I didn't have difficulty provisioning my privately bought cable modem 2 years ago. I just called RoadRunner technical support and it was done 3 days later.

A_C

Saw Campbell Brown on CNNHD last night, that is the only HD content I have seen so far on that channel other than the ticker lol. But she did look yummy :cool:

same problem no foxnewshd (744) in Corona, Queens

Question: I have a 8300hd box, I see they now have a 8300hdc box what is the big difference (more hd space) which it needs since HD takes up more space, and is the 8300hdc buggy from what i heard?

thanks

anyone experiencing freezing on the HD channels? ever since last week when they added those channels, my boy freezes sometimes on ch.11, espn and sny. located in flushing. thannks.

anyone experiencing freezing on the HD channels? ever since last week when they added those channels, my boy freezes sometimes on ch.11, espn and sny. located in flushing. thannks.

In Manhattan, 711 was freezing intermittently during Sunday's Mets game, but I thought it was just that broadcast, since they seemed to be having problems in general (game started in SD). SNY has been fine.

Question: I have a 8300hd box, I see they now have a 8300hdc box what is the big difference (more hd space) which it needs since HD takes up more space, and is the 8300hdc buggy from what i heard?


I can only provide first-hand experience, but my 8300HDC has been nothing but trouble. I usually have to reboot it 3-4 times a week at a minimum. Usual symptoms are:
* Picture size not returning to full screen after using the Guide
* Loss of signal altogether
* Unable to tune in channels, especially HD channels

I can't wait to get another box, it is a real thorn in my side.

ok good i'll stick with my 8300hd thanks for the update..

I can only provide first-hand experience, but my 8300HDC has been nothing but trouble. I usually have to reboot it 3-4 times a week at a minimum. Usual symptoms are:
* Picture size not returning to full screen after using the Guide
* Loss of signal altogether
* Unable to tune in channels, especially HD channels

I can't wait to get another box, it is a real thorn in my side.

You are gonna get Navigator soon anyway, I don't know why you guys refuse to believe it, but yes it is coming so you may as well get the new box with the bigger memory footprint. Get used to it now instead of using passport for a few months.
I don't have to reboot mine very often probably only once a month. Yes the guide gets stuck but all you need to do is change the channel, I believe if it happens during HD switch to SD channel and vice versa. If it gets stuck in the wrong output resolution hit the aspect button (#) and it will go to proper resolution. That are really the only 2 issues which I am sure they will resolve with a future update. Some people have claimed missed recordings but I don't have that problem. There is a thing called user error, sorry guys. Never have I lost the signal entirely and I have no problem tuning HD or SD ever.
So do yourself a favor and get yourself the new box since you are gonna get navigator sooner or later probably sooner at this point. The remote is much better too it even lights up.

Question: I have a 8300hd box, I see they now have a 8300hdc box what is the big difference (more hd space) which it needs since HD takes up more space, and is the 8300hdc buggy from what i heard?

thanks

Hard Drive space is the same on the HD and HDC 160gig I think. HD has 96megs ram and I believe HDC has 128. More ram is always a good thing

You are gonna get Navigator soon anyway, I don't know why you guys refuse to believe it, but yes it is coming so you may as well get the new box with the bigger memory footprint. Get used to it now instead of using passport for a few months.
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So do yourself a favor and get yourself the new box since you are gonna get navigator sooner or later probably sooner at this point. The remote is much better too it even lights up.
I don’t see your logic. That’s like a kid looking at his father's bald head and thinking, since he too will be bald, he decides to shave his head now--- might as well get used to it, because he will be bald one day. :rolleyes: I'll wait. ;)


They have to get the kinks out. The longer it takes for us to be crapigatored (to use a term that a “Guy” who used to post here coined), who knows, maybe it will finally function properly. There is no good reason to just “switch” boxes now.

You are gonna get Navigator soon anyway, I don't know why you guys refuse to believe it, but yes it is coming so you may as well get the new box with the bigger memory footprint. Get used to it now instead of using passport for a few months.
I don't have to reboot mine very often probably only once a month. Yes the guide gets stuck but all you need to do is change the channel, I believe if it happens during HD switch to SD channel and vice versa. If it gets stuck in the wrong output resolution hit the aspect button (#) and it will go to proper resolution. That are really the only 2 issues which I am sure they will resolve with a future update. Some people have claimed missed recordings but I don't have that problem. There is a thing called user error, sorry guys. Never have I lost the signal entirely and I have no problem tuning HD or SD ever.
So do yourself a favor and get yourself the new box since you are gonna get navigator sooner or later probably sooner at this point. The remote is much better too it even lights up.we are all gonna die someday so I guess we should just go ahead and get it over with right now, huh? :rolleyes:

Movies on Demand HD (700) just appeared on my guide. They have a decent selection of movies. No free stuff, though, so I didn't actually watch anything.

You are gonna get Navigator soon anyway, I don't know why you guys refuse to believe it, but yes it is coming so you may as well get the new box with the bigger memory footprint. Get used to it now instead of using passport for a few months.
I don't have to reboot mine very often probably only once a month. Yes the guide gets stuck but all you need to do is change the channel, I believe if it happens during HD switch to SD channel and vice versa. If it gets stuck in the wrong output resolution hit the aspect button (#) and it will go to proper resolution. That are really the only 2 issues which I am sure they will resolve with a future update. Some people have claimed missed recordings but I don't have that problem. There is a thing called user error, sorry guys. Never have I lost the signal entirely and I have no problem tuning HD or SD ever.
So do yourself a favor and get yourself the new box since you are gonna get navigator sooner or later probably sooner at this point. The remote is much better too it even lights up.

Not only is your logic strange (the others have made pretty good analogies with respect to that) but you are oddly defiant about Navigator problems. I keep seeing you post responses to the effect that Navigator is rather trouble free. If you're happy with it, great, but one doesn't have to look very far to find quite an incredible host of issues users have with it. Why not let people make their own decisions about what's best for them?

You are gonna get Navigator soon anyway, I don't know why you guys refuse to believe it, but yes it is coming so you may as well get the new box with the bigger memory footprint. Get used to it now instead of using passport for a few months.
I don't have to reboot mine very often probably only once a month. Yes the guide gets stuck but all you need to do is change the channel, I believe if it happens during HD switch to SD channel and vice versa. If it gets stuck in the wrong output resolution hit the aspect button (#) and it will go to proper resolution. That are really the only 2 issues which I am sure they will resolve with a future update. Some people have claimed missed recordings but I don't have that problem. There is a thing called user error, sorry guys. Never have I lost the signal entirely and I have no problem tuning HD or SD ever.
So do yourself a favor and get yourself the new box since you are gonna get navigator sooner or later probably sooner at this point. The remote is much better too it even lights up.


Are you a shill for TWC? Sure sound like one...

A_C

Well i guess i'll wait till i have to be forced to change , since the 8300hd works fine , i just wish it had more Hard Drive space, and maybe like someone said most of the bugs will be fixed on the 8300hdc by then , thanks for the info, great site..
p.s FOXNEWSHD(744) still out...

Can't wait to hear the screaming from folks with non-TWC dvr's if/when the final Navigator-rollout omits the timer-select feature. I can't be the only one who misses this.

PS: Thanks to UnnDunn for his tip on the SciAt/Passport box info!

Current std: Samsung H3050, and will prolly revert back to a SciAm with Passport

You are gonna get Navigator soon anyway, I don't know why you guys refuse to believe it, but yes it is coming so you may as well get the new box with the bigger memory footprint. Get used to it now instead of using passport for a few months.
I don't have to reboot mine very often probably only once a month. Yes the guide gets stuck but all you need to do is change the channel, I believe if it happens during HD switch to SD channel and vice versa. If it gets stuck in the wrong output resolution hit the aspect button (#) and it will go to proper resolution. That are really the only 2 issues which I am sure they will resolve with a future update. Some people have claimed missed recordings but I don't have that problem. There is a thing called user error, sorry guys. Never have I lost the signal entirely and I have no problem tuning HD or SD ever.
So do yourself a favor and get yourself the new box since you are gonna get navigator sooner or later probably sooner at this point. The remote is much better too it even lights up.

...i just wish it had more Hard Drive space...Jeff, you can attach an external hard drive to your current box increasing HD recording tenfold. Peruse this thread. There is some great information in it.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=516559

http://home.nyc.rr.com/acidrock212/cnn1.jpg

http://home.nyc.rr.com/acidrock212/cnn2.jpg

http://home.nyc.rr.com/acidrock212/cnn3.jpg

Sweet!!!

Is something wrong with CW 11 HD? The channel went black as I was watching Reaper.

What the hell were they thinking at Ch. 13 when they took off the national PBS feed, which had been airing on 713, and started simulcasting ch. 13 programming all day. Ch. 713 used to be nothing but fantastic looking HD shows, but now half the programs on 713 are in SD with the postage stamp boxes around them. Who was the genius at WNET who thought this was somehow a good move?

What the hell were they thinking at Ch. 13 when they took off the national PBS feed...
They were thinking... hmmm..... "We're friggin broke!"

Ya think?


http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13767700#post13767700

They were thinking... hmmm..... "We're friggin broke!"

Ya think?

Yeah but remember, we're talking about Channel 13 - They're always broke. This venture into High Definition simply didn't bring in the additional viewership (and corresponding revenue) they anticipated. I'm guessing they view this as a weight around their neck they'd love to dispense with.

A_C

Yeah but remember, we're talking about Channel 13 - They're always broke.

Do you mean "always broke" as in "always begging for $$$"? I'm sure there are executives there living pretty high on the hog.

Do you mean "always broke" as in "always begging for $$$"? I'm sure there are executives there living pretty high on the hog.

As is the case with any 'Non Profit'.

A_C

...This venture into High Definition simply didn't bring in the additional viewership (and corresponding revenue) they anticipated. I'm guessing they view this as a weight around their neck they'd love to dispense with.It’s a shame because they were one of the first wow channels for me (for many). Their original HD loop back in the day with Visions of Italy, the Azalea Trial, etc. was a fantastic gateway to high definition …and most recently, the Carrier documentary. I hope this is a temporary situation.

I don’t see your logic. That’s like a kid looking at his father's bald head and thinking, since he too will be bald, he decides to shave his head now--- might as well get used to it, because he will be bald one day. :rolleyes: I'll wait. ;)


They have to get the kinks out. The longer it takes for us to be crapigatored (to use a term that a “Guy” who used to post here coined), who knows, maybe it will finally function properly. There is no good reason to just “switch” boxes now.

You are gonna probably get it in a month or two so what is the point, you are just delaying the inevitable and you know we are not talking years here, it could be tomorrow for all you know. Its not like they are gonna fix it b4 they roll it out. I don't have problems so maybe some of the people on here are not tech savy and they don't know what they are doing and causing themselves problems. It is possible (not to belittle anyone) Since when was passport perfect anyway, I had tons of audio drop outs and momentary freezing non stop for 3 yrs with that software and now the problem is gone thanks to HDC. Just tired of hearing you guys moan about sometihng you have never used in practice. You stick to that old box like it was sent from heaven, it was not that great and had many problems as well. Telling some guy to use passport of what might amount too a very short time makes no sense. He is gonna get used to the way passport works and then have to switch right away. That is not logical at all.

Some people have claimed missed recordings but I don't have that problem. There is a thing called user error, sorry guys. Never have I lost the signal entirely and I have no problem tuning HD or SD ever.

I'm glad you haven't had issues with your box, but I have had missed recordings and guess what, I'm pretty smart and I know how to use the box. Let's not belittle those who have had problems by crying "user error".

we are all gonna die someday so I guess we should just go ahead and get it over with right now, huh? :rolleyes:

We are talking a cable box here, relax the guy asked a question and I am giving my first hand experience. He deserves to hear both arguments and make his decision.

Not only is your logic strange (the others have made pretty good analogies with respect to that) but you are oddly defiant about Navigator problems. I keep seeing you post responses to the effect that Navigator is rather trouble free. If you're happy with it, great, but one doesn't have to look very far to find quite an incredible host of issues users have with it. Why not let people make their own decisions about what's best for them?

You know what, some people have problems with passport, some with navigator. Nothing is perfect. With the myriad of TV's and receivers out there, some will have more problems than others because of their equiptment, their wiring etc... I got the HDC because my other box broke that was the only reason. It was bad at first but they fixed almost all the problems and at this point yes it is pretty much trouble free. But you will remain defiant, hold on to that box forever and cry when navigator comes.

Are you a shill for TWC? Sure sound like one...

A_C

Are you a shill for Anderson Cooper? lol

you are just delaying the inevitable and you know we are not talkin years here, it could be tomorrow for all you know.... Tellin some guy to use passport of what might amount too a very short time makes no sense. He is getting used to the way passport works and then have to switch right away. That is not logical at all.
For my situation, I still don’t see any logical reason to switch. My 8300HD functions fine and is stacked with several hours of HD recordings that I prefer to hold on to.

As far as the poster requesting the Passport box, and others demanding it, perhaps this will force a glow in the dim bulb within someone’s head at TW-- to fix it.

Are you a shill for Anderson Cooper? lol

I confess. Yes, I'm a shill for AC.

http://home.nyc.rr.com/acidrock212/acshill.jpg

I confess. Yes, I'm a shill for AC.:rolleyes:
I tell ya what, let’s make a deal….
I won’t post any pictures here of my fantasies, like hearts surrounding …hmmm … let’s go with … Scarlet Johanson (http://www.diariodeumjuiz.com/wp-content/uploads/2007.08/scarlet_johanson_008.jpg)…:cool:
and you... maybe you can chill out with your pictures here of that Opie looking (http://images.entertainmentearth.com/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CCL400022lg.jpg)son of a Vanderbilt. :D ;)

Looks like less HD programming for one channel, according to RemyM on the Cablevision site…



http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13764401#post13764401

This is a bummer. How can one tell what's being broadcast in HD from their online schedule at thirteen.org? I can see listings for the HD channel, but there doesn't seem to be any indication as to what's HD and what isn't...

You know what, some people have problems with passport, some with navigator. Nothing is perfect. With the myriad of TV's and receivers out there, some will have more problems than others because of their equiptment, their wiring etc... I got the HDC because my other box broke that was the only reason. It was bad at first but they fixed almost all the problems and at this point yes it is pretty much trouble free. But you will remain defiant, hold on to that box forever and cry when navigator comes.

Is anyone out there using an HDC box with an external drive with the version of Navigator that is used in NYC? Just wondering how/if the external drive works as it should?

Thanks,
Scott

:rolleyes:
I tell ya what, let’s make a deal….
I won’t post any pictures here of my fantasies, like hearts surrounding …hmmm … let’s go with … Scarlet Johanson (http://www.diariodeumjuiz.com/wp-content/uploads/2007.08/scarlet_johanson_008.jpg)…:cool:
and you... maybe you can chill out with your pictures here of that Opie looking (http://images.entertainmentearth.com/%5CAUTOIMAGES%5CCL400022lg.jpg)son of a Vanderbilt. :D ;)

Let me think about that...

A_C

This is a bummer. How can one tell what's being broadcast in HD from their online schedule at thirteen.org? I can see listings for the HD channel, but there doesn't seem to be any indication as to what's HD and what isn't...I don’t know the answer.

I haven’t turned 713 on since the Carrier series ended last week and that was a day before this no more, or less HD thing was to happen.

I tried to email them on their contact page of their web site (http://www.thirteen.org/watchHD/) but for some reason it didn’t go through. :confused: If anyone has further info please post it here.

this is either really mediocre HD (it looked FANTASTIC on Tue night, btw) or it's some sorta stretched crap, or maybe ED?. anyone else noticing this?:(

this is either really mediocre HD (it looked FANTASTIC on Tue night, btw) or it's some sorta stretched crap, or maybe ED?. anyone else noticing this?:(

it look the same to me, but last year all mets road games were not even in HD ..

it look the same to me, but last year all mets road games were not even in HD ..

All SNY/CW11 games are supposed to be in HD starting this season (home and away).

Didn't see the game, but there's always a possibility of a transmission failure of some sort that forced them to go SD.... it does happen occasionally on every network.

Went to 23rd St. today, and tho I only half believe the support person I spoke with, she denied having any other HD box other than the Samsung H3050 available. That's the one that loads Mystro, and Mystro only has timer-reminders - no timer-select, like Passport used to have. She seemed somewhat aware of the issue and hinted that it might be addressed in future software update. But that was that. I had to walk away with the Samsung.

That sux big time for those of us with non-TWC dvr's! I can't leave the house and have the channels change automatically while recording. Even when I'm sitting there, with a timer-reminder, I have to jump like a lab-rat, find the remote, and manually click a button to change to the next channel.

Why is this not an issue on this forum? I've searched hi and lo and I seem to be the only one bitching about this. I got one reply that suggested that TWC-dvrs have the timer-select feature. But *everyone* can't be a TWC-dvr subscriber. Someone must be buying those dvr's on the store shelves, right?

Frustrated as hell, and hoping against hope for an update.

Yeah but remember, we're talking about Channel 13 - They're always broke. This venture into High Definition simply didn't bring in the additional viewership (and corresponding revenue) they anticipated. I'm guessing they view this as a weight around their neck they'd love to dispense with.

A_C

I think CH13 HD had plenty of additional viewers, I know I am one. But how many of these "new" PBS HD viewers are going to pony up ca$h to PBS when their already paying their HD provider?? Not many and that’s the issue. Ch13 should get a better carriage contract with the local providers. :p

Went to 23rd St. today, and tho I only half believe the support person I spoke with, she denied having any other HD box other than the Samsung H3050 available. That's the one that loads Mystro, and Mystro only has timer-reminders - no timer-select, like Passport used to have. She seemed somewhat aware of the issue and hinted that it might be addressed in future software update. But that was that. I had to walk away with the Samsung.

That sux big time for those of us with non-TWC dvr's! I can't leave the house and have the channels change automatically while recording. Even when I'm sitting there, with a timer-reminder, I have to jump like a lab-rat, find the remote, and manually click a button to change to the next channel.

Why is this not an issue on this forum? I've searched hi and lo and I seem to be the only one bitching about this. I got one reply that suggested that TWC-dvrs have the timer-select feature. But *everyone* can't be a TWC-dvr subscriber. Someone must be buying those dvr's on the store shelves, right?

Frustrated as hell, and hoping against hope for an update.

Doesn't your DVR have the option of using one of those little "cable eye" dongle thingies that they used to include with VCRs to change the channel on the cable box when you needed a cable box in front of the VCR?

It may be a little bit of a pain to set up but once set up should solve your problem easily.

Scott

Went to 23rd St. today, and tho I only half believe the support person I spoke with, she denied having any other HD box other than the Samsung H3050 available. That's the one that loads Mystro, and Mystro only has timer-reminders - no timer-select, like Passport used to have. She seemed somewhat aware of the issue and hinted that it might be addressed in future software update. But that was that. I had to walk away with the Samsung.

That sux big time for those of us with non-TWC dvr's! I can't leave the house and have the channels change automatically while recording. Even when I'm sitting there, with a timer-reminder, I have to jump like a lab-rat, find the remote, and manually click a button to change to the next channel.

Why is this not an issue on this forum? I've searched hi and lo and I seem to be the only one bitching about this. I got one reply that suggested that TWC-dvrs have the timer-select feature. But *everyone* can't be a TWC-dvr subscriber. Someone must be buying those dvr's on the store shelves, right?

Frustrated as hell, and hoping against hope for an update.

does the samsung come with the old remote or does it come with the fancy new one that is backlit?

Can I just walk into the 23rd st store unannounced and change out a pioneer box for a samsung? some idiot CS guy just told me he had to send a technician over to see if the pioneer box was working properly

Can I just walk into the 23rd st store unannounced and change out a pioneer box for a samsung? some idiot CS guy just told me he had to send a technician over to see if the pioneer box was working properly

Just bring your old remote and they will swap it. When I did that b4 getting the HDC they just took my old remote which had cracked in half and gave me the new one with the lights. When I got the HDC they actually gave me another one. They are pretty lax with the remotes.

Doesn't your DVR have the option of using one of those little "cable eye" dongle thingies that they used to include with VCRs to change the channel on the cable box when you needed a cable box in front of the VCR?

It may be a little bit of a pain to set up but once set up should solve your problem easily.

Scott

Hmm...now that you mention it, I DO have one of those thingys. I once hooked it up but I think I didn't use it because it was *only* for the VCR of my DVR/VCR combo or something. In any case it wasn't necessary at the time. But now I'll have to re-investigate this. Man, if you're right about this, you're my savior, scott_bernstein! I've been setting timers on my cell just to know when to switch the current channel while watching time-slipped programming! What a pita. I just hope it works while my DVR is connected via component to my stb.

Can I just walk into the 23rd st store unannounced and change out a pioneer box for a samsung? some idiot CS guy just told me he had to send a technician over to see if the pioneer box was working properly

Short answer: Yes. Bring the box and the remote. You can keep the AC power cord; they're the same.

does the samsung come with the old remote or does it come with the fancy new one that is backlit?

It comes with a fancy new backlit remote. Takes some getting used to tho', but maybe that's just cuz its new.

is there still only one hd dvr box for twc in nyc

is there still only one hd dvr box for twc in nyc

That's what I was told 2 days ago. I wanted to exchange the Samsung for the SA 3250, but was told they didn't have any at 23rd St. Didn't believe 100% but took her at her word after making her listen to what my problem with Mystro was.

My QAM signal went dead last night (feed from TWC - Manhattan). I was wondering if it was just me. The signal strength is good but the signal quality is at zero. Using a Hdhomerun on a mac mini and have had no issues for the past two years. I have basic digital cable as well which is working fine as is my road runner internet. I'd appreciate any feedback, thanks.

What the hell were they thinking at Ch. 13 when they took off the national PBS feed, which had been airing on 713, and started simulcasting ch. 13 programming all day. Ch. 713 used to be nothing but fantastic looking HD shows, but now half the programs on 713 are in SD with the postage stamp boxes around them. Who was the genius at WNET who thought this was somehow a good move?

WNET is showing the SD programming, because 713 was what WNET was showing as it's primary channel on it's DT channel, with no analog simulcast. It makes sense, because as more and more people are getting converter boxes, they essentially couldn't get the main WNET channel. I prefer the PBS HD feed, but you can't have people not having the main channel.

When is NY1HD going HD , what a joke that all they did is wide there screen and thats hd lol

I think my 8300HDC is broke. All i get is Ait in little window on the box. On the TV screen is searching for signal.Can someone tell me whats wrong??

NY1HD will not go truly HD until the end of the year. The reason why they decided to Launch NY1HD was just secure a spot in the HD line up due to limited bandwitd

I just tried to participate in a NY1 Snap Poll on my 8300HDC, but pressing A or B brings up the Access Menu and Find Shows, respectively, and pressing C does nothing. Did TW not think of the fact that their own channel uses this technology when they were designing their own software that they wanted control over?

NY1HD will not go truly HD until the end of the year. The reason why they decided to Launch NY1HD was just secure a spot in the HD line up due to limited bandwitd

Bandwidth isn't limited anymore....

TWC-NY/NJ is adding every channel they have the rights to (region by region... as they kill analog service)

Did any one have problems with their 8300HDC last night??My box was out all night.This A.M. it came back on. Dont know what was going on.Im on the UWS.I called TWC.NO HELP from them. Did any one have this??On the front window it said A.IT all night with black screen on the TV.

Did any one have problems with their 8300HDC last night??My box was out all night.This A.M. it came back on. Dont know what was going on.Im on the UWS.I called TWC.NO HELP from them. Did any one have this??On the front window it said A.IT all night with black screen on the TV.

No, but my 8300 HD DVR (Non C-Series) was acting up and did a spontaneous re-boot at around 10:15pm, while recording Brothers & Sisters. Prior to that, there was no buffer on the channel I was watching. If you attempted to pause, the screen just turned gray.

I think they may have pushed an update of some kind and upset the applecart.

A_C

It comes with a fancy new backlit remote. Takes some getting used to tho', but maybe that's just cuz its new.


meh - went down to the 23rd st store in the rain to exchange my pioneer box for a samsung, and of course they were out of stock. all they had in were DVR boxes...

did get the new remote though. pretty nice.

Is anyone out there using an HDC box with an external drive with the version of Navigator that is used in NYC? Just wondering how/if the external drive works as it should?

Thanks,
Scott

I bought a WD "MyDVRExpander" last year for the 8300HD. It worked, dare I said, perfectly. Then the 8300HD crashed and I had to replace it with a 8300HDC. It worked OK for the first couple of months, then the "C" started to freeze after a few hours of inaction. I replaced it with a second, then a third box. It still freezes, so it may be the WD drive that is causing the problem. I just received a replacement today. I'll report later about whether it solves the freeze problem,

BTW, I have problems plenty of times when recording 2 programs at once with all the C boxes. You have to be careful when jumping between the channels being recorded. It is quite common to see the 2 programs being recorded clearly shown on the "list" but when you try to view them after the recordings are complete, one of the shows may end up only partially recorded, very frustrating. This never happened with my old 8300HD.

I bought a WD "MyDVRExpander" last year for the 8300HD. It worked, dare I said, perfectly. Then the 8300HD crashed and I had to replace it with a 8300HDC. It worked OK for the first couple of months, then the "C" started to freeze after a few hours of inaction. I replaced it with a second, then a third box. It still freezes, so it may be the WD drive that is causing the problem. I just received a replacement today. I'll report later about whether it solves the freeze problem,

BTW, I have problems plenty of times when recording 2 programs at once with all the C boxes. You have to be careful when jumping between the channels being recorded. It is quite common to see the 2 programs being recorded clearly shown on the "list" but when you try to view them after the recordings are complete, one of the shows may end up only partially recorded, very frustrating. This never happened with my old 8300HD.

Ugh. Doesn't sound very promising. Hopefully they get these issues worked out b4 they push the update to our non-HDC boxes!

No, but my 8300 HD DVR (Non C-Series) was acting up and did a spontaneous re-boot at around 10:15pm, while recording Brothers & Sisters. Prior to that, there was no buffer on the channel I was watching. If you attempted to pause, the screen just turned gray.

I think they may have pushed an update of some kind and upset the applecart.

A_C

In southern Manahattan, I did not get any update to my box. Haven't gotten an update in over a year. Frankly, I do not think they're going to update the boxes with new versions of passport anymore since they're full-force pushing Navigator. I seriously think that the next "update" will be a push of Navigator to our boxes. Hopefully later as opposed to sooner....

Scott

In southern Manahattan, I did not get any update to my box. Haven't gotten an update in over a year. Frankly, I do not think they're going to update the boxes with new versions of passport anymore since they're full-force pushing Navigator. I seriously think that the next "update" will be a push of Navigator to our boxes. Hopefully later as opposed to sooner....

Scott I have a8300HDC that will not boot it gos to 1st screen the one with the dashs and than a black screen. On the front of the box it says A IT Any one know what is going on???.:confused:

I've had a Vantec laptop cooler on my 8300HD DVR for about two years now. Before I put the cooler on it, it used to freak out once every two weeks or so. Since the cooler, zero issues.

I would give that a shot. It's cheap insurance.

Do you put the cooler underneath the 8300 or lay it on top?

I have a8300HDC that will not boot it gos to 1st screen the one with the dashs and than a black screen. On the front of the box it says A IT Any one know what is going on???.:confused:

AIT is part of the boot process, are you sure screen is blank or is the box off? After AIT it says i think APP then it counts down from 13, it could take like 10 min

dumb question, but since most laptop coolers go on the bottom of a laptop, would I place this "upside down" on the top of my cable box or do I lay it normal?

dumb question, but since most laptop coolers go on the bottom of a laptop, would I place this "upside down" on the top of my cable box or do I lay it normal?

I use a laptop cooler and putting it on top of the SA 8300 box which has a majority of its ventilation on top of the box would probably contribute to harming the unit more since heat rises and you are putting a cooler on top of the ventilation holes hence keeping more heat inside the box.

While I have not tested this, I would suggest keeping the cooler on the bottom of the cable box allowing the overall box to remain as cool as possible since the box would now be suspended onto the cooler allowing any heat collecting under the box to be cooled by the fans and the remaining heat to be allowed the escape via the top vents.

Just my suggestion.

AIT is part of the boot process, are you sure screen is blank or is the box off? After AIT it says i think APP then it counts down from 13, it could take like 10 min
The box was on. The problem was that it did not go to the count down screen. It would say searching for signal it took over 24 hours:confused: to get to count down. It now working.I got this 8300HDC box last night at 23st.

I hope it keeps on working;)

Do you put the cooler underneath the 8300 or lay it on top?


I tried it both ways. But considering that
a) Heat rises
b) Vantec unit sucks in air and shoots it out back,

I kept it on the top. Other's have posted that it blocks the top of the grill, which is true. But having tried it both ways, keeping it on top kept the unit cooler. It makes sense to me since I can pull up the cooler air from the bottom/side of the unit and expel it towards the back.

Finally, I just placed the cooler "upside down" on top of the 8300HD DVR.

Time Warner's been giving me fits in my new Flushing apartment. I'm missing some basic HD channels, and not receiving any On Demand channels at all. They also screwed up my phone number, and my caller ID has been drifting in and out. My new HD cable box in the living room, a Samsung SMT-H3050, is not displaying Caller ID on the TV, although it is displaying recently received calls...about two days after receiving them.

The software on the H3050 is horrible, and I think it's the same on the 8300HDC. It's slow, and lags behind whatever button you're pressing on the remote, not to mention having a horrible layout. I'm glad I made the decision to keep my 8300HD for my bedroom.

I agree that the Met games in HD haven't been looking too hot. As much as it pains me to say so, the Yankee games look much better on YES HD.

CW 11 HD news looks great, as does NBC 4 HD news. ABC 7 HD and CBS 2 HD news looks all right. FOX 5 is a pathetic excuse for a non-HD channel and looks horrible.

The box was on. The problem was that it did not go to the count down screen. It would say searching for signal it took over 24 hours:confused: to get to count down. It now working.I got this 8300HDC box last night at 23st.

I hope it keeps on working;)

Glad it is working, had you just got the HDC? When I first got it, it also took about a day to work properly, same thing searching for signal kept rebooting, but I am happy to say it is working very well these days.

Not sure where else to ask this, but is anybody else having problems with their Road Runner? I live in Astoria and the internet has been down all morning.

Not sure where else to ask this, but is anybody else having problems with their Road Runner? I live in Astoria and the internet has been down all morning.

Hmmm. I have read of no complaints on the Broadband Reports forum in regards to outages. Might be only your particular area.

Not sure where else to ask this, but is anybody else having problems with their Road Runner? I live in Astoria and the internet has been down all morning.

Good to see someone else having this problem.

I just got cable installed to my new Astoria apartment and internet service has been in and out, and also certain HD channels are coming in garbled (ESPN2HD, SNYHD, to name a couple).

I was afraid that it was shoddy installation or something.

Good to see someone else having this problem.

I just got cable installed to my new Astoria apartment and internet service has been in and out, and also certain HD channels are coming in garbled (ESPN2HD, SNYHD, to name a couple).

I was afraid that it was shoddy installation or something.

Nah, I definitely don't think we are alone on this. I discovered this web page today: http://help.rr.com/HMSLogic/network_status.aspx According to this, there have been service problems all day. I don't know if it is still happening because I'm not at home right now.

Someone needs to tell TWC that 707 is ABC HD and not ABC Family HD (as the onscreen logo currently reads)

Glad it is working, had you just got the HDC? When I first got it, it also took about a day to work properly, same thing searching for signal kept rebooting, but I am happy to say it is working very well these days.

Still a little problem. No buffer or recording :confused:. I hope it will work soon with a update Did this happen to you???

No problem in Kew Gardens today..

Still a little problem. No buffer or recording :confused:. I hope it will work soon with a update Did this happen to you???

It should be working by now, can you tell me what version of navigator it is?

It should be working by now, can you tell me what version of navigator it is?

I think its Mystro :o

Someone needs to tell TWC that 707 is ABC HD and not ABC Family HD (as the onscreen logo currently reads)

Haha. Such a bad company.

I agree that the Met games in HD haven't been looking too hot.

Seriously. Is it me, or did they look better before the new channels were added a week or two ago?

I think its Mystro :o

Hold down select on the remote until the mail icon shows up on the box, once you see the mail iocn hit the down arrow on the remote and you will see a diagnostic screen on the TV. On page 1 you should see version 2.4.9_3 that is the latest version I believe, if it is an older version you will have problems. Mystro is just part of navigator I think.

I am in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and channels 788, 786 and 775 are just a black screen tonight. I tried rebooting, but no difference. I called tech support. They had be reboot again. No difference. I never had a problem with channels not working before.

I don't suppose anyone else is having problems on these "DTValue" HD channels today? The tech was not aware of any outage.

Those same channels are out for me here in LIC Queens. I'm also without any On Demand for my premium channels. No shows will play.

Hold down select on the remote until the mail icon shows up on the box, once you see the mail iocn hit the down arrow on the remote and you will see a diagnostic screen on the TV. On page 1 you should see version 2.4.9_3 that is the latest version I believe, if it is an older version you will have problems. Mystro is just part of navigator I think.

I did what you said it is 2.4.9.3. I think i need a tech to come in and check all settings. Maybe he or she will find out what is going on?:(:confused:

I did what you said it is 2.4.9.3. I think i need a tech to come in and check all settings. Maybe he or she will find out what is going on?:(:confused:

Yea I don't know what else to tell, I would say either your box is defective or see what the tech says. You could just exchange your box as well

Yea I don't know what else to tell, I would say either your box is defective or see what the tech says. You could just exchange your box as well

Thank you for all your help:co ol: As of today after a reboot every thing is working New problem,when changing channels i get ablack screen for a minute or two and then boom a picture.I know it should not take so long. what should i do???

Quick Question - I have a TWC 8300HD DVR still running passport - I think I used to be able to change the guide "color scheme" but I don't see that as an option in my menus any longer. I have not looked for it but I thought it was in there - I have a non HD box (2100) that allows me to do this. Did this feature go away? Also, without digging back into this thread, does this box work OK now with an external drive to increase storage capacity or are there still issues with "trick play", etc? Thanks!

Not sure about the color-scheme question, but I just hooked up an external DVR. (WD MyDVR Expander 500gb). Works great, but there are still issues with the trick play features on live tv with Passport. You can only pause and un-pause live tv, no ff or rw, unless you press record and then find the show on the List. Then you've got full features. With this work around, I find the added capacity more than makes up for this minor inconvenience.

Quick Question - I have a TWC 8300HD DVR still running passport - I think I used to be able to change the guide "color scheme" but I don't see that as an option in my menus any longer. I have not looked for it but I thought it was in there - I have a non HD box (2100) that allows me to do this. Did this feature go away? Also, without digging back into this thread, does this box work OK now with an external drive to increase storage capacity or are there still issues with "trick play", etc? Thanks!

The color scheme change has never been an option on the Passport DVR boxes -- I used to have that option on my non-DVR HD box, though.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6562019.html?desc=topstory

MGM HD is a channel we can look forward to getting soon (well... people in SI, Brooklyn, and Queens)

As soon as TWC is ready to make it available nationally, I'm sure those areas will see it very quickly (watch for an announcement on twcnyc.com)

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6562019.html?desc=topstory

MGM HD is a channel we can look forward to getting soon (well... people in SI, Brooklyn, and Queens) From the link backed by a library of more than 4,100 films, claims it is only one of handful of HD networks to offer content in true 1080i, 24/7.
Even though they claim “true HD” I hope these old films are real HD transfers of the highest quality.

Speaking of bad uprezzing, anyone notice how bad 713HD looks since they no longer carry the national PBS feed?

From the link
Even though they claim “true HD” I hope these old films are real HD transfers of the highest quality.

Speaking of bad uprezzing, anyone notice how bad 713HD looks since they no longer carry the national PBS feed?

Yeah, I noticed that. Why did they drop the national PBS feed ?

Yeah, I noticed that. Why did they drop the national PBS feed ?I heard that it was due to financial reasons but seamus21514 posted (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13840092#post13840092)...WNET is showing the SD programming, because 713 was what WNET was showing as it's primary channel on it's DT channel, with no analog simulcast. It makes sense, because as more and more people are getting converter boxes, they essentially couldn't get the main WNET channel. I prefer the PBS HD feed, but you can't have people not having the main channel.Regardless, the few times that I put it on since they switched to local, the picture looks like crap. Sometimes they zoomed in and changed the aspect ratio distorting the picture even more.

I heard that it was due to financial reasons but seamus21514 posted (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=13840092#post13840092)...Regardless, the few times that I put it on since they switched to local, the picture looks like crap. Sometimes they zoomed in and changed the aspect ratio distorting the picture even more.

...I think most of the problem is that they are showing SD content piped through their HD feed most of the time. Only when they have an HD version of a program that is on their SD channel do show HD. Which means that most of the time the programming is SD. :-(

Was much better when they were showing the national HD!

Anyone having trouble recording with the 8300HDC? This is the 5th box I've had in under 10 months! I really started acting up this past Jan.

My scheduled recordings will work fine, I can record live TV and watch OnDemand channels. Then after a few days, my shows stop recording, I can't record or rewind live tv and my OnDemand channels do not work.

This has happened to every box! I've had two technicians come out. No one knows what is going on?!

Anyone having trouble recording with the 8300HDC? This is the 5th box I've had in under 10 months! I really started acting up this past Jan.

My scheduled recordings will work fine, I can record live TV and watch OnDemand channels. Then after a few days, my shows stop recording, I can't record or rewind live tv and my OnDemand channels do not work.

This has happened to every box! I've had two technicians come out. No one knows what is going on?!

You might want to employ a little scientific method. Testing the same set of variables (5 boxes?) and getting the same result should lead one to believe that it’s not the box, but something interacting with it. Either the on-board Maestro software, the head-end software, or a network issue unique to your locale.

At this point I’d stop agreeing to having first tier techs come out and tell you the same thing over and over. Insist on escalating the issue to a line specialist.

A sure route to be taken seriously is to file a complaint with the DoITT (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/contact/contact.shtml).


A_C

Anyone having trouble recording with the 8300HDC? This is the 5th box I've had in under 10 months! I really started acting up this past Jan.

My scheduled recordings will work fine, I can record live TV and watch OnDemand channels. Then after a few days, my shows stop recording, I can't record or rewind live tv and my OnDemand channels do not work.

This has happened to every box! I've had two technicians come out. No one knows what is going on?!

What part of the city are you in???:cool:

What part of the city are you in???:cool:

Im on the UWS W70st. I had no buffing or recording a tech came out, he went to the roof. He fixed the cable coming out of box :cool the 8300HDC box rebooted, now every thing is working. I now can record. I also have buffing:)

YES HD working for anyone?

Not working for me.

I just turned it on and it's working... sorry I turned it on.

I just turned it on and it's working... sorry I turned it on.

guess its a manhattan problem..

At least they picked the right night to screw up... not very watchable anyways

guess its a manhattan problem..

At least they picked the right night to screw up... not very watchable anyways

They're *KILLING* me. Damn. (Yankees, not TWC)

I'm new to this thread. I read through as much as I could, but this must be a repeat question: Does anyone know when the new HD is coming to southern Manhattan, and is SciFi among them?

Anyone having trouble recording with the 8300HDC? This is the 5th box I've had in under 10 months! I really started acting up this past Jan.

My scheduled recordings will work fine, I can record live TV and watch OnDemand channels. Then after a few days, my shows stop recording, I can't record or rewind live tv and my OnDemand channels do not work.

This has happened to every box! I've had two technicians come out. No one knows what is going on?!

How is the ventilation for your box? If all your boxes start out good, and then go bad, it could be because it's too hot at that location.

I'm new to this thread. I read through as much as I could, but this must be a repeat question: Does anyone know when the new HD is coming to southern Manhattan, and is SciFi among them?

Sometime Before the end of the year for Southern Manhattan.

SciFi is still being negotiated for by TWC Corporate.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=652328

Sometime Before the end of the year for Southern Manhattan.

Thanks. So what is the prevailing attitude on this thread: Should I be really grateful that TWC is giving me all this HD eventually... or should I go insane with rage that I have to wait for who knows how long and e-mail and call them endlessly (and will it do any good)? I seem to be right on the bubble... :confused:

Thanks. So what is the prevailing attitude on this thread: Should I be really grateful that TWC is giving me all this HD eventually... or should I go insane with rage that I have to wait for who knows how long and e-mail and call them endlessly (and will it do any good)? I seem to be right on the bubble... :confused:


I would not get all fired up for the new HD channels some markets are receiving over others. Most of the channels debuted still have sidebars and show no HD content. NY 1 HD is a complete joke along with the Weather Channel. You are not missing much and may be better off waiting in the hopes that when the new HD channels go live in your market area, they are actually shown properly.

There was a time when you could tune to the 700s and quickly find something in HD. Now we have this mishmash of HD channels with sporadic HD programming. This is not TW’s fault.

I wish the channels were grouped together differently. I’m not used to the additions yet. I’m still hunting around for channels.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc will completely split with Time Warner Cable Inc by the end of the year, and receive a $9.25 billion payout, to separate its media content and distribution businesses. The plan will break up a two-decade marriage of traditional distribution and content, a strategic combination of assets that has fallen out of favor on Wall Street as big media corporations compete with faster-moving Internet companies.

Well, we know the top execs at both companies and the Wall Street guys will make big bucks on this maneuver, but I wonder how, or even if, it will affect customers? Will TWC actually be able to do anything differently in New York that they couldn't do before? I somehow think the limitations in Manhattan aren't because the cable company is part of the TW empire, but just the difficulty of building out a system in this location.

Also wonder if it will get a new name? I think I've been through three: Paragon, I'm sure there was another one I can't even remember (could it have been Manhattan Cable? Does that sound right?) and TWC. (Of course, with the damn phone company, I've had New York Telephone, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and now Verizon!:)

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc will completely split with Time Warner Cable Inc by the end of the year, and receive a $9.25 billion payout, to separate its media content and distribution businesses. The plan will break up a two-decade marriage of traditional distribution and content, a strategic combination of assets that has fallen out of favor on Wall Street as big media corporations compete with faster-moving Internet companies.

Well, we know the top execs at both companies and the Wall Street guys will make big bucks on this maneuver, but I wonder how, or even if, it will affect customers? Will TWC actually be able to do anything differently in New York that they couldn't do before?

Also wonder if it will get a new name? I think I've been through three: Paragon, I'm sure there was another one I can't even remember, and TW. (Of course, with the damn phone company, I've had New York Telephone, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and now Verizon!:)

They could call it Bozo The Clown cable for all I care. As long as the service somehow gets better for the users of NYC. Hopefully whatever profit Time Warner Inc was making from the partnership will be used for upgrades.

The card says that as a customer you need to switch to a digital box no later than may 23th.


Just bringing an older post back to the front...
(this was for Northern Manhattan)

It's almost May 23rd...

I'll be checking to see when the analog channels being to disappear.

Also wonder if it will get a new name? I think I've been through three: Paragon, I'm sure there was another one I can't even remember (could it have been Manhattan Cable? Does that sound right?) and TWC. (Of course, with the damn phone company, I've had New York Telephone, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and now Verizon!:)

Actually, there have been comparatively few incarnations of cable in Manhattan. As I recall; Sterling Manhattan Cable TV (circa 1970), then Manhattan Cable TV and finally Time Warner Cable.

A_C

:D I like the name TonyNYC came up with...

http://www.partypro.com/mm_PARTYPRO_/Images/444.JPG

...most appropriate. :D

:D I like the name TonyNYC came up with...

http://www.partypro.com/mm_PARTYPRO_/Images/444.JPG

...most appropriate. :D

Thank you, thank you! :D

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc will completely split with Time Warner Cable Inc by the end of the year, and receive a $9.25 billion payout, to separate its media content and distribution businesses. The plan will break up a two-decade marriage of traditional distribution and content, a strategic combination of assets that has fallen out of favor on Wall Street as big media corporations compete with faster-moving Internet companies.

Well, we know the top execs at both companies and the Wall Street guys will make big bucks on this maneuver, but I wonder how, or even if, it will affect customers? Will TWC actually be able to do anything differently in New York that they couldn't do before? I somehow think the limitations in Manhattan aren't because the cable company is part of the TW empire, but just the difficulty of building out a system in this location.

Also wonder if it will get a new name? I think I've been through three: Paragon, I'm sure there was another one I can't even remember (could it have been Manhattan Cable? Does that sound right?) and TWC. (Of course, with the damn phone company, I've had New York Telephone, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and now Verizon!:)

Once upon a time they were two different companies. The two head ends are a result of the different histories.

Downtown -
Sterling
Manhattan
Time-Warner

Uptown -
Westinghouse
Paragon
Manhattan
Time-Warner

IIRC, Manhattan (downtown) bought Paragon and they have been combined since.

BTW, I had FIOS in my 400 apt building the other day scoping the compactor rooms.

Actually, there have been comparatively few incarnations of cable in Manhattan. As I recall; Sterling Manhattan Cable TV (circa 1970), then Manhattan Cable TV and finally Time Warner Cable.

A_C

'Northern' and 'Southern' Manhattan have had their own names....

Sterling was Southern and became Manhattan Cable in the '70s after Time bought out Dolan. (Dolan started Sterling Manhattan Cable with Time-Life as a financial backer... they also started HBO during this time)

"Northern Manhattan" (north of 86th Street on the East Side and 79th Street on the West) had Paragon in the 80s and 90s (and was originally Teleprompter Cable)

So while it has gone thru name changes, "Time Warner" has in fact run cable services in over half of Manhattan on some level since the beginning of Cable TV.

Also wonder if it will get a new name? I think I've been through three: Paragon, I'm sure there was another one I can't even remember (could it have been Manhattan Cable? Does that sound right?) and TWC. (Of course, with the damn phone company, I've had New York Telephone, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX and now Verizon!:)

AOL Cable :p

:D I like the name TonyNYC came up with...

http://www.partypro.com/mm_PARTYPRO_/Images/444.JPG

...most appropriate. :D

Hummm......

Just bringing an older post back to the front...
(this was for Northern Manhattan)

It's almost May 23rd...

I'll be checking to see when the analog channels being to disappear.

I was wondering about if they would start the slow cut off on that Saturday/Tuesday afterward or there would be a big chunk taken down in the coming weeks. Also if they will leave just the OTA stations on or if it was all coming off. Either way, I'll know since once tv is analog and is directly connected to the cable line.

Not working for me.

Here on the UWS Not working :confused:

Here on the UWS Not working :confused:

It was working just fine last night.....

im in whitestone, queens and since last week Ive noticed quite a few Verizon trucks in the area. They are putting some yellow rope all along the poles, could this be for FIOS?

im in whitestone, queens and since last week Ive noticed quite a few Verizon trucks in the area. They are putting some yellow rope all along the poles, could this be for FIOS?

very possible.


But if you haven't realized, TWC in Queens has much much much more HD than FiOS has right now..

im in whitestone, queens and since last week Ive noticed quite a few Verizon trucks in the area. They are putting some yellow rope all along the poles, could this be for FIOS?

That is the sure sign of the preparation of fiber optic cables being run, but I am surprised that you don't have FIOS there yet? I live in an area of Queens only a few towns over that has had FIOS since Summer of 2006. I don't know if FIOS TV is part of the package that is available here, but I've had high speed internet for almost 2 years through them. And yes, TWC does have a pretty strong HD lineup, I finally just got a new HDTV because of all the channel additions that just recently took place from TWC.

That is the sure sign of the preparation of fiber optic cables being run, but I am surprised that you don't have FIOS there yet? I live in an area of Queens only a few towns over that has had FIOS since Summer of 2006. I don't know if FIOS TV is part of the package that is available here, but I've had high speed internet for almost 2 years through them. And yes, TWC does have a pretty strong HD lineup, I finally just got a new HDTV because of all the channel additions that just recently took place from TWC.

You are probably near Woodside.

You are probably near Woodside.

The other direction. ;)

...I live in an area of Queens only a few towns over that has had FIOS since Summer of 2006...
To say “just a few towns over” is not an appropriate measurement of distance for FIOS. They are more of a block by block situation.

At the least, I would jump to FIOS for phone and internet.

To say “just a few towns over” is not an appropriate measurement of distance for FIOS. They are more of a block by block situation.

At the least, I would jump to FIOS for phone and internet.

I guess my point was that I did not assume that some parts of Queens didn't have it yet, based on how long I have had my service.

Anyway, even if they are stringing the fiber on the poles now, don't expect to be able to order FIOS for several months.

I’m probably less than a mile from where eljeffreynyc is witnessing the yellow rope.. unfortunately there's no activity on my block. :(

In manhatten did any one have there 8300HD box reboot???

im in whitestone, queens and since last week Ive noticed quite a few Verizon trucks in the area. They are putting some yellow rope all along the poles, could this be for FIOS?

Verizon spent about a week wiring my (UES) hi-rise in Manhattan for FIOS about 3 weeks ago - and paid the co-op $35,000 for the privilege, heh - although we haven't had any promotional sales pitch from them yet. (When RCN wired our building they set up a table in the lobby for a week with sales guys in it and tried to get people to switch from TW as they were passing by, not sure how many did though. I tried it for a year as they were offering free movie channels up the wazoo but then came back to TW when the special offer ended.) And now I've been seeing Verizon trucks parked all over the neighborhood lately so they are probably doing other buildings here too (Yorkville area). But have they actually got approval yet to offer TV service in NYC? I know there was some sort of hubub a month or so ago about them formally seeking a city franchise, but did it actually happen?

Verizon spent about a week wiring my (UES) hi-rise in Manhattan for FIOS about 3 weeks ago - and paid the co-op $35,000 for the privilege, heh - although we haven't had any promotional sales pitch from them yet. (When RCN wired our building they set up a table in the lobby for a week with sales guys in it and tried to get people to switch from TW as they were passing by, not sure how many did though. I tried it for a year as they were offering free movie channels up the wazoo but then came back to TW when the special offer ended.) And now I've been seeing Verizon trucks parked all over the neighborhood lately so they are probably doing other buildings here too (Yorkville area). But have they actually got approval yet to offer TV service in NYC? I know there was some sort of hubub a month or so ago about them formally seeking a city franchise, but did it actually happen?

NYC is signing the TV franchise agreement next week on Tuesday the 27th @ 11:00 AM at 22 Reade Street New York, NY. After the franchise agreements is signed by the city it goes to the NYS PSC on July 16th for approval. Once that has been completed FIOS TV will be ready during the summer time. I am also in the Yorkville area and i have had FIOS for the past year (internet + phone) and it is rock solid. I have the 20/5 plan for the internet. Its amazing compared to TWC.

Last night I was in the London Terrace building (9th Ave @ 24th). There were fiber optic cables up on the hallway moldings. I assumed it was for FIOS.

does anyone know if TWC dropped the analogs from northern manhattan yet? i went into the diagnostics on my SA 4250HDC and checked out the locals. it said they were digital while other channels like CNN and TNT say "SM" in front of the name of the channel. since i never checked out the diagnostics for the locals or analogs before the 23rd, i don't know if they actually dropped the analogs and replaced them with digital channels. does anyone have a definitive answer?

does anyone know if TWC dropped the analogs from northern manhattan yet? i went into the diagnostics on my SA 4250HDC and checked out the locals. it said they were digital while other channels like CNN and TNT say "SM" in front of the name of the channel. since i never checked out the diagnostics for the locals or analogs before the 23rd, i don't know if they actually dropped the analogs and replaced them with digital channels. does anyone have a definitive answer?

1) The didn't have to replace the analogs with digitals. They have been sending out both versions forever. If you've had a digital box, you weren't actually seeing any of the analog version of the channels (except for TVGuide channel 51 for some reason... but that's another story)

2) Yesterday was the deadline to swap boxes... and i doubt much will happen over the holiday weekend, but I'll check anyways later.

EDIT: Update: Nothing is gone yet. Did notice that 2 channels that had been unscrambled last time I did a run through are now scrambled (48 Bravo and 65 WMBC) Doesn't mean much of anything....

Is ch 783 (YES HD) working for anyone? Its been out for me since Wed or Thurs.

I am in the east 50s in Manhattan, if that matters...

Is ch 783 (YES HD) working for anyone? Its been out for me since Wed or Thurs.

I am in the east 50s in Manhattan, if that matters...


Working fine down here in the East 40's.

A_C

has anyone in twc hudson valley (specifically newburgh) heard anything about the switch coming are way?

^^ No, I haven't heard anything like that coming our way yet.

Anyone encounter severe video/audio glitches during the last ~35 mins of A&E's "Andromeda Strain" Monday night (or on other channels ~10:25--11 pm)? Made is mostly unwatchable from S. Manhattan's head end. A cold boot didn't help. Have a fairly ancient 8300HD running Passport Echo, but glitches are very rare here (midtown-East)-- John

As noted here, a few weeks ago 713HD switched from the national PBS HD feed to the local 13/WNET. The amount of HD programming has dropped and the program guide is usually wrong regarding whether or not a show is HD.

They were showing an older movie, Hello Dolly. I had no interest in watching it but I tuned in to see how the picture quality was and if it were a new HD transfer. The movie looked awful. The aspect ratio was all wrong. Somewhere along the broadcast chain some genius decided to zoom in on the picture to fill the screen cropping the tops and sides. How anyone could have watched this image is beyond belief. I wrote WNET and questioned this. Here is the response. Please be sure to read the last sentence…

Thank you for taking the time to write to Thirteen/WNET expressing your displeasure with the REEL 13 CLASSICS broadcast of HELLO DOLLY. We broadcast the print which the distributor provided and therefore had no control over picture quality. It was not filmed in HD format, which did not exist in 1969... :confused: :rolleyes:

If I go to a plumbing store and ask about clogged drains I’d expect a detailed conversation with answers. If I were to ask them for their opinion regarding the current version of HDMI, I’d expect to be shown the door.

I’m asking a television station a reasonable question and I got a plumbing answer.

From crain's ny business.com

Verizon moves closer to NYC cable

The city’s Franchise and Concession Review Committee unanimously passed Verizon's cable franchise agreement, despite concerns from consumer advocates and City Council members

May 27. 2008 1:55PMBy: Amanda Fung

Verizon Communications Inc. is one step away from offering television service in the five boroughs—putting an end to the cable company stranglehold of Time Warner Cable and Cablevision Systems Corp.

On Tuesday, the city’s Franchise and Concession Review Committee unanimously passed the cable franchise agreement, despite concerns from consumer advocacy groups and City Council members regarding terms in the contract that cover the build out of the service, consumer protections and support for public access channels.

The 12-year agreement, which the telecom giant reached with the city on April 29, will be forwarded to the New York State Public Service Commission for final approval. Verizon is expected to be given a green light by July.

“After many years, real choice for TV is closer to reality for New York City residents,” the telecom giant said in a statement released after the 11 a.m. vote. “When our proposal is fully approved, New York will be the first major city in the nation to break the cable TV monopoly.”

If approval goes as planned, residents in Staten Island and certain neighborhoods in the other boroughs, where the fiber-optic cable network that delivers the TV signal to homes is already deployed, will be able to sign on for the Verizon service by the end of the year. Under the franchise, Verizon must be able to provide TV to all of the city’s 3.1 million households by the mid-2014.

Verizon’s cable TV franchise deal was 18 months in the making. The City Council passed a law in October 2006 that allowed the phone company to pursue a franchise that would cover the five boroughs. The city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications negotiated an agreement with Verizon last month.

Last week, consumer groups such as Common Cause New York and People’s Production House as well as City Council members requested that the FCRC delay its vote. They said the public was not given enough time to review the agreement.

On Tuesday, the City Council’s Committee on Technology in Government, chaired by Councilmember Gale Brewer, said the FCRC vote is a victory for the city because it encourages competition. However, the committee plans to follow-up with the state PSC about updating or clarifying terms in the contract to address concerns about increased support for public access channels and other issues regarding grants that will address the city’s digital divide issue.

In addition to paying the city a cable franchise fee of 5% of annual gross revenue from its TV service, Verizon will pay about $18 million in grants throughout the life of its contract to the support public access channels.
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080527/FREE/738895567/1065&category=FREE&nocache=1

As noted here, a few weeks ago 713HD switched from the national PBS HD feed to the local 13/WNET. The amount of HD programming has dropped and the program guide is usually wrong regarding whether or not a show is HD.

They were showing an older movie, Hello Dolly. I had no interest in watching it but I tuned in to see how the picture quality was and if it were a new HD transfer. The movie looked awful. The aspect ratio was all wrong. Somewhere along the broadcast chain some genius decided to zoom in on the picture to fill the screen cropping the tops and sides. How anyone could have watched this image is beyond belief. I wrote WNET and questioned this. Here is the response. Please be sure to read the last sentence…

Thank you for taking the time to write to Thirteen/WNET expressing your displeasure with the REEL 13 CLASSICS broadcast of HELLO DOLLY. We broadcast the print which the distributor provided and therefore had no control over picture quality. It was not filmed in HD format, which did not exist in 1969... :confused: :rolleyes:

If I go to a plumbing store and ask about clogged drains I’d expect a detailed conversation with answers. If I were to ask them for their opinion regarding the current version of HDMI, I’d expect to be shown the door.

I’m asking a television station a reasonable question and I got a plumbing answer.

Next time you might have better luck providing some references to how the film was originally created and compare it to the way it was presented on their station. It would better illustrate what a hack job they did on it.

For example:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064418/technical

http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/Widescreen/toddlist.htm

A_C

Next time you might have better luck providing some references to how the film was originally created and compare it to the way it was presented on their station. It would better illustrate what a hack job they did on it.

For example:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064418/technical

http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/Widescreen/toddlist.htm

A_CI agree, and actually did check IMDB for the original aspect ratio. However, I didn’t feel the need to further explain in my email to WNET how wrong their presentation of Hello Dolly was. I tried to be polite and concise.

I obviously got a response from someone who either knows very little about HD, Movies and Aspect Ratios, or, assumes that I’m ignorant to these topics.

I agree, and actually did check IMDB for the original aspect ratio. However, I didn’t feel the need to further explain in my email to WNET how wrong their presentation of Hello Dolly was. I tried to be polite and concise.

I obviously got a response from someone who either knows very little about HD, Movies and Aspect Ratios, or, assumes that I’m ignorant to these topics.

Sit tight; rumor has it they're restoring the Todd-AO 30fps version of Oklahoma and releasing it on Blu-ray.

http://www.amazon.com/Oklahoma-Blu-ray-Gordon-MacRae/dp/B0018QRV4I

Should be a sight to behold!

A_C

It’s always great to see any classic movies restored, especially with a pristine HD transfer. That’s why the remark by WNET was pathetic- ..HD.. did not exist in 1969.

From crain's ny business.com

Verizon moves closer to NYC cable

The city’s Franchise and Concession Review Committee unanimously passed Verizon's cable franchise agreement, despite concerns from consumer advocates and City Council members

If approval goes as planned, residents in Staten Island and certain neighborhoods in the other boroughs, where the fiber-optic cable network that delivers the TV signal to homes is already deployed, will be able to sign on for the Verizon service by the end of the year. Under the franchise, Verizon must be able to provide TV to all of the city’s 3.1 million households by the mid-2014.


So assuming they get final approval in July, how long before Manhattan residents can subscribe?

So assuming they get final approval in July, how long before Manhattan residents can subscribe?

As soon as your building is wired.....

When that is... I'm sure Verizon doesn't even know for sure yet...

A few weeks ago here I noted the switch on 713 from the national PBS feed to simulcasting the regular WNET feed and how crappy it looked, and someone said it's because ch. 13 is broke and needs money. I'm not sure why that entails taking off one of the best HD feeds that was out there - but whatever. But it really is sad that this is going on, and I hope others write to WNET as I did and tell them that if they want to cultivate a loyal audience then making a bush-league move like this is not the way to do it. Other nets are ramping up their HD offerings, and ch. 13 cuts back just as more and more consumers are finally getting HD sets.

When people were watching 713 they weren't thinking, "Oh, that's the national PBS feed," they were thinking that's ch. 13 HD (even though it wasn't always necessarily the WNET feed). But the ch. 13 brand was being promoted in a very favorable way.

And, really, all they had to do was take off that national feed when airing those pledge programs that they do a few times a year - and I bet some of those concerts were already (or at least now will be) taped in HD - and they would have got a nice chunk of change from HD lovers.

I guess it's not surprising that their response was so clueless, because now it's really just painful to watch ch. 713.

As noted here, a few weeks ago 713HD switched from the national PBS HD feed to the local 13/WNET. The amount of HD programming has dropped and the program guide is usually wrong regarding whether or not a show is HD.

They were showing an older movie, Hello Dolly. I had no interest in watching it but I tuned in to see how the picture quality was and if it were a new HD transfer. The movie looked awful. The aspect ratio was all wrong. Somewhere along the broadcast chain some genius decided to zoom in on the picture to fill the screen cropping the tops and sides. How anyone could have watched this image is beyond belief. I wrote WNET and questioned this. Here is the response. Please be sure to read the last sentence…

Thank you for taking the time to write to Thirteen/WNET expressing your displeasure with the REEL 13 CLASSICS broadcast of HELLO DOLLY. We broadcast the print which the distributor provided and therefore had no control over picture quality. It was not filmed in HD format, which did not exist in 1969... :confused: :rolleyes:

If I go to a plumbing store and ask about clogged drains I’d expect a detailed conversation with answers. If I were to ask them for their opinion regarding the current version of HDMI, I’d expect to be shown the door.

I’m asking a television station a reasonable question and I got a plumbing answer.

A few weeks ago here I noted the switch on 713 from the national PBS feed to simulcasting the regular WNET feed and how crappy it looked, and someone said it's because ch. 13 is broke and needs money..I was the one who said the reason was because they are broke but someone else also posted and said something regarding the digital transition. The local station takes priority. It has to be carried. Maybe someone else can explain better but regardless, we’re stuck with WNET/13.

All of a sudden, about 15 minutes ago, the sound on the cable side of the TV completely cut off!! Still waiting for some sorta resolution of the problem. I turned the set off and back on...no difference, still no sound. Anyone *else*??:mad:

All of a sudden, about 15 minutes ago, the sound on the cable side of the TV completely cut off!! Still waiting for some sorta resolution of the problem. I turned the set off and back on...no difference, still no sound. Anyone *else*??:mad:No problem here but in the past, when I’ve had audio problems, the way I corrected it was by going into “settings” and then “more settings” and switching off digital audio to analogue and then going back through the whole routine and putting digital back on, or, leaving it in analogue (I have that hooked up too).

No problem here but in the past, when I’ve had audio problems, the way I corrected it was by going into “settings” and then “more settings” and switching off digital audio to analogue and then going back through the whole routine and putting digital back on, or, leaving it in analogue (I have that hooked up too).

Thanks Larry..i'm going to try that right now...will let you know what happens.

no good. i just tried it, going from audio digital out to 2 channel, and then back...made ZERO difference. the sound never came back on. this is very WEIRD. :mad:

i also have component as well as HDMI...no sound in EITHER setting. :(

:confused: Bummer... :( Did you unplug and re plug?

:confused: Bummer... :( Did you unplug and re plug?

That's next. :(

Thanks, Larry...that did the trick. :o

I have the 8300HDC.While watching TV the screen will flicker on most of the channels. I dont know why this is going on.Any one know why?? Please help.

Is ch 783 (YES HD) working for anyone? Its been out for me since Wed or Thurs.

I am in the east 50s in Manhattan, if that matters...

Im getting Yes HD on 753 UWS 70st :confused:coming in fine.No 783 up here?

I have the 8300HDC.While watching TV the screen will flicker on most of the channels. I dont know why this is going on.Any one know why?? Please help.

I have on my 8300HC if im on a HD channel and it flickers or chops i have to go to a non-HD channel and then go back to my HD channel to fix the problem.
I hope that helps..

I have on my 8300HC if im on a HD channel and it flickers or chops i have to go to a non-HD channel and then go back to my HD channel to fix the problem.
I hope that helps..
Ill try this the next time it happens.:cool It stoped for now:D

I have on my 8300HC if im on a HD channel and it flickers or chops i have to go to a non-HD channel and then go back to my HD channel to fix the problem.
I hope that helps..Wish there was a real fix for this :mad:. Sometimes I have to go back and forth 4 times to get the HD to set in properly!

has anyone in twc hudson valley (specifically newburgh) heard anything about the switch coming are way?

Haven't heard anything. TV signal in beaver Dam Lake area is really poor and TWC will do absolutely nothing about it. Wish we could get FIOS, bu thanks to the other monopoly (Frontier Communications) it will be forever a no go.

Anyone using cable card direct hook up? Can you share your experience? I'm trying to figure out if it's worthwhile for me to get it for my TV. I have only Basic service for which I'm directly connected with cable and no box. I can receive most of the HD channels.

Wish there was a real fix for this :mad:. Sometimes I have to go back and forth 4 times to get the HD to set in properly!

Well, the fix for now is to take your box back to TWC and demand an 8300HD (not HDC) if they have them in stock. ;)

Well, the fix for now is to take your box back to TWC and demand an 8300HD (not HDC) if they have them in stock. ;)
As of last week they had some.The problem is sooner or later they will change into HDC type boxs:(:confused:

Can this happen???

As of last week they had some.The problem is sooner or later they will change into HDC type boxs:(:confused:

Can this happen???

Yeah I think this is going to happen. But at least my hope is that it won't happen until the system is more stable than it is now and it's been better tested.....

Of course with TWC's track record I could be totally off the mark.

Scott

YES HD out for anyone else?
(also ESPNHD and SNYHD broken up?)

Watching YES HD in Queens right now... no problems...

Thanks for the heas up - out here in midtown mannhattan westside - where are you? Changed yankee game recording to YES SD. Let me know if it comes back...

After 15 minutes on hold...

"our technical dept knows and are working on it"

great..... :rolleyes:

YES HD out for anyone else?
(also ESPNHD and SNYHD broken up?)

Same exact situation with me as well. :mad:

Same exact situation with me as well. :mad:

Looks like Yes is back, but now there's no Discovery HD Theater (CH 718) in East Midtown. Anyone else?

A_C

I just checked, (718) working ok in Queens. The AVS Forum is brutally slow.

Looks like Yes is back, but now there's no Discovery HD Theater (CH 718) in East Midtown. Anyone else?

A_C

Same exact situation for me.

Same exact situation with me as well. :mad:

SAME,SAME UWS 70st:mad:

I would like to watch Discovery's "When We Left the Earth" in HD. You guys helped get us VSHD for the playoff's how about a letter writing campaign to TWCNYC to get Discovery HD on June 8th. I know on June 11th they are moving HD Theater from 718 to 767 so maybe they are almost ready. I already wrote the first letter. Here is the url where you can contact them.
https://www.twcnyc.com/index2.cfm?c=cust_sup/cs_contact_us_kana
thanks guys

anyone have this guys email address?

Thank you for your recent message to Time Warner Cable regarding
programming on our cable lineup.

If you are requesting a new channel please send a letter with your
location and channel request to:

Robert Watson
VP Programming, New Business Development
Time Warner Cable
120 E. 23rd Street 9th Floor
New York, NY 10010

I would like to watch Discovery's "When We Left the Earth in HD. You guys helped get us VSHD for the playoff's how about a letter writing campaign to TWCNYC to get Discovery HD on June 8th. I know on June 11th they are moving HD Theater from 718 so they must be almost ready. I already wrote the first letter. Here is the url where you can contact them.
https://www.twcnyc.com/index2.cfm?c=cust_sup/cs_contact_us_kana
thanks guys

I'm confused... We already get the Discovery Channel in HD on channel 718. <head scratching> :confused:

A_C

anyone have this guys email address?

Thank you for your recent message to Time Warner Cable regarding
programming on our cable lineup.

If you are requesting a new channel please send a letter with your
location and channel request to:

Robert Watson
VP Programming, New Business Development
Time Warner Cable
120 E. 23rd Street 9th Floor
New York, NY 10010

OMG, they're still working out of that crappy building on 23rd Street. I figured they all moved up to Time Warner Center by now and that dump was converted into condos.

A_C

We have HD Theater, not the simulcast of the discovery channel which is part of the discovery suite

yea they are still on 23rd, the customer area where you pick up boxes is not so bad, I wonder why they have not moved it to the time warner center too

I'm confused... We already get the Discovery Channel in HD on channel 718. <head scratching> :confused:

A_CDiscovery HD Theater (718) is the channel we’ve had for a while.

Discovery HD (766) is the basic Discovery channel that is the same –SD or HD
We get 766 here in Queens. Perhaps not all of this market gets 766?

Yea we do not get that in manhattan, we just get the HD theater which shows the same stuff over and over lol. They only gave us animal planet HD in the last group of hd channels that we got.

Yea we do not get that in manhattan, we just get the HD theater which shows the same stuff over and over lol. They only gave us animal planet HD in the last group of hd channels that we got.

I C - You mean to tell me you're not completely transfixed by the Mecum Auto Auctions??

A_C

That is on too much these days, seems like everytime I switch to that channel its on again and it is like 3 hrs long lol

:D I’ll watch that show once in a while-- until my wife wants to throw a brick through the screen. That auctioneer can be like chalk on a blackboard.

Yea we do not get that in manhattan, we just get the HD theater which shows the same stuff over and over lol. They only gave us animal planet HD in the last group of hd channels that we got.

Manhattan won't be getting any more HD until the transition from analog to digital cable is complete (which could be at any time over the next few months...)

Staten Island, Queens, and Brooklyn have already completed this process.

Manhattan won't be getting any more HD until the transition from analog to digital cable is complete (which could be at any time over the next few months...)

Staten Island, Queens, and Brooklyn have already completed this process.

That's a real downer Berk but you guys have said that before and magically we got a few channels last month. They can get rid of the Hallmark Channel what a waste lol so you never know

That's a real downer Berk but you guys have said that before and magically we got a few channels last month. They can get rid of the Hallmark Channel what a waste lol so you never know

Naaa... Keep Hallmark; dump the cooking channel. I have yet to see a single widescreen program on that channel.

And the color balance is sometimes truly bizarre...

A_C

They added a bunch thanks to an initial 'testing' of removal of a few analog channels earlier in the year (or late last year... already forgetting....)

It would seem that we are currently maxed-out... but as soon they drop the scrambled analog channels (supposedly nobody is supposed to have an analog box anymore as of ~10 days ago) - we'll have enough space for them to add everything they have the rights too (and more)

anyone have this guys email address?

Robert Watson
VP Programming, New Business Development
Time Warner Cable
120 E. 23rd Street 9th Floor
New York, NY 10010

Bob.Watson@twcable.com

thanks Andy

They added a bunch thanks to an initial 'testing' of removal of a few analog channels earlier in the year (or late last year... already forgetting....)

It would seem that we are currently maxed-out... but as soon they drop the scrambled analog channels (supposedly nobody is supposed to have an analog box anymore as of ~10 days ago) - we'll have enough space for them to add everything they have the rights too (and more)

I know there are some analog boxs out there.How do they pick them up :rolleyes::confused: We need digital

I know there are some analog boxs out there.How do they pick them up :rolleyes::confused: We need digital

Supposedly, all Manhattan analog boxes were supposed to be traded in by now....

If anyone still has one and was told to trade it in.... well then it's their own fault...

AP
Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use

Monday June 2, 5:37 pm ET

By Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer

Time Warner Cable starts customer trial with metered Internet access in Texas

NEW YORK (AP) -- You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance?
Time Warner Cable Inc. customers -- and, later, others -- may have to, if the company's test of metered Internet access is successful.
On Thursday, new Time Warner Cable Internet subscribers in Beaumont, Texas, will have monthly allowances for the amount of data they upload and download. Those who go over will be charged $1 per gigabyte, a Time Warner Cable executive told the Associated Press.
Metered billing is an attempt to deal fairly with Internet usage, which is very uneven among Time Warner Cable's subscribers, said Kevin Leddy, Time Warner Cable's executive vice president of advanced technology.
Just 5 percent of the company's subscribers take up half of the capacity on local cable lines, Leddy said. Other cable Internet service providers report a similar distribution.

"We think it's the fairest way to finance the needed investment in the infrastructure," Leddy said.

Metered usage is common overseas, and other U.S. cable providers are looking at ways to rein in heavy users. Most have download caps, but some keep the caps secret so as not to alarm the majority of users, who come nowhere close to the limits. Time Warner Cable appears to be the first major ISP to charge for going over the limit: Other companies warn, then suspend, those who go over.

Phone companies are less concerned about congestion and are unlikely to impose metered usage on DSL customers, because their networks are structured differently.

Time Warner Cable had said in January that it was planning to conduct the trial in Beaumont, but did not give any details. On Monday, Leddy said its tiers will range from $29.95 a month for relatively slow service at 768 kilobits per second and a 5-gigabyte monthly cap to $54.90 per month for fast downloads at 15 megabits per second and a 40-gigabyte cap. Those prices cover the Internet portion of subscription bundles that include video or phone services. Both downloads and uploads will count toward the monthly cap.

A possible stumbling block for Time Warner Cable is that customers have had little reason so far to pay attention to how much they download from the Internet, or know much traffic makes up a gigabyte. That uncertainty could scare off new subscribers.

Those who mainly do Web surfing or e-mail have little reason to pay attention to the traffic caps: a gigabyte is about 3,000 Web pages, or 15,000 e-mails without attachments. But those who download movies or TV shows will want to pay attention. A standard-definition movie can take up 1.5 gigabytes, and a high-definition movie can be 6 to 8 gigabytes.

Time Warner Cable subscribers will be able to check out their data consumption on a "gas gauge" on the company's Web page.
The company won't apply the gigabyte surcharges for the first two months. It has 90,000 customers in the trial area, but only new subscribers will be part of the trial.

Billing by the hour was common for dial-up service in the U.S. until AOL introduced an unlimited-usage plan in 1996. Flat-rate, unlimited-usage plans have been credited with encouraging consumer Internet use by making billing easy to understand.

"The metered Internet has been tried and tested and rejected by the consumers overwhelmingly since the days of AOL," information-technology consultant George Ou told the Federal Communications Commission at a hearing on ISP practices in April.

Metered billing could also put a crimp in the plans of services like Apple Inc.'s iTunes that use the Internet to deliver video. DVD-by-mail pioneer Netflix Inc. just launched a TV set-top box that receives an unlimited stream of Internet video for as little as $8.99 per month.

Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable company, has suggested that it may cap usage at 250 gigabytes per month. Bend Cable Communications in Bend, Ore., used to have multitier bandwidth allowances, like the ones Time Warner Cable will test, but it abandoned them in favor of an across-the-board 100-gigabyte cap. Bend charges $1.50 per extra gigabyte consumed in a month.

http://www.timewarnercable.com
http://www.bendcable.com

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080602/tec_t...rnet.html?.v=4

is anyone else having problems with internet being really slow in UWS, New York City. Been like this for a few days now. I hate time warner, cant wait for verizon fios to come.

OMG, they're still working out of that crappy building on 23rd Street. I figured they all moved up to Time Warner Center by now and that dump was converted into condos.

A_C

Hah well of course, now that TW Cable is no longer part of the TW empire it will never happen, but even if it still was part of TW they would never let scrubby cable customers in there. There has always been a two-tiered system - in fact, I remember seeing CNN HD about 8 months ago at Ted's Montana Grill (that's the steak house on W. 46 St. owned by Ted Turner) long before CNN became available on ch. 710 to everyone else in Manhattan.

But on another note, someone just asked: "I know there are some analog boxs out there. How do they pick them up. We need digital" - Oy gevalt, I asked on this site about SIX MONTHS ago why doesn't TW just proclaim: Okay, here's a deadline, you must switch to digital by X date - hell, give them 3 freakin months to do it - and after that point, no more cable for you if you haven't switched.

But no-one responded with an answer.

I still don't understand. Sure, there might be some old people where maybe they are on the ancient system, but, you know what - give them plenty of notice then shut them off if they don't switch their boxes. We don't have party line phones or horse and buggies anymore, everyone made the transition to new technology when they had to, so make them switch too or else do without. Why should a bunch of McCain-age fogies be the controlling factor of the cable system in the nation's media capital.

is anyone else having problems with internet being really slow in UWS, New York City. Been like this for a few days now. I hate time warner, cant wait for verizon fios to come.


they probably started metering your internet usage :)

Supposedly, all Manhattan analog boxes were supposed to be traded in by now....

If anyone still has one and was told to trade it in.... well then it's their own fault...

I thought it was just Northern Manhattan that had to trade in their analog boxes?

plenty more HD programming coming to our local HD channels:

CBS Evening News in HD - Late June/Early July 2008
Sesame Street in HD - August 2008
Fox News Sunday in HD - August 2008
60 Minutes in HD - September 2008
ABC World News in HD - September 2008
Nightline in HD - September 2008
20/20 in HD - September 2008
Entertainment Tonight in HD - September 2008
The Insider in HD - September 2008
Ellen DeGeneres in HD - September 2008
Dr. Phil in HD - September 2008
Oprah in HD- Fall 2008
Cops in HD - Fall 2008
Survivor in HD - Fall 2008
Meet the Press in HD - 2009

I thought it was just Northern Manhattan that had to trade in their analog boxes?

possibly....

it's not clear...

we had one person claim that he got notice in northern Manhattan...

It would really really really suck if TWC waited until they took care of southern Manhattan before 'converting' all of Manhattan together....

What is FOX 5 waiting for? They and their sister-station My9 are the only local newscasts still NOT broadcasting in HD.

And what's up with Weather Channel HD? The time for the launch of their wonderful "HD studio" has come and passed. And while they're certainly in a new studio, they're still not broadcasting in HD. Still getting the "non local local forecast".

Some of their promos and commercials are in HD.

is anyone else having problems with internet being really slow in UWS, New York City. Been like this for a few days now. I hate time warner, cant wait for verizon fios to come.

I've been having the same problem on the UES. Pages are very slow to load, or they time out. Frustrating for sure. Still experiencing it this morning.

im in whitestone, queens and since last week Ive noticed quite a few Verizon trucks in the area. They are putting some yellow rope all along the poles, could this be for FIOS?

Update to my post a few weeks back. The yellow ropes have now been replaced with some sort of cabling. I asked a Verizon worker yesterday whats going on and he said they are wiring FIOS and that they should be up in my area by August.

They added a bunch thanks to an initial 'testing' of removal of a few analog channels earlier in the year (or late last year... already forgetting....)

It would seem that we are currently maxed-out... but as soon they drop the scrambled analog channels (supposedly nobody is supposed to have an analog box anymore as of ~10 days ago) - we'll have enough space for them to add everything they have the rights too (and more)

I believe that is only true for Northern Manhattan. As far as I know they have not started the removal of analog channels (or forcing people to exchange their analog boxes) in Southern Manhattan yet. :(

plenty more HD programming coming to our local HD channels:

CBS Evening News in HD - Late June/Early July 2008
Sesame Street in HD - August 2008
Fox News Sunday in HD - August 2008
60 Minutes in HD - September 2008
ABC World News in HD - September 2008
Nightline in HD - September 2008
20/20 in HD - September 2008
Entertainment Tonight in HD - September 2008
The Insider in HD - September 2008
Ellen DeGeneres in HD - September 2008
Dr. Phil in HD - September 2008
Oprah in HD- Fall 2008
Cops in HD - Fall 2008
Survivor in HD - Fall 2008
Meet the Press in HD - 2009


What about Judge Judy????

:(

A_C

What about Judge Judy????

:(

A_C

Do you really want to see her in HD? lol

I believe that is only true for Northern Manhattan. As far as I know they have not started the removal of analog channels (or forcing people to exchange their analog boxes) in Southern Manhattan yet. :(

Nothing has been removed in northern Manhattan yet either (not since HBO/Showtime/Cinemax/TMC were taken off analog a while back.. and that was done for everyone)

Do you really want to see her in HD? lol

http://home.nyc.rr.com/acidrock212/judy1.jpg

It makes all the difference!

A_C

I would like to watch Discovery's "When We Left the Earth" in HD. You guys helped get us VSHD for the playoff's how about a letter writing campaign to TWCNYC to get Discovery HD on June 8th. I know on June 11th they are moving HD Theater from 718 to 767 so maybe they are almost ready. I already wrote the first letter. Here is the url where you can contact them.
https://www.twcnyc.com/index2.cfm?c=cust_sup/cs_contact_us_kana
thanks guys

My personal wish list: USA HD and Sci-Fi HD ... so I can watch WWE's Raw and ECW. (We already have Friday Night Smack-Down on CW HD).

- Brooklyn

My personal wish list: USA HD and Sci-Fi HD ... so I can watch WWE's Raw and ECW. (We already have Friday Night Smack-Down on CW HD).

- Brooklyn

MHD, please. The other boroughs already have it and they show tons of great concerts that don't get shown anywhere else (i.e. no SD simulcast channel shows the programming).

so now my internet is pretty much dead. nobody else is down? guess it could be my modem. anyone have the tech support number for Earthlink Cable through TWC? Thanks.

my earthlink is really slow also. broadwatblue, where are you located. I am UWS

my earthlink is really slow also. broadwatblue, where are you located. I am UWS

I'm in the 90's on the East Side. My service has been going in and out the past couple of days. Seems to be picking up a little (I can actually surf again now) but it's like fast dial up. And I still get pages timing out.

I'm in the 90's on the East Side. My service has been going in and out the past couple of days. Seems to be picking up a little (I can actually surf again now) but it's like fast dial up. And I still get pages timing out.

I've been having similar problems on the UWS (90s)

I haven't completely lost service at all... but its been crawling at times...

I'm going to be very optimistic and hope it has to do with adjustments being made for additions we are hopefully getting soon...

MHD, please. The other boroughs already have it and they show tons of great concerts that don't get shown anywhere else (i.e. no SD simulcast channel shows the programming).

I gotta say, I could've cared less about MHD, but when Train, Maroon 5 etc. came on, I started DVR'ing it. Pretty good video/audio (though a tad high on the volume side)

I just moved to brooklyn and got new HD DVR boxes. The new DVRs seem to run on different software than the ones I had in Manhattan and I don't see any way to set up series recordings to the "Save until I delete" option. I am only able to change to save until I delete once the show has recorded. Am I missing something or is TWC using new software that doesn't have this basic option? I think this could be really annoying for vacations, etc. b/c I will lose the shows I want saved before I return.

Not sure if this was posted already, but a big announcement for NYC in regards to DOCSIS 3.0 for TWC users.

http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=155214&site=cdn

I've been having similar problems on the UWS (90s)

I haven't completely lost service at all... but its been crawling at times...

I'm going to be very optimistic and hope it has to do with adjustments being made for additions we are hopefully getting soon...

Im on the UWS. I dont have Earthlink i have road runner Last week i was having problems. Slow service and all the problems that you have or had.As of this week my RR service has a new look,It now says Road Runner High Speed Online. I did not have this before. I think that they were working on this when things were slow ??:) They may be doing this with you ??

Im on the UWS. I dont have Earthlink i have road runner Last week i was having problems. Slow service and all the problems that you have or had.As of this week my RR service has a new look,It now says Road Runner High Speed Online. I did not have this before. I think that they were working on this when things were slow ??:) They may be doing this with you ??

Should've said.... I have road runner too....

Don't Road Runner and Earthlink basically use the same lines? I think Earthlink just pays TWC for them to carry/support their subscribers.

Don't Road Runner and Earthlink basically use the same lines? I think Earthlink just pays TWC for them to carry/support their subscribers.

That is indeed the case.

That is indeed the case.

How are things going now???:cool:

How are things going now???:cool:

Things are so so for me on the UES. Pages load, but they take a few seconds to start downloading. My hotmail account is painfully slow.

How are things going now???:cool:

Seems to be 'back to normal' tonight

Seems to be 'back to normal' tonight

My Road Runner is on the mark:cool::D. Every thing running out standing.:D

My internet is still sporadically slow. Think it might be my cable modem?...it's about 6 years old.

My internet is still sporadically slow. Think it might be my cable modem?...it's about 6 years old.

Take it in and get it changed out. This is one of the nice advantages with TWC. You can go in and change equipment anytime a new model is released and at no cost to you.

If you have that Toshiba 1100 model modem, I highly recommend you exchange that for a more current modem.

Take it in and get it changed out. This is one of the nice advantages with TWC. You can go in and change equipment anytime a new model is released and at no cost to you.

If you have that Toshiba 1100 model modem, I highly recommend you exchange that for a more current modem.

I have the new RCA modem. I had the old one it was acting up the new one is working.the speed is 100% better then before It may be time for anew one:D

I have the new RCA modem. I had the old one it was acting up the new one is working.the speed is 100% better then before It may be time for anew one:D

Yup. The RCA modems are issued or if you want to use your own cable modem, the Motorola SurfBoard 51xx series of modems is the most popular. I currently use the Arris modem since I have digital phone and internet service bundled with TWC and it performs well and once DOCSIS 3.0 goes live with TWC in the future, I can just switch out my current Arris with one that will support the new standard.

plenty more HD programming coming to our local HD channels:

CBS Evening News in HD - Late June/Early July 2008
Sesame Street in HD - August 2008
Fox News Sunday in HD - August 2008
60 Minutes in HD - September 2008
ABC World News in HD - September 2008
Nightline in HD - September 2008
20/20 in HD - September 2008
Entertainment Tonight in HD - September 2008
The Insider in HD - September 2008
Ellen DeGeneres in HD - September 2008
Dr. Phil in HD - September 2008
Oprah in HD- Fall 2008
Cops in HD - Fall 2008
Survivor in HD - Fall 2008
Meet the Press in HD - 2009

Cops has been in HD for a while now....

Cops has been in HD for a while now....

no it hasn't

16:9 Fox Widescreen SD

Ack! Is there any way to un-delete something on the DVR of the 8300HD? I deleted something I shouldn't have, and I'd really like to retrieve it if at all possible. Please tell me it's possible!

Ack! Is there any way to un-delete something on the DVR of the 8300HD? I deleted something I shouldn't have, and I'd really like to retrieve it if at all possible. Please tell me it's possible!

It's impossible. My Tivo will let you undelete, 8300HD will not. Check to see if it will be re-broadcast.

It's impossible. My Tivo will let you undelete, 8300HD will not. Check to see if it will be re-broadcast.

Damn! Oh well, thanks for the speedy response.

Cable is out... digital and analog... how far spread is it?
TWC phone # is busy.... so it must be a significant amount of people

Happened at 5:15

Cable is out on the UWS of Manhattan also. Internet, digital, analog, everything. Cannot connect to customer service either. Keep getting a busy signal. Went off here at the same time...5:15ish.

Internet still works for me

I hope this is somehow connected to the analog shutdown (and something got screwed up) (as opposed to just a big general f*ck up)

Nothing on the TV here. Internet is still working, for now at least.

-Dane

TV and internet working here Midtown West.

Nothing on the TV here. Internet is still working, for now at least.

-Dane

Nothing on TV here (Upper West Side 92nd Street).

I have the Scientific Atlanta 8300HDC box.

The display shows APP. No picture or sound.

Customer service line 212-358-0900 is busy.

out here, 87th and west end

internet works, listening to the horse race on espn.com