Umm...we have History International and the Military Channel.

I agree with Barry. I had a Samsung drive in an external enclosure and I had my setup working for about a week before things got weird. Shows would not appear- reboots- lost recording. When I removed the external drive- worked perfectly. I would love to say external works flawlessly...and if anyone has a recommendation for a specific drive- please let us know- but so far things don't look good.


I've had an external 160GB drive on my 8300HDC DVR for about a month now. No issues so far.

VERY funny!

Come to think of it, many years ago, on a box change, I had everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) wide open. Naturally, I tried some of the naked channels. The ones where you had to pay 10 bucks for 90 minutes. What I discovered was that it was all the exact same soft-core porn that Cinemax and Showtime (and even HBO) can show after midnight. I had never even took a flyer to see what was up... and after this experience I'm glad I didn't throw away 10 bucks.

And speaking of sleaze... I am very curious what the numbers might be if Howard Stern priced his show to gain viewers rather than turn them off... like charging 5 bucks/month rather than what 15??

LOL@ Riverside Guy!

So Riverside,

How long did you get to see all the porn before they blocked it? hahaha. This must have been one of those unauthorized boxes where you are supposed to get all the channels BUT the porn until it is activated, but for whatever reason, your porn was unblocked! I heard it takes about 2-5 days to activate a box. There was a number you could call to do it also, but I don't know if it is still active.

Jack

Sheesh! The day a Verizon FiOS rep holds a dog and pony show in my building, I might hug the rep and call him/her the savior.

For some reason this happens almost exclusively on TCM for me, which is the channel I record the most. The same thing happened even more frequently toward the end of my time with Passport. I wonder if somehow it is more a problem with how TW is carrying TCM than the dvr?

Hmmm, very interesting. Only thing that comes to mind is that I have read a LOT about the "Channel unavailable" message that seems to plague many... when they say they never do notice a channel going down.

But it certainly is a possibility, I know for sure that there ARE a number of channels that have nasty consistent issues over time that others are NOT plagued with (TNT, Fox, Bravo, SyFy, A&E are consistently bad for me). I have watched 3 75 minute HD Torchwoods in the past few days and not one glitch on any of them... but anytime I se those channels, can't go more than 10 minutes without some glitch.

LOL@ Riverside Guy!

So Riverside,

How long did you get to see all the porn before they blocked it? hahaha. This must have been one of those unauthorized boxes where you are supposed to get all the channels BUT the porn until it is activated, but for whatever reason, your porn was unblocked! I heard it takes about 2-5 days to activate a box. There was a number you could call to do it also, but I don't know if it is still active.

Jack

Nah, didn't have anything to do with subject matter... as I remember, I could also chose any PPV movie... like I said, wide open. Lasted about 2 weeks, although after seeing the porn channels were soft-core I lost interest<g>!

The next box update had only one or two unlocked channels, but some I should have been getting locked (UNHD was one I think). THAT time it took 2-3-4 days to get sorted out.

I seriously doubt anyone will ever get that "everything unlocked" thing...

My fiancee' has Fios and I LOVE IT.
The Pic Quality is much better than TWC, the internet is faster on the upload and download.

Good report... mirrors everything I've read in snippets here and there. AND pretty much lists exactly what I'm thinking.

I have no interest in multi-room, only have one TV. But I still think a TiVO on FiOS is a better financial move than one on TWC. Given my triple play price, I'm convinced going boxless on TWC equates to a 11 buck saving, while on FiOS it's 16.

Then again, complicating any financial analysis is the extremely malleable pricing on TWC. In the past 5 years I have never paid what one can surmise from the price list.

I hear FiOS has very limited VOD... on TWC, there is a huge quantity although that service can be VERY spotty.

LOL@ Riverside Guy!

So Riverside,

How long did you get to see all the porn before they blocked it? hahaha. This must have been one of those unauthorized boxes where you are supposed to get all the channels BUT the porn until it is activated, but for whatever reason, your porn was unblocked! I heard it takes about 2-5 days to activate a box. There was a number you could call to do it also, but I don't know if it is still active.

Jack

Years ago, the addressable boxes were fairly easy to hack. You could go down to Canal Street and for about $100 buy a box which was completely wide open; getting everything.

I also had a cousin who worked for ‘Manhattan Cable TV’ for a short time (I later found out why) who furnished our entire family, all his friends and probably a fair number of business associates with these open boxes.

The amount of cable theft in New York City was staggering in those days. I recall one estimate that above 96th Street the majority of cable installations were illegal.

Other things were commonplace as well; hum-bars, moray, snow, etc.

Even though it was free, I don’t pine for the old days at all…

A_C

Years ago, the addressable boxes were fairly easy to hack. You could go down to Canal Street and for about $100 buy a box which was completely wide open; getting everything.

I also had a cousin who worked for ‘Manhattan Cable TV’ for a short time (I later found out why) who furnished our entire family, all his friends and probably a fair number of business associates with these open boxes.

The amount of cable theft in New York City was staggering in those days. I recall one estimate that above 96th Street the majority of cable installations were illegal.

Other things were commonplace as well; hum-bars, moray, snow, etc.

Even though it was free, I don’t pine for the old days at all…

A_C

I remember somewhere out in Queens, there was an actual kind of open air market for hacked cable boxes... although I never heard them at 100, it's was typically 200 to 300.

Not all "thefts" were actually that. I rented a single family brownstone and lived with a bunch of friends there. One day, while I was at work, a cable installer arrived asking if we wanted cable. One of the guys who was there said "sure." I found out when I got home that he had given the cable guy something like 50-60 bucks in cash. Turned out that we never, ever got any bills from Manhattan Cable. My guess is this was commonplace... installers were simply making some extra bucks on the side.

The other thing I remember from those old days... the premium channels were scrambled... by putting a trap in the cable line. All you had to do was trace your wiring outside your apartment, remove the trap and bingo, HBO for free.

BTW, they lost TONS more in places like Queens/Brooklyn than they ever did "above 96th street" because the of huge numbers of hacked cable boxes in use... given there were open air markets for hacked boxes all over.

Analog scrambling was pretty much useless. In every city, a friend of a friend's cousin knew where to get a chipped box. As far as I know, digital cable encryption hasn't been cracked (at least, not to the extent that you can by a solution off the back of a truck).

I had been dreading the day when TWC finally got around to switching the software in my Pioneer 3510 STB (no DVR). My setup includes my own DVDR which I use to record directly from the STB using "Timers" in Passport. Well, as it turns out, Mystro has "Timers" also, but they're called "Reminders". What I discovered is that if I set a "Reminder", the software will actually switch to the desired channel at the desired time! First, a pop-up will appear "reminding' you that it's time for the channel change, and asks you to either change then channel (Press Select), or cancel (press Cancel or Exit). If you don't respond within about 30 seconds (like when you're not home!), the channel is changed automatically.

Low and behold, I have the same fuctionality as I did with Passport.

My fiancee' has Fios and I LOVE IT.
The Pic Quality is much better than TWC, the internet is faster on the upload and download.
The 2 drawbacks to Fios is their DVR software, it's kinda buggy especially on the multi room dvr if you try to skip forward or backwards in anymode other than double speed fast forward.
The other is that Cablevision refuses to allow Fios to broadcast MSG in HD. SO no Rangers, Nets, Devils, Islanders or Knicks in HD ifyou have Fios.

The upside? HDnet, ALL your major movie networks offer the east AND WEST feed.
ie. you miss something on HBO that started 20 mins ago, well you can just watch it in 3 hours when the west coast feed starts it's broadcast.

I like the History channel, they have Military and International history channels in SD, where we only get the regular history channel on TWC.

They have useful widgets that give you some news and sports headlines, plus weather and some traffic updates which have been somewhat reliable, I think it's the same info that say Yahoo traffic shows on their website.

I like the service alot, and considering if you're a sports fan WGN America is in HD and shows alot of Baseball games, and there is also NHL HD.

The biggest downside to Fios is the dvr software but considering how fussy TWC's has been for years, it's acceptable.

Oh yeah they also seem to have alot of free HD on demand content, much more than TWC has but I might be mistaken on that.

Thank you very much for your input. Before seeing your post, I had already cancelled my installation because I still felt very unsure that I could trust what the sales guy told me. After I looked online to verify my order, there were no details and no costs provided. Also, FIOS' price structure didn't allow me to economically order the specific premiums I wanted. I figure I can always sign up at a later date after I can get feedback from neighbors. I guess while I loathe TWC, for now, "BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW". Thanks again for your info.

Years ago, the addressable boxes were fairly easy to hack. You could go down to Canal Street and for about $100 buy a box which was completely wide open; getting everything.

I also had a cousin who worked for ‘Manhattan Cable TV’ for a short time (I later found out why) who furnished our entire family, all his friends and probably a fair number of business associates with these open boxes.

The amount of cable theft in New York City was staggering in those days. I recall one estimate that above 96th Street the majority of cable installations were illegal.

Other things were commonplace as well; hum-bars, moray, snow, etc.

Even though it was free, I don’t pine for the old days at all…

A_C

I may or may not have had an old Toscam? box was it? Sheesh, even Pioneer had a black box with a seperate descrambler in the 90's.
The best though was the microchip board that desensitized the old analog boxes and you had to program it every 2 weeks. That was a good time, bring it over a friends house, zap the box from WWF ppv's and go home happy.

:o

Anyone getting automatic Polling Phone calls from TW? Within 60 seconds after hanging up with a Rep I get a Polling call, 5 minutes after a service guy was here another call.

anyone having problems with internet lately on the UWS over the past two days, extremely slow here

anyone having problems with internet lately on the UWS over the past two days, extremely slow here

No problems in the w.70s:)Were i live?:cool:

anyone having problems with internet lately on the UWS over the past two days, extremely slow here

Haven't seen any issues farther north (west 100s).

Hey, I asked for some sample signal strengths so I could see if I had an issue and not one reply?

I'm not getting 471, 473-476. These are the BigTen Game channels. I am supposed to be getting these through the sports/HDExtra package.

I called to complain. The CSR verified that I should be receiving these channels. His solution: wait 48 hours and call back. If the problem has not resolved in 48 hours, they will have to do a truck roll.

I told the CSR that the problem is not on my end, it's on theirs. They haven't turned on these channels yet. The CSR couldn't understand what I meant. I asked to be connected with a higher level tech and was refused. He was not a local CSR so couldn't verify if they were turned on.

Talk about frustrating. These were supposed to be turned on on the 3rd.

I encourage those of you who are paying for these channels to call in and escalate. The only way they will turn these on is if people call and complain.

I have a MDN'd 8300HD. I'm on 90th and 1st (Manhattan North). I should be getting these channels, as was verified by the CSR. We did the whole "ping the box" game, and that failed to work. No other channel I am paying for is giving me the "call customer service" message.

Samsung Cable Box SMT-H3050 connected over HDMI to a Onkyo PR-SC886 Pre/pro connected over HDMI to Samsung PN63A650 TV. I also have an auxilliary connection directly from the cable box to the TV with a componenet cable.

Every so often, but on a fairly regular basis, I'll be watching TV, and I lose signal from the cable box. I hear a click, the screen goes blank, sound shuts off, and the prepro display shows no signal on the connection. If I turn the cable box off (just with the remote and the power indicator on the box goes off), and let it sit for a minute, I can turn it back on, and I'll get the signal back. But I have to let it sit for a minute. If I just turn it off and immediately back on, nothing. If I go to the component connection from the box directly to the TV, no problem.

Anyone see anything like this before? Any solutions? I've already swapped the cable box once (replacing a Scientific Atlanta box for the Samsung).

Anyone see anything like this before? Any solutions? I've already swapped the cable box once (replacing a Scientific Atlanta box for the Samsung).

Unfortunately, these forums are full of posts about similar hdmi connection problems from their stbs. I'd just take the easy way out (actually I do) and run component. I really don't see a difference in picture quality where TWC's signal is concerned.

I'm not getting 471, 473-476. These are the BigTen Game channels. I am supposed to be getting these through the sports/HDExtra package.

I called to complain. The CSR verified that I should be receiving these channels. His solution: wait 48 hours and call back. If the problem has not resolved in 48 hours, they will have to do a truck roll.

I told the CSR that the problem is not on my end, it's on theirs. They haven't turned on these channels yet. The CSR couldn't understand what I meant. I asked to be connected with a higher level tech and was refused. He was not a local CSR so couldn't verify if they were turned on.

Talk about frustrating. These were supposed to be turned on on the 3rd.

I encourage those of you who are paying for these channels to call in and escalate. The only way they will turn these on is if people call and complain.

I have a MDN'd 8300HD. I'm on 90th and 1st (Manhattan North). I should be getting these channels, as was verified by the CSR. We did the whole "ping the box" game, and that failed to work. No other channel I am paying for is giving me the "call customer service" message.

Every time I call customer service I get a different story concerning these channels. Some say it is not part of the HDXTRA package others say I will have to exchange my SA8300HD box for a newer version to receive them. I am getting the same story concerning a box switch trying to get"start over" to work for me. This is very frustrating because paying in excess $190 a month is a lot of gold to pay for an incomplete service. I know trading a perfectly working stb for another newer one is big risk because the new ones can be slow and buggy with HDMI/HDCP and DD5.1 audio issues. Please note I have called about these issues four times to customer service with no joy yet.

Every time I call customer service I get a different story concerning these channels. Some say it is not part of the HDXTRA package others say I will have to exchange my SA8300HD box for a newer version to receive them. I am getting the same story concerning a box switch trying to get"start over" to work for me. This is very frustrating because paying in excess $190 a month is a lot of gold to pay for an incomplete service. I know trading a perfectly working stb for another newer one is big risk because the new ones can be slow and buggy with HDMI/HDCP and DD5.1 audio issues. Please note I have called about these issues four times to customer service with no joy yet.

i was told since i have the hdextra i should be getting it and its a tech issue on twc end i have the 8300hdc

When my 3-year old remote died, I swapped it for a new one at the 23rd street location in Manhattan. I didn't look carefully at it and when I got home I discovered that it wasn't the UR5-8400, which I think is pretty nice, but the UR5U-8800L. The UR5U-8800L is terribly designed, with smaller buttons, many of which have the same shape. You can see it here: http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=123.

Does anyone know if they're still giving out the UR5-8400 at 23rd Street in Manhattan and if I can request that older model?

TWC has been giving out the 8700L for at least a year (when I started service with them). I doubt if you'll find anything else from them.

I would pose an alternate question to the board: has anyone discovered a universal remote that has acceptable A B C D button analogs?

TWC has been giving out the 8700L for at least a year (when I started service with them). I doubt if you'll find anything else from them.

I would pose an alternate question to the board: has anyone discovered a universal remote that has acceptable A B C D button analogs?The Sony RM-VL600 Universal Remote Contol has A, B, C and D buttons plus a large number of other buttons. It can handle 8 different devices and its keys can also be taught if the command you want is not provided. I bought mine at Amazon for less than $30. I have been using it for many months now and am very satified with it.

Cynthia

TWC has been giving out the 8700L for at least a year (when I started service with them). I doubt if you'll find anything else from them.

I would pose an alternate question to the board: has anyone discovered a universal remote that has acceptable A B C D button analogs?
Logitech makes an Xbox 360-edition Harmony remote that includes colored A-B-X-Y buttons, which could easily be remapped for A-B-C-D. About 85 bucks on Amazon.

When my 3-year old remote died, I swapped it for a new one at the 23rd street location in Manhattan. I didn't look carefully at it and when I got home I discovered that it wasn't the UR5-8400, which I think is pretty nice, but the UR5U-8800L. The UR5U-8800L is terribly designed, with smaller buttons, many of which have the same shape. You can see it here: http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=123.

Does anyone know if they're still giving out the UR5-8400 at 23rd Street in Manhattan and if I can request that older model?

i have an 8700 and 8800 they are the same except the arrow keys are slightly different on the 8700. I prefer the 8800 but I think I got that a while ago

Anyone watching the Giants game, experiencing the horrible “stuttering” effect on the main camera? This is intolerable.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1163878

Anyone watching the Giants game, experiencing the horrible “stuttering” effect on the main camera? This is intolerable.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1163878

No, but I'm watching OTA. I'll switch over to TWC and see if I notice it.

Anyone watching the Giants game, experiencing the horrible “stuttering” effect on the main camera? This is intolerable.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1163878

That stuttering effect has been going on for the last 2 months at least. It has been on the MLB saturday games. All the cable systems across the country are experiencing that problem.

It's there. Going back to OTA.

That stuttering effect has been going on for the last 2 months at least. It has been on the MLB saturday games. All the cable systems across the country are experiencing that problem.
Yeah, I know, I've posted about it here (and on the national thread) but haven't seen any complaints here.
It's there. Going back to OTA.Yeah, I've got to hook that thing up. :rolleyes:

Thanks for the replies guys, enjoy the game.:cool:

It's there. Going back to OTA.


How's the PQ for the half time show OTA? It looks like SD on TW.

Every time I call customer service I get a different story concerning these channels. Some say it is not part of the HDXTRA package others say I will have to exchange my SA8300HD box for a newer version to receive them.I have the new Sammy and HDXTRA and I do NOT get those channels.

Anyone watching the Giants game, experiencing the horrible “stuttering” effect on the main camera? This is intolerable.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1163878

Yes I seen it. It only happened on the main overhead robot camera, must have had a problem withit I guess. All the other games yesterday including the Yanks were fine on my end.

How's the PQ for the half time show OTA? It looks like SD on TW.

Didn't see it as I used half time to head into the kitchen and take care of some dinner prep (as well as pour another whisky). :D At the risk of thread drift, definitely get your ota hooked up if it's feasible. I'm amazed at the picture I get with a $11 rabbit ear antenna.

Anyone watching the Giants game, experiencing the horrible “stuttering” effect on the main camera? This is intolerable.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1163878

I had 4:3 SD until the opening kick-off, a couple of stutters at the beginning of the game that got me nervous, but the rest of the game was OK. Night (only when there's something I'd watch of course<g>!) seems to bering on the typical glitch-fest.

When my 3-year old remote died, I swapped it for a new one at the 23rd street location in Manhattan. I didn't look carefully at it and when I got home I discovered that it wasn't the UR5-8400, which I think is pretty nice, but the UR5U-8800L. The UR5U-8800L is terribly designed, with smaller buttons, many of which have the same shape. You can see it here: http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=123.

Does anyone know if they're still giving out the UR5-8400 at 23rd Street in Manhattan and if I can request that older model?

I got the 8800 from TWC at Queens Center Mall about 3 years ago when I switched to a TWC DVR.
Yeah it sucks, atleast the backlight works well for when you're in a dark room.

So I'd like to do a survey... specifically for MDNed 8300HD users. While watching TV, press and hold SEL on the remote... until you see a new icon light on the 8300HDs display... that's the "Mail" icon. Press the down arrow on the directional controls on the remote. You will see a bunch of white text overlay your picture. This is the extended diagnostics. Pat attention to the legend on the bottom, it tells you how to change pages and how to get out of this mode.

Go to PAGE 5. In the middle, you will see a "Power level:" and below it a "SNR:." Tune around to half to a dozen channels... pay attention to 705 and 716, 717, 718. Try a few premiums if you subscribe. Get a general idea of where they are falling and post here. Make sure to list your neighborhood so we have an idea of where the numbers are being drawn from. Even if you happen to be in the same head end I am in.

Like I said, I run -12 to -7 with little discernible pattern... although I did notice the primary premium channel ran -10 and the sub channels -7... something about that doesn't make sense to me. In general, my SNR ran 36, 35, 34.

Thanks...I finally checked the numbers. Mine are similar-- 35--36--37.

For some reason I was having difficulty getting the screen to pop up. I think I wasn’t holding the select button long enough. I only recall the SN numbers. :o I’ll try and do a more thorough check tonight. ;)

How's the PQ for the half time show OTA? It looks like SD on TW.

i didn't watch the game yesterday but FOX has been doing the HT show on 480i widescreen for years upconverted to 720p. I guess they haven't upgrade their studio yet.

I just found this:http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1064194

Does anyone know if they're still giving out the UR5-8400 at 23rd Street in Manhattan and if I can request that older model?

The newer remote is the only one they give out now but people are constantly bringing in their old cable boxes with their old style remotes. The remotes are thrown into a box behind the desk and you can ask one of the reps to look for an older remote. That's what I did. There's no guarantee an old remote will be there but they will give one to you if you ask politely. The rep was a little reluctant at first - he said the remote hasn't been tested, it could be defective - but when I said I'd take the risk, the rep said OK and gave me an old remote that had just been returned by the previous customer.

Does anyone know if they're still giving out the UR5-8400 at 23rd Street in Manhattan and if I can request that older model?

If you get really desperate, you can get a slightly used one on eBay for $10. I just might pull the trigger on one, I hate the new remotes with a passion.

When my 3-year old remote died, I swapped it for a new one at the 23rd street location in Manhattan. I didn't look carefully at it and when I got home I discovered that it wasn't the UR5-8400, which I think is pretty nice, but the UR5U-8800L. The UR5U-8800L is terribly designed, with smaller buttons, many of which have the same shape. You can see it here: http://www.universalremote.com/product_detail.php?model=123.

Does anyone know if they're still giving out the UR5-8400 at 23rd Street in Manhattan and if I can request that older model?

Keep your old remote if you get a new one, they don't care if you give it back at least they never gave me any trouble. Just say you lost it or something if they even ask. I only have 1 box and like 3 remotes lol but all 8700 and 8800's

I finally checked the numbers. Mine are similar-- 35--36--37.

For some reason I was having difficulty getting the screen to pop up. I think I wasn’t holding the select button long enough. I only recall the SN numbers. :o I’ll try and do a more thorough check tonight. ;)

Ah, thanks Larry. What I find is holding SEL until you see a new item (mail) light up on the display on the 8300HD always works as long as one is a tad patient... then press the down arrow. Sometimes it seems to need another press of the down button.

It seems really clear at this point that "my MDN" simply does not operate like it seems to for numerous others, although why kinda mystifies me. I now WANT a 3090 because I want the 320 field upgrade I seemingly can do. BUIT if I'm very out of spec on signal strength, I need to go another way...

I seem to run -12 to -7.

Anyone know the "state" of 3090s at 23rd street currently? At some point I want such a box, and only the 3090, I'd be upset if I trundled my HD down there to find no 3090s are available... it SHOULD be a simple thing to be able to call them and find out what's up, but I have yet to hear about someone actually getting the 23rd st. phone number!

re the 8800 remote, it is so much bigger than the older remote. ialso, the video input doesnt work, at least not for my sony tv. i had to re-map one of the "m" to do it.

Anyone know the "state" of 3090s at 23rd street currently? At some point I want such a box, and only the 3090, I'd be upset if I trundled my HD down there to find no 3090s are available... it SHOULD be a simple thing to be able to call them and find out what's up, but I have yet to hear about someone actually getting the 23rd st. phone number!

the 3090s are the sammy dvrs? i want to swap one in, but im in brooklyn. so the same question as above, but for brooklyn. or, can i get it in manhattan?

thanls.

It seems really clear at this point that "my MDN" simply does not operate like it seems to for numerous others, although why kinda mystifies me. I now WANT a 3090 because I want the 320 field upgrade I seemingly can do. BUIT if I'm very out of spec on signal strength, I need to go another way...

I seem to run -12 to -7.
Seems like you need a visit from Mr. Cable Repair man to examine your signal strength. If it's something localized to your neighborhood but not specific to your building then they'll escalate it; but it has to start with a person coming to your apt. to examine the wiring and signal strength. Believe it or not, about 5-6 years ago a huge problem I was having came from a rusty screw-connector on a cable connection within my apt. -- they snipped the end off, put a new connector on, and like magic my problems went away.

Yes, you can do the drive swap. Or you can run an external drive on MDN which seems to work flawlessly (at least for now).

re the 8800 remote, it is so much bigger than the older remote. ialso, the video input doesnt work, at least not for my sony tv. i had to re-map one of the "m" to do it.



the 3090s are the sammy dvrs? i want to swap one in, but im in brooklyn. so the same question as above, but for brooklyn. or, can i get it in manhattan?

thanls.


i called twc (yeah I know), and they said I can pick up a 3090 at either place. Broadband reports poster says they are at 23rd. I will probably go in the morning to see if I can get one from 23rd. And hopefully it works in brooklyn.

SDV coming to TWC NYC?

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/353998-Time_Warner_Cable_Taps_BigBand_For_Switched_Digital_Expansio n.php

I think it's a big possibility. I wonder if they'll save bandwidth since NYC is quite diverse.

Oh no, SDV's coming! Maybe they'll squelch Urdu, Bangladesh. etc., etc. channels (unless tuned) and devote saved bandwidth to FIOS-quality SD/HD. A shame if that happens, though. Prefer the global brotherhood aspect of rarely watched channels actually present 24/7 on the cable system. -- John

Seems like you need a visit from Mr. Cable Repair man to examine your signal strength. If it's something localized to your neighborhood but not specific to your building then they'll escalate it; but it has to start with a person coming to your apt. to examine the wiring and signal strength. Believe it or not, about 5-6 years ago a huge problem I was having came from a rusty screw-connector on a cable connection within my apt. -- they snipped the end off, put a new connector on, and like magic my problems went away.

Yes, you can do the drive swap. Or you can run an external drive on MDN which seems to work flawlessly (at least for now).

I should be getting good signal strength, it was a year ago a tech was by to bring a new modem so I could do TWC phone and I asked him about that... he said I had really good strength. BUT, that was measured right where the line came in, after a splitter with one line going to the modem right by my computer. I didn't think to ask him to check it by my TV, or the issue may have been discovered a lot earlier.

An off the cuff remark in the Navigator thread got a response that has HUGELY solved that issue! I had split the line right before my DVR with one line going directly into the TV. The aim was to be able to record 2 shows and watch a third (local channel obviously). BUT my TV doesn't do QAM, so it was variable quality SD from that input... so I pretty much never actually used it. Specs on the splitter were OK (up to 2GHz).

Ditched the splitter and went to -2 to +2 range! HUGE jump. AND all the skippage/glitchage seemed to vanish... last night was the first time in YEARS I had not one glitch!

AND it looks like I COULD gain some more if I replace a roughly 30 year old wire run from inside my front door all the way into the bedroom. It's probably close to 60 feet long and goers through 2 brick and plaster walls (pre-war baby), so it would be a pain.

I'm not so sure that MDN may lose it's external HDD ability at some point. AND it is a very old box, I think I've had it 4-5 years or so. Any hardware failure and I'm doing ODN, so any drive would be wasted (already have way too many additional drives on the computer anyway).

Pretty sure I do NOT want a HDC and the 3090 is doing a siren song because it seems I can at, least up the internal to a 320. I am already very used to a "strategy" to deal with limited drive space that has become almost ingrained, so even doubling the capacity should be more than sufficient.

I think it's a big possibility. I wonder if they'll save bandwidth since NYC is quite diverse.

We have 116 with no SDV. Berk knows exact numbers, but I think we still have some more space. No to mention another 30 analogs that can hold another 90. PLUS I don't think a lot more than 120-130 HD channels even exist.

One thing I think of is IF they use SDV here, it's possible they can go from 3 per QAM to 2 per QAM.

We have 116 with no SDV. Berk knows exact numbers, but I think we still have some more space. No to mention another 30 analogs that can hold another 90. PLUS I don't think a lot more than 120-130 HD channels even exist.

One thing I think of is IF they use SDV here, it's possible they can go from 3 per QAM to 2 per QAM.

It will also allow them to improve HD on demand (and startover) services. Increased HD PPV Ondemand is probably their primary goal.

It will also allow them to improve HD on demand (and startover) services. Increased HD PPV Ondemand is probably their primary goal.

Someone else also suggested DOCSIS 3.0... which should allow them to get at least closer to what FiOS is currently deploying.

Someone else also suggested DOCSIS 3.0... which should allow them to get at least closer to what FiOS is currently deploying.

i didn't think this was required for DIOCSIS 3.0 - but it would obviously be great if we got that as a result :D

the 30 or so analog channels they still have cant be removed till 2012 i think.
and we are gonna run out of space in the mean time.

I only hope they can start having 2 hd channels on a qam instead of 3 for the sake of picture quality.

I only hope they can start having 2 hd channels on a qam instead of 3 for the sake of picture quality.

TWC in no way shape or form be willing to throw out upto a potential 30% of channels they can air in hd on a single qam if it means their bottom lines will be that much greater.
TWC has never cared and never will care about the quality of their product. It's ALL about bottom lines for them which is why we all complain for years, file complaints about bugging sound and drop outs and it falls of deaf ears and letters from execs "feeling your pain".
TWC sees their bottom lines falling with consumers do they go and start trying to introduce pay per bandwidth plans slowly down south, so they can cash in on people who's increasing bandwidth consumption each day, plus considering the statistics on how many households are watching more and more tv shows online, the increase in usage charges from TWC are just another method to double dip on consumers or atleast recoup some of their losses off tv package subscriptions.

TWC in no way shape or form be willing to throw out upto a potential 30% of channels they can air in hd on a single qam if it means their bottom lines will be that much greater.
TWC has never cared and never will care about the quality of their product. It's ALL about bottom lines for them which is why we all complain for years, file complaints about bugging sound and drop outs and it falls of deaf ears and letters from execs "feeling your pain".
TWC sees their bottom lines falling with consumers do they go and start trying to introduce pay per bandwidth plans slowly down south, so they can cash in on people who's increasing bandwidth consumption each day, plus considering the statistics on how many households are watching more and more tv shows online, the increase in usage charges from TWC are just another method to double dip on consumers or atleast recoup some of their losses off tv package subscriptions.


These are not the old days where customers were ignored due to the crap of product that they offer. They better start caring about the picture quality of the HD channels. When SDV arrives they shouldput 2 HD channels per quam like the locals so we can end the whole picture quality issue. I know some folks will say well Verizon hasn't done a lot expanding FIOS, but it will eventually and when at least 50% of the city get wired they will put a big hurt on TWC. Sure TWC executives are smiling now due to the fact that Verizon hasn't made a mark, but when the time arrive their product will blow TWC away.

the 30 or so analog channels they still have cant be removed till 2012 i think.
and we are gonna run out of space in the mean time.

I only hope they can start having 2 hd channels on a qam instead of 3 for the sake of picture quality.

Only the locals like NBC,CBS,ABC, FOX5, PIX11, My9, Univision 41, Telemundo, and maybe NY1 can't be remove until 2012. The rest of channels can be removed anytime including food network which doesn't have any business to be an analog channel anymore.

Only the locals like NBC,CBS,ABC, FOX5, PIX11, My9, Univision 41, Telemundo, and maybe NY1 can't be remove until 2012. The rest of channels can be removed anytime including food network which doesn't have any business to be an analog channel anymore.

food network and tv guide probably can be - but the rest are local public access.

On Tuesday night (when I was watching a movie on TCM HD) my STB shut off and rebooted itself 3 times (a 10+ minutes process - I missed a lot of the movie). This has never happened to me before.
Has anyone else experienced this?

When I called TWC and finally got someone to talk to, I was told to replace the box. As I've got tons of stuff on the DVR I decided to delay the box exchange and started watching some of the recorded shows last night. No box reboots all evening. Very weird.

These are not the old days where customers were ignored due to the crap of product that they offer. They better start caring about the picture quality of the HD channels. When SDV arrives they shouldput 2 HD channels per quam like the locals so we can end the whole picture quality issue. I know some folks will say well Verizon hasn't done a lot expanding FIOS, but it will eventually and when at least 50% of the city get wired they will put a big hurt on TWC. Sure TWC executives are smiling now due to the fact that Verizon hasn't made a mark, but when the time arrive their product will blow TWC away.

Oh I REALLY think the FiOS effect certainly is being felt at TWC... last fall I managed to get a 99/triple play and just in the past week a pal got it for 89. Unfortunately, it also seems pretty clear Verizon's deployment plan is being kinda set back. From a good contact inside Verizon, my nabe was supposed to be ready in August... but it's now looking like they could not even make the end of the year (based on street permits to install the "trunk" lines).

I'm sure the deals with TWC will gradually get better the more Verizon lays fiber... BUT I also think the 50% is a lot farther out than what we may want!

On Tuesday night (when I was watching a movie on TCM HD) my STB shut off and rebooted itself 3 times (a 10+ minutes process - I missed a lot of the movie). This has never happened to me before.
Has anyone else experienced this?

When I called TWC and finally got someone to talk to, I was told to replace the box. As I've got tons of stuff on the DVR I decided to delay the box exchange and started watching some of the recorded shows last night. No box reboots all evening. Very weird.

I've got scant evidence, but last fall when I had a tech (to deliver a different "modem" for phone service) check signal levels, they were very good. My mistake was that was measured where the lines comes into my apartment. Long story, but by removing a supposedly good splitter right by my TV, my signal levels jumped by 5-10 dBmV.

Prior I had several spontaneous reboots in the first week of being 'gatored. AND have been plagued with glitches and dropouts. 2 nights now and I have yet to see a single glitch.

Look at a bunch of channels signal strengths... at least for Man North, they should be in the -2 to +2 range at least. Can't say about the reboots, but those levels sure as hell solved the glitching. AND I still have another possible move, the cable run from ingress to my TV is probably 30 years old... and it's POSSIBLE I could gain some more if I replaced that with some fresh cooper.

Oh I REALLY think the FiOS effect certainly is being felt at TWC... last fall I managed to get a 99/triple play and just in the past week a pal got it for 89. Unfortunately, it also seems pretty clear Verizon's deployment plan is being kinda set back. From a good contact inside Verizon, my nabe was supposed to be ready in August... but it's now looking like they could not even make the end of the year (based on street permits to install the "trunk" lines).

I'm sure the deals with TWC will gradually get better the more Verizon lays fiber... BUT I also think the 50% is a lot farther out than what we may want!

If anyone wants to see where Verizon has Street/Sidewalk permits:

http://a841-dotweb01.nyc.gov/permit/permit/web_permits/PermitSearchForm.asp

and select "Verizon New York Inc" under Permittee Name

If anyone wants to see where Verizon has Street/Sidewalk permits:

http://a841-dotweb01.nyc.gov/permit/permit/web_permits/PermitSearchForm.asp

and select "Verizon New York Inc" under Permittee Name

I think it's more complex than that... pretty sure it Empire City Subway that is laying fiber. I'm going to ask this guy over in the Verizon thread what terms he uses, he seems able to spot the information we'd want...

I think it's more complex than that... pretty sure it Empire City Subway that is laying fiber. I'm going to ask this guy over in the Verizon thread what terms he uses, he seems able to spot the information we'd want...

It's never as simple as it seems - especially with the NYC.gov website

If you know the names of the subcontractors - then you can use those names as well...

I think it's more complex than that... pretty sure it Empire City Subway that is laying fiber. I'm going to ask this guy over in the Verizon thread what terms he uses, he seems able to spot the information we'd want...

Empire might running conduit but Verizon is running the fiber. I saw them working on 18th street with the trucks.

Recorded Fringe tonight - ended up in 3 pieces (probably my first time recording FOX since May)

Recorded Fringe tonight - ended up in 3 pieces (probably my first time recording FOX since May)

I had recorded it... checking... yeah, it looks to be complete in a single recording.

Maybe MDN vs ODN??

Damn, I've been kinda wanting to swap my 8300HD/MDN for a 3090... but now that my skippage problem seems to be gone, I see issues with 3090/ODN cropping up that make me re-think. Yeah, I probably do overthink this a tad much...

FWIW, my HDC has been screwing up recordings for weeks. The most common symptom is to either only catch the first 7 minutes of a show or leave off the last 7.

Personally, I think the problem is that Navigator is crap.

Manhattan, Brooklyn/Queens and Mount Vernon

September 18, 2009



From time to time we make certain changes in the services that we offer in order to better serve our customers. The following changes are planned:

On or about October 1, 2009, we will launch two sports overflow channels on ch. 197 and ch. 198.



On or about October 21, 2009, we will move Planet Green HD from 768 to 698 and launch WFUT HD (Telefutura) on ch. 768. We will also launch WXTV HD (Univision) on ch. 741 in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens and on ch. 716 in Mount Vernon.

What the heck are the sports overflow channels?

Manhattan, Brooklyn/Queens and Mount Vernon

September 18, 2009



From time to time we make certain changes in the services that we offer in order to better serve our customers. The following changes are planned:

On or about October 1, 2009, we will launch two sports overflow channels on ch. 197 and ch. 198.



On or about October 21, 2009, we will move Planet Green HD from 768 to 698 and launch WFUT HD (Telefutura) on ch. 768. We will also launch WXTV HD (Univision) on ch. 741 in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens and on ch. 716 in Mount Vernon.

What the heck are the sports overflow channels?

yawn

What the heck are the sports overflow channels?

MSG2, MSG+2
when Knicks/Rangers/Devils/Islanders play at the same time.
http://www.msg.com/overflow/

Up until now TWC placed those games on chs 51 or 60 - they finally figured out that there was no reason to do that.

They also haven't been broadcast in HD , so there hasn't been a need for an HD channel. I don't know if Cablevision is planning on starting them in HD this year - so we'll have to wait and see on that...

EDIT - well there was sort-of a reason to use 51 up until recently - 51 (TV Guide) is also an analog channel (only one we get on our digital boxes that is analog) - so it was easier for them to use 1 channel on both systems for the overflow games (this also probably explains why the channel has been left in its analog form on our boxes all this time)

yawn

Speaking of which, can there be any more real HD channels we don't get?

Oh, wait, to the BerkList... ah:

Chiller
Nickelodean
Spike
Lifetime

Spike will probably be 4:3 stretched syndicated, Chiller & Lifetime may have about 1-2 movies/year of interest, but mostly bleh.

Sundance may be interesting, but I can't really think of anything I'd pine for. Anyone else?

I wish they take the money and hire some programmers with more than 6 months of experience...

I finally got the "start over" feature on my SA8300HD DVR with MDN 2.4.1 today by calling customer service today. They now have a means to initiate it on their end. This is after 5 calls over the last two months.
Now I have to get Channel 471 BigTenOD to work as a part of my HDXTRA package. There is no consensus as to it being part of that package though.

The Viacom channels (incl. Comedy Central).

On or about October 21, 2009, we will move Planet Green HD from 768 to 698 and launch WFUT HD (Telefutura) on ch. 768. We will also launch WXTV HD (Univision) on ch. 741 in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens and on ch. 716 in Mount Vernon.

Now if Univision/Telemundo can get their act together and broadcast some fútbol (soccer) games in HD!! I hope this means that next June (World Cup 2010) will be in full HD.

Since I understand Spanish, I prefer to watch the games in Spanish. Way more excitement in the way the games are called. ESPN ends up using English announcers which put me to sleep.

will we ever get MTV HD?
would be nice to see the VMA in HD.

Speaking of which, can there be any more real HD channels we don't get?

Oh, wait, to the BerkList... ah:

Chiller
Nickelodean
Spike
Lifetime

Spike will probably be 4:3 stretched syndicated, Chiller & Lifetime may have about 1-2 movies/year of interest, but mostly bleh.

Sundance may be interesting, but I can't really think of anything I'd pine for. Anyone else?

I wish they take the money and hire some programmers with more than 6 months of experience...
The "real HD" claims confuse me too.
However speaking from visual experience on Fios... Lifetime HD. is native 16x9,doesn't "look" upconverted like some of the travel channel or Animal Planet shows, although I think it's an upconvert from their end not the provider, since their regular primetime events are in HD.

Lifetime away from their horrid movie selections, they have Project Runway now and some apparently decent tv shows/sitcoms coming out this fall.
Also, how the hell is it we get Lifetime Movies HD, but not Lifetime HD on TWC? just retardedness.

Comedy Central airs their shows/events that re native HD in HD. The old comedy specials, south park etc are shown with black bars on the side.

On CCentral Ive seen the Joan Rivers roast as well as a few late night comedy routines that were broadcast in HD and it didn't like a screwy fake upconvert.

Spike TV, their primetime shows too are in HD, broadcast that way as well. Just like with CCent. their nonHD content isn't stretched.
The UFC highlight shows pre '08 are SD, but everything produce in '09, live, TUF, or highlight shows are all produced/broadcasted in HD.

To be honest, I think I also said it when I first saw Fios with my eyes, even their SD broadcasts seem to have little to no artifacting/compression suffering and at the time I would have said their SD channels looked better than some TWC HD feeds. While I don't notice as much artifacting with TWC hd channels nowadays, Fios has the better picture and I don't think that switched digital video is the holy grail TWC is hoping it will be.

will we ever get MTV HD?
would be nice to see the VMA in HD.

heh. TWC not having the Viacom channels is a big gripe for me as I ranted above. My sister in the bronx with CV got to see the event in HD.

Our best bet is for a rebroadcast on Palladia for the vma's in HD.
Atleast we aren't missing anything on VH1 in hd as all their trash tv shows are all filmed in SD, except for 1 of them.

Use this page to see what's out there that we don't have.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1058081

(It's basically just the Viacom channels, Lifetime, and NBATV)

FWIW, my HDC has been screwing up recordings for weeks. The most common symptom is to either only catch the first 7 minutes of a show or leave off the last 7.

Personally, I think the problem is that Navigator is crap.

This would happen on my pre-navigatored HD, which died, and continues to happen on my navigatored HDC. I actually saw this happen last week. I was recording 2 shows at the same time and was watching 1 of those shows in real time. The video froze and the recording light went off. I hit channel down and then channel up to go back and the video was fine. Of course the crappy box didn't resume recording either show.

I really wish I could count on my DVR to actually do what it's supposed to do.

Fios has the better picture and I don't think that switched digital video is the holy grail TWC is hoping it will be.

Far as I know, TWC never, ever gives any reasons for some of the things it does (and even if they did, I wold never jump to the conclusion it's true). So in the case of SDV, we can ONLY make informed guesses as to what is really going on. I mused about 2 per QAM because I would like for thtat to happen, but when someone suggested DCOSIS 3, that made more sense from TWCs perspective.

Personally, I'd rather a good jump in IP than 2 per QAM, I think I would get more satisfaction. Then again, it could turn out that the only way they USE DOCSIS 3 is to get folks paying MORE MONEY. In THAT case, I'd prefer 2 per QAM.

Use this page to see what's out there that we don't have.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1058081

(It's basically just the Viacom channels, Lifetime, and NBATV)

Damn, I tried to grab that graphic, but it looks like he posted it in multiple chunks...

BTW, followup to my signal strength issue, I finally saw some glitches. watched Fringe and sure enough, TWC still seems incapable of delivery a glitch free FOX HD. BUT I also found the glitching to be a much shorter duration and I lost maybe a word or two, not paragraphs!

It's nice to finally get the games on 473-476, but as I suspected before, these channels are not in HD, which is a bummer. Also makes sense that on Berk's Excel sheet, that those channels are in the same QAM as the two WLIW subchannels.

Still no 471 thought.

I finally got the "start over" feature on my SA8300HD DVR with MDN 2.4.1 today by calling customer service today. They now have a means to initiate it on their end. This is after 5 calls over the last two months.
Really? I'm gonna give them another call, and hope that they can get mine to work.

So I got the call today—FIOS is now available to me. I’m in North Flushing. I’m going to jump ship. My only concerns are-

No MSG HD, but nothing really I can do about that except write letters etc. I’ll deal with it.

FIOS has Bad DVR—that’s all I ever here, which scares me big time since I know how bad the Navigatored DVR is with TW.

My option is Tivo but with added expense. I have no problem shelling out the additional bucks for Tivo, since I’m sure it’s worth every penny, from all accounts. However, what happens if Tivo comes out with a new improved model in several months? There are rumors but nothing concrete but what happens? Am I stuck with another bill to upgrade?

So basically, how bad is the FIOS DVR?

Looking forward to any advice. It’s a beautiful day today, plenty of great sports to watch, things to do, so I guess the forum is going to be slow.

Maybe I’ll repost on the Verizon and Tivo threads too.

TIA

I had a feeling FiOS was coming to North Flushing. I'd been seeing Verizon trucks everywhere lately.

I'll pass. I see nothing incredibly beneficial over switching, and I don't want to lose NY1.

So I got the call today—FIOS is now available to me. I’m in North Flushing. I’m going to jump ship.

Do not blame you for a moment! Personally, I very much would NOT mind, but would appreciate you're hanging around this thread for a while. I suspect pretty much everyone would appreciate the process you are about to embark on... and it's details.

Yeah, no Rangers in HD would be a bummer, especially if they are in the hunt. BUT, you'll get HDNet back.

Another thing that is of concern also applies to TWC... the fact that it's totally impossible to really evaluate exactly what it will really cost you. TWc seems far more open to listing pricing, but as we know, MANY savvy folks don't pay the prices listed.

I too share your concerns w/TiVO. Aside from a <tru2way> unit, what happens after the (I think) one year warranty? As we know, issues can come from the hardware/software on the DVR, BUT what TYWC sends can also be a big issue. Seems to me TiVO is keeping it's "direction" as closely guarded as Apple does with it's products... AND it seems they are almost planning on making money for the next year by extracting payments out of others over the patents.

Don't be a stranger Larry!

Seemed hard to get any info about the current 3090 situation (as in getting one) from folks here... fortunately I ran into a neighbor Sat. who was taking his STB to 23rd to get a DVR. Asked him to make some inquires.

He was told they "are" giving out 3090s, but only "when we have them in stock." There is no phone number to call or ANY way to find out before hand, nor can you "reserve" one. There is NO schedule of when they may be in. They did not have any units, they wouldn't say when they MAY have units so my neighbor left with a HDC.

Yes, nothing is different than what we already know... but there might have been a possibility that might have changed which is why I was asking.

SDV coming to TWC NYC?

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/353998-Time_Warner_Cable_Taps_BigBand_For_Switched_Digital_Expansio n.php

Maybe its coming to my area ?? Its weird as we do not have nearly the amount of HD that NYC has. We were just navagated last month.

Hudson Valley

September 18, 2009



From time to time we make certain changes in the services that we offer in order to better serve our customers. The following changes are planned:

On or about October 1, 2009, we will launch two sports overflow channels on ch. 197 and ch. 198.



On or about October 21, 2009:



We will launch the following new channels and they cannot be accessed on CableCARD-equipped Unidirectional Digital Cable Products purchased at retail without additional two-way capable equipment: Big Ten 2 on ch. 473, Big Ten 3 on ch. 474, Big Ten 4 on ch. 475, Ecuavisa on ch. 814, Canal 24 (Tve 24) on ch. 853, SET Asia on ch. 561, Telemicro on ch. 810, The Filipino Channel on ch. 594, Tve. Cultural es. on ch. 828 and WAPA America on ch. 806.



In addition, and at this time, Encore Action (252), Encore Drama (255), Encore Love (253), Encore Mystery (254), and Encore Westerns (256) cannot be accessed on CableCARD-equipped Unidirectional Digital Cable Products purchased at retail without additional two-way capable equipment, and in Newburgh, Middletown, Port Jervis, New Platz, Rosendale, Monticello, Liberty, and Tusten we will launch WXTV HD (Univision) on ch. 719.

So I got the call today—FIOS is now available to me. I’m in North Flushing. I’m going to jump ship. My only concerns are-

No MSG HD, but nothing really I can do about that except write letters etc. I’ll deal with it.

All I can say to you is that I am jealous and congrats.

I said the same thing about MSG HD, but I would take the hit and return to watching the NY Rangers in SD just to rid myself of TWC for good.

Good luck.

Do not blame you for a moment!

....totally impossible to really evaluate exactly what it will really cost you. TWc seems far more open to listing pricing, but as we know, MANY savvy folks don't pay the prices listed.

...Don't be a stranger Larry!
Yeah, I’ll always be around here, not that easy to get rid of me.:p

You’re right, regarding Verizon’s pricing, (and even their programming) there’s a big clamp down on info out there. The only way to find things out is on these threads.

Apparently, my neighborhood just became available yesterday and they’re ready to wire me up today. :eek: I’m delaying them to get the facts on the billing. I want to go the TIVO route but parts of Verizon’s incentive are throwing in free multi room DVRs (along with other minor benefits).

I want to jump into Verizon with new TIVO boxes from the get go. I don’t want to have Verizon’s box and then get rid of them and have any billing confusion. And to go that way, I’m dealing with two TIVOs, one with the 1TB drive and one with the 500gb—and two lifetime subscriptions—you’re talking like 1500 bucks. Therefore, I have to deal with that first before locking it up with Verizon.

The thing that is gnawing at me is that this past spring, there was a great sale around Father’s Day for TIVO boxes and subscriptions. Oh well, nothing I could do about missing that train. However, I will not let Verizon pressure me with their bogus perks. “If you don’t sign up today it will run out.” I want to do this right.

The other thing I will be sure to see happen is that Verizon doesn’t use any existing wiring to and in my house. Everything is new or it doesn’t happen. When TW did the wiring for my phones, they used existing wires and just tapped in at the telephone pole. I want all new with Verizon.

Sorry for the OT rant but I’m sure this is of interest to some.


All I can say to you is that I am jealous and congrats.

I said the same thing about MSG HD, but I would take the hit and return to watching the NY Rangers in SD just to rid myself of TWC for good.

Good luck.
I'm guessing that MSGHD is in their future but as big a KNICKS fan that I am, it's not a deal breaker.

I first started watching HD programming back in the day when you turned on the new set, there were shows with aerial shots of Italy, programs devoted solely to Azalea bushes, and countless other images that would be laughed at now but were glorious to see and experience. I always come back to the image. HD is all about a beautiful picture. Take that away and it’s boring television.

is anyone geting a problem with channel 445 gameHD , my channel is blank now, i know it happen in the past and it was on twc end , so i called about the problem lets see how fast they fix it.. ps you get this channel by having the mlb package..

Maybe its coming to my area ?? Its weird as we do not have nearly the amount of HD that NYC has. We were just navagated last month.

Hudson Valley

September 18, 2009



From time to time we make certain changes in the services that we offer in order to better serve our customers. The following changes are planned:

On or about October 1, 2009, we will launch two sports overflow channels on ch. 197 and ch. 198.



On or about October 21, 2009:



We will launch the following new channels and they cannot be accessed on CableCARD-equipped Unidirectional Digital Cable Products purchased at retail without additional two-way capable equipment: Big Ten 2 on ch. 473, Big Ten 3 on ch. 474, Big Ten 4 on ch. 475, Ecuavisa on ch. 814, Canal 24 (Tve 24) on ch. 853, SET Asia on ch. 561, Telemicro on ch. 810, The Filipino Channel on ch. 594, Tve. Cultural es. on ch. 828 and WAPA America on ch. 806.



In addition, and at this time, Encore Action (252), Encore Drama (255), Encore Love (253), Encore Mystery (254), and Encore Westerns (256) cannot be accessed on CableCARD-equipped Unidirectional Digital Cable Products purchased at retail without additional two-way capable equipment, and in Newburgh, Middletown, Port Jervis, New Platz, Rosendale, Monticello, Liberty, and Tusten we will launch WXTV HD (Univision) on ch. 719.

Cisco STA1520's will be handed out to Windows 7 CableCard PC's, Tivo HD, Series3, HDXL, and Moxi HD-DVR's. The STA1520 is a small box that helps these devices tune SDV channels. It doesn't work on CableCard TV's. Those customers will likely get old HD boxes that have been defeatured to better serve those customers.

Is anyone else having a complete outage with Ch 655 HBO Comedy HD right now? All the other HBO channels are working for me - including the SD channel version 205 - except for 655.

mets game was on the schedule for game hd so it was probably blacked out being its a local game and show on sny.

is anyone geting a problem with channel 445 gameHD , my channel is blank now, i know it happen in the past and it was on twc end , so i called about the problem lets see how fast they fix it.. ps you get this channel by having the mlb package..

mets game was on the schedule for game hd so it was probably blacked out being its a local game and show on sny.

It was either that... or... Jack Kervorkian pulled the plug on the feed. :p

All I can say to you is that I am jealous and congrats.

I said the same thing about MSG HD, but I would take the hit and return to watching the NY Rangers in SD just to rid myself of TWC for good.

Good luck.

Ah, but don't discount that you will pick HDNet up!

Sorry for the OT rant but I’m sure this is of interest to some.

Sure as hell not OT to me!

An actual engineer posed some interesting info on old wiring. Installers apparently religiously placed wire staples every 2 feet. Apparently, that CAN cause certain issues that CAN affect one's PQ... not necessarily over everything, but in certain spots. Ah-yup, I sure as hell do have 2 feet spaced staples.

Of course, I have heard of installations being charged for... my guess is Verizon needs to not be charging as they will be in roll out mode for MANY years to come.

BIG FYI... MANY series debuts this week, those of a mind to sample most all of them may have an issue because they just announced both football games this Sunday (Jets/Giants) are being played at the same time (to accommodate Yom Kippur). So you're going to need 4+ hours of HD recording time on Sunday.

mets game was on the schedule for game hd so it was probably blacked out being its a local game and show on sny.

no the problem happen before that and if you look now same problem..
445 is still blank..

no the problem happen before that and if you look now same problem..
445 is still blank..

I'll ask the next obvious question...
do you have the MLB Extra Innings Package?

I know I was getting that channel for a while without it - but it was gone once i traded in my box and I no longer have HD Xtra (its possible they accidentally included it in HD xtra in some sections of the city, and now they've realized it)

Ah, but don't discount that you will pick HDNet up!

Yes, this is true too. I miss Inside MMA and all the Dream shows out of Japan. :(

I'll ask the next obvious question...
do you have the MLB Extra Innings Package?

I know I was getting that channel for a while without it - but it was gone once i traded in my box and I no longer have HD Xtra (its possible they accidentally included it in HD xtra in some sections of the city, and now they've realized it)

yes i get the package..and i was getting this channel since the start of the season its a tech problem on twc end , it happen before

Anyone know when FIOS will be finally available here in REGO PARK/FOREST HILLS area? :D i want to get rid of TWC .

[QUOTE=lamonsasa;17227755]Anyone know when FIOS will be finally available here in REGO PARK/FOREST HILLS area? :D i want to get rid of TWC .[/QU

by the end of 2010 and early 2011.

Lo Mejor on demand launched - its not HD (as far as i can tell) - its just Univision on demand - guess its the free alternative to ch 800... but its still not HD, and they really shouldn't be putting any non-HD in the 700s....


still waiting for them to finally drop ch 60 HSN from analog (and shift QVC from 69 to 60)... its been promised for today.. after being promised a long long time ago...

We also got a 2nd HD PPV channel (ch 351) - anyone notice it before?

We also got a 2nd HD PPV channel (ch 351) - anyone notice it before?

It was added I believe Friday night in preparation for the Mayweather/Marquez blowout as well as the UFC 104 ppv airing at the same time and ofcourse TWC jumped on the chance to get to rip us off for 55 for the UFC or 70 for the Mayweather fight in HD.


As for the person who said they got the call for Fios in North FLushing but was hesitant about the negative reviews of the DVR. It isn't perhaps as responsive or fast as TWC's but never once has my Fiancee complained that a show she or I dvr'd didn't record with no explanation as to why. The software, plays, records, sometimes gets buggy when you rush the fast forward,well that happens on the boxes that use the multiroom dvr software, and you can set things to record upto 2 weeks in advance since you don't have to wait 30-45 seconds for each day past a 6th day to load up on a guide and then hope the dvr remembers it as has happened to me with the twc dvr. Unfortunately for us all not every DVR can be tivo-esq.

I'd call TWC and threaten to move to Fios and see what they offer up... after you get a quote from fios. :)

It was added I believe Friday night in preparation for the Mayweather/Marquez blowout as well as the UFC 104 ppv airing at the same time and ofcourse TWC jumped on the chance to get to rip us off for 55 for the UFC or 70 for the Mayweather fight in HD.


As for the person who said they got the call for Fios in North FLushing but was hesitant about the negative reviews of the DVR. It isn't perhaps as responsive or fast as TWC's but never once has my Fiancee complained that a show she or I dvr'd didn't record with no explanation as to why. The software, plays, records, sometimes gets buggy when you rush the fast forward,well that happens on the boxes that use the multiroom dvr software, and you can set things to record upto 2 weeks in advance since you don't have to wait 30-45 seconds for each day past a 6th day to load up on a guide and then hope the dvr remembers it as has happened to me with the twc dvr. Unfortunately for us all not every DVR can be tivo-esq.

I'd call TWC and threaten to move to Fios and see what they offer up... after you get a quote from fios. :)Appreciate the info Chris. I’m going to set it up today (with FIOS) and go with their boxes. I really would rather go the TIVO route but that means laying out $1500 and then who knows what they will offer in several months. I could always get TIVO later on.

The main concern is improving the picture quality. That comes before anything—price, dvr, programming.

I just don’t want to get into a billing nightmare with Verizon when I eventually dump their boxes and go with the TIVOs. Kind of like what I went through recently with TW when they told me if I dropped their phone, it would cost more per month.

2 years ago I had cable set up in my Brooklyn apt. The HDMI on the cable box kept on throwing errors and never worked. I hated having to use the low quality video component cables. Also, the signal was low and there were a lot of cut outs. I was fed up and I returned the cable box. I have relied on OTA HD antenna for the past 2 years but my wife has been complaining because of the unreliability of the antenna. Here are a few questions -

1. Have the cable boxes improved to the point that I don't have to worry about any HDMI issues?

2. Which cable boxes are the best and most reliable? I don't want DVR... I noticed that everyone seems to have the 8300 - is there non-DVR version of that box?

Does anyone know when FIOS will be available in Park Slope Brooklyn?

2 years ago I had cable set up in my Brooklyn apt. The HDMI on the cable box kept on throwing errors and never worked. I hated having to use the low quality video component cables.

I can't answer your specific brooklyn questions - but you are very mistaken about component cables.

The set of 5 component cables are no different than an HDMI cable. Depending on the TV, the picture should essentially be the same (unless you were running the cables over 50 ft or something - the difference between analog and digital in this case is only felt on longer cables...).

Also the HDMI problems many people used to have are a thing of the past. At the time HDMI wasn't even "officially" supported. Now they give out HDMi cables with every box.

And I believe there is only 1 HD non-DVR they give out - the SA4250HD

I can't answer your specific brooklyn questions - but you are very mistaken about component cables.

The set of 5 component cables are no different than an HDMI cable. Depending on the TV, the picture should essentially be the same (unless you were running the cables over 50 ft or something).

Maybe it was the cable box... the screen had a horrible purplish hue that would not go away with the component cables.

My main concern is with making sure that the HDMI is fully functional with the cable box I get. I will have to pay $40 to get the box installed and I don't want to end up wasting money. My question is more about TWC NY rather than Brooklyn specifically. Just let me know what box you have and if your HDMI works fine. Thank you.

I hated having to use the low quality video component cables.


I'm with Berk32 - component should generally be equivalent to HDMI, with very minute differences if any at all (especially on a mediocre source lile cable TV). There's a good discussion at http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/122868.html.

(you weren't using composite, were you?)

The purplish hue... could be a bad set of cables, I suppose. Also, keep in mind that most (all?) HDTV's will provide separate calibration on the different inputs, and at default settings each will give slightly different results, but I assume you tried calibrating.

The last possibility I'm loath to bring up, since it proves I'm an idiot. I was close to returning a 32" LCD because the colors on the component input were way off ... it was beyond bad, like there was no magenta in the image at all. Damned defective crap... I assumed the magenta connector on either the TV or cable box had gone bad. Too lazy to return the set or swap the box, I just settled for HDMI for a while. A few months ago I tried component again, and it was perfect. Huh? Turns out I had originally mixed the 'red' audio and video cables, with predictable results...

So HDMI is now supported by TWC? I'm surprised they chose to do that - the complexity of the HDMI signaling and handshaking protocols and revision levels make them a nightmare to support.

Whenever I switch to HDMI to de-clutter, I end up bringing back the components a few days later due to some weird little buggy behavior with the HDMI. Component is rock solid.

It was added I believe Friday night in preparation for the Mayweather/Marquez blowout as well as the UFC 104 ppv airing at the same time and of course TWC jumped on the chance to get to rip us off for 55 for the UFC or 70 for the Mayweather fight in HD.

Holy Crap!

Do you NYC guys still get a $10 extra surcharge for PPV in HD? When HD first came out, they did that, but several years later, the price is exactly the same in my Wisconsin division. What you pay for the SD-PPV broadcast is exactly what you pay for the HD broadcast. Mayweather-Marquez I think was $50, and I think UFC 103 was $45.

Jack

1. Have the cable boxes improved to the point that I don't have to worry about any HDMI issues?

Berk is correct about using component cables, I'd say decent quality cables with things like good solid connectors may be preferable in the long run. I've been using HDMI for about 4 years, no real issues except I have seen maybe 2 error messages thatr I managed too solve easily.

2. Which cable boxes are the best and most reliable? I don't want DVR... I noticed that everyone seems to have the 8300 - is there non-DVR version of that box?

Should not be an issue (they were at one point handing out non DVR Samsung boxes, from what I saw at a relative's apt. they had at least one major bug, you had to hit a couple of buttons to get the info banner to actually go away).

Turns out I had originally mixed the 'red' audio and video cables, with predictable results....

Mixing audio & video is a VERY senior moment, BUT one thing can easily trip folks up... the color coding on the plugs vs. the equipment. I have what I think was a component cable from TWC, but it does NOT use the same color coding as my TV or the DVR for that matter. Laying on the floor squeezed into a tight space to make connections CAN lead to two connections being goofed up!

Mixing audio & video is a VERY senior moment, BUT one thing can easily trip folks up... the color coding on the plugs vs. the equipment. I have what I think was a component cable from TWC, but it does NOT use the same color coding as my TV or the DVR for that matter. Laying on the floor squeezed into a tight space to make connections CAN lead to two connections being goofed up!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector

The color coding is pretty standard on most equipment...

Maybe it was the cable box... the screen had a horrible purplish hue that would not go away with the component cables.

My main concern is with making sure that the HDMI is fully functional with the cable box I get. I will have to pay $40 to get the box installed and I don't want to end up wasting money. My question is more about TWC NY rather than Brooklyn specifically. Just let me know what box you have and if your HDMI works fine. Thank you.

Hmm sounds like a problem I had a while back with a Sony HD CRT. I had an HDMI to DVI converter. A purple scan line use to sweep across the screen constantly. TWC thought I was crazy I think when I called about it. lol I believe it started with 8300HD, I had a pioneer HD box prior to that and never noticed a problem and it was quite obvious all the sudden. I researched and the problem and found it had to do with HD CRT's vertical scanning range. I had to go into the service menu of the TV and disable something called HDPT or something like that I think, which disabled the TV's internal image processor. It solved the problem but also caused a slight drop in picture quality. I no longer have that TV but I think on component it was ok. I gave that TV to a friend but sadly it finally gave up the ghost about a month ago. Anyone who wants a 200lb broken HDTV let me know I think it is still in his garage lol

Anyone know the "state" of 3090s at 23rd street currently? At some point I want such a box, and only the 3090, I'd be upset if I trundled my HD down there to find no 3090s are available... it SHOULD be a simple thing to be able to call them and find out what's up, but I have yet to hear about someone actually getting the 23rd st. phone number!I'm having a new HD flat panel delivered tomorrow (my first HD TV). I just went down to 23rd St with my old Scientific Atlanta box hoping to swap it for the Samsung HD DVR.

All they had was the Scientific Atlanta 8300HD. They said they'd call me when they have the Samsung in stock so I can come down and do an exchange, but I'm not holding my breath.

Tipsy

Holy Crap!

Do you NYC guys still get a $10 extra surcharge for PPV in HD? When HD first came out, they did that, but several years later, the price is exactly the same in my Wisconsin division. What you pay for the SD-PPV broadcast is exactly what you pay for the HD broadcast. Mayweather-Marquez I think was $50, and I think UFC 103 was $45.

Jack

HD ppv's cost extra for us still, I believe it's the same on Fios as well as CV all over the area.
Directv costs extra for HD ppv's as well.

Anyone else noticed an uptick of video or audio glitches - picture freezes or macroblocks for a second or audio drops out for a brief moment - on all channels in the last couple weeks? I've had a single channel go bad in the past but by and large, most of my channels have been problem-free. However, in the last month, video and audio glitches have started to occur on ALL the channels I watch, including on channels that have never had even a single occurrence of a problem. HBO HD, ABC Family HD, Disney HD, Bravo HD, BBC America HD, they all glitch now when they were all previously pristine. And it's not just HD channels; I've seen the problem on standard definition MTV.

The glitches started four or five weeks ago and they occur on average every half hour but sometimes, they're happen every 10-15 minutes. I've had four service calls for the past four consecutive Sundays and they've pretty much done everything. They swapped out the Cablecard, replaced the splitter, replaced the coaxial at every spot in my apartment as well as in the main box in the hallway, and checked my signal strength, which is pretty close to ideal. Still the glitches continue. Anyone else have a similar experience?

I'm having a new HD flat panel delivered tomorrow (my first HD TV). I just went down to 23rd St with my old Scientific Atlanta box hoping to swap it for the Samsung HD DVR.

All they had was the Scientific Atlanta 8300HD. They said they'd call me when they have the Samsung in stock so I can come down and do an exchange, but I'm not holding my breath.

Tipsy

I'd be REAL appreciative if you posted back as soon as you got a call.

Doubt it was only 8300HDs, more likely 8300HDC. The HD boxes got Craptigator recently and more and more it's turning out to be utter crap, especially with series recordings.

Anyone else noticed an uptick of video or audio glitches - picture freezes or macroblocks for a second or audio drops out for a brief moment - on all channels in the last couple weeks? I've had a single channel go bad in the past but by and large, most of my channels have been problem-free. However, in the last month, video and audio glitches have started to occur on ALL the channels I watch, including on channels that have never had even a single occurrence of a problem. HBO HD, ABC Family HD, Disney HD, Bravo HD, BBC America HD, they all glitch now when they were all previously pristine. And it's not just HD channels; I've seen the problem on standard definition MTV.

The glitches started four or five weeks ago and they occur on average every half hour but sometimes, they're happen every 10-15 minutes. I've had four service calls for the past four consecutive Sundays and they've pretty much done everything. They swapped out the Cablecard, replaced the splitter, replaced the coaxial at every spot in my apartment as well as in the main box in the hallway, and checked my signal strength, which is pretty close to ideal. Still the glitches continue. Anyone else have a similar experience?

Oh this is VERY interesting. I had been plagued by this issue for quite a while, but usually from about a half dozen channels. Always felt it was a TWC head end issue rather than my box or it's dearly deparerted Passport software.

Several weeks ago during a discussion I was trying to have about signal strength, it turned out that I had an additional splitter by my TV to support a function that I almost never actually used. It was suggested I try and remove it.... BINGO, my signal strength jumped on the order of 7+ dBmV. Almost all glitches seemed to go away, I think I went 3 consecutive days with nary a glitch. FOX still had them, but they seemed far less in number (3-5 per hour) and of much shorter duration (maybe lose a word or two rather than whole paragraphs).

Since last Sunday I'm seeing that glitching return... and this time not just on the old channels. Saw a bunch of them on a few HBO things I had recorded Sunday nite.

I'm already somewhat livid over being forced out of working perfectly Passport software into the current pile of craptigator so I dare say as soon as FiOS makes it to me, Frak You TWC!

Oh, North or South? Anyone in Man South notice this?

Yesterday my aunt calls about an audio issue she was having (she's man South). Essentially it was having some separate, second music track playing during a show. Not talking, but essentially 2 different m usic tracks playing. She said it was during her watching Good Wife. She says she never hears it at any other time. I had wwatched that show and did not notice any issues like this.

Sge calls me last night all excited that she isn't "crazy" because she called TWC and they said they WERE having an issue.

So I'm curious, has ANYONE seen any issue like this recently. She pointed to that one show, but said she had experienced it before on CBS in the past few days.

Anyone else???

anyone experiencing crashes with the new mystro software?
I got upgraded about a month ago and it crashed on me about 4 times now.
very annoying.
sometimes i would be FF/RR or browsing thru my playlist then it would reboot on me all of a sudden.
Is this happening to anyone else?

anyone experiencing crashes with the new mystro software?
I got upgraded about a month ago and it crashed on me about 4 times now.
very annoying.
sometimes i would be FF/RR or browsing thru my playlist then it would reboot on me all of a sudden.
Is this happening to anyone else?

FF/RR a recorded program occasionally results in my navigated 8300hd switching to a live channel

DOCSIS 3.0 is coming

Time Warner Cable To Announce 'Wideband' Plan For NYC

Operator to Detail First Deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 Services

by Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 9/24/2009 10:12:54 AM EDT

Time Warner Cable will announce details of its first deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 services, in New York City, at a launch event Thursday.

The services, called Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet and Business Class Wideband Internet, will be introduced at the event at Metropolitan Home's Showtime House showcase penthouse in the city's Tribeca neighborhood. The launch comes as the cable operator fights Verizon's FiOS Internet rollout in the Big Apple.

More details to follow.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/355200-Time_Warner_Cable_To_Announce_Wideband_Plan_For_NYC.php

anyone experiencing crashes with the new mystro software?
I got upgraded about a month ago and it crashed on me about 4 times now.
very annoying.
sometimes i would be FF/RR or browsing thru my playlist then it would reboot on me all of a sudden.
Is this happening to anyone else?

I posted about this a week ago. The STB rebooted 3 times during one movie I was watching on TCM-HD. The following night it was OK, then the night after it rebooted again, but just once. The rep I spoke to told me to replace the box. But this is my 3rd box in two months, so I decided to try it a bit longer. So far, no reboots this week.

Hoping that TWC is working on improving the software, but not optimistic. It's certainly not an improvement on what we had before.

SA 8300 HDC; Manhattan South

I posted about this a week ago. The STB rebooted 3 times during one movie I was watching on TCM-HD. The following night it was OK, then the night after it rebooted again, but just once. The rep I spoke to told me to replace the box. But this is my 3rd box in two months, so I decided to try it a bit longer. So far, no reboots this week.

Hoping that TWC is working on improving the software, but not optimistic. It's certainly not an improvement on what we had before.

SA 8300 HDC; Manhattan South

my 8300HDC hardly ever rebooted with the old software... only when i got "upgraded" to mystro. It seems unlikely to be a hardware problem.

DOCSIS 3.0 is coming

http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-TWC-DOCSIS-bandwagon-092409.aspx

Time Warner Cable climbs aboard DOCSIS 3.0 bandwagon
By Mike Robuck
CedMagazine.com - September 24, 2009
Time Warner Cable has joined the ranks of cable operators who have deployed DOCSIS 3.0-enabled data services with the launch today of a business and residential service in New York City.

Residential subscribers can sink their teeth into a 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream wideband service, which is called Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet, for $99.95 per month. By combining the channel bonding capabilities of DOCSIS 3.0 with its fiber-optic network, Time Warner Cable’s DOCSIS tier is twice as fast as the company’s speediest broadband tier.

Time Warner Cable, the nation’s second-largest MSO, competes with Verizon in most of the boroughs of New York City. A spokesman for Time Warner Cable said additional DOCSIS 3.0 markets will be launched next year, but there was no additional information on which markets would be next.

“With substantially increased Internet speeds, Time Warner Cable continues to lead the way as the most popular broadband provider in New York City,” said Howard Szarfac, Time Warner Cable’s executive vice president of the New York Region. “Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet gives all home network devices – desktops, laptops, gaming consoles and iPhones – our fastest connection yet. Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet customers can instantly multitask, and when family members are online simultaneously, everyone can get the speed they want at the same time.”

Time Warner Cable’s Business Class Wideband Internet comes in two flavors: 50 Mbps downstream/5 Mbps upstream and 20 Mbps/2 Mbps. Business Class customers receive five static IP addresses. The 50 Mbps service is priced at $289.95, while the 20 Mbps is $199.95, with both tiers less applicable terms and bundle discounts.

“Business Class Wideband Internet provides New York City businesses with faster Internet speeds right now, allowing for more efficiency and increased productivity. Current business customers can easily incorporate this new Internet offering into their existing package,” said Ken Fitzpatrick, regional president of commercial services for Time Warner Cable’s New York City Region. “Business Class Wideband Internet is a critical component to the tailored solutions we provide to businesses, with the benefits of Time Warner Cable’s reliable network and 24/7 customer support. We offer unparalleled products and services for businesses of all sizes.”

Time Warner Cable said its Wideband Internet and Business Class Wideband Internet services are available starting today in Manhattan (below 79th Street), Staten Island and Queens (Fresh Meadows, Forest Hills and South Flushing). It will be available throughout the company’s entire New York City footprint by spring next year.

Time Warner Cable didn’t say what vendor’s cable modem termination system or cable modems it was using for its first launch, but a spokesman for the company said its DOCSIS 3.0 vendors include Cisco, Arris and SMC Networks.

Yesterday my aunt calls about an audio issue she was having (she's man South). Essentially it was having some separate, second music track playing during a show. Not talking, but essentially 2 different m usic tracks playing. She said it was during her watching Good Wife. She says she never hears it at any other time. I had wwatched that show and did not notice any issues like this.

Sge calls me last night all excited that she isn't "crazy" because she called TWC and they said they WERE having an issue.

So I'm curious, has ANYONE seen any issue like this recently. She pointed to that one show, but said she had experienced it before on CBS in the past few days.

Anyone else???

Something similar happened on Disney HD several weeks ago during an episode of "Jonas." The primary audio track that recorded the dialogue was disabled but a second track that contained ambient noises was audible. So you heard the sound of doors closing or the like but not what the characters were saying. Very discombobulating to watch.

So no one else other than Riverside Guy and me have noticed an increased number of glitches recently? BTW, I also had a number of glitches on HBO on Sunday night. Both Bored to Death and Curbed Your Enthusiasm had a lot of audio dropouts. I'm in Manhattan South. It's very helpful to figure out that two different people in the same system but in different parts of the city had the same problem at the same time on the same channel. It's strong evidence that, at least for HBO HD on Sunday night, the source of the problems wasn't something local to an apartment but likely system-wide.

Wow, they are way overcharging for DOCSIS 3. This looks less like competition and more like a cash grab in anticipation of a potential sale.

Since last Sunday I'm seeing that glitching return... and this time not just on the old channels. Saw a bunch of them on a few HBO things I had recorded Sunday nite.

My recording of Entourage on the 8300HD has several longish sound drop-outs... very annoying. Didn't check whether they were the same on the HDC in the bedroom...

So no one else other than Riverside Guy and me have noticed an increased number of glitches recently? Yeah, it has definitely increased but there probably aren’t any complaints here because many of us are so use to the constant glitches. I tried watching something last week on BBCHD and it was horrible. I rebooted and that seemed to fix the problem- a bit. FOX has its usual major dropouts. I had to watch Hells Kitchen with the sub titles on.

By the way, ever since I was navigatored, I can't reboot by pressing and holding the power switch. I have to unplug, which is a pain.

T minus 14 days until FIOS installation.;)
By the way, as a follow up to my earlier post, I’m going with Verizon’s boxes since the guru’s on the TIVO thread are telling me that there will be an upgraded system arriving within the next several months. I might as well wait for that and take advantage of the free multi room DVR from FIOS now.

http://www.cedmagazine.com/News-TWC-DOCSIS-bandwagon-092409.aspx

Time Warner Cable climbs aboard DOCSIS 3.0 bandwagon
By Mike Robuck
CedMagazine.com - September 24, 2009
Time Warner Cable has joined the ranks of cable operators who have deployed DOCSIS 3.0-enabled data services with the launch today of a business and residential service in New York City.

Residential subscribers can sink their teeth into a 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream wideband service, which is called Time Warner Cable Wideband Internet, for $99.95 per month.

[edited]

Time Warner Cable’s Business Class Wideband Internet comes in two flavors: 50 Mbps downstream/5 Mbps upstream and 20 Mbps/2 Mbps. Business Class customers receive five static IP addresses. The 50 Mbps service is priced at $289.95, while the 20 Mbps is $199.95, with both tiers less applicable terms and bundle discounts.

It's interesting business class gets the 20/2 option but residential only has 50/5. It would have been nice if people had the option to go for a cheaper 20/2 tier.

BTW, you need a new modem for this service and you cannot pick it up at a service center. Time Warner is requiring an installation visit so that's another $40 fee. As someone else said, this is indeed a cash grab.

my 8300HDC hardly ever rebooted with the old software... only when i got "upgraded" to mystro. It seems unlikely to be a hardware problem.

um the HDC always had mystro

Hmm sounds like a problem I had a while back with a Sony HD CRT. I had an HDMI to DVI converter. A purple scan line use to sweep across the screen constantly. TWC thought I was crazy I think when I called about it. lol I believe it started with 8300HD, I had a pioneer HD box prior to that and never noticed a problem and it was quite obvious all the sudden. I researched and the problem and found it had to do with HD CRT's vertical scanning range. I had to go into the service menu of the TV and disable something called HDPT or something like that I think, which disabled the TV's internal image processor. It solved the problem but also caused a slight drop in picture quality. I no longer have that TV but I think on component it was ok. I gave that TV to a friend but sadly it finally gave up the ghost about a month ago. Anyone who wants a 200lb broken HDTV let me know I think it is still in his garage lol

No takers? If one of you guys is tech savvy enough you may be able to fix it. I would try but the idea of possible electrocution does not sit well with me. It really did have a great picture even though it only was 1080i capable.

I think the problem is this.

There is a common failure mode of these sets that results in 6 or 7 blinks of the standby led. My 34HS510 suffered it over a year ago. I had the D-board replaced under an extended warranty. A very common cause of this problem is the failure of one or both of a pair of ICs on the D-board.

Check out this thread: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=928945&highlight=sony+blinks

anyone experiencing crashes with the new mystro software?
I got upgraded about a month ago and it crashed on me about 4 times now.
very annoying.
sometimes i would be FF/RR or browsing thru my playlist then it would reboot on me all of a sudden.
Is this happening to anyone else?

Happens to me too - never a problem on the 8300HD with Passport.
I heard today that Verizon will be finished installing FIOS in our building by November. So instead of swapping the box I can boot TWC out of my apartment. Oh happy Day!:)

Too bad the existing tiers won't be upgraded with new speeds.

anyone experiencing crashes with the new mystro software?
I got upgraded about a month ago and it crashed on me about 4 times now.
very annoying.
sometimes i would be FF/RR or browsing thru my playlist then it would reboot on me all of a sudden.
Is this happening to anyone else?

Yup. Usually the UI freezes in some fashion and I KNOW it will eventually reboot itself.

DOCSIS 3.0 is coming

The piece I read said it was 50/5 for 100 bucks... I THNK one or two boroughs got mentioned, but I know they said southern Manhattan only, so even if we can afford it, ain't available.

Strikes me a tad odd, do you remember how southern Manhattan had all sports of things a good 2 years before we had them available? Sure seemed that had to do with them laying fiber trunks... it was a month or so after I saw them camped over a manhole at the top of my block with trucks marked (something like) Fiber Division. Seems like we should have the infrastructure, not to mention we got it originally a lot after they had it downtown...

Something similar happened on Disney HD several weeks ago during an episode of "Jonas." The primary audio track that recorded the dialogue was disabled but a second track that contained ambient noises was audible. So you heard the sound of doors closing or the like but not what the characters were saying. Very discombobulating to watch.

Interesting... she said it was a piano playing on top of a normal sound track. I've experienced odd audio issues in the past, but usually it turns out to be issues with the network. The actual good news is it seems TWC owned up to it being their issue!

So no one else other than Riverside Guy and me have noticed an increased number of glitches recently? BTW, I also had a number of glitches on HBO on Sunday night. Both Bored to Death and Curbed Your Enthusiasm had a lot of audio dropouts. I'm in Manhattan South. It's very helpful to figure out that two different people in the same system but in different parts of the city had the same problem at the same time on the same channel. It's strong evidence that, at least for HBO HD on Sunday night, the source of the problems wasn't something local to an apartment but likely system-wide.

Yup, those shows.

Not unusual so few report it. Folks that come here regularly are a very small subset of TWC customers, ones who visit every day even smaller. AND I'd bet part of the sub-sub set may have recorded and not watched, while another small set may have no interest OR don't subscribe to HBO.

Yeah, it has definitely increased but there probably aren’t any complaints here because many of us are so use to the constant glitches. I tried watching something last week on BBCHD and it was horrible. I rebooted and that seemed to fix the problem- a bit. FOX has its usual major dropouts. I had to watch Hells Kitchen with the sub titles on.

By the way, ever since I was navigatored, I can't reboot by pressing and holding the power switch. I have to unplug, which is a pain.

T minus 14 days until FIOS installation.;)
By the way, as a follow up to my earlier post, I’m going with Verizon’s boxes since the guru’s on the TIVO thread are telling me that there will be an upgraded system arriving within the next several months. I might as well wait for that and take advantage of the free multi room DVR from FIOS now.

Funny, I was kind of keeping my ears open but haven't heard much about a <tru2way> TiVO box. I DID hear about the rumors of one, but those were a LONG time ago (like 1+year ago).

I'd suggest you may want to find out about hardware issues after the year warranty is up.

um the HDC always had mystro

Not exactly. There are 2 actually very different versions, MDN (only on 8300HD boxes here) and ODN (only 8300HDC and Samsung 3090 boxes). Both are supposed to be the same, but the underpinnings are vastly different. As I understand it, ODN is a Java application and has something called OCAP (which I don't think plays much role at this point). MDN is a "native" C application.

I had the D-board replaced under an extended warranty. A very common cause of this problem is the failure of one or both of a pair of ICs on the D-board.

Actually, years ago I had a top of the line Sony CRT... that one day went bad. Cost a small fortune to replace the D board... I went for it thinking it would get me 2-3 more years out of it before I went HD. 9 months later the damn thing went again and my ONLY choice was spending the same to replace it, it only came with a 3 month warranty and even doubling it by using a credit card couldn't work.

BOOM, bought my first HD LCD.

Not exactly. There are 2 actually very different versions, MDN (only on 8300HD boxes here) and ODN (only 8300HDC and Samsung 3090 boxes). Both are supposed to be the same, but the underpinnings are vastly different. As I understand it, ODN is a Java application and has something called OCAP (which I don't think plays much role at this point). MDN is a "native" C application.

yea but specifically the 8300HDC never came with anything but mystro and ODN, there was an update to a new ODN version a few months back maybe that is what he is referring to. Caused problems in the days following the update but mine is stable ever since.

The piece I read said it was 50/5 for 100 bucks... I THNK one or two boroughs got mentioned, but I know they said southern Manhattan only, so even if we can afford it, ain't available.

I'm on 57th and 11th Ave and my node qualifies for service. I have an installation set up for next Saturday. I'm curious to see what it's like. I'm not really interested in the download speed but I do want the higher upload. We'll see if it performs up to expectation or is worth the extra 50 bucks.

I don't think it's so much Manhattan South favored over North; I think if we did an overlay of the areas where Verizon Fios is available and where this has been introduced, we'd discover a shocking - shocking! - amount of overlap. My 4-year-old building doesn't yet have Fios available but my management says the building is fully wired for it; Verizon just has to flip the switch. My area does have Fios; a new condo building two block north of me on 59th and 11th has it.

My Samsung 3090 has given me nothing but trouble since I exchanged it for my 8300 (wish I never did).

For some odd reason and at completely odd intervals, my PVR will only record 5-7 minute pieces of a show. Last week's house was recorded in 6 different parts, while other shows I only get a couple of minutes.

Also, I constantly have channels going blank, especially BBC.

Anyone else having any of these problems?

I want my 8300 back...

I'm on 57th and 11th Ave and my node qualifies for service. I have an installation set up for next Saturday. I'm curious to see what it's like. I'm not really interested in the download speed but I do want the higher upload. We'll see if it performs up to expectation or is worth the extra 50 bucks.

I don't think it's so much Manhattan South favored over North; I think if we did an overlay of the areas where Verizon Fios is available and where this has been introduced, we'd discover a shocking - shocking! - amount of overlap. My 4-year-old building doesn't yet have Fios available but my management says the building is fully wired for it; Verizon just has to flip the switch. My area does have Fios; a new condo building two block north of me on 59th and 11th has it.

Oh I think you are correct... BUT to me the REAL issue seems to be the standard/default service. FiOS seems to have 25/5, while TWC has 10/512k. 50 bucks extra for 50/5 from TWC I do NOT see as much a competitive move, although some may see it that way.

When I posted about Man No having the distribution system for DOCSIS 3, I DID fail to mention that there probably needs to be some equipment at the head end... my bad.

That being said, my guess is at some point, the TWC "default" may creep up. I don't doubt for a moment TWC is also counting on the fact that it seems FiOS deployment is not going near the speed it was planned foof'

Oh, just thought of a question... I'm assuming premises equipment has to be changed for DOCSIS 3... BUT can they go beyond the current default without swapping out premises equipment? Might be an idea to at least see what the install;er has to say (not that that is any guarantee of anything!).

My Samsung 3090 has given me nothing but trouble since I exchanged it for my 8300 (wish I never did).

For some odd reason and at completely odd intervals, my PVR will only record 5-7 minute pieces of a show. Last week's house was recorded in 6 different parts, while other shows I only get a couple of minutes.

Also, I constantly have channels going blank, especially BBC.

Anyone else having any of these problems?

I want my 8300 back...

While I would agree what you are being subject to is a big show stopper, the 8300/MDN in our market sure can be a can of it's own worms.

I am trying to muddle through some issues driving me batty trying to figure out how to increase my chances to get a 3090... mostly because I CAN swap out the internal drive. So your experience is unsettling. EXCEPT I could swear I've seen reports here that HDCs CAN exhibit the exact same behavior (can someone chime in?).

I am kinda loath to believe it's the hardware... for 3+ years of heavy use, Passport worked as it did without much of any inconsistencies. I see glimpses that suggest there more "interaction" with the head end with the current software... at this point I'd say the most likely thing may be a combo of simply bad software and bad interactions withy the head end may be the real "causes" for what seems to be happening.

EXCEPT I could swear I've seen reports here that HDCs CAN exhibit the exact same behavior (can someone chime in?).Yup, from me. It's either the software or the cable system, not the box.

I think the only way to protect yourself is by paying through the nose for a TiVO.

My Samsung 3090 has given me nothing but trouble since I exchanged it for my 8300 (wish I never did).

For some odd reason and at completely odd intervals, my PVR will only record 5-7 minute pieces of a show. Last week's house was recorded in 6 different parts, while other shows I only get a couple of minutes.

Also, I constantly have channels going blank, especially BBC.

Anyone else having any of these problems?

I want my 8300 back...

I was plagued by this problem when I had a 3090. It got intolerable so I exchanged the box, and was given a 8300 HDC. It still happens, but only occasionally (North By Northwest on TCM-HD recorded in two parts, and the end of the movie was completely missing). Of course, the HDC has other problems, as I've posted before.

While I would agree what you are being subject to is a big show stopper, the 8300/MDN in our market sure can be a can of it's own worms.

I am trying to muddle through some issues driving me batty trying to figure out how to increase my chances to get a 3090... mostly because I CAN swap out the internal drive. So your experience is unsettling. EXCEPT I could swear I've seen reports here that HDCs CAN exhibit the exact same behavior (can someone chime in?).

I am kinda loath to believe it's the hardware... for 3+ years of heavy use, Passport worked as it did without much of any inconsistencies. I see glimpses that suggest there more "interaction" with the head end with the current software... at this point I'd say the most likely thing may be a combo of simply bad software and bad interactions withy the head end may be the real "causes" for what seems to be happening.

Yup, from me. It's either the software or the cable system, not the box.

I think the only way to protect yourself is by paying through the nose for a TiVO.

I was plagued by this problem when I had a 3090. It got intolerable so I exchanged the box, and was given a 8300 HDC. It still happens, but only occasionally (North By Northwest on TCM-HD recorded in two parts, and the end of the movie was completely missing). Of course, the HDC has other problems, as I've posted before.

This is some very unsettling news indeed.
I was hoping it was just a faulty box.

Is it possible to find an 8300hd?
Everyone here told me not to swap that box out and I didnt listen...now im paying the price.

This is some very unsettling news indeed.
I was hoping it was just a faulty box.

Is it possible to find an 8300hd?
Everyone here told me not to swap that box out and I didnt listen...now im paying the price.

Riverside has an 8300HD and wants a 3090. You have a 3090 and want an 8300HD. You two should "talk".

-b

Yup. Usually the UI freezes in some fashion and I KNOW it will eventually reboot itself.
another sure fire way to crash the 8300HD is to try to stop a recording in progress.

My Samsung 3090 has given me nothing but trouble since I exchanged it for my 8300 (wish I never did).

For some odd reason and at completely odd intervals, my PVR will only record 5-7 minute pieces of a show. Last week's house was recorded in 6 different parts, while other shows I only get a couple of minutes.

Also, I constantly have channels going blank, especially BBC.

Anyone else having any of these problems?

I want my 8300 back...

Have 8300HDC, what you are describing only happened to me one time after the last ODN update, since then smooth sailing. I should add that TWC did something in my building and since then my signal levels have been in the green on 996 ever since.

I think 3090 issues could be fixed by a new RTOS update and ODN v3.1.3_2.

Hey guys, I'm still familiarizing myself with Navigator. Getting ready for NHL action, I scrolled out to next Friday to set up the recording of the Rangers opener in Pitt on MSG HD (727.) While I can record the game, I don't see a "Record Series" option. How can I set up a Rangers series with the new software? Obviously I'd prefer not to have to manually set up all 82+ recordings one at a time as they appear in the guide. Thanks.

Hey guys, I'm still familiarizing myself with Navigator. Getting ready for NHL action, I scrolled out to next Friday to set up the recording of the Rangers opener in Pitt on MSG HD (727.) While I can record the game, I don't see a "Record Series" option. How can I set up a Rangers series with the new software? Obviously I'd prefer not to have to manually set up all 82+ recordings one at a time as they appear in the guide. Thanks.

They don't let us set up series recordings for sporting events.

They don't let us set up series recordings for sporting events.

What? With the old software I had it set up to record any Rangers game that aired. Is this something new? Why would they do this? How am I supposed to record the games when I'm out of town for more than a week?

What? With the old software I had it set up to record any Rangers game that aired. Is this something new? Why would they do this? How am I supposed to record the games when I'm out of town for more than a week?

yes... its the new software...

and... well.. you cant...

yes... its the new software...

and... well.. you cant...

These guys just don't get it. Another case of an upgrade being a downgrade. :( Hurry up FIOS. I'm told MSG HD is not that far away. Then I'm done with TWC.

Riverside has an 8300HD and wants a 3090. You have a 3090 and want an 8300HD. You two should "talk".

-b

Ha! I'd actually feel bad visiting my box on anyone!

I'd wonder what might happen if I call TWC and say I want to swap MAC addresses with another customer?

I think 3090 issues could be fixed by a new RTOS update and ODN v3.1.3_2.

Hey, now that you actually have a 3270, could you say exactly what IS different about it than a 3090? The only specific thing I've read is a very slightly different model number of the CPU, but that could be just a different stepping.

Somehow, I can't leave my "notion" it's a 3090 that does NOT contain a 160G drive...

What? With the old software I had it set up to record any Rangers game that aired. Is this something new? Why would they do this? How am I supposed to record the games when I'm out of town for more than a week?

From what I recall, a series recording both in Passport and Craptigator has the same "base-line" assumptions. The channel and the day of recording are pretty much locked in and can NOT be changed. There is a time change thing, but it's bogus because it's either the time of the show or any time... yes you can set it for a specific time... I do recall in Passport I could set up a series to record from a secondary showing, like a cable show that re-broadcasts at 2:00 AM.

These guys just don't get it. Another case of an upgrade being a downgrade. :( Hurry up FIOS. I'm told MSG HD is not that far away. Then I'm done with TWC.

Oh do I hear you! I think deployment has taken a huge hit... through some business contacts inside Verizon, my nabe was supposed to have to available last month. Not only is it not, but I've actually taken to trolling the NYC Gov site looking at permits for street openings... and there's still nothing that close to me that I'd get excited. I HAVE read Verizon had some layoffs... which is not all that surprising.

I'd guess that once I actually see them laying fiber, I'd be 3-6 months from actual availability. Again, the information I got was that they ,may have the trunks run, but going down individual streets could take FAR longer. East Village was one of the areas they said it was available when they got the franchise agreement signed. Sty-Town had to right at that time. BUT there are many blocks in the East Village scant blocks away that STILL have no availability.

It sure SEEMS like they are doing what I had heard... that they only will go down a street if there's a lot of potential customers (i.e. they hit complexes first, then large buildings with many units, than small buildings and forget brownstones and tenements unless they are in line/next to big buildings. I'm on a very short block (~125 yards) in a 39 unit building BUT I have 4 200+ unit buildings at the four corners of my block, so I'm cautiously optimistic.

My other theoretically good news is that I'm ~40 yards from WEA and that corridor (106 to 66th) SHOULD be a very fertile ground for Verizon...

Oh do I hear you! I think deployment has taken a huge hit... through some business contacts inside Verizon, my nabe was supposed to have to available last month. Not only is it not, but I've actually taken to trolling the NYC Gov site looking at permits for street openings... and there's still nothing that close to me that I'd get excited. I HAVE read Verizon had some layoffs... which is not all that surprising.

I'd guess that once I actually see them laying fiber, I'd be 3-6 months from actual availability. Again, the information I got was that they ,may have the trunks run, but going down individual streets could take FAR longer. East Village was one of the areas they said it was available when they got the franchise agreement signed. Sty-Town had to right at that time. BUT there are many blocks in the East Village scant blocks away that STILL have no availability.

It sure SEEMS like they are doing what I had heard... that they only will go down a street if there's a lot of potential customers (i.e. they hit complexes first, then large buildings with many units, than small buildings and forget brownstones and tenements unless they are in line/next to big buildings. I'm on a very short block (~125 yards) in a 39 unit building BUT I have 4 200+ unit buildings at the four corners of my block, so I'm cautiously optimistic.

My other theoretically good news is that I'm ~40 yards from WEA and that corridor (106 to 66th) SHOULD be a very fertile ground for Verizon...

Many buildings from 66th to 70th Columbus ave are ready for FIOS now.

From what I recall, a series recording both in Passport and Craptigator has the same "base-line" assumptions. The channel and the day of recording are pretty much locked in and can NOT be changed. There is a time change thing, but it's bogus because it's either the time of the show or any time... yes you can set it for a specific time... I do recall in Passport I could set up a series to record from a secondary showing, like a cable show that re-broadcasts at 2:00 AM.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by them both having the same "base-line" assumptions. With Passport I had my 8300HD set to record every Rangers game regardless of the time (with an extra 30 minutes added to the end time.) Now there is no "record series" option. I still don't get why would they change this. Who can I contact at TWC to gripe? (not that it will do any good)

Trying to watch both the NY Giants and Jets using Picture-in-Picture on a 8300HD. Using Craptigator there's only one window size that's too big, one can not place this window close to the corners in HD and swapping channels takes forever. The only way to use it is to turn the in-picture window on/off and swap channels when the actions stops in one channel. This feature is USELESS!!! .

Trying to watch both the NY Giants and Jets using Picture-in-Picture on a 8300HD. Using Craptigator there's only one window size that's too big, one can not place this window close to the corners in HD and swapping channels takes forever. The only way to use it is to turn the in-picture window on/off and swap channels when the actions stops in one channel. This feature is USELESS!!! .It takes “forever” because CBS is 1080 and FOX is 720. If you have both enabled it will take longer, as I do, but that doesn’t bother me.

I’ve been jockeying through both football games fairly well. Much more enjoyable that I thought it was going to be.

What size display are you watching? With my 60, it is pretty good. Thank goodness for the rain delay on the Yankees game, I’ll be able to catch the end of that.

It takes “forever” because CBS is 1080 and FOX is 720. If you have both enabled it will take longer, as I do, but that doesn’t bother me.

I’ve been jockeying through both football games fairly well. Much more enjoyable that I thought it was going to be.

What size display are you watching? With my 60, it is pretty good. Thank goodness for the rain delay on the Yankees game, I’ll be able to catch the end of that.

For Navigator, my recommendation would be to find out the maximum resolution that your HDTV supports. Than set your Output Resolution to show the dot on that level only. This should eliminate the brief channel pause while the box sets the resolution, making the resolution constant. Disable Auto Select, and Disable all other resolutions.

Navigator will take about 15 seconds to make the screen setting changes. If it does not, wait an additional 30 seconds and reboot your box. Worked for me.

Jack

Trying to watch both the NY Giants and Jets using Picture-in-Picture on a 8300HD. Using Craptigator there's only one window size that's too big, one can not place this window close to the corners in HD and swapping channels takes forever. The only way to use it is to turn the in-picture window on/off and swap channels when the actions stops in one channel. This feature is USELESS!!! .

As with many things, there's some good and some bad. The size is in-between the older 2 sizes, so less button presses (press it's on, press it's gone, Passport had you doing 2 presses for each function). Then they ruin something that is better and place the PIP window far more "into" the rest of the picture.

I went another direction, taped one while watching the other. Frakking Craptigator... when I set one to record, I immediately noticed it lacked the additional notice Passport gave you instantly asking how much over you wanted. Fortunately I was thinking and made a bunch of extra buttons presses to extend the time... good thing too because the 3 1/2 hour recording ended 8 minutes short... i.e. it "used" 22 minutes of the extra time I gave it.

It takes “forever” because CBS is 1080 and FOX is 720. If you have both enabled it will take longer, as I do, but that doesn’t bother me.

I’ve been jockeying through both football games fairly well. Much more enjoyable that I thought it was going to be.

What size display are you watching? With my 60, it is pretty good. Thank goodness for the rain delay on the Yankees game, I’ll be able to catch the end of that.

Let's not forget the TV CAN play a role here, some are pretty fast at switching (Samsung) and some kinda slow (Sony). I used to set it like you, mostly because of my old "trick" of having black pillars as opposed to gray. I now set the box to output only 1080i and gotta say I see no overall PQ difference doing it this way than the older way.

...I now set the box to output only 1080i and gotta say I see no overall PQ difference doing it this way than the older way.I have all options checked off, never done an A/B test but psychologically, I feel better having my display do all of the work rather than the STB. I have to assume that the display is doing a better job. ;) And I don’t mind the skitzy delay going from a 720 channel to a 1080, etc.

I have all options checked off, never done an A/B test but psychologically, I feel better having my display do all of the work rather than the STB. I have to assume that the display is doing a better job. ;) And I don’t mind the skitzy delay going from a 720 channel to a 1080, etc.

I do not see any difference in quality with only 1080i checked off. The delay is extremely annoying especially since every other channel is 720p. I have a Sony by the way which is slow according to previous posts

Anyone else having issues with FoxHD - no video but audio is fine.

UES here.

Anyone else having issues with FoxHD - no video but audio is fine.

UES here.
Yup, had the same problem in Queens. Missed the whole first half of House. DVR won't play from the beginning either...oh yea, that stupid Start Over gimmick doesn't work either.

Hey, now that you actually have a 3270, could you say exactly what IS different about it than a 3090? The only specific thing I've read is a very slightly different model number of the CPU, but that could be just a different stepping.

Somehow, I can't leave my "notion" it's a 3090 that does NOT contain a 160G drive...

Different look of course. The CPU is just a slightly faster BCM7400. The 7405 is used in the 32xx boxes. No S-Video or Coaxial audio. The 3270 only comes with a Seagate Pipeline HD unit rated at 320 GB. Same one as the 320 GB 3090. The RTOS is at v4.2.2.3 instead of 2.4.9 or something like that. I think the 3270 is a slightly improved 3090 that is cheaper to make since it lacks some older legacy outputs. You also don't need to enable AC3 over HDMI for surround sound.

This is really starting to piss me off...

My stupid Samsung for some reason, will only record House in 5-13 minute parts.
I have the first 43 minutes of the show but not the end.

:mad::mad::mad:

I do not see any difference in quality with only 1080i checked off. The delay is extremely annoying especially since every other channel is 720p. I have a Sony by the way which is slow according to previous posts

Bunch of factors here. Obviously, for stuff like sports you'd prefer the 720p/60 since converting to 1080i/30 is not lossless. You're getting something probably a little better than 720i/30. So, it's not just a question of which box you want converting since if your TV may be able to display 720p natively without loss.

Assuming both are doing some upscaling, how much difference there is also depends on the quality of your TV's Video Processor and the resolutions involved. If you have a SiliconOptix Realta or other high-end video processor then you're likely going to be able to tell a difference depending on which device is doing the upconverting. Obviously, this is a bigger deal when you're converting 480i/p where the difference can be significant.

The other important factor is your TV's native resolution and what resolutions it accepts. You do not want the Cable box upconverting from 720p to 1080i and then have the TV take in 1080i and downconvert it to 788p.

Since the download of the new software ( I live in lower Manhattan) my picture intermittenly blinks on and off. I am on my second box now. The Scientific Atlanta. Has anyone experienced this? I read mostly audio problems here. The last box swap I had the tech said my siginal was fine and my TV doesn't do this if I have a DVD going. Any ideas? I have also rebooted..

I have all options checked off, never done an A/B test but psychologically, I feel better having my display do all of the work rather than the STB. I have to assume that the display is doing a better job. ;) And I don’t mind the skitzy delay going from a 720 channel to a 1080, etc.

Oh I certainly understand your point... the scaler in the TV mostly "should" be better. But I also think at times we get to a point where whatever "real" differences are only "noticeable" to test equipment.

Besides, in no way are my eyes as good as a 25/35/45 year olds!

Yup, had the same problem in Queens. Missed the whole first half of House. DVR won't play from the beginning either...oh yea, that stupid Start Over gimmick doesn't work either.

Was going to ask... always keep listing your area so we have a clue if it's from one head end or system wide.

Seems this issue has been going on for 9-12 months at least. Last night was a loss of video, audio seemed to run OK. Some times both are lost. Some times it's momentary audio loss. Some times video glitches.

They obviously KNOW about this, but are 100% unable to actually fix the issue. I HIGHLY doubt the issue lies with the origin, I can always find a clean version of any show coming from another system (on the Internet).

Generally, the best strategy is to always watch Fox live... so you CAN pop over to the SD channel. One COULD actually make a case they are doing this 100% deliberatively to force one to watch commercials.

Even so, we REALLY should band together to find ways to FORCE TWC to actually address the issue. Like get as many folks as possible to file DOITT complaints... on the exact same day.

So say we all...

This is really starting to piss me off...

My stupid Samsung for some reason, will only record House in 5-13 minute parts.
I have the first 43 minutes of the show but not the end.

:mad::mad::mad:

For most of us, the first 50% of the show had audio but no video at all (HD only). So if you haven't watched it yet, chances are your first 2 segments will be blank.

You do not want the Cable box upconverting from 720p to 1080i and then have the TV take in 1080i and downconvert it to 788p.

Well, setting the STB to 720 wold also mean a "720" TV would be upscaling to 1366 wide (suspect you meant 768) from 1280.

I also very much think we can make decisions based on "engineering" reasons that may not really be particularly noticeable in reality. I would gladly own up to telling people they "should" do something a certain way because it IS better on paper... even when it may not be visible to 90% of the people.

Was going to ask... always keep listing your area so we have a clue if it's from one head end or system wide.

Seems this issue has been going on for 9-12 months at least. Last night was a loss of video, audio seemed to run OK. Some times both are lost. Some times it's momentary audio loss. Some times video glitches.

They obviously KNOW about this, but are 100% unable to actually fix the issue. I HIGHLY doubt the issue lies with the origin, I can always find a clean version of any show coming from another system (on the Internet).

Generally, the best strategy is to always watch Fox live... so you CAN pop over to the SD channel. One COULD actually make a case they are doing this 100% deliberatively to force one to watch commercials.

Even so, we REALLY should band together to find ways to FORCE TWC to actually address the issue. Like get as many folks as possible to file DOITT complaints... on the exact same day.

So say we all...

I forgot to mention, the problem existed on the Sammy 3090 and also SA 8300HD. Usually the problems are associated with the box but this time it was the feed from TW.

Bunch of factors here. Obviously, for stuff like sports you'd prefer the 720p/60 since converting to 1080i/30 is not lossless. You're getting something probably a little better than 720i/30. So, it's not just a question of which box you want converting since if your TV may be able to display 720p natively without loss.

Assuming both are doing some upscaling, how much difference there is also depends on the quality of your TV's Video Processor and the resolutions involved. If you have a SiliconOptix Realta or other high-end video processor then you're likely going to be able to tell a difference depending on which device is doing the upconverting. Obviously, this is a bigger deal when you're converting 480i/p where the difference can be significant.

The other important factor is your TV's native resolution and what resolutions it accepts. You do not want the Cable box upconverting from 720p to 1080i and then have the TV take in 1080i and downconvert it to 788p.

Dude it looks the same. TV itself says 1080i.

Oh I certainly understand your point... the scaler in the TV mostly "should" be better. But I also think at times we get to a point where whatever "real" differences are only "noticeable" to test equipment.

Besides, in no way are my eyes as good as a 25/35/45 year olds!

Was there ever any discussion or consensus on how the 8300HD/C's and Samsung's scalers compare, either theoretically or in practice?

(Like you, I'm pretty happy with whatever scaling I happen to be using at the time (mostly my 8300's), but useless as it is, I can't resist lusting for the latest greatest tech...)

Had the (8300HD) DVR set for both House and Heroes to record simultaneously last night and it only recorded Heroes. I did the same procedure last week and it recorded both programs without any issues so it appears to be hit or miss.:mad:

I had the DVR very busy over the last 5 days.... a number of things did not record - DVR says "Channel was not available".......

Wasn't any one specific channel....

(although the one good result of the screwy 'NEW' DVR feature is that while the Friday night Law and Order recording failed - the Saturday Night 2nd airing recorded.)

Anyone else having issues with FoxHD - no video but audio is fine.

UES here.

had same problem then after it started to work, my dvr kept stopping so now i have house in 4 parts

NYC should get ODN v3.1.3_2 sometime in the near future. This update is mainly for the 3090. It updates the Samsung's RTOS to v2.4.9.3.

New Yorkers,

For Navigator, the latest build is MDN 2.4.6-19 and it does fix some little bugs. You will probably be getting that for MDN next. A 3.0 version is in the works. Some new small features on MDN 2.4.6-19:

THE GOOD:

1.) Closed Captioning is now more reliable and does not freeze up like previous versions.

2.) On Demand seems to be more stable.

3.) At least I can say that I have had no missed recordings here in Wisconsin.

4.) On Demand now tells you when you order, how long you can view a movie or show .

5.) Frame-by-Frame Advance has been added.

6.) You can now scroll to Favorite Channels when the guide is showing.

7.) The box now totally powers down when turned off.

THE BAD:

1.) While you can now scroll by Favorite Channels in the guide, the Sort By Favorites Option has been inexplicably removed in the Favorites List. However, Wisconsin, like Ohio is getting a theme based channel line-up for all channels above 100 in mid-October, so that may relate to it.

2.) Still no Nearest Tune on MDN boxes. Even though it is turned off by default in ODN, it's still would be a nice option to have.

3.) No Keyword Search added yet

4.) No Manual Recording added yet.

(But we may see #3 with MDN Navigator 3.0 and the next big update for ODN Navigator.)

I do know they are working on longer show descriptions for Navigator, Keyword Search options, (better searching Navigation overall) and remote DVR management for both ODN/MDN versions.

Jack

Satch-man --

What about external SATA drives? Do they remain working on 2.4.6-19? And what does it mean that it powers down when turned off? Will it still record preprogrammed stuff when turned off?

Scott

New Yorkers,

For Navigator, the latest build is MDN 2.4.6-19 and it does fix some little bugs. You will probably be getting that for MDN next. A 3.0 version is in the works. Some new small features on MDN 2.4.6-19:

THE GOOD:

1.) Closed Captioning is now more reliable and does not freeze up like previous versions.

2.) On Demand seems to be more stable.

3.) At least I can say that I have had no missed recordings here in Wisconsin.

4.) On Demand now tells you when you order, how long you can view a movie or show .

5.) Frame-by-Frame Advance has been added.

6.) You can now scroll to Favorite Channels when the guide is showing.

7.) The box now totally powers down when turned off.

THE BAD:

1.) While you can now scroll by Favorite Channels in the guide, the Sort By Favorites Option has been inexplicably removed in the Favorites List. However, Wisconsin, like Ohio is getting a theme based channel line-up for all channels above 100 in mid-October, so that may relate to it.

2.) Still no Nearest Tune on MDN boxes. Even though it is turned off by default in ODN, it's still would be a nice option to have.

3.) No Keyword Search added yet

4.) No Manual Recording added yet.

(But we may see #3 with MDN Navigator 3.0 and the next big update for ODN Navigator.)

I do know they are working on longer show descriptions for Navigator, Keyword Search options, (better searching Navigation overall) and remote DVR management for both ODN/MDN versions.

Jack

New Yorkers,

For Navigator, the latest build is MDN 2.4.6-19 and it does fix some little bugs. You will probably be getting that for MDN next. A 3.0 version is in the works. Some new small features on MDN 2.4.6-19:

...

Jack

Why do you think NYC will be getting it soon?

-barry

Satch-man --

What about external SATA drives? Do they remain working on 2.4.6-19? And what does it mean that it powers down when turned off? Will it still record preprogrammed stuff when turned off?

Scott

From what I have heard, no problems with ESATA drives. The older versions of Navigator when the box was turned off would have the drive go into a quiet or sleep mode. Sensitive ears could pick up a slight him from the MDN boxes. But now, the unit completely powers down when off. All settings and recordings are retained as always, and programs should record in full so long as there is not commercial power failure.

Jack

Why do you think NYC will be getting it soon?

-barry

They have made MDN 2.4.6-19 a national rollout and it does fix some bugs in MDN 2.4.4-16. I really should say I HOPE you get it soon! The local divisions can and still do make the call on updates. It is just my intuition that this update may be needed for all divisions before MDN 3.0 is released.

Regardless, I don't think we will see MDN 3.0 until first-second quarter of next year. But when they change the first number in a software version, that's a pretty big upgrade jump.

Jack

Since the download of the new software ( I live in lower Manhattan) my picture intermittently blinks on and off. I am on my second box now. The Scientific Atlanta. Has anyone experienced this? I read mostly audio problems here. The last box swap I had the tech said my signal was fine and my TV doesn't do this if I have a DVD going. Any ideas? I have also rebooted..

If a DVD plays well, than it has to be some sort of problem with the cable. Do you have any splitters or anything connected to the cable wiring? How old is the wiring inside and outside the home? Do you have an HDTV? How do you connect your HDTV? Is it through HDMI or Component Cable? My advice would be to try replacing the cable with newer cable and see if that makes a difference. (Either new HDMI or new Component Cable.) There might be a handshake issue between both boxes tried and the TV where the HDTV connected cable is the culprit.

When you try the switch to a different cable connection, do it with the box and TV off. Check settings in Navigator (both Video and Audio) to make sure that your cable and audio output from Navigator matches the cable and audio output you just re-connected or got new.

If the problem still persists, specify an In-House Tech (not an independent contractor) to come to your home, recheck the signal and also the drop pole line. Get another option. If this was happening when DVD's were playing, you would likely have a problem with your TV. But this seems to be an issue with your cable connections and not the box. In fact, do your audio and video settings on Navigator match up to what you are using now? You should check that something was not changed in the transfer from Passport to Navigator.

Jack

Forget the new features. Just make the effing recording reliable!

From what I have heard, no problems with ESATA drives. The older versions of Navigator when the box was turned off would have the drive go into a quiet or sleep mode. Sensitive ears could pick up a slight him from the MDN boxes. But now, the unit completely powers down when off. All settings and recordings are retained as always, and programs should record in full so long as there is not commercial power failure.

Jack

Does this make it so the Samsung 3090 boxes work with external hard drives, or are you talking about it not effecting the 8300s?

Todd

Had the (8300HD) DVR set for both House and Heroes to record simultaneously last night and it only recorded Heroes. I did the same procedure last week and it recorded both programs without any issues so it appears to be hit or miss.:mad:

I see this as the same damn problem we have had with that channel for the past year... not surprising at all when we seem to almost never get an actual clean signal on 705. Usually worse at night, but I also saw about a half dozen screen freezes during the Giants game on Sunday.

Like I said in another post, ya gotta always watch 705 live so you can switch to 05.

I had the DVR very busy over the last 5 days.... a number of things did not record - DVR says "Channel was not available".......

Wasn't any one specific channel....

(although the one good result of the screwy 'NEW' DVR feature is that while the Friday night Law and Order recording failed - the Saturday Night 2nd airing recorded.)

Hmmm, with all the series recordings issues I've detailed, everything is getting recorded. Aside from wanting to at least sample all the new stuff, there's 12+ hours of the Ken Burns National Parks... in the last few days, there never more than 3-4 hours recorded, but they ALWAYS are showing exclamation marks (partly because the warnings go up 72 hours out, while Passport was 48).

The L&O experience was their "automatic conflict resolution" thing... actually working, but not being triggered by an actual conflict. My experience has been it's a lot more problematic than it can or should be... but may be limited to crapified (MDN) HDs.

New Yorkers,

For Navigator, the latest build is MDN 2.4.6-19 and it does fix some little bugs. You will probably be getting that for MDN next. A 3.0 version is in the works. Some new small features on MDN 2.4.6-19:

TWC-NY will probably start rolling this out by the start of 2010... and take at least 6 months rolling it out in each area of the city. My head end will undoubtedly be last!

Not sure about the power down thing... the current behavior is when "OFF" there is no buffering going on at all. Yes the box is quieter, but no longer can you turn the box on and have some buffer for the last channels set (I typically only turn on the system to watch the news, I used to leave it set to the channel I preferred and could start it 1/2 hour late with that first half already buffered).

Oh... maybe it has to do with the fact the box seems to draw the exact same wattage no matter what it was doing, so maybe it will now save a few watts even with the drive being always spun down.

Does this make it so the Samsung 3090 boxes work with external hard drives, or are you talking about it not effecting the 8300s?

Todd

There are 2 VERY different 8300s... MDN (on 8300HDs) seems to work with external HDDs, ODN (8300HDC/Samsung 3090) seems to not work with external HDDs.

From what I have heard, no problems with ESATA drives.

...

Jack

I'm sure it's not intentional, but you are being a little vague here. Do you mean that you have actually heard of people with the new version of Navigator getting external hard drives to work over long periods (2-3 days) of time? Or are you just saying that you haven't heard any complaints about external hard drive failures?

-barry

Does this make it so the Samsung 3090 boxes work with external hard drives, or are you talking about it not effecting the 8300s?

Todd

I only have an SA-8300 MDN (HD) box. No exteral drive, but I have learned from this forum that the stability rate of the external drives on the boxes is good, about 75%. I do not have an 8300-HDC or the new Samsung, BUT somewhere in the Navigator thread on this forum, it was reported that a user did talk to a higher-up at TWC, (or at least, just a decent CSR who shockingly got him to e-mail a list of compatible E-SATA drives for the new boxes!)

What I don't know is, where they still just testing them in his division? Or was this a national list? All I know is the guy when he called said that he was disappointed about the lack of storage in TWC's DVR's and was thinking of switching providers because of this. The rep said, "Well, you know you can use an external drive?" The user said, "Yes, but I know that doesn't work well on most of the new HDC boxes and is still being checked out on the Samsungs." The conversation led to the caller asking for a list of compatible external drives, which the CSR sent to him.

I would say, someone on this forum should get a good person at TWC to get past the, "Well, we don't support ESATA" script and provide a compatible list of external drives for the C-boxes. The caller above's conversation DOES seem to indicate that TWC is not intentionally breaking E-SATA support, because if they were, the ESATA's would have crapped out on the MDN boxes a long time ago, which has not happened. A relative of mine has a Western Digital Expander for at least 3-4 years on his SA-8300 HD with Navigator and no problems at all.

The problem might just be the make and model of the new SA-C's and Samsungs against the many different makes and models of E-SATA drives where they haven't found the drive model that fits all boxes, yet.

Maybe someone with either an HDC box or a Samsung can provide the drive model number along with their box type that works for them.

Jack

I'm sure it's not intentional, but you are being a little vague here. Do you mean that you have actually heard of people with the new version of Navigator getting external hard drives to work over long periods (2-3 days) of time? Or are you just saying that you haven't heard any complaints about external hard drive failures?

-barry

I should say that the E-SATA drive support has about a 75% success rate on SA-8300 (Non-C) boxes. See my posts above for other concerns about E-SATA support on ODN Navigator boxes.

Jack

Channels 443 and 444 of the mlb package are blank,, thats game 13& 14,
i see this happens from time to time that the channel does not click in which causes it too stay blank, would love to know what causes this it happen..

They did a download today at about 12:15 in NYC. does anyone know what they tried to do, fix, repair?

They did a download today at about 12:15 in NYC [...]


God help us...

A_C

They did a download today at about 12:15 in NYC. does anyone know what they tried to do, fix, repair?I got a download 3 OCLOCK this A.M. :confused: I do not know what it did??:( Any one know

We are now at ODN 3.1.3_2 on the Sammy.

I got a download 3 OCLOCK this A.M. :confused: I do not know what it did??:( Any one know

8300HDC now at ODN 3.1.3_2

God help us...

A_C

no problems so far, still no fade menus on HDC

ODN v3.1.3_2 and 3090 SW v2.4.9.3.

ODN v3.1.3_2 and 3090 SW v2.4.9.3.

Do you know if this fixes the stupid DVR bug?

Anyone else getting real bad on demand pixelation during peak hours. It seems ok during the day but terrible durring the weekends and at night. Happens on all OD channels. I am in Glendale, Queens.
Thanks for any replys.

no problems so far, still no fade menus on HDC

San Diego has been running 3.1.3_2 for a while now. We got it in Charlotte early Tuesday morning. My low level Samsung software was also updated to 2.4.9.3 (was 2.4.9.2)... your boxes are a bit newer and may already have had that.

I have seen no issues reported in San Diego and mine has been fine yesterday and today so far. The upgrade supposedly a colllection of bug fixes, mainly for the 30xx an 32xx Samsung boxes. Most of the country EXCEPT Charlotte and NYC had been running ODN 3.1.1_3 and it was pretty stable with the 3090. NYC and Charlotte had been running 3.1.0_11 and were the systems with most 3090 issues. Hopefully we will be in better shape now.

BTW, no ODN box has fading menus.

Dude it looks the same. TV itself says 1080i.

The TV says that specifically BECAUSE you're forcing the box to output only 1080i. That has NOTHING to do with the quality of the image at all. The box scales it and outputs a 1080i signal,so the TV says it's receiving a 1080i image.

And if you can't tell the difference, then by all means do what you want. I can tell the difference on my set because my TV has a great video processor. My point was that if people want the best image quality, they should try it with a direct pass through to the tv and see if they notice a difference because it depends on several factors and they shouldn't assume it will always look the same. In your case, it very well might.

Thank you Satchman. I will give it a try.....

about two weeks ago, i walked into 23rd st and picked up a 3090. i was in and out less than 5 minutes (i was there ate 8:30am)

only 2 recording in that time frame have gotten cut off, the latest was mondays house, but it also happened to my 8300 (i have/had 2 boxes) just to see if i liked the samy.

i still have some issues with pip, it doesnt swap at times.

tomorrow i turn in my last 8300, staying with only 1 dvr for now.

oh, they game me an hdmi cable with the samy.

oh#2, my samy came with only one foot. shaking head.

only 2 recording in that time frame have gotten cut off, the latest was mondays house, but it also happened to my 8300 (i have/had 2 boxes) just

8300HDC here - my recording of House this week also cut off. Did anyone get a full recording of House?

The TV says that specifically BECAUSE you're forcing the box to output only 1080i. That has NOTHING to do with the quality of the image at all. The box scales it and outputs a 1080i signal,so the TV says it's receiving a 1080i image.

And if you can't tell the difference, then by all means do what you want. I can tell the difference on my set because my TV has a great video processor. My point was that if people want the best image quality, they should try it with a direct pass through to the tv and see if they notice a difference because it depends on several factors and they shouldn't assume it will always look the same. In your case, it very well might.

I know, that is not what I meant, yes I know it is an upscaled image if the channel is 720p and I am outputing 1080i. I am simple stating the difference is going to be so miniscule that most people will not care. It is not like we are getting a great picture anyway the way TW has their HD channels setup. What TV do you have that is so great?

Frak, I went to check. Sure enough, my recording of the Ken Burns masterpiece got interrupted... box re-booted at 2:22 AM. My 1 AM to 3 AM was in 2 segments.

Looks like I got MDN 2.4.6.21... interesting because the latest version I seemed to read about was 2.4.6.19. Of course NOW I'm wondering about all the issues I have been having... time will tell.

8300HDC here - my recording of House this week also cut off. Did anyone get a full recording of House?

I try and NOT record anything off 705 because way too many times I have to switch to 05. It was video black, audio OK for about the first 35 or so minutes of the show.

Of COURSE, I watched an hour of 705 last night with not one glitch (quite rare for 705).

8300HDC here - my recording of House this week also cut off. Did anyone get a full recording of House?
No, I think the problem was with TW's feed. Hopefully next week everything is resolved.

We're had three new HD channels just appear recently in the Hudson Valley with no notice. Not that I am complaining but it’s weird TWC wouldn't say anything. They have rolled out SDV it appears with the notice that several channels are not available to one way cable card device customers. Hopefully soon they’ll rollout the multichannel premium movie channels in HD. Lots of positive changes in the last 6 weeks.

Added Disney HD
CNBC HD
TCM HD

I know, that is not what I meant, yes I know it is an upscaled image if the channel is 720p and I am outputing 1080i. I am simple stating the difference is going to be so miniscule that most people will not care. It is not like we are getting a great picture anyway the way TW has their HD channels setup. What TV do you have that is so great?

I never claimed to have some great or amazing TV, only that it has a very good video processor, but I do happen to be extraordinarily happy with my set.

I have an Olevia 747i, which I bought for $1099shipped a little over a year ago. One of the best buys I've made in a long time.

Great picture and production quality and it's worked perfectly. The only negative is the weight, which is due to the high quality anti-reflective glass. The curse of the New York apartment means that that is also about as big as I can go without overpowering the room completely.

8300HDC here - my recording of House this week also cut off. Did anyone get a full recording of House?

On my 8300HD (MDN), I got no recording at all for House (705) on Monday. Interestingly, I also got no recording for House on my Tivo (with Cable Card), so I guess it was a TWC problem of some sort. The Tivo gave the following error message in the log:

==========
This program was not recorded because either the Tivo HD DRV is not authorized for this channel, the program was not purchased, or the program was not available in your area.
==========

Two more comments about House:

1. My friend who lives in Chelsea has an 8300HDC but an SD TV, so she records House on channel 5 (not 705), and she had no problems whatsoever with House on Monday night.

2. If anybody absolutely has to see the episode that they missed on Monday, it can be purchased from Amazon online (if you have a Roku box or a Tivo) for $1.99 in SD or $2.99 in HD. Really makes you decide just how much you like HD. :-)

-barry

Isn't it on Hulu.com for free?

Two more comments about House:

1. My friend who lives in Chelsea has an 8300HDC but an SD TV, so she records House on channel 5 (not 705), and she had no problems whatsoever with House on Monday night.

2. If anybody absolutely has to see the episode that they missed on Monday, it can be purchased from Amazon online (if you have a Roku box or a Tivo) for $1.99 in SD or $2.99 in HD. Really makes you decide just how much you like HD. :-)

-barry

or... you can watch it on Hulu for free.........

Yeah, you're both right, I guess. I also think it's on Fox.com for free. But, I really don't like watching TV on my PC. It's worth $2.99 once in a great while to watch it on the TV instead of the PC.

-barry

My laptop's connected to my Plasma TV, so watching Hulu on it for missed shows like this is fine. It's widescreen and aside from the occasional jerky frame when there's a lot of movement, it looks pretty damn good. Less commercials, too!

or... you can watch it on Hulu for free.........
It's not on hulu.com yet and Fox has new episodes 8 days after air date.

So tonight I get home and try and watch TV...but I only get sound, no picture. Is it possible the software update that came through last night did something to my settings? I ask because now the clock is always on...when previously I had the box set to always show the channel. Perhaps I need to go into the settings to reactivate HDMI? Not sure...unfortunately I can't do that as I don't have a picture! My projector is just displaying a blue image and the input selector keeps flashing. But everything sounds great! ;) Why does TWC always make things so hard?

So tonight I get home and try and watch TV...but I only get sound, no picture. Is it possible the software update that came through last night did something to my settings? I ask because now the clock is always on...when previously I had the box set to always show the channel. Perhaps I need to go into the settings to reactivate HDMI? Not sure...unfortunately I can't do that as I don't have a picture! My projector is just displaying a blue image and the input selector keeps flashing. But everything sounds great! ;) Why does TWC always make things so hard?

I would try a conventional cold reboot of your box. Turn off your TV AND your box. Unplug the box for a little longer than usual, (about 5-10 minutes) and than plug the box back in and reboot. Check your TV projector settings as well. After the box has rebooted, (You see the time or channel in the window) turn the box back on. Turn the TV on last. Do you have a picture now?

Jack

I would try a conventional cold reboot of your box. Turn off your TV AND your box. Unplug the box for a little longer than usual, (about 5-10 minutes) and than plug the box back in and reboot. Check your TV projector settings as well. After the box has rebooted, (You see the time or channel in the window) turn the box back on. Turn the TV on last. Do you have a picture now?

Jack

I'll give that a shot. The box is recording something at the moment...so I'll wait a bit and unplug it for 10 minutes later this evening. I know the projector is working fine as I switched the receiver input over to my PS3 (also through HMDI) and it showed up just fine. I have to believe there's an issue with the video from the cable box. But I'll try again shortly.

anyone else having problems recording on NBC tonight? For some reason The Office and Community won't record for me no matter how many times i try. And it recorded fine from 8-9 on NBC but it won't record these two shows now.

From what I have heard, no problems with ESATA drives. The older versions of Navigator when the box was turned off would have the drive go into a quiet or sleep mode. Sensitive ears could pick up a slight him from the MDN boxes. But now, the unit completely powers down when off. All settings and recordings are retained as always, and programs should record in full so long as there is not commercial power failure.

Jack


My 8300HDC DVR is working fine with an external ESATA drive. I just stuck a 160GB drive I had lying around and worked like a charm. It's been about a month or more and no issues so far.

My 8300HDC DVR is working fine with an external ESATA drive. I just stuck a 160GB drive I had lying around and worked like a charm. It's been about a month or more and no issues so far.

Great news. Where are you located, and do you know what version software you are running?

Thanks,

-barry

NYC now has ODN v3.1.3_2.

So tonight I get home and try and watch TV...but I only get sound, no picture. Is it possible the software update that came through last night did something to my settings? I ask because now the clock is always on...when previously I had the box set to always show the channel. Perhaps I need to go into the settings to reactivate HDMI? Not sure...unfortunately I can't do that as I don't have a picture! My projector is just displaying a blue image and the input selector keeps flashing. But everything sounds great! ;) Why does TWC always make things so hard?

Ah, a while back I tried a setting for video output that ended up with the same "no picture." Get out your (or acquire) a component cable, you will end up with a picture and can re-set the video output. Oh, I was using HDMI so switching to another connect did what I expected it to do, brought a picture back. If you WERE hooked up via component, try going HDMI.

The "clock" in MDN does not work at all like it did in Passport. I used and wanted it to show the channel when the box was on, but the time when it was off. Worked 100%. NOW, even if set to "channel always" it will wait for about 30 minutes or so and switch to the last channel... sometimes. Some times it will show my "first channel to show" setting (701). Went from useful to dumb, stupid, and idiotic. I had some hope the software update would correct this dumb thing, but it did NOT, it's just as "broken" as before.

Those who followed my advice to always watch anything on 705 live were rewarded last night (assuming they wanted to see Bones and/or Fringe). Both shows went the same video black as House did the night before... for about the last quarter of each show. Had to switch to 05 to see the endings... by the time it hit the start of the next show, video was restored.

I have a sneaky feeling few watched live and a lot recorded... well, it's very possible you will NOT be happy campers.

My 8300HDC DVR is working fine with an external ESATA drive. I just stuck a 160GB drive I had lying around and worked like a charm. It's been about a month or more and no issues so far.

What is the make and model of the external drive?

NYC now has ODN v3.1.3_2.

question: how do you tell what version you have? And whats new with this new version?

I'm having TWC come on Tuesday to give me a cablecard for the Tivo XL that the new software drove to go and buy. Any advice on what I need to do to be ready for them? Questions I need to ask or things that I need to make sure are accomplished during the service call? I've never dealt with cablecards before, and haven't used a Tivo since I had one hooked up to a phone line. Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks.