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6441452.html

no gray bars would be a dream come true! looking forward to hearing about your test results!

Ya got noting to loose, go to the 8300's settings and do More Settings and Aspect Ratio. Set the primary to 4:3 (should read Standard (4:3); Letterbox 16:9). Yeah I know it makes no sense. BUT all your HD channels will show correctly in 16:9 AND all your SD channels will have black bars. I haven't seen ANY gray bars since I used this "trick."

Oh, this works as long as you set all possible resolutions on the 8300 so it does NOT do ANY scaling.

Riversde, I do have TWC phone service, so that's why I was wondering why I couldn't get the Caller ID up and running. But I can't remember the last time I've ever used my landline to make a regular call within the US. I use my cell for everything. I only use TWC for long distance calls to the UK (just about every week), and that's only 3 cents/minute, which is great, and also to keep my 212 number which I've had forever. I've never experienced an outage, but, like I said, I never really use that phone for calls, so maybe I have. But Caller ID will be nice on the screen when they get it up and running.

I don't think "Caller ID" is functional in our market yet. AND in your case, it would only function if you got an incoming call on that 212 number. As I have read, this seems due to Passport at the rev we have not supporting it AND their desire to go with a home brewed OCAP front end called Navigator.

How long have you had RoadRunner? While it sure is possible some areas don't go out that much, I was talking about a 3 year period. One instance had noting to do with them supplying IP services, but it was an outage for 5 days because they made a mistake in cutting my wires completely when they had a turn off call for someone else. AND they took 5 days to fix. Two other instances were RoadRunner going down while TV service remained. If I didn't have the time to go down to 23rd street, it would have been out for a full week.

Ya got noting to loose, go to the 8300's settings and do More Settings and Aspect Ratio. Set the primary to 4:3 (should read Standard (4:3); Letterbox 16:9). Yeah I know it makes no sense. BUT all your HD channels will show correctly in 16:9 AND all your SD channels will have black bars. I haven't seen ANY gray bars since I used this "trick."

Oh, this works as long as you set all possible resolutions on the 8300 so it does NOT do ANY scaling.

Ah, it must have been an earlier post of yours that I stumbled across earlier, but when I tried this tip a few days ago it didn't work for me. Instead of SD staying 4:3 with black bars, SD stretched to 16:9. I double and triple checked and I'm pretty sure I did it exactly as described, but I could be mistaken.

BTW, I have all res options enabled except for 480i. 480i just doesn't stay enabled, even if I select it. So I have 1080i, 720p, 720i, 480p. Is that the problem? Thanks!

Works for me with 1080i, 720p and 480i (and/or 480p) ALL enabled, but no effect if only 1080i and 720p enabled.

Had to change to HD channel and back to SD to see new effect.
For STB=NORMAL, it's stretching to perfectly fit 4:3 into 16:9 display....if you like fat-o-vision....
For STB=STRETCH, it keeps the sides nearly the same, but crops off the top and bottom
(Weird...it's stretching Vertically.....)
For STB=ZOOM, it crops off both the top/bottom and some of both sides.

For letterboxed 4:3 programs, you can switch STB to STRETCH mode to
perfectly fit 16:9 "postage stamp" to display without any fat-o-vision.

Same here. During the NBA playoffs in particular, most commercials freeze but the audio continues. The video unfreezes when the game returns. Not sure why. I have no solutions, I just add it to the other bugs I seem to encounter (like intermittant failing of component and digital audio outputs).

Hi, I've only had HD for a few weeks, but I've been having video lockup issues with TNTHD. While watching, sometimes the video freezes up while the audio continues. I have to change the channel and then change it back to clear it. Also, sometimes when first changing the channel to TNTHD the video remains fully gray while the audio plays, until I change to a different channel and change back to TNTHD again.

I have an SA3500 connected to a Samsung T4661F via HDMI, on the UWS of Manhattan. No other HD channels seem to have this problem. Only noticed this over the last few days, but hadn't spend much time on TNTHD until now.

Why would just this one channel be a problem? Is it a feed issue that I can press TWC into handling or is it more-likely an equipment problem on my end? Note that I don't have a line conditioner (yet), but while that would likely improve my overall PQ slightly, it shouldn't have anything to do with THIS issue.

Thanks for any assistance!

Works for me with 1080i, 720p and 480i (and/or 480p) ALL enabled, but no effect if only 1080i and 720p enabled.

Had to change to HD channel and back to SD to see new effect.
For STB=NORMAL, it's stretching to perfectly fit 4:3 into 16:9 display....if you like fat-o-vision....
For STB=STRETCH, it keeps the sides nearly the same, but crops off the top and bottom
(Weird...it's stretching Vertically.....)
For STB=ZOOM, it crops off both the top/bottom and some of both sides.

For letterboxed 4:3 programs, you can switch STB to STRETCH mode to
perfectly fit 16:9 "postage stamp" to display without any fat-o-vision.

guess i'll have to play with it some more. must be doing something wrong. does it allow you to choose both 480i AND 480p?

Same here. During the NBA playoffs in particular, most commercials freeze but the audio continues. The video unfreezes when the game returns. Not sure why. I have no solutions, I just add it to the other bugs I seem to encounter (like intermittant failing of component and digital audio outputs).

Well, I guess it's nice to know it's not just me, but I'd been hoping it was something I could fix. Sigh. Sports (and playoffs!) are 50% of why I bought this whole rig to begin with. Do you mean bugs with just your SA8300 or also your TV?

Other have this problem too? Anyone confirm they DON'T have this problem in Manhattan?

Well, I guess it's nice to know it's not just me, but I'd been hoping it was something I could fix. Sigh. Sports (and playoffs!) are 50% of why I bought this whole rig to begin with. Do you mean bugs with just your SA8300 or also your TV?

Other have this problem too? Anyone confirm they DON'T have this problem in Manhattan?

It's been brought up here before - it seems to be widespread... but its limited to TNT commercials.

Ah, it must have been an earlier post of yours that I stumbled across earlier, but when I tried this tip a few days ago it didn't work for me. Instead of SD staying 4:3 with black bars, SD stretched to 16:9. I double and triple checked and I'm pretty sure I did it exactly as described, but I could be mistaken.

BTW, I have all res options enabled except for 480i. 480i just doesn't stay enabled, even if I select it. So I have 1080i, 720p, 720i, 480p. Is that the problem? Thanks!

This could be because of how you have the TV set up. Here is where terminology differs from set to set. On most Samsungs, you tune a SD channel and set the TV for 4:3. That means ANYTHING from the STB will be squeezed into a 4:3 box WHEN the TV detects a 4:3 source. On a Sony LCD, it would be tune an SD channel and make sure the TV was at "Normal."

Yes, I did find that 480p is the ONLY one that will stick. Not totally sure why.

Ya got noting to loose, go to the 8300's settings and do More Settings and Aspect Ratio. Set the primary to 4:3 (should read Standard (4:3); Letterbox 16:9). Yeah I know it makes no sense. BUT all your HD channels will show correctly in 16:9 AND all your SD channels will have black bars. I haven't seen ANY gray bars since I used this "trick."

Oh, this works as long as you set all possible resolutions on the 8300 so it does NOT do ANY scaling.I think that what is happening here is when you use that setting, it sends out the 4:3 signal in a format that many monitors will stretch into a wide-screen image that would be distorted because it doesn't have the pre-anamorphic squash. Some monitors will detect this and automatically insert bars on their own (which can be black, grey, or I've even seen color). Many other monitors don't do that and require you to either manually select a different aspect ration that inserts bars, or even worse, leave you stuck with the stretched image.

This could be because of how you have the TV set up. Here is where terminology differs from set to set. On most Samsungs, you tune a SD channel and set the TV for 4:3. That means ANYTHING from the STB will be squeezed into a 4:3 box WHEN the TV detects a 4:3 source. On a Sony LCD, it would be tune an SD channel and make sure the TV was at "Normal."

Yes, I did find that 480p is the ONLY one that will stick. Not totally sure why.

Excellent, thanks! I hadn't realized I also needed to change the TV's picture from 16:9 to 4:3. Now it works exactly as described. Thanks so much! Grayless makes for such a better SD viewing experience.

What's up with SNY HD and YES HD?

Anyone know what is going on with SNY and YES HD on TWC? I'm on TWC on Staten Island and the last few days its been a mess. Now, (3:21pm) the channels aren't coming in at all- just a gray screen on my set. All the other HD channels are fine.

The last couple of ballgame broadcasts have been horrendous- mostly just a massively digitized picture with 99% of sound absent. Totally unwatchable. I've called TWC and they don't have a clue. Reboot my STB is all they can do. Wow...glad they informed me about that option.

I was reading some of the other threads (8300HD etc.) and started considering dumping the 8300 and buying a Tivo S3.

Is this an option with TWCNYC?

If I understand it correctly all I need are 2 cable cards to plug into the Tivo.
Anyone know what the facts are?

What's up with SNY HD and YES HD?

Anyone know what is going on with SNY and YES HD on TWC? I'm on TWC on Staten Island and the last few days its been a mess. Now, (3:21pm) the channels aren't coming in at all- just a gray screen on my set. All the other HD channels are fine.

The last couple of ballgame broadcasts have been horrendous- mostly just a massively digitized picture with 99% of sound absent. Totally unwatchable. I've called TWC and they don't have a clue. Reboot my STB is all they can do. Wow...glad they informed me about that option.

no problems in northern manhattan

"Thanks for your May 21 email. As you may know, the FCC has determined that any restrictions on cable rate differentials are applied on a franchise-by- franchise basis, and therefore, pricing and packaging decisions can be on this basis. As a result, our rates, service offerings and packages often differ."

"We are evaluating whether, at some point, we will begin offering some sort of service contract opportunity to our customers in our other franchise areas within New York City. Meanwhile, we are continuing to offer these service contracts throughout our franchise area in Staten Island."

"You're correct: HDxtra is offered as part of our Triple Play package in Staten Island and is offered for an additional charge to our Triple Play customers in our other franchise areas. You're also right that there was no rate increase this year for customers in our Staten Island franchise area. We also are able to offer more high definition channels in Staten Island due to the technology utilized. Likewise, we often roll out services starting in a given franchise area in order to ensure that the service is reliable and is what our customers want. As an example of this, we have begun to offer higher speeds in Staten Island as part of a global rollout which is taking place throughout all of our franchise areas within the City. We anticipate offering this higher speed service in all of the boroughs over the course of the next year. "

"Your input is valuable and I'll make your desires known to appropriate departments at the company. In the meantime, I hope I've responded to your questions and look forward to continuing to provide you with service. With every good wish"

"Thanks for your May 21 email. As you may know, the FCC has determined that any restrictions on cable rate differentials are applied on a franchise-by- franchise basis, and therefore, pricing and packaging decisions can be on this basis. As a result, our rates, service offerings and packages often differ."

"We are evaluating whether, at some point, we will begin offering some sort of service contract opportunity to our customers in our other franchise areas within New York City. Meanwhile, we are continuing to offer these service contracts throughout our franchise area in Staten Island."

"You're correct: HDxtra is offered as part of our Triple Play package in Staten Island and is offered for an additional charge to our Triple Play customers in our other franchise areas. You're also right that there was no rate increase this year for customers in our Staten Island franchise area. We also are able to offer more high definition channels in Staten Island due to the technology utilized. Likewise, we often roll out services starting in a given franchise area in order to ensure that the service is reliable and is what our customers want. As an example of this, we have begun to offer higher speeds in Staten Island as part of a global rollout which is taking place throughout all of our franchise areas within the City. We anticipate offering this higher speed service in all of the boroughs over the course of the next year. "

"Your input is valuable and I'll make your desires known to appropriate departments at the company. In the meantime, I hope I've responded to your questions and look forward to continuing to provide you with service. With every good wish"
Hmm I wonder what would happen if you forward that response to DOITT. Are there any local politicians we can try and get to address this kind of thing - I don't pretend to know a thing about the political process here in the city but I wonder what an assemblyman might think about TWCs admitting that they are screwing Manhattanites a bit more than residents of Staten Island...

Hmm I wonder what would happen if you forward that response to DOITT. Are there any local politicians we can try and get to address this kind of thing - I don't pretend to know a thing about the political process here in the city but I wonder what an assemblyman might think about TWCs admitting that they are screwing Manhattanites a bit more than residents of Staten Island...

The FCC says it's legal, nothing your assemblyman can do about it. There's nothing illegal about rolling out newer technology allowing enhanced services in one area before another. How else would you do it? Would you not offer enhanced services to Staten Island until all of Manhattan's infrastructure is upgraded as well? Would you increase Staten Island's prices in the meantime? Would you lower everyone else's prices each time you begin rolling out new offerings in one area?

The email clearly states that they plan on offering it to the rest of NYC by next year, and that they do the upgrades one franchise at a time as part of their best practices protocol. Whether this is true or not, it's completely legal, plausible, and [unfortunately] makes sense. Gonna have to wait [forever] until Verizon FiOS penetrates the market to create some competition and price wars. Until then, it's the same ol' monopoly that we've always been screwed by; nothing new. Sucks to be us. :(

I think that what is happening here is when you use that setting, it sends out the 4:3 signal in a format that many monitors will stretch into a wide-screen image that would be distorted because it doesn't have the pre-anamorphic squash. Some monitors will detect this and automatically insert bars on their own (which can be black, grey, or I've even seen color). Many other monitors don't do that and require you to either manually select a different aspect ration that inserts bars, or even worse, leave you stuck with the stretched image.

I did say that I had only observed it working on Samsung and Sony LCD displays (and that it could depend on exactly what TV you have). Trying to puzzle HOW this works gave me a headache! It's quite clear that at some level, there IS 2 way communication between the display and the STB; the STB thinks it should send 4:3, but for some reason, on HD channels, it sends 16:9. I have always tried to state that there's always more than one piece of hardware in the chain and we should thus look to all of it, even though there COULD be cases where one does ignore the other.

Example, my "old" trick to get black sidebars had me set the 8300 to send 4:3 STRETCH to the display. On the TV, I set SD to 4:3. The TV took that 4:3 stretched content and horizontally squeezed it into the 4:3 area. Bingo, correct aspect ratio and black sidebars.

Seems pretty clear that it's NOT the FCC but the city itself that has any stake in protecting it's citizens. AND there is an existing mechanism that is supposed top insure that, the franchise agreement.

Can they really says different neighborhoods are different franchises? Do they have separate franchise agreements by each of the 5 neighborhoods they mention? Is the city OK with someone charging different pricing solely dependant on where one lives? Face it, that's the same as saying you pay a buck to get on city mass transit in Queens, but you pay 4 bucks if you get on the same system in Manhattan?

Can they really says different neighborhoods are different franchises? Do they have separate franchise agreements by each of the 5 neighborhoods they mention?

Yes, they do. CITY OF NEW YORK CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS WITH TWC AND ITS AFFILIATES (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/business/business_cable.shtml)

Is the city OK with someone charging different pricing solely dependant on where one lives?
Except for a few areas not relevant here, Federal law prohibits TWC from regulating services or rates of cable TV companies. (Too basic to require citation to any authority.)

weren't we supposed to be getting ESPN2HD today or did I miss something?

weren't we supposed to be getting ESPN2HD today or did I miss something?

june 14th my friend. Also the date of the reorganization of the channel lineup.

Yes, they do. CITY OF NEW YORK CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS WITH TWC AND ITS AFFILIATES (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/business/business_cable.shtml)

Except for a few areas not relevant here, Federal law prohibits TWC from regulating services or rates of cable TV companies. (Too basic to require citation to any authority.)

thanks 4 the link

So I'm having some HDMI handshake issues w/ my 8300. I bought an AppleTV today and hooked it up via component which is when the issues started happening. Here is my setup:

Samsung HLP 5063 HDTV (one HDMI, one DVI, two component inputs)
8300HD - connected via HDMI / DVI cable to DVI input; audio through AVR
Oppo DVD - connected via DVI / HDMI cable to HDMI input
AppleTV - connected via component (other component is empty)

So I got the AppleTV, hooked up the component cable to the TV and that's when the problems started. On my DVI input I am getting a blue screen which flashes "Not Supported Mode" on the TV. If I remove the cable connecting the 8300, I get a message which says "Check Signal" so clearly it is detecting the cable. Audio is still flowing out of the 8300. I tried unplugging the component cable to see if it would fix things and it didn't. Tried a warm and cold reboot (unplugged for 15 mins and then replugged). Still nothing. My other inputs work fine.

It's possible my DVI/HDMI cable went bad all of a sudden but I can't imagine that as I didn't even touch that cable and got the blue screen message.

One other thing to point out (not sure if it matters), when I moved my TV around to hook up the component cable the HDMI end of the cable connecting the Oppo must have come loose. I hooked that back up just before I hooked up component. Not sure if that contributed to the problem. I tried unplugging that cable again, as well as the DVI end of the cable connecting to the 8300 and replugging (DVI then HDMI and HDMI then DVI) - still nothing.

Very frustrating.

Sorry for the long post.

Any ideas? I know that this is probably very TV specific but I know it is somehow related to the 8300's handshake requirements.

The FCC says it's legal, nothing your assemblyman can do about it. There's nothing illegal about rolling out newer technology allowing enhanced services in one area before another. How else would you do it? Would you not offer enhanced services to Staten Island until all of Manhattan's infrastructure is upgraded as well? Would you increase Staten Island's prices in the meantime? Would you lower everyone else's prices each time you begin rolling out new offerings in one area?

The email clearly states that they plan on offering it to the rest of NYC by next year, and that they do the upgrades one franchise at a time as part of their best practices protocol. Whether this is true or not, it's completely legal, plausible, and [unfortunately] makes sense. Gonna have to wait [forever] until Verizon FiOS penetrates the market to create some competition and price wars. Until then, it's the same ol' monopoly that we've always been screwed by; nothing new. Sucks to be us. :(

There's a little history. Back in the early 1980's when the cable construction wave was settling out, Warner Communications [pre-Time] held the franchises for lower Manhattan,[Sterling Manhattan Cable, founded by one C. Dolan] eastern Queens and western Brooklyn [the old BQ Cable]. A Time Inc. subsidiary [ATC] held western Queens dba American Cablevision of Queens. Southern Queens was held by Queens Inner Unity Cable [QUICS], owned by influential black politician Percy Sutton. Upper Manhattan was Group W Cable [Westinghouse] aka Paragon, successor to the old TelePrompTer system.
Cablevision, the last ones in, had the rest of Brooklyn and all of the Bronx.
Cox Cable and Gilbert Media held Staten Island.
So ... by the late 1990's due to mergers [most significantly Time Warner] and acquisitions, only two cable companies own the various franchises -- which NYC counts as separate entities ... therefore price differences within one umbrella company like TW are allowed as per above.

Well sure enought it was the cable. Tried the other DVI/HDMI cable on the 8300 and it works. Put the original on the Oppo and it doesn't work. I guess that's a good thing. Now I just have to see how good RAM's warranty is.

hey...any1 here able to watch titanic on tnt hd with twc? all i got is a blank/black screen with sound. same thing happen yesterday with minority report on abc hd. im using samsung 260 hd tuner. wtf is going on?

any1 here having the same problem with twc box or w/o their box and is using a qam tuner like me?

hey...any1 here able to watch titanic on tnt hd with twc? all i got is a blank/black screen with sound. same thing happen yesterday with minority report on abc hd. im using samsung 260 hd tuner. wtf is going on?

any1 here having the same problem with twc box or w/o their box and is using a qam tuner like me?

I have the same problem with my SA8300

edit: its a problem with both channels on the QAM frequency 639 (TNTHD and WWORHD)

im glad im moving to brooklyn soon and get cablevision...f twc.

im glad im moving to brooklyn soon and get cablevision...f twc.
Good Luck Vincent! But different company same problems. It also delays your FIOS hook up when the agreement is signed. Queens "is 60" FIOS ready" I don't believe it either but if it is true you had a great chance of trying FIOS first. I work in Mineola and the same complaints I read here I see with Cablevision. We will miss you here. Later

im glad im moving to brooklyn soon and get cablevision...f twc.
Don't be too happy about it. Cablevision's SD and HD quality is vastly inferior to TWC's. They over-compress the signal so much it's almost unwatchable.

Don't be too happy about it. Cablevision's SD and HD quality is vastly inferior to TWC's. They over-compress the signal so much it's almost unwatchable.


how do u know? u live in manhattan right? have u ever watch anything from cablevision?

I noticed the Titanic "issue" yesterday as well. Also my MOJO is almost unwatchable. The last few days that channel is breaking up every 15-20 sec. Is anyone else having that problem. It's just the one channel ????

how do u know? u live in manhattan right? have u ever watch anything from cablevision?
Hey Einstein, if you go to the guy's website and read about what he does he's got a point ... from everyday work experience.
And it is a sticking point at CVC right now especially with FiOS breathing down their neck on LI - CVC DOES compress mightily and it shows.

Also my MOJO is almost unwatchable :D :p Sorry to hear that...but seriously... I had it on last night (1AM give or take) for the first time in a while and it was fine.

I have enjoyed TWC cable & Internet service. Of course it had it's flaws, but for me, for the most part, it's been excellent & customer service has been good in my few times having to call in with issues or questions.

I of course am waiting for the day FIOS is available in my Queens area. By then I will have upgraded my Home Theatre setup to maybe Pioneers new Elite 1080p 60 '' Plasma coming out in Sept & a new HDMI 1.3 AVR, maybe from Newcastle, seen one coming out soon with 6 HDMI connectors on it. Maybe i'll pickup a Combo (Blu-Ray/HD-DVD) player coming out later this year as well.

I have enjoyed TWC cable & Internet service. Of course it had it's flaws, but for me, for the most part, it's been excellent & customer service has been good in my few times having to call in with issues or questions.
I have to agree that both the television and internet service have been working very well, with good to great PQ. It's miles better than any satellite provider, Cablevision or Comcast (our local competition).

Customer service leave some to be desired, however. Luckily I live right next to the 23rd street office, so I can always get a box swapped or talk to someone in person easily.

Hi guys, I just found this thread... sorry if this was asked and answered already:

I have TWC digital cable in Morningside Heights. I pay for ESPN HD (will cancel the extra charge when it becomes free). My TV is hooked up to my 8300 via HDMI. Sometimes, ESPN HD does not come in at all (gray solid screen). Often before this happens, the picture becomes garbled.

I think this may be a handshaking issue. Any advice?

Thanks.

Hi guys, I just found this thread... sorry if this was asked and answered already:

I have TWC digital cable in Morningside Heights. I pay for ESPN HD (will cancel the extra charge when it becomes free). My TV is hooked up to my 8300 via HDMI. Sometimes, ESPN HD does not come in at all (gray solid screen). Often before this happens, the picture becomes garbled.

I think this may be a handshaking issue. Any advice?

Thanks.

No problem. You'll continue to see a gray screen on ESPN until it's national coverage of tonite's Yankee game is over. That's just the way it is, -sometimes-, when ESPN and a local carrier (YES HD) are doing the same game.

Riverside guy: I've had the TWC triple package for about 3 years and I seriously have never had any major phone/cable/Internet outages. I'm in the Yorkville area (low 90's off 2nd Ave) so maybe I've just been lucky. The only problems I've really ever experienced have been system-wide problems, like they were having with the new movies on-demand channel a month or so ago - but that actually worked out to my benefit. I was doing that deal TWC was offering where if you ordered 3 OD movies, the 3rd would only cost a penny. The problem happened in the middle of one of them ("Black Dahlia"). I was actually able to watch it just fine with a couple of reboots but when I called to complain they removed it from my bill, so I was able to end up ordering another movie and so got 4 for the price of 2 and a penny.

And I know some of you guys refuse to watch anything other than HD, but I have all the movie stations, and, while I obviously prefer to see something in HD, I will still watch the movie stations OD feeds or the various feeds of HBO, Cin, Show, TMC, Starz. It seems silly to waste all those movies being broadcast if there's nothing on HD I want to see.

On the Caller ID issue: someone else noted the Caller ID tutorial on ch. 100 is not supposed to be up there, so that's why I was initally confused about not being able to set it up.

I did say that I had only observed it working on Samsung and Sony LCD displays (and that it could depend on exactly what TV you have). Trying to puzzle HOW this works gave me a headache! It's quite clear that at some level, there IS 2 way communication between the display and the STB; the STB thinks it should send 4:3, but for some reason, on HD channels, it sends 16:9. I have always tried to state that there's always more than one piece of hardware in the chain and we should thus look to all of it, even though there COULD be cases where one does ignore the other.

Example, my "old" trick to get black sidebars had me set the 8300 to send 4:3 STRETCH to the display. On the TV, I set SD to 4:3. The TV took that 4:3 stretched content and horizontally squeezed it into the 4:3 area. Bingo, correct aspect ratio and black sidebars.

Thanks, R-G for this suggestion. I finally got around to trying it last night, and not only did it work like a charm (on my Sony), but it seems to me that the SD picture is much sharper when I run it this way. Not sure exactly why, but it seems to be a tangible improvement!

Scott

Thanks, R-G for this suggestion. I finally got around to trying it last night, and not only did it work like a charm (on my Sony), but it seems to me that the SD picture is much sharper when I run it this way. Not sure exactly why, but it seems to be a tangible improvement!
Scott
It should be! "Stretch" for 480i/480p passes through the signal unmolested. "Sidebar" actually re-scales the image horizontally to make room for the gray sidebars. 480i/480p is 720x480 pixelwise, and to make room for the sidebars the box will have to squish the picture together first (throwing away data and creating scaling artifacts).

It should be! "Stretch" for 480i/480p passes through the signal unmolested. "Sidebar" actually re-scales the image horizontally to make room for the gray sidebars. 480i/480p is 720x480 pixelwise, and to make room for the sidebars the box will have to squish the picture together first (throwing away data and creating scaling artifacts).
Makes a lot of sense.

More people should try this!

Scott

No problem. You'll continue to see a gray screen on ESPN until it's national coverage of tonite's Yankee game is over. That's just the way it is, -sometimes-, when ESPN and a local carrier (YES HD) are doing the same game.

Ahhh, I see. Thanks for the reply.