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Does anyone out there know whether Wave cable has a host channel for the TVGOS system? TVGOS = TV Guide On Screen - it's used on some TVs and a couple of DVR's for the program guide, setting the clock, and setting recordings. I recently moved to an area with Wave, and I'm trying to get my Sony DVR to work, but I can't find the TVGOS signal!

Thanks,

Art

Hey falcon, do you know if wavebroadband broadcasts in clear QAM (unencrypted)? I was thinking about putting a TV tuner card in my computer and using it to tune and record TV.

Greetings. My Mom is on Wave in Woodburn, Oregon. She's upgrading from an analog 4:3 TV to a Digital HD 16:9 TV. I'm trying to determine the options available from Wave for content but I find it a little confusing.

My Mom does not want a DVR.

We are going to start by using the TV's internal analog and digital tuners. This should give us the analog and in-the-clear (ITC) digital channels (both SD and HD).

Wave says they provide a digital set-top-box (STB). From what I can tell, this will add the encrypted standard definition (SD) digital channels.

Wave says they provide an HD digital-video-recorder (DVR). This will add the encrypted HD channels and recording capability.

Is there an option in between the STB and the DVR? Is it possible to get a digital tuner only (for less cost per month than the DVR) that tunes in both the encrypted SD and the encrypted HD channels, or is the DVR the only way to get the encrypted HD channels?

The Wave Broadband customer sales representative told me that Wave's tuners don't use cable cards, so it's no help trying to get information from them. They have no idea what they are talking about.

The goal here is to minimize the cost. The extra cost per month for the HD DVR is not acceptable.

Art, I just came across your post about TVGOS on Wave cable (didn't realize there was a Wave Broadband forum on AVS). Did you ever get your Sony DVR to get listings? I am also using a Sony DHG-HDD250 on Wave as well as a Moxi HD DVR. A couple years back I had emailed Wave and got through to someone at tech support who was able to turn on the TVGOS inserter. It was working good for about a month then one day the listings stopped. I ended up just hooking an antenna to the Sony to get the TVGOS listings from KIRO OTA. It has worked fine for me so I never bothered emailing back. I'm not sure if Wave is currently sending out TVGOS, but maybe I will try unhooking the antenna and see if the Sony DHG will find a new TVGOS host channel on cable. The link below says Wave does not provide TVGOS so it doesn't look good unless you have a OTA signal.

http://digitaltransition.macrovision.com/digtrans.aspx

FYI

With the recent acquisition of cable overbuilder Knology by cable overbuilder WOW, industry analysts are now being quoted as saying "Wave Broadband is also reported to be on the block."

I’m new to the Bremerton area (Wildcat Lake) and just got Wave Broadband with the whole-house DVR and client. So far I like Wave, but not too keen on the DVR and client. The DVR works fine, but lacks data space (I prefer to record HD and within a week it’s already 60+% full) and apparently no way to expand. The client is also clunky, I get random pixilation and you can’t set up programming to the DVR.

I see there are several MFG’s/versions of DVR’s out there (Sony, Moxi, TiVo, etc.). Is there one that works best with Wave? That’ll record more than 1 show at a time? That offers the “whole house” option?

I use both Sony and Moxi DVR's with Wave Broadband with good results. If your looking for multiple tuners and multi-room viewing then I would go with the Moxi as it is has three tuners and multi-room is available through the Moxi Mates. When the Wave Broadband tech brought out my cablecard for the Moxi he said he had never seen one before.

Thanks for the info teeitup, I'll be doing some searching on those units and see what I wanna go with!