Nashville, TN - Comcast

Hey Jerry thanks for putting the info in one location, I cant wait to see what inhd is all about.

jl-I was so pumped to see INHD yesterday-I got home from work to watch...WRESTLING!! Ugh. Had some errands to do and when I got back I got to see BASEBALL!! double Ugh!!. I hope comcast comes through with HDnet someday so I can get my HD hockey fix. Overall I am very pleased with Comcast in the Nashville market they seem to be very HD programming driven.

By the way at least from the commercials INHD looks like some of the best HD I have seen equal to some of HDnets shows.

Where is the rest of you Nashville?

Anyone else having problems with ESPN? On my set, ESPN is stretched to fill the screen when the broadcast is not in HD. Non-HD content on the local stations is displayed properly.

I received a letter from Comcast yesterday saying that the free ESPN-HD preview will end Thursday, Oct. 2. I am currently only subscribing to limited cable (ch. 2-22) because I was told 30 days ago that I would continue receive all digital locals plus ESPN-HD and INHD with this service. After a long, frustrating, and irritating call to Comcast, I learn that I must subscribe to at least the expanded basic service (channels 2-78) to continue to receive ESPN and INHD. I was transferred to the HD CSR who informed me initially that INHD was a pay-per-view service only! After I explained that it was not and after she had conferred with other "highly knowledgeable" reps, she confirmed that no, it was not actually pay-per-view. I am a DBS user with a DVR and I want to continue using that service, but I am stuck between using my highly valued DVR and receiving the much more convenient Comcast HD service. I suppose this is the price we pay for being early adopters. Obviously the ultimate solution is a DVR capable of recording OTA local digital channels and other HD programming from satellite (which is clearly right around the corner, but at a very steep price).

Richard-Check the HDTV programming section about ESPN stretch. It was espn's decision to show stretched (a bad stretch I might add) programming when not showing an HD event.

It is not a problem but a decision of ESPN.

Same letter here. I called and asked about expanded service - it was going to be about $30 more than I'm paying now. I asked if there were any package deals and I got expanded service + SHO/TMC for about $30 (same as expanded service).

Anybody else having problems getting the INHD channels? I had no problems with any of them when they launched INHD2, but I haven't been able to pick up either INHD channel for about 2-3 days now. It just says "This channel should be available shortly." No problems with HBO or locals, though.

Lee

Both INHD channels have been working normally for me.

both work fine here as well

Thanks guys. Turned out to be my cable being split too many times (I hate having to have 3 TVs out for college football season).

Hey Nashville, are any of you getting a "not authorized" message on espn-hd? I am going to call to find out what is up.

Same problem here. I have a feeling it's a splitter problem too. Cable boxes don't like splitters because the updates don't always work.

I was getting this all weekend too. I had the same problem about a week or so ago and so I called Comcast who helped me troubleshoot the problem for 20 minutes or so before finally asking his supervisor for ideas. At that time his supervisor told him ESPN-HD was having problems and it would hopefully be back on soon. The next day it was working fine. I figured this would cure itself too, but it hasn't. I just called home and it's still out, so I guess I'll give Comcast another call tonight

pr3d-Call comcast and tell them to send a signal to the box, aparrantly they were working on the channel and sometimes the boxes need to be zapped. They did this to mine and all is well now. By the way be sure to ask for the HD department when you call.

Boy that's going to get old at Comcast as more and more HD customers come on board. Imagine 100,000 subscribers all calling asking for their boxes to be zapped!

I wish they would get UPN on this service.

Forget WZTV because Fox has no true HD content anyway.

I watched Enterprise in HD in another city and it was awesome.

Sounds like the clueless response for UPN 30 will mean the wait is on.

I had the same screwup with ESPN HD as well. I had limited basic and got shut out of ESPN HD as well. I added the other tiers because once you have seen a football game in HDTV, you will never go back. I have a regular crew of neighbors on the weekend coming over to watch football this fall.

The 480P output sucks on the Motorola 5100. I switch back to 480i when not watching HD content.

I think adding NFL Sunday ticket games in HD will do nothing for Titans fans because every game is sold out and will be on TV anyway. I was disappointed that CBS did not put the Jags game in HD

Well for you SEC Football fans this weekend, Nov.1

The Florida-Georgia game will be on in HDTV at 3:30p.

The Vols will be on ESPN gameplan but blacked out if you are in TN. Most cable systems will have UT v. Duke on PPV. No idea what the price is on Comcast since I will flipping to the satellite to watch this on ESPN gameplan.

Never thought I would say this, but Go Gators!

FOX, UPN, and WB in Nashville are all owned/operated by Sinclair. Last I heard from Gibson we might have WB in HD and Fox ED later this year. I would assume that once they're broadcasting that Comcast will work out a deal to pass it through to cable customers. I really wish it was in place now cause I want to see 24 in widescreen tonight! Haven't heard back after emailing him about UPN HD.

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