After reading the comments on how long it takes for the guide to populate on the DCH3416 I was surprised that it seemed to populate within an hour or two.The whole two weeks of Guide populated within an hour or two?

The first day should populate fairly quickly (like within a few hours, as you experienced). They do realize that they'd better get today/tonight in the box real quick, else you might miss today/tonight scheduled recordings. Non-urgent schedule info for tomorrow and beyond can be retrieved much more slowly without any harm or risk that you may miss a scheduled recording.

If you look out over the next two weeks I imagine you see "TO BE ANNOUNCED" in most of it. Yes?

Or did the whole two weeks really fill up in just a few hours? That would be quite a surprise, and definitely something reflecting a very recent change of some sort.

The whole two weeks of Guide populated within an hour or two?

The first day should populate fairly quickly (like within a few hours, as you experienced). They do realize that they'd better get today/tonight in the box real quick, else you might miss today/tonight scheduled recordings. Non-urgent schedule info for tomorrow and beyond can be retrieved much more slowly without any harm or risk that you may miss a scheduled recording.

If you look out over the next two weeks I imagine you see "TO BE ANNOUNCED" in most of it. Yes?

Or did the whole two weeks really fill up in just a few hours? That would be quite a surprise, and definitely something reflecting a very recent change of some sort.

Truthfully I didn't look past the next day or two last night so I don't know about two weeks following. When I get home in a while I'll check but at this point it probably would be filled even if it were slow I would guess.

So this means we could purchase our own boxes, like a Tivo HD DVR, and watch the same content?

Yes but, VOD is still a holdout for company boxes. Why? I don't know.

It looks like we are getting a few new channels in December, including KTLA HD and KOCE HD.

http://www.timewarnercable.com/socal/programming/alerts.html

ugh. koce?? dont we already have an hd pbs channel? or is this one totally different?

disappointing.

The whole two weeks of Guide populated within an hour or two?



I checked future days when I got home and no it didn't populate that far in advance. Pretty disappointing as others have said.

It looks like we are getting a few new channels in December, including KTLA HD and KOCE HD.

http://www.timewarnercable.com/socal/programming/alerts.html

AND Universal HD may go??? WTF!?

im in tarzana, i hope we get 405 KTLA HD! dont care for 408 KOCE much though, it would be nice if they actually added useful channels, i really want CNN or FOX HD

KOCE has This Old House, which KCET does not.

AND Universal HD may go??? WTF!?... and also USA, Starz and Encore? I'll bet this won't happen. Those other random ON-Demand channels (who actually watches that stuff?), I can't comment on. but UHD, USA, Starz and Encore I'll bet they work out new deals with.

UHD is GE/NBC's "re-purposed" location for them to show (and re-show, and re-show) lots of HD content for prime time shows (current or past), special sports events coverage, etc.. We even got it (as Comcast originally, anyway) on a special 2-week-only basis for the Olympics, when UHD wasn't officially carried as a channel at the time. I don't think GE/NBC will give up this outlet.

USA, Starz and Encore? While not really big channels, they are pretty much "standard" and very largely available from the alternative providers, certainly in metropolitan areas. I'm just guessing TWC couldn't really give these up and still be considered competitive. And yet... we haven't seen any announced response to the D* new HD channel rollout. Maybe loss of subscribers to D* will accelerate and TWC will really be forced to respond with adding new HD channels as well, rather than giving up old channels.

Now I personally don't subscribe to either Starz or Encore, nor do I ever watch USA (unless they carry tennis or something unique that's not shown on a HD channel), so I wouldn't cry if they disappeared. UHD on the other hand would mean a little something to me, because of the NBC-HD tie-in. But it's hard to imagine these four actually being lost.

Nevertheless... who knows?

KOCE has This Old House, which KCET does not.

TOH is in HD?

... and also USA, Starz and Encore? I'll bet this won't happen. Those other random ON-Demand channels (who actually watches that stuff?), I can't comment on. but UHD, USA, Starz and Encore I'll bet they work out new deals with.

UHD is GE/NBC's "re-purposed" location for them to show (and re-show, and re-show) lots of HD content for prime time shows (current or past), special sports events coverage, etc.. We even got it (as Comcast originally, anyway) on a special 2-week-only basis for the Olympics, when UHD wasn't officially carried as a channel at the time. I don't think GE/NBC will give up this outlet.

USA, Starz and Encore? While not really big channels, they are pretty much "standard" and very largely available from the alternative providers, certainly in metropolitan areas. I'm just guessing TWC couldn't really give these up and still be considered competitive. And yet... we haven't seen any announced response to the D* new HD channel rollout. Maybe loss of subscribers to D* will accelerate and TWC will really be forced to respond with adding new HD channels as well, rather than giving up old channels.

Now I personally don't subscribe to either Starz or Encore, nor do I ever watch USA (unless they carry tennis or something unique that's not shown on a HD channel), so I wouldn't cry if they disappeared. UHD on the other hand would mean a little something to me, because of the NBC-HD tie-in. But it's hard to imagine these four actually being lost.

Nevertheless... who knows?

Really,,,seen NFL Network lately??? ;)

It looks like we are getting a few new channels in December, including KTLA HD and KOCE HD.

http://www.timewarnercable.com/socal/programming/alerts.html
It looks like they will add Channel 22 as well which is now broadcasting in full 1080i. And how could you leave out something as sought after as KNBC News Raw :):rolleyes:
ugh. koce?? dont we already have an hd pbs channel? or is this one totally different?

disappointing.
Sorry to disagree, getting a PBS channel in HD is never a bad thing. Also don't forget that even though they may carry some of the same content KCET has switched to 720p while KOCE is full 1080i.

Rudy

hm, alright you guys got me convinced on KOCE as long as its 1080. but that kind of eliminated the need for KCET for me! i just want one of those channels in good quality! KCET is usually not taking up full screen on their HD, its cut off on sides.

hm, alright you guys got me convinced on KOCE as long as its 1080. but that kind of eliminated the need for KCET for me! i just want one of those channels in good quality! KCET is usually not taking up full screen on their HD, its cut off on sides.


Yeah, didn't KCET have a dedicated HD channel?? Now it's mostly SD and crappy. Your donation dollars at work! HA! They have so many ads, just go commercial and be done with it. What a crock. /rant off.

AND Universal HD may go??? WTF!?

They do this all the time, I don't know if it's a public notification requirement or not from the FCC. Regardless what they also use it for is negotiating leverage, if some people see it and call the channel that helps them put some pressure on. I doubt any of those channels will disappear.

They do this all the time, I don't know if it's a public notification requirement or not from the FCC. Regardless what they also use it for is negotiating leverage, if some people see it and call the channel that helps them put some pressure on. I doubt any of those channels will disappear.

and enough people DIDN'T complain about the NFL Network??:confused:

Yeah, I doubt that Uni-HD, Starz, Encore, USA disappear. But with TW who knows?

I believe Austin City Limits is on KOCE. I haven't seen it recently on 412. They have some interesting musical acts sometimes.

October 17 2007

An ad from AT&T that ran the other day in these pages and elsewhere warned that some Time Warner Cable customers are in danger of losing phone service as the cable giant makes some technical changes.

The ad -- which sneeringly declared, "You got cabled" -- was certainly attention-getting.

It also was apparently wrong, and at least one state regulator is mighty cheesed that AT&T is spreading what he called false information among consumers.

"I'm very disappointed in AT&T," Timothy Simon, a member of the California Public Utilities Commission, told me. "The content of the advertisement is not true."

He said he was "not ruling out the potential of sanctions" against AT&T, possibly a fine for making false claims.

Gordon Diamond, an AT&T spokesman, acknowledged by e-mail that the ad contained incorrect information, but he didn't back down from the contention that some Time Warner phone customers might lose dial tones.

"We have no plans to run the ad again," Diamond said.

At first glance, this would seem to be little more than an isolated episode involving a single company making dubious claims. But it's more than that.

Although industry members routinely insist that the telecom market is a hotbed of pro-consumer competition, the reality is that it's little more than an oligopoly in which a handful of major players duke it out for dominance.

And since those players don't want to do anything to jeopardize profits, they seldom compete on either price or quality of service. Instead, they rely primarily on propaganda -- and occasionally misinformation -- to win customers.

"AT&T's 'dead phone lines' claim appears to be dead wrong, but that's not a huge surprise," said Steve Blackledge, senior policy analyst for the California Public Interest Research Group. "When companies don't compete on price, they compete with scare tactics."

A little history: Time Warner and other cable companies once relied on phone companies' systems for their voice offerings. Most are now switching to digital, Internet-based technology that allows them to bypass the phone companies and use their own cable networks instead.

The move allows cable providers to compete more aggressively with phone companies for customers. Time Warner, for example, is offering 12 months of bundled TV, Internet and phone service for $89.85 a month.

AT&T offers a comparable bundle for $99.98. Verizon's TV-Net-phone package runs $94.99 monthly.

Both phone and cable companies have been working overtime to convince consumers that theirs is the only bundle worth considering.

The stakes are high. Telecom providers know that the more services a customer accepts, the less likely that customer will be to take his or her business elsewhere.

Many people see it as just too much hassle to disconnect a household's TV, Internet and phone services and start again with a new provider, even when a competitor offers a lower price.

After telling Time Warner customers they got cabled, AT&T's ad went on to say:

"Hey, it happens. Come October 18, Time Warner Cable is turning off their circuit-switched phone service, which means some customers may be without a dial tone. AT&T can change all that for you through our reliable service."

The ad went on to boast that AT&T's land lines are "99.999% reliable" and come with "great rates and no gimmicks -- just solid phone service you can trust."

The land lines may be trustworthy, but the company's ad missed the target.

"It was factually incorrect and unnecessarily alarmed customers about a problem that doesn't exist," said Patricia Rockenwagner, a Time Warner spokeswoman. "Customers will not lose dial tone."

She said Time Warner phone customers who were not already on the company's digital network would have to be proactive in requesting that their numbers be switched from the older, phone-circuit-based system.

Those who do not make this request, Rockenwagner said, will have their phone service transferred either to the phone company of their choice or to one of Time Warner's choosing.

"No customer is in any danger of losing dial tone at any time," she said.

AT&T's Diamond said the company's ad was incorrect but only because it said Time Warner would be turning off its phone-circuit-based system Oct. 18. He said AT&T's advertising department hadn't noticed that Time Warner had sought an extension of this deadline from state authorities.

Diamond insisted that at least some Time Warner customers were in danger of having their phones go dead.

"The reality is that this process is complicated and certainly, in the past, there have been instances of some customers losing service, or having phone problems, as companies migrate to different technologies or make changes in their phone networks," he said.

The PUC's Simon countered that AT&T got it wrong on both counts: the date and the prospect of people's phone service being cut off.

"Time Warner will not be turning off its switches on Oct. 18 or any other date until the California Public Utilities Commission approves of the action," he said, adding that this wouldn't happen until consumers were guaranteed "a seamless transition in phone service."

One of his main concerns, Simon said, is that Time Warner phone customers have been left with the impression that they could suddenly lose access to 911 emergency calls.

"It's unfair to consumers for AT&T to create a scenario that's not accurate," he said. "There will be no service disconnections."

Told of Simon's comments, AT&T's Diamond stuck to his guns.

"While all parties involved are working to ensure the transition is a smooth one, the reality is there is a chance that some could encounter problems during the process," he said.

There. You got AT&T'd.

Consumer Confidential runs Wednesdays and Sundays and frequently in between. Send your tips or feedback to david.lazarus@latimes.com.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus17oct17,0,4170335,full.column?coll=la-home-business

dont know why but MOJO is now not showing anymore. It says i must subscribe to it, when it was showing fine daily for the last 3 weeks. anyone know if they switched somehting?

Yeah, I doubt that Uni-HD, Starz, Encore, USA disappear. But with TW who knows?


NBC is planning on using Universal HD and USA to broadcast the 2008 Olympics according to this article (http://www.tvpredictions.com/nbcolympics080807.htm). So I bet NBC and Time Warner will work out a deal.

The network says the coverage will include High-Definition broadcasts on the NBC-owned Universal HD and USA Network, although at that time MSNBC, CNBC are also scheduled to have simulcast high-def networks.

dont know why but MOJO is now not showing anymore. It says i must subscribe to it, when it was showing fine daily for the last 3 weeks. anyone know if they switched somehting?

I just turned on Mojo right now and it is working fine here in West Hollywood.

not working for me here in tarzana, became subscription service along with hd universal and hd movies

I'm actuallly having a separate problem with Mojo- I'm only gettin mono 1.0 audio. And it's only this station- all others are fine. Wierd.

Mojo loud and clear in West LA!

TOH is in HD?
Actually, it isn't on at all. I had my TiVo recording the current season on KOCEDT2 with an OTA antenna, but I just checked to see if they were in HD and saw that TOH didn't record at all. The guide data shows TOH, but the station ran other programming in the time slot, at least for the last few weeks.

According to the TOH website, TOH airs on KLCSDT3. TWC gives us KLCS, but not DT3. I used to watch it on KVCR when I had DirecTV.

It looks like the only way to watch TOH in LA if you have TWC is as reruns on the DIY Network.

still no mojo in tarzana. subscription only. renamed channel now to indemand

still no mojo in tarzana. subscription only. renamed channel now to indemand

HD Tier channels:
· HDNet
· HDNet Movies
· MOJO
· Universal HD

This is now the $5 tier for HD, the rest are "free." As much as I like the HDNets I have to think. it ain't worth giving TWC 5 more $$. Hmmmm. At least until the Olympics.

Anyone getting FSN-HD on 413 at all, or on any other channel? I'm still getting the TBS-HD simulcast on 413.

Some people have reported getting FSN-HD on Mojo, but my Mojo is broadcasting Mojo.

I've been debating about whether to keep the HD tier also, but since I usually find 2 or 3 movies a month to watch, that makes it worth keeping. I always keep my eye out for the HDNet movie once a month that gets the simultaneous HDNet, DVD, and theatrical release. In October, it was a quirky comedy called Weirdsville, broadcast at the beginning of this month. Next month will be the controversial new Brian De Palma film, Redacted.

Anyone getting FSN-HD on 413 at all, or on any other channel? I'm still getting the TBS-HD simulcast on 413.

Some people have reported getting FSN-HD on Mojo, but my Mojo is broadcasting Mojo.

I've been debating about whether to keep the HD tier also, but since I usually find 2 or 3 movies a month to watch, that makes it worth keeping. I always keep my eye out for the HDNet movie once a month that gets the simultaneous HDNet, DVD, and theatrical release. In October, it was a quirky comedy called Weirdsville, broadcast at the beginning of this month. Next month will be the controversial new Brian De Palma film, Redacted.


I came to an opposite conclusion and cancelled the tier. In my situation I get no free tiers in my package and every opportunity I get to lower my fees to TWC I take it.

In doing so I ran into the big lie. Did we all not see countless TWC commercials berating the competition for charging fees! Of course "there are no "fees" at TWC" was drummed into our brains with those constant commercials. Well, again there is that "$1.99 downgrade, errr, fee??" When I reminded him that "there are no fees at TWC" as per the countless commercials, he waived it. This happened the last time I wanted to stop HBO, when I restarted HBO, I asked would there be a fee to stop it later, and was told of course not as "there are no fees at TWC." Well I can't wait for that come mid November when I pull the plug on HBO again. :confused::mad:

HD Tier channels:
· HDNet
· HDNet Movies
· MOJO
· Universal HD

This is now the $5 tier for HD, the rest are "free." As much as I like the HDNets I have to think. it ain't worth giving TWC 5 more $$. Hmmmm. At least until the Olympics.

Since when is this? i know about the HDNets but ive had MOJO free for a while now and watched it daily, and now its not free.. did this become part of a tier just now? or else why was i having it for free all this time

Since when is this? i know about the HDNets but ive had MOJO free for a while now and watched it daily, and now its not free.. did this become part of a tier just now? or else why was i having it for free all this time

Don't really know. That said, I just subscribed to DirecTV. I should be installed on Tuesday.
:D

Don't really know. That said, I just subscribed to DirecTV. I should be installed on Tuesday.
:D
Ohh wow so you pulled the trigger. Congrats man. I'm on the fence for now basically waiting for a deal from DireTV to bait me in. :) :D
If its appropriate can you let us know what tier you got and at how much. Also where you got the equipment from and how much.
It also looks like you'll be running the two services side by side, so I have a feeling you'll be comparing the two. No? I wouldn't mind seeing the result of your comparison(s). So far I've read that the old MPEG2 HD channels don't look all that great, but that the new MPEG4 ones look as good as TWC. One more vote wouldn't hurt.

Rudy

Ohh wow so you pulled the trigger. Congrats man. I'm on the fence for now basically waiting for a deal from DireTV to bait me in. :) :D
If its appropriate can you let us know what tier you got and at how much. Also where you got the equipment from and how much.
It also looks like you'll be running the two services side by side, so I have a feeling you'll be comparing the two. No? I wouldn't mind seeing the result of your comparison(s). So far I've read that the old MPEG2 HD channels don't look all that great, but that the new MPEG4 ones look as good as TWC. One more vote wouldn't hurt.

Rudy

It's going to cost more long term and I have to buy the equipment that I lease (oximoron) that said, I can't wait. I did it direct with them via their web ad. There may be better out there, but hey. I'm getting 2 HD DVRs and one HD receiver = $600. Tier is HD+DVR. Install is free (I'm sure they'll find something to charge there;) ) There's a $10/mo kickback for new customer and $10/mo for my VeriZon DSL (first year) and $50 VISA giftcard. My best guess is about $80-100/mo for the first year and $20 more there after. That's more than the $80 I'm in now with TWC (not counting my condo fee in the carrying charges about $38) that I can't do away with. That will do the kitchen for me and QAM where I leave the cable. So if the DVR is doing double duty I'll still have the QAM to fall back on. I'm also getting HBO like I have on TWC.
We'll see how this all works out.
:D

Oh yeah 3 mo of Starz & Sho free, not of iterest to me but free is free.

Ohh wow so you pulled the trigger. Congrats man. I'm on the fence for now basically waiting for a deal from DireTV to bait me in. :) :D
If its appropriate can you let us know what tier you got and at how much. Also where you got the equipment from and how much.
It also looks like you'll be running the two services side by side, so I have a feeling you'll be comparing the two. No? I wouldn't mind seeing the result of your comparison(s). So far I've read that the old MPEG2 HD channels don't look all that great, but that the new MPEG4 ones look as good as TWC. One more vote wouldn't hurt.

Rudy

I am also on the fence, waiting for that directTV deal I can not pass up.

I missed this FCC ruling. Any details? I currently have a 6416. Does the ruling have any affect on me. Should I request a 3416?

Maybe not at this time, but TW maybe contacting you in the future. Or you maybe be geting one in the future

I just switched from DirecTV after 7 years.

I went to DirecTV because of TiVo and I left because of TiVo.

A little bummed about their "100 HD Channels." But it looks like TWC is adding channels too.

I have considered switching to Direct..but the only thing holding me back is the upfront costs I have to pay for 2 HD DVR boxes...its rather pricey. But having all those HD channels would be nice...

if they had FIOS in my area, I would of said goodbye to TWC long time ago...

I have considered switching to Direct..but the only thing holding me back is the upfront costs I have to pay for 2 HD DVR boxes...its rather pricey. But having all those HD channels would be nice...

if they had FIOS in my area, I would of said goodbye to TWC long time ago...

FIOS is in my area, is the picture better?

The following broadcast HD in 720P:
Anything owned by Fox (FOX etc.)
Anything owned by Disney (ABC, ESPN, etc.)


The following broadcast HD in 1080i:
Everyone else.

While this was correct at the moment I wrote it, an instant later it no longer was:o.

KCET has decided unilaterally to switch to 720P. By unilaterally, I mean the rest of PBS as a whole nationally is still 1080i.

I have also heard that KCOP 13 is going to 720p, but have not seen that confirmed yet.

Uh, its a no brainer for FIOS, picture is great, and the guide they use is worth the price of admission alone...it is LIGHTYEARS ahead of anything anyone else offers including TWC. I have AT&T otherwise I would've signed up for FIOS the day it launched here.

After having had my DCH3416 for a week in addition to my Moxi's I'd just like to say they'll have to pry my Moxi remote from my cold, dead hands.

I can deal with most of the interface quirks of the DCH but it seems very unstable. First it recorded a few shows 5 minutes short, then it started having frequent dropouts, yet when I look at the signal strength it's well over what is considered good, as is the AGC. This morning when I tried to pause and rewind live tv it decided to not do that, no matter what I did I couldn't get it to work. Recorded shows played, paused, rewound find but no go on live. So I decided the only thing I could do was cold boot the entire thing, this fixed it but now of course I have to wait a day or two for the guide to repopulate.

I used to have a DCT6412 with Cox, that thing was rock solid, how could Motorola move so far backwards?

Anybody in SoCal getting HD channels other than ESPN, ESPN2, FSN (rarely) MHD, Mojo, Universal, HDNet, HDNet Movies, HD Theatre, TNT-HD and TBS-HD (Not counting locals or the 4 premiums)? The only new HD channel I've gotten on TWC in the last year is TBS-HD and I need some more HD goodness.

Anybody in SoCal getting HD channels other than ESPN, ESPN2, FSN (rarely) MHD, Mojo, Universal, HDNet, HDNet Movies, HD Theatre, TNT-HD and TBS-HD (Not counting locals or the 4 premiums)? The only new HD channel I've gotten on TWC in the last year is TBS-HD and I need some more HD goodness.

Look up

Hi,
Do you guys know of any test patterns broadcast on TWC in SoCal? I don't have HD Net, but would like to make basic adjustments on the TV with the HDMI input from digital cable.

Thanks

Anybody know if KEYT broadcast their news in HD(and if so why TW does not carry it)? KEYT is more local for us Ventura county folk.

Hey, I've been reading a lot about SDV rollouts on TWC across the country, but I can't seem to find any specific LA info.

I'm in the Beverly Hills area and am looking at getting a Tivo HD box and cablecards. Anybody here have experience setting these up with the local TWC people? Are they using SDV for the new HD channels? As far as I can tell, I wouldn't be able to get any channels that are on SDV on the tivo box.

thanks!

KCET-HD sometimes has test patterns as does MOJO.

Hey, I've been reading a lot about SDV rollouts on TWC across the country, but I can't seem to find any specific LA info.

I'm in the Beverly Hills area and am looking at getting a Tivo HD box and cablecards. Anybody here have experience setting these up with the local TWC people? Are they using SDV for the new HD channels? As far as I can tell, I wouldn't be able to get any channels that are on SDV on the tivo box.

thanks!

No known plans for SDV in L.A. It took a few visits by the techs to get my cable cards working, but that was at the beginning of the year. Maybe they aren't as clueless now.

Check out the S3 section of www.tivocommunity.com for more info.

Time Warner Cable Delays OpenTV Rollout
AUGUST 07, 2007

Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC - message board) has pushed the commercial rollout of OpenTV Corp. middleware in its Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT - message board) set-top markets to 2008 as it continues to focus on other priorities, including switched digital video.

Mike Hayashi, the MSO's senior vice president of advanced technology and engineering, alluded to such a delay in May during The Cable Show, but OpenTV CEO Alan Guggenheim confirmed the situation last Thursday (Aug. 2) during the vendor's second-quarter conference call. (See OpenTV Loss Widens in Q2.)

Last July, OpenTV said Time Warner Cable would tap the company's Core 2.0 middleware to ensure legacy Motorola digital set-top boxes could run the MSO's in-house guide and navigation system. Although most Time Warner Cable systems are based on the Scientific Atlanta platform, the MSO is looking to OpenTV to help it bridge its smaller legacy Motorola footprint as it migrates to the OpenCable platform. (See Goodbye, OCAP .)

Originally, Time Warner Cable's biggest Motorola market was Houston, but that system has since been swapped to Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK). Today, Time Warner's primary Motorola pocket is in the Los Angeles area, which includes systems acquired from the divvying up of Adelphia Communications. (See Adelphia Acquisition Completes.)

Analysts estimate that Time Warner has 3.5 million to 4 million Motorola boxes deployed. As of June 30, the MSO had 13.4 million basic video subs and 7.7 million digital customers.

OpenTV originally forecast that deployments with Time Warner Cable would begin as early as 2006. At the time of the announcement, the multiyear deal, which covers middleware and other applications yet to be disclosed, was billed as OpenTV's first major foothold in the U.S. cable market.

Guggenheim said the delay will not affect OpenTV's revenue or guidance projections, though the company does acknowledge that about 80 percent of its revenues originate from its middleware business. OpenTV has shipped more than 92 million copes of its middleware.

During the call, Guggenheim said the adjustment in the deployment timeline was due in part to other projects that had a higher priority level at the MSO, including the deployment of switched digital video.

Time Warner Cable did not have an official comment on the matter before our deadline.

"While this gives us an opportunity to deliver additional products to Time Warner, it means that the commercial launch timing will need to be pushed back to 2008," Guggenheim said, but he was not more specific.

In a research note, B. Riley & Co. Inc. analyst Ali Mogharabi said his firm remains confident that Time Warner will begin to launch advanced OpenTV-enabled Motorola set-tops within the next six to 12 months.

Guggenheim further downplayed the significance of the delay by saying it will also give OpenTV more deployment opportunities in international markets that use the Motorola digital set-top platform.

Investors continued to punish OpenTV in the wake of its second-quarter revenue miss. Those shares closed Monday at $1.32 each, down 34 cents (20.48%).

B. Riley reiterated a Buy rating on OpenTV, and set a new price target of $3.30 per share, citing what it believed to be a delay in revenue recognition for the vendor's second quarter.

— Jeff Baumgartner, Site Editor, Cable Digital News
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=130964&print=true

By Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 10/22/2007

Time Warner Cable has deployed 150,000 set-top boxes running OpenCable Platform software — the cable industry’s specification for delivering two-way services like video on demand — in 13 divisions, including 50,000 units in the New York region, according to senior vice president of strategy and development Kevin Leddy.

The operator is deploying OpenCable-based boxes from Samsung Electronics, but Leddy noted that Scientific Atlanta has supplied more than half of those the operator deployed to date and that SA would represent the majority of OpenCable boxes it deploys in the future.

Time Warner Cable is providing OpenCable-based boxes to new digital-cable subscribers in markets that had been using the Passport interactive program guide, Leddy said. Time Warner Cable used the Passport IPG, developed by Apptiv Digital (now part of Gemstar-TV Guide International), in Milwaukee, Kansas City, Mo., and Lincoln, Neb., among other divisions.

With the 150,000-box tally, spread among about half its 27 operating divisions, Time Warner is well ahead of its peers in getting OpenCable — previously referred to as the OpenCable Application Platform, or OCAP — into the field. Comcast, for example, is trialing OCAP set-tops but has not commercially deployed any.

OCAP On the Map

Time Warner has deployed OpenCable-based set-tops in 13 divisions:

New York City and Northern New Jersey
Parts of Los Angeles (including Garden Grove, Chatsworth)
San Diego
Eastern North Carolina (Wilmington)
Raleigh, N.C.
Charlotte, N.C.
Lincoln, Neb.
Kansas City, Mo.
Milwaukee
Northeast Ohio
Cincinnati
Dayton, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
SOURCE: Time Warner Cable

By the end of 2008, Time Warner Cable expects to have deployed OpenCable technology in all its divisions, as do Comcast, Cox Communications, Cablevision Systems and Bright House Networks. That group of operators represents 91 million households in 145 designated market areas, according to the National Cable & Telecommunications Association.

Leddy described Time Warner Cable’s OpenCable deployments at a roundtable discussion for reporters in New York hosted by the NCTA to provide operators’ perspective on the two-way cable issue.

The OpenCable Platform is the solution the industry has proposed to the Federal Communications Commission as the standard means of allowing third-party consumer-electronics devices, like TVs, to access interactive cable services, like VOD and switched digital video.

The Consumer Electronics Association wants the FCC to require cable to adopt a new specification the association referred to as DCR-plus (“digital cable ready plus”), which would define protocols for VOD, switched digital video, pay-per-view and electronic program guides. The CEA has complained that OpenCable is too cumbersome to implement and objected to CableLabs having control over the technology.

Cable providers contend that developing and supporting DCR-plus would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, while at the same time stifling development of new two-way services not specified under DCR-plus (such as caller ID on the TV). In addition, the cable industry has argued, OpenCable is the only feasible path toward providing a standard by the February 2009 digital-TV transition.

“OpenCable is a marketplace-driven solution and it’s in the market,” Comcast senior vice president of strategic planning Mark Coblitz said at the presentation last week. “We’re willing to have national rules from the FCC to hold our feet to the fire, to make sure [OpenCable] happens.”

NCTA vice president and general counsel Neal Goldberg pointed out the CEA’s proposal would require cable operators to deploy at least 20% of their set-tops based on DCR-plus. “It’s common reliance gone amok,” he said.

Not every consumer-electronics company has balked at OCAP. Manufacturers that have licensed the technology from CableLabs include LG Electronics, Panasonic, Samsung and Toshiba. And Intel this summer signed on to OCAP and said it plans to develop a system-on-a-chip with the software; Comcast said it expects to deploy “one or more” Intel OCAP-based set-tops in the next two years.

Meanwhile, Leddy said the cost differential between OpenCable-based devices and analogous proprietary digital set-tops is minimal. “The premium we’re paying [for OCAP set-tops] is a few dollars,” he said.

http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA6493005

So for now and for the indefinite future the only 1080p source will be HD-DVD and BluRay and new HDTV display devices will support 1080p source via HDMI. HDTV via cable and satellite (and OTA) will continue at 720p/1080i via component, DVI/HDMI.All correct. But, before you think a 1080p TV as a "waste", consider that the majority of primetime HD programming people watch is 24fps film-based material. Because of the lack of spatial resolution, the original 1080p frame can be perfectly built from 1080i, much like progressive-scan DVD players are able to deliver perfect 480P video from 480i movie discs.

Or to put it another way, broadcasters deliver 1080i at 60fps, which is alternating two "halves" of a 1080p picture 30 times per second. A film-based TV show or movie usually only has 24 images per second to deliver, with the extra frames coming from redundant frames being inserted. The process of adding extra partial frames to reach 60fps is called "telecine". Good deinterlacing technolgies detect those patterns and restore the original progressive frame.

1080p/60 would be beneficial to "live" programming, sports in particular. But having a set that can display all 1920x1080 pixels is hardly a waste, even with current broadcast standard.

This is, incidentally, also why premium channels like HBO and showtime that run movies the vast majroity of the time, can get away with running lower bitrates.

Don't really know. That said, I just subscribed to DirecTV. I should be installed on Tuesday.
:D

It was done perfectly. Lots of glorius HD goodness! I now can compare HD-OTA vs, HD-TWC-QAM vs. HD D*. Yikes! :eek:
:cool:

oh yea FSN-HD has color bars when off air, however FSN doesn't have the best look in the first place...

Anyone else notice the 4KNBC HD logo on some of the primetime shows?This indicates that they have the capability to overlay HD graphics and that the HD switch is not to far off.

It looks like the only local newscast that have not yet made the switch to HD are KTTV and KNBC, why are they still in SD when everybody else is in HD?

It looks like the only local newscast that have not yet made the switch to HD are KTTV and KNBC, why are they still in SD when everybody else is in HD?

Good Question! :confused:
Easy answer: Stop watching them and let them know why!

I have browsed through this thread for information. I would just like to confirm a few things, in case I misread anything:

I have just moved to Culver City, which is in TW terrritory. I am looking for internet access, as well as local channels and "basic cable" channels.

1) I want to be able to tune to HD channels and record them on a MythTV box, using PC-based QAM tuner cards. It sounds like TW is broadcasting some channels in "clear" that can be tuned with QAM tuners (I have seen the channel list posted in this thread). So, does that mean I can just connect the coax directly to the tuner card and start recording stuff? (ie. no "settop box" or cablecard required).

2) Does it take any special mojo when ordering service to get only the clear QAM channels, and no settop boxes or cablecards? The customer service reps always try to sell you on lots of extra crap, and may lie about the features or availability of basic service. It is always good to be armed with real information, to get what you want. Which service do I order: Basic cable, Standard cable?

3) Is anyone here currently doing this (internet + QAM-only channels)? Any advice to share?

I have browsed through this thread for information. I would just like to confirm a few things, in case I misread anything:

I have just moved to Culver City, which is in TW terrritory. I am looking for internet access, as well as local channels and "basic cable" channels.

1) I want to be able to tune to HD channels and record them on a MythTV box, using PC-based QAM tuner cards. It sounds like TW is broadcasting some channels in "clear" that can be tuned with QAM tuners (I have seen the channel list posted in this thread). So, does that mean I can just connect the coax directly to the tuner card and start recording stuff? (ie. no "settop box" or cablecard required).

2) Does it take any special mojo when ordering service to get only the clear QAM channels, and no settop boxes or cablecards? The customer service reps always try to sell you on lots of extra crap, and may lie about the features or availability of basic service. It is always good to be armed with real information, to get what you want. Which service do I order: Basic cable, Standard cable?

3) Is anyone here currently doing this (internet + QAM-only channels)? Any advice to share?
I currently only have RoadRunner basic, but the clear-qam channels come through too. In fact all the digital channels appear to come through, but almost all of them are encrypted. There is a trap on the line that blocks almost all of the analog channels though. Since TW's channels vary by region around Los Angeles YMMV, but AFAIK if you just get internet service without TV service you should still get the clear qam channels.

After digging through TW's website, I finally found a PDF file for their ala carte services:

http://www.timewarnerla.com/pricingGuides/PDFs/Culver%20City.pdf

"Broadcast Basic" is very cheap, and appears to be mostly the OTA channels.

"Standard Cable" is not so cheap, and has the basic cable channels.

What is not clear is: are these two packages over QAM, or are they analog?

Next is "Digital Cable Package", which is actually cheaper than Standard Cable, and adds "1 digital tier", which can include the HDTV tier. Now, is this all available over QAM, or is a settop box required for Digital Cable Package (and what about HDTV tier)?

I currently only have RoadRunner basic, but the clear-qam channels come through too. In fact all the digital channels appear to come through, but almost all of them are encrypted. There is a trap on the line that blocks almost all of the analog channels though. Since TW's channels vary by region around Los Angeles YMMV, but AFAIK if you just get internet service without TV service you should still get the clear qam channels.

That is very interesting! I wonder if you are getting the channels due to a glitch, or if this is true for everyone?

It looks like I could try just getting Roadrunner internet, and then see if I get the QAM channels for free....

It looks like the only local newscast that have not yet made the switch to HD are KTTV and KNBC, why are they still in SD when everybody else is in HD?

KNBC - their News Director, Bob Long responded to an enquiry (see http://www.tvnewstalk.net/forum/index.php/topic,1643.0.html) by saying that their news would be in HD by the end of the year. However, I understand that the Burbank facility (which they're leaving in 2011) is so antiquated as to be "economically unconvertable", which was one of the reasons for KCBS/KCAL moving to new premises. We'll find out in due course.

KTTV - Their broadcast always seems crisper than other SD news. What's their secret?

KTLA - I hadn't realised they were in HD!

KCOP - they're not doing HD news, unless someone knows different......

I have browsed through this thread for information. I would just like to confirm a few things, in case I misread anything:

I have just moved to Culver City, which is in TW terrritory. I am looking for internet access, as well as local channels and "basic cable" channels.

As best as I can remember Culver City also has Verizon FiOS available. So you may want to include that in your shopping/comparison.

1) I want to be able to tune to HD channels and record them on a MythTV box, using PC-based QAM tuner cards. It sounds like TW is broadcasting some channels in "clear" that can be tuned with QAM tuners (I have seen the channel list posted in this thread). So, does that mean I can just connect the coax directly to the tuner card and start recording stuff? (ie. no "settop box" or cablecard required).

Yes it does. Both TWC and Verizon broadcast the OTA HD channels in the clear.

2) Does it take any special mojo when ordering service to get only the clear QAM channels, and no settop boxes or cablecards? The customer service reps always try to sell you on lots of extra crap, and may lie about the features or availability of basic service. It is always good to be armed with real information, to get what you want. Which service do I order: Basic cable, Standard cable?

You don't need any special mojo :) to get the QAM channels or basic cable. In fact even digital channels come in over clear QAM. However, if you have a HDTV the picture quality is so bad that I for one almost never watch non HD channels. YMMV.

3) Is anyone here currently doing this (internet + QAM-only channels)? Any advice to share?
Yes. Check out Verizon. ;) :)

As best as I can remember Culver City also has Verizon FiOS available.

Hmmm. Using Verizon's autotragic address qualification system, my Culver City address is not coming up. I'll try calling them tomorrow, since, from what I understand FiOS is much preferred.

just upgraded to the HD tier $5 a month! Hope those 4 channels are good!!

just upgraded to the HD tier $5 a month! Hope those 4 channels are good!!

The HD-Nets are, but are they worth $5? or $60/year?

No FiOS for me. I am about 1.5 blocks away from FiOS territory. It looks like I have to choose between AT&T dsl and TW cable.

No FiOS for me. I am about 1.5 blocks away from FiOS territory. It looks like I have to choose between AT&T dsl and TW cable.
ATT has UVerse that is a direct competitor to Verizons FiOS. Same fiber network with Internet, TV and Phone. Although I have no idea if it is available in Culver City.

Sorry have no experience with ATT DSL so can't advise.

TWCs RoadRunner has a service level of 768Kbps at $19.99 per month that isn't advertised.

I guess that's about it.
Rudy

ATT has UVerse that is a direct competitor to Verizons FiOS. Same fiber network with Internet, TV and Phone. Although I have no idea if it is available in Culver City.

Sorry have no experience with ATT DSL so can't advise.

TWCs RoadRunner has a service level of 768Kbps at $19.99 per month that isn't advertised.

I guess that's about it.
Rudy
Those F'ing bastards!!! I used to have the 768k when I lived in the valley and I thought that's what I had in Westminster now, but it looks like they slipped me into the 1.5M service still, even though I explicitely asked for the 768k, I guess a lot of their people don't know it exists. Looks like I'm gonna have to call and argue, looking forward to them telling me they don't offer 768k.

i have been really fed up with time warner lately, one of my boxes isnt working and when they fix it the other stops working, and it goes back and fourth! i live in tarzana and i was wondeirng if anyone knows any other provider i can switch to if i live in an apartment building! thanks

Is it just me, or did the Lakers game on KCAL-HD last night have really bad PQ? Lots of pixelation in motion shots. Don't remember it looking so bad with previous games. In comparison, the Phoenix game on TNT-HD Thursday night looked great.

After digging through TW's website, I finally found a PDF file for their ala carte services:

http://www.timewarnerla.com/pricingGuides/PDFs/Culver%20City.pdf

"Broadcast Basic" is very cheap, and appears to be mostly the OTA channels.

"Standard Cable" is not so cheap, and has the basic cable channels.

What is not clear is: are these two packages over QAM, or are they analog?

Next is "Digital Cable Package", which is actually cheaper than Standard Cable, and adds "1 digital tier", which can include the HDTV tier. Now, is this all available over QAM, or is a settop box required for Digital Cable Package (and what about HDTV tier)?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by your question, but I can confirm that in West LA, "Broadcast Basic" gives you clear QAM signals.

-R

Is it just me, or did the Lakers game on KCAL-HD last night have really bad PQ? Lots of pixelation in motion shots. Don't remember it looking so bad with previous games. In comparison, the Phoenix game on TNT-HD Thursday night looked great.
bruce - I noticed that as well. (Seems like you're as big a Laker fan as I am - watching pre-season games without Kobe even playing!) I was going to watch the espn feed anyways, because I hate the new KCAL scoreboard. Why can't these local stations just take the Fox or ESPN model for the scoreboards, instead of having some junior graphics designer come up with something that would be appropriate in 1992? But, I digress.

Anyways, hoping the pq is an anomaly. KCAL's pq has been pretty solid for the most part previously.

SC game in HD and if so what channel? Thanks!

SC game in HD and if so what channel? Thanks!
SC Game is on FSN-HD

SC Game is on FSN-HD

That's what I thought. I have a manual recording at 12pm for channel 413.

Is it just me, or did the Lakers game on KCAL-HD last night have really bad PQ? Lots of pixelation in motion shots. Don't remember it looking so bad with previous games. In comparison, the Phoenix game on TNT-HD Thursday night looked great.

I noticed that too. I just assumed it was because they were probably using the inferior equipment at the Thomas and Mack Center at UNLV. Normally, KCAL Lakers games are some of the best HD I've seen, so I am hoping last night was just a one-time issue.

hi i am having a recording problem my dvr shows 17% full and i try to record after 17% and it jumps to 100% and a window pops up and says i need to erase some shows to record i took it back to the office got the new 3416 box but it is still doing it please help

jason -- yeah, I suppose watching a pre-season Laker game over the World Series shows I'm a bit of a basketball junkie (anxious for the season to start?...who, me??). If possible (and I remember to check), I prefer to watch on ESPN as well, not for the better graphics, but because Stu Lantz gets on my nerves. LOL

ghettogreg -- I suspect you're right, as I haven't noticed it before.

If the blow the whole thing up by trading Kobe, it would not suprise me if they got rid rid both Stu and Joel Meyers.

I was just alerted to the awesomeness that is Current TV (channel 142) by watching it at my buddy's house, but at my house, I get the message "One moment please... The channel will be available shortly".

Is there a quick fix for this or is it definitely a signal quality issue? I'm in West LA.

For those who haven't seen this yet. Check this out:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_hi_te/cable_competition_fcc_2

Rudy

I've been debating about whether to keep the HD tier also, but since I usually find 2 or 3 movies a month to watch, that makes it worth keeping. I always keep my eye out for the HDNet movie once a month that gets the simultaneous HDNet, DVD, and theatrical release. In October, it was a quirky comedy called Weirdsville, broadcast at the beginning of this month. Next month will be the controversial new Brian De Palma film, Redacted.

Thanks for the heads-up. Did not know that. :)

For those who haven't seen this yet. Check this out:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071029/ap_on_hi_te/cable_competition_fcc_2

Rudy

OMG! Finally. I hope Time Warner would care more.
There is nothing more horrible than calling TWC for help.
Their service s@cks big time.

Does anyone know if TWC has the NBA League Pass free preview? I haven't seen it advertised anywhere.

Also, I wonder if there will be a dedicated channel for LP or NBA-TV HD games? They used to show them on INHD2 sometimes, but now with MOJO, who knows?

Does anyone know if TWC has the NBA League Pass free preview? I haven't seen it advertised anywhere.



yes they will have it..I saw an ad for it, starts today oct. 30th i think

Does anyone know if TWC has the NBA League Pass free preview?
The free preview should already be active (there is only 1 league pass game tonight, Utah/Golden State). You should be able to tune to NBATV on 735 right now.

Orignally posted by Makavetis
I live in tarzana and I was wondeirng if anyone knows any other provider I can switch to if I live in an apartment building.

I thinks that going to be tough in Tarzana... I live in an appartment in that area, and I don't think Verison FIOS is even an option. I'm not 100% certain, but I don't think I'm even allowed to use a satalite dish.

The new FCC stuff regarding apartment deals would be useful, if it wasn't so laughable. Most cable companies already have regional monopolies in place, so unless AT&T or Version can make inroads it's pointless. Especially in California where it is either Comcast (Northern CA) or TWC (Southern CA).

I know AT&T has made a little headway in the Bay Area with their Project Lightspeed deal, but the quality has been dicy apparently.

On a different subject... NBA League Pass Free Preview

I wanted to watch the Utah/GS game, and it's should be on either 734 or 735, but it's not...

fitprod

I thinks that going to be tough in Tarzana... I live in an appartment in that area, and I don't think Verison FIOS is even an option. I'm not 100% certain, but I don't think I'm even allowed to use a satalite dish.

The new FCC stuff regarding apartment deals would be useful, if it wasn't so laughable. Most cable companies already have regional monopolies in place, so unless AT&T or Version can make inroads it's pointless. Especially in California where it is either Comcast (Northern CA) or TWC (Southern CA).

I know AT&T has made a little headway in the Bay Area with their Project Lightspeed deal, but the quality has been dicy apparently.

On a different subject... NBA League Pass Free Preview

I wanted to watch the Utah/GS game, and it's should be on either 734 or 735, but it's not...

fitprod

Two corrections:
1) An apartment building can't stop you from putting up a dish in a space that is for your exclusive use (such as a balcony, etc). You are covered by the Satellite Home Viewers Act (SHVA).

2) AT&T has also made headway here in LA. It's now called UVerse. I'm using it right now. It definitely has a limited footprint though.

Well unfortunately I have no balcony... t has to be mounted on the top of the apartment complex.

fitprod

The dish has to be free standing, not attached to the property, in an area that is leased to you

Good Bye Time Warner, Hello Direct TV!

After way too many empty promises from TWC I'm making the switch to Direct TV (I can get FIOS in my area but I don't want to wait another year for all the HD and Center Ice.)


I signed up with a Verizon bundle pack. I combined my phone, DSL and got Direct TV all in one bill. The discounts save me about $50 a month compared to three separate bills and I get at least 50 more HD channels plus Starz and Showtime (HBO too but I already had that) and NFL ticket for the rest of the season! I'll add the sports pack and Center Ice to get even more HD!!! Install is Sunday morning. I’m going to get a 750GB eSATA tomorrow so after a few days in service to make sure the HR20 is good to go, I’ll be ready to add the extra drive and get up to 165 hours HD on my DVR.

Good Bye Time Warner, Hello Direct TV!

After way too many empty promises from TWC I'm making the switch to Direct TV

I'm thin thinking of doing the same. I signed up for Digital Phone back in early October, when my first install date came around it was canceled at the last minute, then the alternate install date was canceled at the last minute. So now I have an install date of November eighth. If they end up canceling again I will be saying the same. Congrats on your switch.:cool:

I'm soooo tempted....But the start up costs for two HR20s is too pricey for me to switch right now.

Good Bye Time Warner, Hello Direct TV!

After way too many empty promises from TWC I'm making the switch to Direct TV (I can get FIOS in my area but I don't want to wait another year for all the HD and Center Ice.)


I signed up with a Verizon bundle pack. I combined my phone, DSL and got Direct TV all in one bill. The discounts save me about $50 a month compared to three separate bills and I get at least 50 more HD channels plus Starz and Showtime (HBO too but I already had that) and NFL ticket for the rest of the season! I'll add the sports pack and Center Ice to get even more HD!!! Install is Sunday morning. I’m going to get a 750GB eSATA tomorrow so after a few days in service to make sure the HR20 is good to go, I’ll be ready to add the extra drive and get up to 165 hours HD on my DVR.

Good Bye Time Warner, Hello Direct TV!

After way too many empty promises from TWC I'm making the switch to Direct TV (I can get FIOS in my area but I don't want to wait another year for all the HD and Center Ice.)


I signed up with a Verizon bundle pack. I combined my phone, DSL and got Direct TV all in one bill. The discounts save me about $50 a month compared to three separate bills and I get at least 50 more HD channels plus Starz and Showtime (HBO too but I already had that) and NFL ticket for the rest of the season! I'll add the sports pack and Center Ice to get even more HD!!! Install is Sunday morning. I’m going to get a 750GB eSATA tomorrow so after a few days in service to make sure the HR20 is good to go, I’ll be ready to add the extra drive and get up to 165 hours HD on my DVR.

I got the Sunday Ticket and Premier pack (4 months) and NASCAR for the rest of the season for what I was going to just get the HDDVR+ and HBO. Call back and get an agent to go over your sign up options. You may find some better choices. I too am getting a VeriZon discount because I have DSL. None of my incentives were disturbed, I just got a lot more for the next 4 months.

Also, I got the 2 HR-20s and an H-21 and the "Slimline" dish. So my start up hardware was $600+tax. Ouch. But TWC is gone! (Well almost, still have cable in my condo, use it for the kitchen TV and QAM tuning in the HDs.)

What happened to all the QAM channels? November 1 comes and just about everything other than the broadcast networks are gone. Is this a glitch, or is this a permanent change?

What happened to all the QAM channels? November 1 comes and just about everything other than the broadcast networks are gone. Is this a glitch, or is this a permanent change?

Who knows, but many are gone.

I'm soooo tempted....But the start up costs for two HR20s is too pricey for me to switch right now.

thats my dilemma also...so sick and tired of TWC

TBS-HD seems to be gone on 417 from Eagle Rock head end for the last couple of days.Not that I've ever seen anything in true HD except for baseball but still...

I thought everything was gone too until I started channel surfing....now I have channel 2 KCBS-SD and channel 2-1 which is the new HD KCBS....channel 4 KNBC-SD and 4-1 KNBCHD....etc...they are all there just in a different area....I am guessing this took place at 3:00pm because it interrupted something I was recording and the recording stopped at 3:05pm on both my DVR's (one in the bedroom one in the living room)...the new change is smarter....the HD channels on QAM are now closer to the SD channels....

TBS-HD seems to be gone on 417 from Eagle Rock head end for the last couple of days.Not that I've ever seen anything in true HD except for baseball but still...
Mojo HD is also gone. WTF? :eek:

Mojo HD is also gone. WTF? :eek:


I still have both stations here in Westminster in the O.C.

i have everything still in Encino.

Is TWC blacking out the Oregon-ASU game on ESPN right now because it is also on FSN? AT&T is currently blacking out ESPN and ESPN-HD because of the overlap, just wanted to see if they are correctly doing it or being overly paranoid again.

Is TWC blacking out the Oregon-ASU game on ESPN right now because it is also on FSN? AT&T is currently blacking out ESPN and ESPN-HD because of the overlap, just wanted to see if they are correctly doing it or being overly paranoid again.

it's correct.

The game is on ESPN for those who weren't scheduled to get it on FSN.

For the rest, the blackout.

What happened to all the QAM channels? November 1 comes and just about everything other than the broadcast networks are gone. Is this a glitch, or is this a permanent change?
Here's hoping that they will get rid of all the digital channels and replace them with HD offerings. :) HD is the new Digital. I dunno how much bandwidth the Digital channels take, but surely there would be a good amount gained to offer many HD channels.

Another possibility is they turned TBS-HD on for free for baseball fans and in turning that "in the clear" off hit a glitch, although that's unlikely. Maybe they are simply rearranging the channel setup. I guess time will tell.

Rudy

so does anyone know on which HD channel will the Laker game be on? Thanks!

Did TWC recently add ESPN2HD, at the Newberry Park headend?

Did TWC recently add ESPN2HD, at the Newberry Park headend?

I presume you mean Newbury Park - ESPN2HD has been here in Moorpark for quite some time now on 425.

Also, to answer some of the other points above:

1) MOJO HD and TBS HD are still here.

2) No obvious change to the QAM line-up in this area.

Do you have to subscribe to a particular tier to get TBS-HD? I have most of the tiers, plus HD DVR and HBO, but when I select 417, it says I don't subscribe. Should I call and get it fixed? I'd rather not waste my time if I need to add a tier to get it.

Here's hoping that they will get rid of all the digital channels and replace them with HD offerings. :) HD is the new Digital. I dunno how much bandwidth the Digital channels take, but surely there would be a good amount gained to offer many HD channels.

Another possibility is they turned TBS-HD on for free for baseball fans and in turning that "in the clear" off hit a glitch, although that's unlikely. Maybe they are simply rearranging the channel setup. I guess time will tell.

Rudy
They would be much better off dropping analog standard def channels, each analog channel takes up about 6 Mhz of bandwidth which is enough for 6 digital SD channels or two HD channels (this means you would have to drop 3 digital SD channels to add an HD channel, roughly speaking)

So...on Friday I decided to scan the channels on both of my Hd tv's...and guess what....I now have KTLA channel 5-1 HD on my cable that is off the cable box....it is a fantastic picture...gone are the pumpkin faces.....I can't wait to see Smallville and Supernatural in HD....the only down side is I have to watch them live because my HD DVR does offer the CW in HD yet....sigh...but still I am happy....also I get 417 for free....and I still have all my Qam channels....hope that helps....

Anyone please let me know if you have to subscribe to something to get 417 TBS-HD???

Anyone please let me know if you have to subscribe to something to get 417 TBS-HD???

I get 417 free...I do not subscribe to any extra HD channels...it just showed up last month...if it is any consulation it is not very good....but it is HD and "Free"...

Video competition squeezes another cable giant as Time Warner Cable sees higher-than-expected customer defections and misses its third quarter profit target.

In the third quarter, Time Warner Cable says it saw its basic video subscriber numbers decrease by 83,000, with 66,000 of that decline coming from the Dallas and Los Angeles markets, where competition from rivals has heated up. Analysts and investors were expecting user losses of about 50,000.

Failure of cable companies to convert basic video customers into subscribers of multiple digital services like phone and Net access has been exposed as a big vulnerability as players duke it out with so-called triple play offers.

A good measure of how effective cable companies are at selling more services is the revenue generating units number. In the third quarter, Time Warner Cable added 522,000 RGUs, which is down sequentially from the 546,000 mark in the second quarter.

Strong promotion of high-definition programming by satellite broadcasters DirecTV and EchoStar along with the entry of phone companies like AT&T and Verizon in the video market has helped lure customers away from cable players like Comcast, Cablevisionand now Time Warner Cable.

The slowdown was reflected in Time Warner Cable's financials.

Time Warner Cable posted an adjusted profit of 25 cents a share on $4 billion in sales. Analysts were expecting pro forma earnings of 27 cents a share on $4.04 billion in revenue, according to Yahoo Finance.

Looking ahead, the company reaffirmed its 2007 sales target calling for about $16 billion in total revenue. That happens to be in-line with analysts' expectations.

We're planning for a strong finish this year, and we remain firmly on track to generate attractive free cash flow and achieve our ambitious operational goals for the year," CEO Glenn Britt said in a press release Wednesday.

Time Warner Cable shares rose 22 cents early Wednesday to $27.77.

http://www.thestreet.com/s/competition-pinches-time-warner-cable/newsanalysis/techtelecom/10388803.html?puc=_googlen?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

What a surprise. I was on cable since 1981 and never really wanted to go to D* or any other, FiOS was on my mind but not arriving soon enough. It took TWC to push me to want to go and go now. Way to go and thanks, so far D* is more than I expected! :)

Well yesterday I went down to my local TW office, to replace my remote for my DCH3416, and I had a wait of TWO AND A HALF HOURS! suprised? I know I am last time I had to go in, when Adelphia was still around, I just waited 15 minutes. WHAT A JOKE!!

Well I just signed up for FIOS, so bye bye TWC! The problem is I need to wait two weeks to get installed, as it needed to be a weekend.

Oh to have FIOS available in Sherman Oaks

Did a channel scan today and saw the total number of digital channels go from 446 to 451 so 5 new digital channels are either about to show up or have shown up. :) One of the 5 is the CW-HD that is already on. The other four are a mystery for now. If you see something new post it here of course. This is in West LA.

The QAM number for CW-HD is 121.204
Rudy

The QAM number for CW-HD is 121.204

Thanks,i can get it on my LG dvr with clear quam but i get no signal on 405 with cablecard on my Sony dvr-strange.Btw what's with the dark blue pillar box color on KTLA?I never noticed that when i received it OTA.

Well just had my Digital Phone installation it was perty quick (the tech actually arrived early, are install window was from 9-12, and he got here at 8:30) I will say the only thing semi-troublesome was the activation of a COAX line in one of our bedrooms where we have our Uniden base station hook up(the tech. was on hold for 15min. and when I told him that customers also experience long hold times, I knew he felt our pain). hats off TW for seamless digital phone install.

Thanks,i can get it on my LG dvr with clear quam but i get no signal on 405 with cablecard on my Sony dvr-strange.Btw what's with the dark blue pillar box color on KTLA?I never noticed that when i received it OTA.

I don't get 405 on my SA8300 DVR either but I do get it on my Qam as 5-1 that I use on another input...and it is beautiful...can't wait to take a peek at Smallville tonight....I am hoping that TW will unlock it on the cable boxes so that I can record it on my DVR but I am not holding my breath...as for other channels...408 is KOCE..that just showed up out of the blue...maybe they will slowly add stuff....I would love Sci-fi...A&E...History Channel...BBCAmerica which will be in HD in January or February...

I don't get 405 on my SA8300 DVR either but I do get it on my Qam as 5-1 that I use on another input...and it is beautiful...can't wait to take a peek at Smallville tonight....I am hoping that TW will unlock it on the cable boxes so that I can record it on my DVR but I am not holding my breath...as for other channels...408 is KOCE..that just showed up out of the blue...maybe they will slowly add stuff....I would love Sci-fi...A&E...History Channel...BBCAmerica which will be in HD in January or February...
It sounds like they are adding the channels that they were going to add in December now. Or at least some of them. I remember CW and KOCE being on the list.
OK I decided to go and look for that page on TWC website and it basically says that we will get KTLA-HD, KOCE-HD, KNBC News Raw, some Mexican channels and something about splitting Noggin'
Here is the link:
http://www.timewarnercable.com/socal/programming/alerts.html

Rudy

It sounds like they are adding the channels that they were going to add in December now. Or at least some of them. I remember CW and KOCE being on the list.
OK I decided to go and look for that page on TWC website and it basically says that we will get KTLA-HD, KOCE-HD, KNBC News Raw, some Mexican channels and something about splitting Noggin'
Here is the link:
http://www.timewarnercable.com/socal/programming/alerts.html

Rudy

thanks Rudy that is great then I will be able to record Smallville.....KNBC News Raw is great....I watched the whole Phil Spector trial on it....I saw OJ this morning on it...he was being arraigned in Las Vegas....so there is hope...and since KOCE is already on 408 I am guessing the CW 405 will be there soon....things are looking up...

RudyG, do you have a quam channel number for KOCE-HD?I get no signal on 408 either.

RudyG, do you have a quam channel number for KOCE-HD?I get no signal on 408 either.
Nope. It hasn't made its way to West Los Angeles yet. Hopefully someone who already has it can post the QAM channel number. Or I''ll do it once it shows up.

Rudy

Nope. It hasn't made its way to West Los Angeles yet. Hopefully someone who already has it can post the QAM channel number. Or I''ll do it once it shows up.

Rudy


I am getting KOCEHD on channel 50-1 on QAM here in the O.C. and on 408 on my SA8300 DVR

I thought everything was gone too until I started channel surfing....now I have channel 2 KCBS-SD and channel 2-1 which is the new HD KCBS....channel 4 KNBC-SD and 4-1 KNBCHD....etc...they are all there just in a different area....I am guessing this took place at 3:00pm because it interrupted something I was recording and the recording stopped at 3:05pm on both my DVR's (one in the bedroom one in the living room)...the new change is smarter....the HD channels on QAM are now closer to the SD channels....

My Samsung HDTV/QAM box is having real troubles with the new moves-- I see the channels but it actually flips away from them (weak signals maybe?). I sort of get 2-1 (but it cuts in and out quite a bit), 4-1 only stays for about 3 seconds before flipping itself to 4-4 (!). 7-1 seems stable.

Has anyone else seen this with non-TW hardware?

Would i need to restart my SA8300 DVR to gert 405 and 408? or its supposed to just appear one day? i am in Encino. thanks!

My Samsung HDTV/QAM box is having real troubles with the new moves-- I see the channels but it actually flips away from them (weak signals maybe?). I sort of get 2-1 (but it cuts in and out quite a bit), 4-1 only stays for about 3 seconds before flipping itself to 4-4 (!). 7-1 seems stable.

Has anyone else seen this with non-TW hardware?

Interesting...I tried this with my JVC TV last night - I get 4-1, 4-4, 7-1, 11-1 and KCET. It's not seeing KCBS at all, and not getting the others in their old QAM positions (but they still seem to be active - see below). I also get ESPN and ESPN2 in HD with no sound, along with KCAL HD - all three seem to be erratic.

On my PC (AVER HD card), it hasn't been retuned for some time, but last couple of days, KCAL and FOX 11 HD have been cutting in and out.

It's as though they're doing some sort of "realignment" for the benefit of customers with QAM sets. I'll try re-scanning my DVD recorder (LG) later today and see what it gets.

I see what's going on now.....KNBC etc. haven't moved, but they're now showing up with their OTA designations.

Would i need to restart my SA8300 DVR to gert 405 and 408? or its supposed to just appear one day? i am in Encino. thanks!

You don't have to do a thing they just add them...that's what happened when 408 appeared out of the blue last week...however if you also use a Qam input you will have to rescan your channels to have the new ones show up...

After reading here about the new lineup on Qam coming and going I rechecked mine and they are rock steady...that includes 2-1 for KCBS....the signal strength is great...I have a Mitsubishi and I also use a cable amplifier that may be why my channels are not disappearing...the amplifier was given to me by the guy who installed my cable....I route both Qam and my SA8300 through it as a splitter....it makes a HUGE difference in signal power....

I have a Sony HDTV and the TWC Antenna Service. Great thread, I just scanned earlier today and I got KOCE-HD on 96.405. Anyone have a clue when they will add Telemundo HD to the service?

Hopefully this isn't too newb a question- I am brand new to time warners qam channels (I did a quick search before posting)-
On my vizio tv I can tune into channels 115-03, 115-5 etc- these appear to be on demand shows- in fact on one of them it appears that someone is rewinding an adult movie- what gives? Does anyone else in west LA see these? Thanks jjz

I believe what you're seeing is someone on the same node who has ordered something rewinding it - I believe this was covered on here some time ago?

Hopefully this isn't too newb a question- I am brand new to time warners qam channels (I did a quick search before posting)-
On my vizio tv I can tune into channels 115-03, 115-5 etc- these appear to be on demand shows- in fact on one of them it appears that someone is rewinding an adult movie- what gives? Does anyone else in west LA see these? Thanks jjz
just wait for them to hit play, then you hit RECORD!!! :rolleyes:

Hopefully this isn't too newb a question- I am brand new to time warners qam channels (I did a quick search before posting)-
On my vizio tv I can tune into channels 115-03, 115-5 etc- these appear to be on demand shows- in fact on one of them it appears that someone is rewinding an adult movie- what gives? Does anyone else in west LA see these? Thanks jjz
Yeah it's too bad TWC doesn't scramble those. I would absolutely hate to have kids in the house flipping through the channels and .....
I don't understand why they have those in the clear. Well maybe some day. One more thing added to an already long list.

Rudy

Hi,
Has anyone found any HD programming on this channel? TWC won't get NatGeo HD but they put channel but no programming

The QAM number for CW-HD is 121.204
Rudy

CW-HD QAM is 10-405 here in Riverside.

Wasn't there 2 weeks ago, just found it tonight.

btw

Are those of us out here in Riverside supposed to post in the LA thread?

tia

Hi,
Has anyone found any HD programming on this channel? TWC won't get NatGeo HD but they put channel but no programming

The rush to get that channel was because TBS had the Baseball Playoffs in HD.

Are those of us out here in Riverside supposed to post in the LA thread?

Tia - You are always welcome here but you may want to check out the map at the beginning of this thread. Riverside is on the map outside of the So Cal designated areas. However when you see the breakdown of the region it is as follows: Barstow, Desert Cities, San Diego, So Cal, Susanville & Yuma-El Centro. Desert Cities is covered by the Palm Springs thread but isn't as active as ours. If you check it out let us know which you think is best.

Thanks for the map bg.

Looks like I fall under TW SoCal South Division.

That Springs thread has 4 pages in 2 years and I saw no mention of Riverside.

Wonder if it would break any rules to create a Riverside TW thread, we have a population of 2 million now.

For lack of a better place...

Time Warner Analog in Riverside, CA
Scanned and found 193 channels on 11/15/2007
QAM tuner
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HD Channels

10.204: CW HD
93.501: CBS HD
93.502: NBC HD
94.504: ABC HD
94.505: FOX HD
94.506: KCET HD
104.517: Music HD
104.525: KCAL HD
__________________

Digital Channels (HD and non HD)

10.204: CW HD

79.1: ABC 7
79.3: KCET
79.4: KCOP 13
79.5: KDOC 6
79.6: FOX 11

79.9: CW

80.15: MTV3 Latino
80.16: CBS 2
80.17: KCAL 9
80.18: KNBC 4
80.19: ION??
80.20: ??
80.22: KLCS
80.23: ??
80.25: CSPAN
80.26: Home Shopping Network

81.27: Lifetime
81.28: Cartoon Network
81.30: National Geographic
81.31: Nick
81.33: HGTV
81.34: TNT
81.35: spike
81.36: TBS

87.1: ??
87.65: QVC
87.86: Cal Channel
87.89: WGN SuperStation
87.90: ??
87.91: ??
87.92: KVCR
87.93 cspan2

92.401 ESPN Full Court
92.402 ESPN Full Court
92.403 ESPN Full Court
92.404 ESPN Full Court
92.405 ESPN Full Court
92.406 ESPN Full Court
92.409 KCET
92.698 ??

93.501: CBS HD
93.502: NBC HD

94.504: ABC HD
94.505: FOX HD
94.506: KCET HD

98: Oxygen

104.517: Music HD
104.525: KCAL HD

music channels
105.901 to 105.945
105.910: Metal
105.911: Rock
105.912: Arena Rock
105.913: Classic Rock
105.914: Alternative
105.915: Retro.Active
105.918: Adult Alternative
105.920: Hit List
105.921: Party Favorites
105.922: 90's
105.923: 80's
105.924: 70's
105.925: Solid Gold Oldies
105.926: Singers and Standards
105.948: Adult Top 40

111.22: On Demand?

116.235: NBC Weather Plus
116.236: ABC+
116.237: ABC Weather Now

118.221: ??
118.226: The Weather Channel
118.229: KRCC

I've had a strange issue with my Moto DCT-6416. When I try to play my recordings or to rewind/fast forward live TV, I get a black screen and I can't get it to respond. Only when I switch the channel do I get out of the blank screen.

After I do a re-boot, I then am able to access recordings from my hard drive, but later the problem will come back.

Any suggestions? I really don't want to call TW unless I have to. Should I ask for a new box?

I've had a strange issue with my Moto DCT-6416. When I try to play my recordings or to rewind/fast forward live TV, I get a black screen and I can't get it to respond. Only when I switch the channel do I get out of the blank screen.

After I do a re-boot, I then am able to access recordings from my hard drive, but later the problem will come back.

Any suggestions? I really don't want to call TW unless I have to. Should I ask for a new box?

You should be able now to go to the local office and switch out for the nw one. If it's a buggy unit, why not?
Just watch all your shows first! ;)

You should be able now to go to the local office and switch out for the nw one. If it's a buggy unit, why not?
Just watch all your shows first! ;)
Thanks joe221. Are you referring to the new DCH units? Are they less "buggy" than the DCTs?

Thanks joe221. Are you referring to the new DCH units? Are they less "buggy" than the DCTs?

Yup, I had three of them before my switch to D*, no real issues. I'm now only QAM as my Condo has TWC whether I want it or not. At least no further money to TWC.

Still can't get The CW here in Simi Valley. No listing on 405 and can't located it on QAM. Anyone out here have the QAM number for it?

live in Simi Valley also. On my Sony TV, here are the current HD QAM and DVR channel numbers:

KCBS HD - 2.1 (402)
KNBC HD - 4.1 (404)
KTLA HD - 119.204 (none)
KABC HD - 7.1 (407)
KCAL HD - 104.525 (409)
KTTV HD - 11.1 (411)
KCET HD - 28.1 (412)

New HD channels this morning in Thousand Oaks. KTLA 405, and KCOE 408 although 408 is " not authorized" as yet.

Fountain Valley here I got KTLA 405

here in Oxnard (Newbury Park headend)they are authorized.

KTLA-hd 405 & KOCE-hd 408 were turned on this morning in West Hollywood.

I am in Westminster in the OC and 405 is now on...ironically I had gone to TW office this morning to return 2 cable boxes that I no longer needed when I got the news that today was the day we would get the CW....I also had my bill reconfigured...they have changed some of the tiers and if you don't know about it they are not about to tell you...this saved me $47 a month and when I mentioned there should be an incentive program for long time customers I was given the HD tier and TMC for free I have all the movie channels for some time but dropped TMC because it was not worth it..today it was bundled in with Showtime ...the HD tier was making me crazy...I could not see paying an extra $5 a month...I guess they threw me a crumb and I'll take it....:D.....if you have not looked at your bill lately do so and go into the office and see if they will work something for you...it's worth the trip...I guess the threat of HD competition is finally working...

405, 408, and 226 are live in Sherman Oaks.

405 is on in Camarillo. 408 is not authorized. This is great news because according to the information Time Warner put out Camarillo was to get only 408 and not 405!!

Got 405 and 408 here in Tarzana, But 405 is only showing Kcal 9 all day. weird :confused:

Anybody geting messege's, on their 3416's, that say "file cannot be deleted" when changing channels?

Wow, I'm kinda surprised at reading how people are just getting 405 KTLA now. I've had it since I signed up at the end of last year and didn't realize that not everyone was getting it.

No 408 here in Costa Mesa yet either.

KTLA Morning Show read a letter this AM about a TWC customer seeing them in HD and Sam said it was on 405. He lives in West LA so I guess it's here too.

at around 11pm last night both of my SA8300 boxes rebooted by themselves.....this was "AFTER" 405 was added so it wasn't all about that.......there may have been some kind of upgrade....I looked through my channel selection and 226 is now on the boxes as NBC raw...a great channel for trials and news feeds and raw it is so be mindful of the "graphic picture and language" admonition if kids are present...other than that I don't notice anything else...anyone else experience this? ...I am in Westminster in Orange County....

KOCE-HD is now on QAM channel 122.405 here is West Los Angeles.

Rudy

405 TheCW is working for me in Simi Valley!
VERY excited!

As of tonight 408 is now on in Camarillo. 405, 226 have been on for a couple of days now.

An apartment building can't stop you from putting up a dish in a space that is for your exclusive use (such as a balcony, etc). You are covered by the Satellite Home Viewers Act (SHVA).

We own an apartment building in Los Angeles, True about the SHVA. What you cannot do to my building is drill holes through the outside walls for cables. Nor screw a satellite dish into the balcony railing, or have the dish company mount a dish on the roof and run a cable down the outside of the building and into the apartment through the wall. Same with Verizon, they can use the prewire telco cable all ready in the walls or TW who uses the prewired coax. If someone else wants to attach things to my building, the need to ask me permission first. You have a choice, but not to damage my building.

A few dishes were put on the roof without my permission, holes drilled through the stucco and ugly wires run down the outsides of the building in years past. When those old tenants go, so do their wires.

408 KOCE just popped up here in Costa Mesa.

KOCE-HD is now on QAM channel 122.405 here is West Los Angeles.

Rudy
How many QAM channel can you see? :confused:

Well, this is certainly a change for the better!

Yesterday evening at about 6PM I wanted to watch a game on ESPN2-HD. My DCH-3416 showed it as "not authorized".

I called TWC and they were unable to send a trigger successfully to the box to get it to re-authorize on the fly, so they asked me to re-boot. I, naturally, was unhappy because it always takes 3-5 days for the Guide to repopulate after such a cold restart but I agreed.

In fact, I had a long conversation with the CSR about this problem, and that everybody else in LA (or at least on this forum thread) who has a Moto 64xx/34xx DVR has complained of this very problem. He, naturally, said he'd never heard of a complaint about this before.

Well sure enough, it took about 8 minutes after plugging it back in for the basic software to get downloaded into the box. And even after another hour, most of the Guide cells (even for yesterday evening) were still largely "to be announced".

However I just looked at things now, less than 24 hours from yesterday's re-boot, and I was able to find that the entire next two weeks has now been completely repopulated (out to the very 14-day fringe limit, where there are a few TBA showing but that's to be expected).

This has not happened before in my experience. Obviously this time it took something less than 24 hours to repopulate the complete 2-week Guide. It's a "miracle"!

Anybody else notice this recent giant improvement?

I just tuned to chanel 405 and its blank? nothing there yesterday i had the same problem with 402? its this just me or are people having the same problem? 402 came back after about 10 minutes.. I have the 8300HDC my fourth box as the other three were broken?

now channel 402 went out? i noticed that when i change to 405 its on the screen for a second and then it drops off?

now channel 402 went out? i noticed that when i change to 405 its on the screen for a second and then it drops off?

same problem in santa monica

Channel 405 is up
In Torrance & the So. Bay
:)

No problems in Los Feliz (Eagle Rock).

I am new to my HDtv box and wanted to ask a few questions about PQ

I have a Vizio 22inch LCD with a 8300HDC and the quality of the picture on chanels like ESPN and HDt as well as the others is awsome.

But on all the other channels the PQ is really grainy even on the digital tiers like Fox soccer channels and HBO I used to have a digtal cable box with a cheap 15 inch non hi-def TV and the picture was way better?

is there anything i should be looking for

by the way i am using the component in

thanks

I keep getting blank screens on differnt channels now fox soccer channel has gone? right in the middle of the game ? i am going to unplug the box but this pushing me away nothing but trouble

:mad:I am new to my HDtv box and wanted to ask a few questions about PQ

I have a Vizio 22inch LCD with a 8300HDC and the quality of the picture on chanels like ESPN and HDt as well as the others is awsome.

But on all the other channels the PQ is really grainy even on the digital tiers like Fox soccer channels and HBO I used to have a digtal cable box with a cheap 15 inch non hi-def TV and the picture was way better?

is there anything i should be looking for

by the way i am using the component in

thanks
Its all in the Network Feed.
Some channels will always look great.
Others are just plain *%&#

I am new to my HDtv box and wanted to ask a few questions about PQ

I have a Vizio 22inch LCD with a 8300HDC and the quality of the picture on chanels like ESPN and HDt as well as the others is awsome.

But on all the other channels the PQ is really grainy even on the digital tiers like Fox soccer channels and HBO I used to have a digtal cable box with a cheap 15 inch non hi-def TV and the picture was way better?

is there anything i should be looking for

by the way i am using the component in

thanks

On an LCD/Plasma HDTV anything that isn't HD is probably not going to look as good as it did on a cheapo tube tv. The LCD is operating on a fixed pixel basis so the picture (even a digital one) is getting adjusted to fit that dimension which will lead to poor PQ. You just get used to it. Having said that, if you had a tube HDTV the other channels would look decent. I never thought about that until recently when I got a hand-me-down tube HDTV and it is amazing how good the non-HD channels look.

I am very happy with TWC here in Sherman Oaks. I used to have Dish Network in LA, and, I am happier with TWC. I signed up for the phone+internet+tv service with them. I tried At&t dsl and while it is cheaper, I just could not get used to slower internet and to how dsl operates.

My deal is as follows:
$89 - digital phone/cable internet/digital tv
plus for $50 more (and that is not really an advertised special) you get every tier and all premium channels: HBO/STARS/TMC/MAX except Playboy and adults. So for $139 + dvr services of course, I get each and every channel, on demand, phone with free long distance, full speed cable internet. I am very happy.

Hey everyone... I have DTV right now but its almost impossible to grt HD because of the signal strength in the area (tree in the way). So I wanted to ask you all a quick questiion with TW.

When games are braodcasted in HD for FSN West & Prime ticket, are they also on TW? I had the most difficult time tracking the ducks game in HD the other night for TW, but for the DTV listings it had it has HD...

Yes, if the Ducks or Kings are in HD on Prime Ticket or FSW, TW has it on ch 413.
Hey everyone... I have DTV right now but its almost impossible to grt HD because of the signal strength in the area (tree in the way). So I wanted to ask you all a quick questiion with TW.

When games are braodcasted in HD for FSN West & Prime ticket, are they also on TW? I had the most difficult time tracking the ducks game in HD the other night for TW, but for the DTV listings it had it has HD...

However I just looked at things now, less than 24 hours from yesterday's re-boot, and I was able to find that the entire next two weeks has now been completely repopulated (out to the very 14-day fringe limit, where there are a few TBA showing but that's to be expected).
Were you TWC always (or TWC bought your location)? All TWC areas I am familiar with only get 1 week of guide. Mine also only has the next 2 days normally automatically loaded until you go beyond that day manually, then it adds them in at that time. Get message "Data being downloaded" for a few seconds when moving beyond 2 days. This of course affects "to be recorded" list, etc. The shows 3+ days from now do not show as going to be recorded until the Guide is forced to be populated.
/Dan
Passport, city of Orange

Hey everyone... I have DTV right now but its almost impossible to grt HD because of the signal strength in the area (tree in the way). So I wanted to ask you all a quick questiion with TW.

When games are braodcasted in HD for FSN West & Prime ticket, are they also on TW? I had the most difficult time tracking the ducks game in HD the other night for TW, but for the DTV listings it had it has HD...
I suppose you know that Fox doesn't transmit every game in HD. Only one game per month or so. On another sad note, I caught a Ducks game on KDOC who now have a 1080i OTA channel and it WASN'T in HD. :(

Rudy

How many QAM channel can you see? :confused:
Here are a few links for you from the previous posts:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=10649275&highlight=94.505#post10649275

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12231553&highlight=94.505#post12231553

Rudy

anyone know when we will get some more HD channels?

anyone know when we will get some more HD channels?

http://www.timewarnercable.com/socal/programming/alerts.html

Nothing in the immediate future, at least according to their Programming Alerts page.

All I am waiting for is for Verizon to offer NHL Center Ice, and my association with TWC is over.

At this pace, I may not even wait for FiOS to offer CI. Right after the 2nd round of the NHL playoffs, I will be calling Verizon to switch Internet and TV over to FiOS. The fiber has been here for over 18 months.

(since I am an apartment dweller with no "exclusive" areas of access, my property manager is not allowing D* or E*.)

I called TW to change my tiers (swapped one for the HD tier), and while I had him on the phone, I asked about the slower speed broadband for like half the price, and he said they had a new package deal where you get $10 off per month on the higher speed (same as I have now) broadband when combined with cable TV. No change and $10 less a month! Sure! Sign me up!

I forget what the package was called. I came from Adelphia, so they just had me set up with similar tiers and packages. You might try the same if you don't have the package already.

Then I asked when we would get History and Animal Planet in HD. They guy said "soon ALL the channels will be HD!" Yeah, right! Maybe with satellite, but please, give me a break! TWC is the last one to get new HD channels. I told him he should tell his supervisor if they don't get on the ball with HD they are going to lose a lot of customers (they already are!) to satellite or FiOS! It really pisses me off when I see in the TV Guide and on these SD stations "broadcasing in HD" when I can't get it in HD!

Then I asked when we would get History and Animal Planet in HD. They guy said "soon ALL the channels will be HD!"
Sounds like a typical TWC CSR with absolutely no useful information. I'm surprised they even know what HD stands for.

actually he was right, soon all the channels will be in HD, you will see =)~.. something industry insiders have knonwn for the last few months

actually he was right, soon all the channels will be in HD, you will see =)~.. something industry insiders have knonwn for the last few months

Same thing happened with "color" in the 50's-60's. It is inevitable and should be expected.

Well, this is certainly a change for the better!

Yesterday evening at about 6PM I wanted to watch a game on ESPN2-HD. My DCH-3416 showed it as "not authorized".

I called TWC and they were unable to send a trigger successfully to the box to get it to re-authorize on the fly, so they asked me to re-boot. I, naturally, was unhappy because it always takes 3-5 days for the Guide to repopulate after such a cold restart but I agreed.

In fact, I had a long conversation with the CSR about this problem, and that everybody else in LA (or at least on this forum thread) who has a Moto 64xx/34xx DVR has complained of this very problem. He, naturally, said he'd never heard of a complaint about this before.

Well sure enough, it took about 8 minutes after plugging it back in for the basic software to get downloaded into the box. And even after another hour, most of the Guide cells (even for yesterday evening) were still largely "to be announced".

However I just looked at things now, less than 24 hours from yesterday's re-boot, and I was able to find that the entire next two weeks has now been completely repopulated (out to the very 14-day fringe limit, where there are a few TBA showing but that's to be expected).

This has not happened before in my experience. Obviously this time it took something less than 24 hours to repopulate the complete 2-week Guide. It's a "miracle"!

Anybody else notice this recent giant improvement?


DSperber,

Yes, I have noticed the improvement.

But there is still no improvement in picture quality on some of the HD stations.

I've been told by "insiders" that they are still working on the new network.... I'm getting tired of waiting.

HDNet movies is one of the worst with the bandwidth being compromised and compressed!!!

I don't know if it is just my area..... Costa Mesa, Orange County, but after 9 service calls and top enginners from TW coming out, I'm running out of patience. They know there is a problem, and have told me so.


Why add more HD channels, when you can't get the ones you have up to par?

I don't even do much DVHS recording anymore.

How many of you have taken a good look at the HDNet movies quality?

Does it look good? Great? Crappy?

Same thing happened with "color" in the 50's-60's. It is inevitable and should be expected.

It almost sounds as though you're suggesting there was a time when television programs were shown without colors.

Im in Redlands and we got KTLA 405 I think over Thanksgiving weekend. Haven't seen anything in HD on it whenever I'm flipping past it.

How many of you have taken a good look at the HDNet movies quality?

Does it look good? Great? Crappy?

What I notice most about HDNet movies is not compression, but that the colors are overly saturated (Showtime used to be like this, especially with "Huff").

It almost sounds as though you're suggesting there was a time when television programs were shown without colors.

Not really, just less of them. Mostly Black, white and gray.
;)

Im in Redlands and we got KTLA 405 I think over Thanksgiving weekend. Haven't seen anything in HD on it whenever I'm flipping past it.

They do their news in HD (studio and copter) so all morning and 10PM. Many CW shows are in HD in primetime too.

I just got a Motorola Moxi HD DVR Box. Now to figure out if I can use its DVI output to a monitor, or its Coax output to get HD into my TV PCI Card (Pinnacle 800i HDTV Card). Apparantly the techs said HD using the component cables works but DVI doesnt, and they didnt know about the coax-pass through. I am going to try using the coax straight into the PCI card as well

I just got a Motorola Moxi HD DVR Box. Now to figure out if I can use its DVI output to a monitor, or its Coax output to get HD into my TV PCI Card (Pinnacle 800i HDTV Card). Apparantly the techs said HD using the component cables works but DVI doesnt, and they didnt know about the coax-pass through. I am going to try using the coax straight into the PCI card as well

You're gonna have fun! First, is your monitor HDCP compliant? If not don't waste any more time.

Anyone have major breakup on KCAL-HD's Laker game last night? Always wonder if it's just me, or my area (Los Feiz) or wider.

ESPN-HD carried the game as well, which I preferred anyway. (As it turned out, the mess on 409 should have been an omen...) :eek:

Anyone have major breakup on KCAL-HD's Laker game last night? Always wonder if it's just me, or my area (Los Feiz) or wider.

ESPN-HD carried the game as well, which I preferred anyway. (As it turned out, the mess on 409 should have been an omen...) :eek:

Same problem in my area (Ventura).

Same here (Moorpark), was stuttering terribly on my HDTV card in the PC. Personally, give me Pat Harvey at 8 anytime :-)

does anyone have an email or an address of someone inportant enough to write a compliant letter?
I just need to vent to them and I have tried using there form letter and i get a canned response I want to get a real person?

I have had 4 boxes in two weeks, the box i have is crap it shuts down, reboots looses channels, freezes and is slow.

I have had them come out once and they swap the box i have swapped it my self 3 times and they are due out next Saturday

frustrated

Well, 402 (KCBS-HD) isn't coming in.

I have rebooted the box, and it still isn't coming in. I am now watching the Chargers on SDTV..

My EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With this and the KCAL9 HD issues, seeing as how they are sister stations, I wonder if the issue lies with them.

402 back after about 10 minutes of black..

does anyone have an email or an address of someone inportant enough to write a compliant letter?
I just need to vent to them and I have tried using there form letter and i get a canned response I want to get a real person?

I have had 4 boxes in two weeks, the box i have is crap it shuts down, reboots looses channels, freezes and is slow.

I have had them come out once and they swap the box i have swapped it my self 3 times and they are due out next Saturday

frustrated


Where are you located?

For LA South, you can call this phone #: 1-866-416-0915 Office of Fred Stefany, President of LA South, or

email: Fred.Stefany@twcable.com

Give em hell!;)

actually he was right, soon all the channels will be in HD, you will see =)~.. something industry insiders have knonwn for the last few months

Soon as in "Soon, LA will be across the bay from San Francisco" or soon as in "You may still be alive when it happens"?

:D

Did we ever have Discovery in HD? I could have sworn at some point I was watching this channel in HD and now its gone. I live in Simi Valley BTW.

Did we ever have Discovery in HD? I could have sworn at some point I was watching this channel in HD and now its gone. I live in Simi Valley BTW.

Wasn't it on 416, which is now called HD Theater?

And is anyone else seeing that the guide info for KODE-HD (408) doesn't match what's actually on?

Wasn't it on 416, which is now called HD Theater?

And is anyone else seeing that the guide info for KODE-HD (408) doesn't match what's actually on?

Well, I could answer the first question. What is now labeled HD theater" was "Discovery HD theater".

So there is no way to get the Discovery Channel in HD then, right? Its not showing up on my DVR.

I belive its called HD theatre now

So there is no way to get the Discovery Channel in HD then, right? Its not showing up on my DVR.What was once "Discovery HD Theater" is now simply named "HD Theater". It is a DIFFERENT channel (i.e. different, separately programmed content) from what is shown on the SD channel named "Discovery".

The Discovery Network now actually does have a new HD simulcast version of their SD Discovery channel, and it is named "Discovery HD". So there is an SD and HD version of the same "Discovery" content. But again, this is not the same content as what's on "HD Theater"... which is an entirely separate second channel.

TWC does not yet carry this new HD simulcast channel named "Discovery HD". Nor do they yet carry the other new HD simulcast channels from Discovery Network, namely Animal Planet HD, Science Channel HD, and The Learning Channel HD.

Discovery Network's web site has finally been updated to describe this distinction and offer a separate schedule (http://dhd.discovery.com/tv-schedules/daily.html) for the separate HD Theater channel. This web site note (http://dhd.discovery.com/simulcast/simulcast.html) from Discovery Network describes it all. The standard schedule (http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-schedules/daily.html) for the four SD channels from Discovery Network now is the same as the schedule for the four new HD simulcast channels, but this is not the same schedule as for "HD Theater" which is separate and different.

But again, at the moment TWC does not offer any of these four new HD simulcast channels. We only get the separate "HD Theater" (formerly "Discovery HD Theater") on 416.

Anyone have major breakup on KCAL-HD's Laker game last night? Always wonder if it's just me, or my area (Los Feiz) or wider.

ESPN-HD carried the game as well, which I preferred anyway. (As it turned out, the mess on 409 should have been an omen...) :eek:

BIG TIME! It was not watchable and some weird pixelization from the uniforms of the other team. I noticed that it wasn't just the game and the next day it was a bit choppy and cutting out. I haven't really payed attention to it the last couple of days. You think they would have done something by the time the game was over. The SD channel was fine.

Where are you located?

For LA South, you can call this phone #: 1-866-416-0915 Office of Fred Stefany, President of LA South, or

email: Fred.Stefany@twcable.com

Give em hell!;)

about two hours after sending a email i got a reply from an engineer in my area and he was able to figure out what the problem was. Fred also responded back to me with an email and I have to admit the service was good. The Engineer told me some of the future plans in my area and that was to upgrade to 1 ghz band width from 750
he said the problem then would be that the cable boxes dont tune that high and they dont make them .. also told me swtiched digtal would problably not come to orange county till 2009. but if they can switch all there analog channels to digital it would open up a lot more channels

(excerpt) Time Warner Cable chairman and CEO Glenn Britt said that Los Angeles and Dallas, where TWC acquired systems in the Adelphia Communications deal, have seen competition from Verizon's FiOS TV and AT&T's U-verse video services.

"They have made good headway there, especially Verizon," Britt said. But he added that the telecom competitors' financial impact on TWC is "pretty small right now."

Verizon president and COO Denny Strigl had an understandably good time when asked about his firm's FiOS TV video service at the UBS conference Wednesday. "What have you heard!?" he replied when confronted with the fact that the cable presenters had all referenced FiOS.

"We have been very pleased," he added, saying that FiOS subscriber momentum has been better than expected by his team in markets where Verizon offers its video service together with telephone and broadband services.

He declined to say for how much longer Verizon would give LCD TVs away as part of promotional offers, but he lauded their success and said they were for a limited time only.

"It's an idea, by the way, that we stole from the cable companies," Strigl said.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/business/news/e3i3ee04370973a581caefdb74701f4239f

What would be the response to "What is the satellite competitors' financial impact on TWC?"

no new news....called TWC couple of days ago re: billing issue and also asked operator about more hd channels. He said "We just added 406 KTLA-HD!" I said, Sorry I just moved 5 miles north form LA (TWC - Former Comcast) to Sherman Oaks (Former Adelphia) and for me it was a surprise I did not have KTLA-HD IN Sherman Oaks, because i had it just 5 miles south in LA! So for me it was something that they took away from me and then placed it back. Anyway, the only interest I have for KTLA-HD is the news in High-Def which I watch sometimes. I asked the operator, what about real new hi-def channels, he said, they will be adding channels but no time table and he did not know which channels. Another useless conversation with TWC operator.

The chart at the top of general HD thread shows that TWC announced 4 additional HD channels. Does anyone know what they are and the time frame?

I have an idea for TWC why not purchase VOOM? I used to have VOOM with Dish Network. I am sure it not expensive, and you get 15 channels and you can then advertise that you have 30+ HD Channels? I think it would be the smartest thing for them to do.

I have an idea for TWC why not purchase VOOM? I used to have VOOM with Dish Network. I am sure it not expensive, and you get 15 channels and you can then advertise that you have 30+ HD Channels? I think it would be the smartest thing for them to do.

VOOM was purchased by Echostar a couple years ago...

VOOM was purchased by Echostar a couple years ago...

exactly I had Voom with Dish Network. However, at least one cable operator, Cablevision, offers it (see the chart in
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=419472) so I don't see why TWC could not do the same. I doubt it is very expensive, Dish Network used to offer it for $5 extra each month, all 15 channels.

Interesting, I had no idea it was offered on a cable company...

Is there an email for TWC person in charge of programming to suggest it?

Thanks for the info absolutic. I would definitely pay an extra $5 for 15 more hd channels.

about two hours after sending a email i got a reply from an engineer in my area and he was able to figure out what the problem was. Fred also responded back to me with an email and I have to admit the service was good. The Engineer told me some of the future plans in my area and that was to upgrade to 1 ghz band width from 750
he said the problem then would be that the cable boxes dont tune that high and they dont make them .. also told me swtiched digtal would problably not come to orange county till 2009. but if they can switch all there analog channels to digital it would open up a lot more channels


Glad to see they took care of you!

Are 9.1:KCAL and 58.1/2/3/4: KLCS gone?
I am in south bay.

Are 9.1:KCAL and 58.1/2/3/4: KLCS gone?
I am in south bay.

I am in Westminster in the O.C. I too lost KCAL 9-1 on one of my HD tv's but not on the other...the one where 9-1 resides has a QAM tuner maybe that makes a difference...the SD on Channel 9 had a ghost image that was never there before ...this is puzzling but I still have 409 on both boxes so no biggie

What do you peoples think about this post from BBR, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19541221-TWC-What-is-better . Will you be willing to switch out your Motorola's STB's for SA's? I hear the SA 8300 with Passport ECHO is better than any Moto DVR with iGuide (Assuming TW does not download Navigator post haste

Anyone else having breakup on practically all channels tonight? Specifically in the Los Feliz (Eagle Rock) area. TV reception was totally out last night (including internet access) for a while. Internet came back on early last night, but, a day later, TV reception is still bad.

Just wondering, before I make the call. :eek:

bruce - I didn't notice anything wrong yesterday.

On Tues., the recording I made of the Clippers game dropped out and I lost almost all the 4th quarter. I thought it might have been a dvr issue - didn't think too much about it. Maybe, this was related to the same problems you had. After about 8pm Tues., there didn't seem to be any problems with regular TV reception.

Hi, dylan. I thought things were back to normal Tuesday night also when my Internet access returned, but the recording I made of Boston Legal was skipping, with audio dropouts. I first thought it was a computer problem, but discovered that there was still major breakup (at least on all the HD channels) Wed. night.

I checked this morning around 6am, and all seemed back to normal, which is a relief, since the idea of having to call TW CS makes me cringe. :D

I still have Pushing Daisies recorded which I haven't watched. This was on Wed night - 8-9. I'll report back if there were any problems with that recording.

Recording from Wed. night looked fine and reception seems ok tonight also. It seems like the issue has been resolved as of now.

More HD channels on the way?

http://www.tvpredictions.com/twhd121807.htm

More HD channels on the way?

http://www.tvpredictions.com/twhd121807.htm
Hey Mike.

I read the article, and sadly there is absolutely nothing to get excited about. The coming soon promise has been made for at least a year that I have had a HDTV, and who knows maybe longer. As far as I know only a tiny number of markets actually have SDV in place and since TWC does not announce their plans there is no way of knowing when and where it might be coming. I've heard nothing of it here in LA so we'll have to stay limited, in the number of channels for a while. A long while.
I personally don't see this coming to LA even in 2008 and a huge maybe in 2009. Just based on past experience.

Rudy

I also read the article, and I actually got excited. Silly me...
Soon.....Soon....I keep repeating....

I received something in the mail for TWC (I'm in Woodland Hills) explaining that they will be doing upgrades to the cable system in the area. Does this have to do with the Switched Digital Video rollouts?

Hey Mike.

I read the article, and sadly there is absolutely nothing to get excited about. The coming soon promise has been made for at least a year that I have had a HDTV, and who knows maybe longer. As far as I know only a tiny number of markets actually have SDV in place and since TWC does not announce their plans there is no way of knowing when and where it might be coming. I've heard nothing of it here in LA so we'll have to stay limited, in the number of channels for a while. A long while.
I personally don't see this coming to LA even in 2008 and a huge maybe in 2009. Just based on past experience.

Rudy
I talked to a lead engineer in orange county and he said 2009

I talked to a lead engineer in orange county and he said 2009
Ahhh thanks edwarto, that confirms it then. Sadly I wasn't far off at all. :(

Rudy

What do you peoples think about this post from BBR, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19541221-TWC-What-is-better . Will you be willing to switch out your Motorola's STB's for SA's? I hear the SA 8300 with Passport ECHO is better than any Moto DVR with iGuide (Assuming TW does not download Navigator post haste
I switched to D* a while ago, but the main thing I miss from TW is the SA 8300 HDDVR. The adjustible picture-in-picture with tuner-swap feature was great for watching sports (my tv has PIP too, so I would often have three HD CFB games on the screen at once). If they added a split screen feature to the SA 8300 HDDVR it'd be almost perfect imho (except for the occaisional HDCP warning screens)

Ahhh thanks edwarto, that confirms it then. Sadly I wasn't far off at all. :(

Rudy

he did say in Costa Mesa (now) and in other areas (fountain valley) soon
that they are upgrading from 750mhz to 1000mhz or something like that.
they want to get rid of some of the analog chanels as soon as possible but he said its hard. if he had his way ESPN would go digtal as well as some of the other ones

that would free up more space for HD

he did say in Costa Mesa (now) and in other areas (fountain valley) soon
that they are upgrading from 750mhz to 1000mhz or something like that.
they want to get rid of some of the analog chanels as soon as possible but he said its hard. if he had his way ESPN would go digtal as well as some of the other ones

that would free up more space for HD
If they would offer free SD non-dvr boxes they could prbably drop most of the analogs tomorrow to be met with a little griping by some and a ton of cheering by many...I guess they still think the "you don't need a box" selling angle still plays better than if they had the capacity to add all the HD's that D* has been adding (and possibly with less compression).

I received something in the mail for TWC (I'm in Woodland Hills) explaining that they will be doing upgrades to the cable system in the area. Does this have to do with the Switched Digital Video rollouts?

could mean there upgrading there band width or implementing Navitgator on all there boxes ?

I've noticed a substantial increase in pixelization in the last week in the Redondo Beach area. Anyone else in the South Bay having this problem?

Christmas day picture breaking up on both my HDTV's on ABC anyone else ?

A little after the fact, but 407 looked fine yesterday in Los Feliz. How's it looking for you today?

A little after the fact, but 407 looked fine yesterday in Los Feliz. How's it looking for you today?

it got better later that day

horrible picture right now because of the gale force winds...every HD station is pixelating....:(

what a difference a day makes...everything is crystal clear and beautiful....woo hoo....

We will all have a unique opportunity to compare what a great negative effect subchannels have on PQ when both KNBC & KCBS will simulcast the Patriots game with the NFL network this Saturday.Look for much more pixellation on KNBC who keep insisting on carrying stupid subchannels thus ruining the quality on their HD broadcast.The massive pixellation every Sunday night has bothered me for a long time and it got even worse with the introduction of digital raw 4.4.I really wish that they would consider changing to 720p like KCET did as the pixellation is now much less nowadays.I really wish KNBC would do something before this summer with the Bejing Olympics comming up but i'm sure NBC is mandating 1080i for owned and operated stations.

We will all have a unique opportunity to compare what a great negative effect subchannels have on PQ when both KNBC & KCBS will simulcast the Patriots game with the NFL network this Saturday.Look for much more pixellation on KNBC who keep insisting on carrying stupid subchannels thus ruining the quality on their HD broadcast.The massive pixellation every Sunday night has bothered me for a long time and it got even worse with the introduction of digital raw 4.4.I really wish that they would consider changing to 720p like KCET did as the pixellation is now much less nowadays.I really wish KNBC would do something before this summer with the Bejing Olympics comming up but i'm sure NBC is mandating 1080i for owned and operated stations.

CBS is winning hands down here in Fountain Valley even the quality of sound is miles ahead

CBS is winning hands down here in Fountain Valley even the quality of sound is miles ahead

You are so right. KCBS looks so much better here in W. Hollywood.

Does anyone know for sure if TWC offer FSN HD in Los Angeles area, specifically in San Gabriel? I don't see it in the HDTV package on their site but some people here seem to have it.

Also if I subscribe to HDTV package(TNT HD, LOCAL HD, ESPN HD, etc) can I just use my QAM-capable TV to tune to these channels without a box? My TV doesn't have a cablecard slot.

Thanks.