Charlotte, NC - TWC - Page 140

Originally Posted by chuckf1

Posting from today's Swanni Sez website. http:///www.tvpredictions.com/twhd020708.htm

We can only hope the TWC--Charlotte gets some of these channels, and soon.

Originally Posted by Stacey Wood

I had a MUCH different experience watching UNC-Duke. The broadcast was terrible. There were multiple times when the video stuttered, etc. The Audio was terrible. It sounded as if was coming out of a big tin can. I don't know if it was a Raycom, local CBS, or Time Warner issue. All I know is that I wished I was watching it on ESPNHD where I almost never notice any issues.

I will say that when there were no video issues that the picture was incredible!

Originally Posted by abcward

There is nothing concrete that we can hold them responsible on.

Originally Posted by spidrw

I'm looking to re-do some of my in-house wiring and was wondering about connectors. I've heard that sometimes TW will just come out and put connectors on the cables for you in the interest of keeping interference off of their system. Any experiences with this? If not, I'll pick up a compression tool and some fittings, but I'd rather just have them do it if they will. I'd fish the lines myself. My current plan is to have one line that runs from every room back to the box outside - if a room has more that one outlet, I'd use a splitter and connect that room's lines to the main line since I'd only use one of those lines at a time.

Thoughts?

I apoligize if this is the wrong place to ask this. I searched around on here and couldn't find any other threads with so many TWC Charlotte customers.


Thanks!

Originally Posted by Mhorn

I don't know about any recent updates, but I have noticed that my 8300 box is acting up. Last night, it would not record my scheduled recordings (i.e., it would say that it was going to record, but it wouldn't actually do it, so I had to manually record the shows instead). Also, while watching a movie last night, I could fast forward or rewind through the movie, but whenever I pressed play it would jump to the end of the movie after a certain point in the movie. Also, I have noticed that when watching a recorded show, it does not keep in its buffer the show that is live, so you have to remember to record it manually (for example, halftime of the ballgame, so you switch over to a recorded show, you then stop it, realize you've missed some of the game, you can no longer go back). Ridiculous that crap like this gets put out, particularly since it's a regression.

The only improvement that I have noted is that it does tell you how much recording space has been used.

Originally Posted by gregorsmith

Finally, after some 4 months after they announced a change over, TWC is moving Huntersville over on Wednesday to a program lineup that nearly matches Statesville, Irdell and all them up north

http://www.timewarnercable.com/Charl...elcometwc.html

Sweet!

Originally Posted by Mhorn

Chuckf1 - On my newer boxes with the newer software, the % of space used is shown on the initial List screen.

Originally Posted by Robert_W

Something strange happened to both my 8300's. I always keep them set at 1080i. One evening I turned the box on and it would not "sync" with the television using the hdmi connection. So, I disconnected the hdmi cable and connected the component cables up to the TV and the output resolution was set to 480i, 480p, 720p, and 1080i. I reset the box to 1080i, turned everything off, disconnected the component cables, hooked up the hdmi cable, and everything worked fine. Checked the other 8300 box and it was the same thing. Reset everything to 1080i and everything's working well.

We don't have children, wife doesn't "touch" that kind of stuff, hmmmm...?

Bob.

Originally Posted by rdgcss

I keep a composite cable connect form the 8300 to the TV all the time. It seems to always work, it's active even if you are using component or HDMI. So when something like you just memtioned, I switch the TV to the composite input & fix the problem.

Originally Posted by Mhorn

I don't know about any recent updates, but I have noticed that my 8300 box is acting up. Last night, it would not record my scheduled recordings (i.e., it would say that it was going to record, but it wouldn't actually do it, so I had to manually record the shows instead). Also, while watching a movie last night, I could fast forward or rewind through the movie, but whenever I pressed play it would jump to the end of the movie after a certain point in the movie. Also, I have noticed that when watching a recorded show, it does not keep in its buffer the show that is live, so you have to remember to record it manually (for example, halftime of the ballgame, so you switch over to a recorded show, you then stop it, realize you've missed some of the game, you can no longer go back). Ridiculous that crap like this gets put out, particularly since it's a regression.

The only improvement that I have noted is that it does tell you how much recording space has been used.

Originally Posted by henry296

I'm moving into a new construction home in 3 weeks and I am considering having both DirecTV and TimeWarner. I want D* to be my primary TV provider because of Sunday Ticket but I'm considering Time Warner for my Internet and perhaps for basic cable TV (No HD) for some of the other rooms in house so I don't have to pay for and have a receiver. 1. Is this feasible? 2. Does this seem logical?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by henry296

I'm moving into new construction home in 3 weeks and I am considering having both DirecTV and TimeWarner. I want D* to be my primary TV provider because of Sunday Ticket but I'm considering Time Warner for my Internet and perhaps for basic cable TV (No HD) for some of the other rooms in house so I don't have to pay for and have a receiver. 1. Is this feasible? 2. Does this seem logical?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by rdgcss

If your TV has an QAM tuner then you will be able to watch the local HD
channels even with basic cable.

Originally Posted by rdgcss

If your TV has an QAM tuner then you will be able to watch the local HD
channels even with basic cable.

Originally Posted by jrs

Are you sure about that?

When I took my vizio to my parents to try this out (they only have basic cable), they didn't work, while at my house they worked fine.

Originally Posted by rdgcss

if they have had cable more than 5 years, their "cable cable" is most likely sub-par and won't carry the HD signals, my wife's parents had this very problem

Originally Posted by jrs

Are you sure about that?

When I took my vizio to my parents to try this out (they only have basic cable), they didn't work, while at my house they worked fine.

Originally Posted by Robert_W

Not all QAM tuners are created equal. I had a Samsung LCD TV that received all the local digital and HD channels. Unfortunately, I returned the TV because I was not pleased with the picture and replaced it with a Panasonic plasma TV. The Panasonic only receives a couple of digital and HD channels. The tuner in the Samsung was superior to the Panasonic's tuner. Both are QAM tuners.

Bob.