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actually they are one of best

one of the first to launch phone and interenet

the holdup most likely is the 1Ghz upgrade is not done.

Remember I posted I heard it would be mid February before the upgrade was complete was the last I heard/

I forgot or I missed the 1 Ghz upgrade part.

What will that get us? More HD will it be used more for on Demand, internet or phone? Can they put channels up there?

I searched in google and found this. What does it all mean? Is it also switched Video support? Will they really do it now that the economy is bad and everyone is cutting back?

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/C...By-2011-100603
and
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/C...s-Speeds-89444
and even better
http://www.onetrak.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=2870

Scott Omaha is not done, or might be about done in mid February with the upgrade. We might hear more in March or April. The 1Ghz will allow cox to use the bandwidth more efficiently and faster internet we will not see it used for video until we get new boxes the have 1Ghz tuners.

looks like no new channels for cox until maybe April

CSR said they are most likely done adding channels this quarter.

Will the new Cox 1Ghz help them get more HD channels to each neighboor hoods head end box so they can do more one demand HD or something else.

I just cant believe they will upgrade the boxes? Will they make you upgrade only if you want more HD?

Just looking down the road, trying to understand the 1 Ghz upgrade, when very few other cable systems in big cities other than cox are doing it.

not at first the current boxes only have 850 Mhz tuners Motorola makes 1 Ghz boxes. I expect them to upgrade the HD HD/DVR boxes while the regular digtal boxes are at the lower end, but as the DCT 2000 fail they would get replaced with newer hardware.

question for people who have a cox dvr and a HDTV connected through hdmi. Ever since channel 1was added as a ondemand choice every so often the video and sound would go out when exiting a ondeand show. Anyone notice this?

There is a new video explaining some of Pappas's central Nebraska stations plans for the digital transition. Click on the yellow camera.

NTV video link

Some slightly new info on video Cornhustler posted: NTV GM announced that 13.2 will carry KTVG-DT/HD when KHGI goes full power digital.

Here is a nice list from AP today on stations ending Analog on Feb 17th

_ Nebraska

Lincoln DMA: KGIN (CBS), KHNE-TV (PBS), KWNB-TV (ABC), KHGI-TV (ABC), KLNE-TV (PBS), KLKN (ABC), KOLN (CBS), KSNB-TV (Fox)

North Platte DMA : KNOP-TV (NBC) (i think it INCLUDES KWNB-6 which is in there DMA)

Omaha DMA: KYNE-TV (PBS), WOWT-TV (NBC)


_ Iowa

Des Moines-Ames: KDSM-TV (Fox), WHO-TV (NBC)

Sioux City: (KCAU-TV) ABC, KMEG (CBS), KPTH (Fox), KPTH, KTIV (NBC)

So 13.1 and 13.2 will both be HD? They must be using that fancy compression multicasting thing that they use in OKC, or starving bandwidth.

OR, KTVG will continue to be broadcast from a separate stick but just mapped to 13.2?

No, both are going to be on KHGI. Correct me if I'm wrong but since Fox and ABC are both just 720p, not 1080i, there's enough bandwidth for both. The newer compression technique is needed for what KOLN may do -- 1080i, 720p, and 480i on the same channel.

Has anybody done a side by side comparing OTA to Cox? I know that OTA is supposed to be higher quality (less compression...) but I was curious if anybody has done an A/B comparison. I tried but I could not get my QAM tuner to pull in the Cox feed.

KETV and WOWT

I was just on Ketv.com and they have links to stories on WOWT.com and omaha.com how strange.

Internet Broadcasting Systems (which manages KETV.com as well as other Hearst-Argyle television properties' sites) is now aggregating news from other area news sites in the Local News section. I noticed KCCI.com for central Iowa was doing the same thing earlier today.

KTVG Channel 17 (Fox) will remain full-power analog until sometime in late March.

From: http://www.kearneyhub.com/site/news....d=577571&rfi=6

I hate to do this but does anyone, in or near omaha, have a Elemental Designs powered subwoofer I could possible listen. Feel free to PM me if you do or know someone that does.
Thanks

Question... I noticed tonight when watching the NC-Duke game on ESPNHD that whenever I switched channels an icon saying "One moment please" with a little clock pops up in the upper right corner. Anyone else notice this? Also, the colors seem to be off in the guide itself - there used to be color shading for movies, sports, etc, and now that appears to be gone. Anyone else experience this, or is there something wrong with my DVR? I even unplugged it and let it reload, with the same results. Just wondering if Cox is updating software and it isn't worked out yet, or if there is something more to it.

On other note, if anyone would know... I'm also receiving a green line that runs along the right edge of my TV from top to bottom. At first I thought this had something to do with my DVR, but when I unplug the HDMI cable and plug it into another HDMI port the line goes away. Of course, I thought then there was something wrong with the new TV, but when I switched my Blu-ray player to that port the line didn't reappear on either HDMI port. Could it possibly be interference? I've received a lot of digitizing lately, especially on FOXHD while watching 24.

we got updated software lastnight. the dvr guides never had color coding.

The FCC has released a list of stations that need to demonstrate compliance to some guidelines -- mainly in the area of public awareness and assistance -- by Friday, February 13th in order to be allowed to shut off analog on Tuesday, February 17th.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...FCC-09-7A2.pdf

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...FCC-09-7A1.pdf

In Nebraska, stations potentially affected are KOLN, KLKN, KHGI, KSNB, KWNB, and KNOP.

One of the requirements is that there remain at least one analog service in each market area. Unless they consider KTVG (Grand Island) + KWAZ-LP (Lincoln) sufficient, it looks like either KLKN or KOLN will have to stay on until 6/12 if I'm reading this right.

Personally, I find this whole delay ridiculous. Analog should have already been shut off, even back at the originally-proposed 2006 deadline. A few more months isn't going to make much difference. And really, TV is NOT as vital as some are making it to be. There are other ways of getting news, as well as weather alerts. It's not the same as a food crisis -- which is what some are equating it to now, by even setting up "converter box donation sites" and calling on church leaders, even, to incorporate DTV-related messages into their services!

I mean, if people want to be generous and donate boxes and assistance, great. That's wonderful that they want to help out and all. But it's not the crisis that it's being hyped up to be. Who knows. Maybe if a few people DO lose analog service and haven't hooked up digital yet, more time spent with family and friends, reading, exercising, etc. could be the best thing to happen to them in a long time. There will also be some that don't believe it's really happening until the analog is gone. I say shut it off and let's get on with DTV.

/end rant/

Weird. Thought they did... do the regular HD boxes have color coding, or am I just going completely nuts?

the hd do have color coding along with the regular boxes.

what model of cox box do you have?

I don't see no special color coding on the guide in my box and I have a 3416 box.

KNOP switched off analog on Tuesday the 10th.

that's a dvr so there is no color coding.

http://www.macrovision.com/products/...ssport_dct.htm runs on regular and hd

http://www.macrovision.com/products/...sport_echo.htm

dvr

Yes, it's perplexing that the FCC included KNOP on the list, since they had previously said that any station with prior authorization to end analog before 2/17 could still move forward with that plan with no extra requirements. Then again, the FCC seems to be changing its rules every other business day.

FCC lists have been known to have an occasional error or two in them.

I remember seeing WHO being listed as being in "Moline, IN" once -- wrong city, wrong state, and with one of the nation's most famous call signs, no less.

I'm seeing the green line also. I just adjusted the horizontal position to move it off screen.
I seem to remember having a similar light blue line on the left in the past. My horizontal position was set to -2, now it's +3.

KOLN is continuing with the analog shutoff on 2/17, but KLKN is going to wait until 6/12.

Also KCWL has decided to flash-cut sometime in March.