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FWIW I tested STB to TV via component and HDMI. Visible difference, the component was darker and a tad muddier. My DVD player only has a component out, so I waited until there was a broadcast of a film I had on DVD... again, the PQ seemed to follow the same pattern, component output from the DVD was darker than that from the STB/HDMI connection. Fortunately, the DVD player did have some built in controls, so I went 2 notches towards the "lighter" setting and got the over gamma from both sources to be very similar.

Bottom line is some see differences, others don't. You're just going to have to test this for yourself!

I think, as you're alluding to, you can adjust the settings on your HD set to compensate, for PQ. Additionally, it just might depend on the type of TV you have. For ex, on my Pioneer, their is no noticeable lighter/darker difference on the SD channels between HDMI and component..none at ALL.

Additionally, i recently bought a $70 HDMI cable online, from bettercables.com. I compared with the $160 MONSTER HDMI cable i bought from Best Buy. I saw NO difference in PQ at =all= between the two cables, so think twice before you spend/waste your money on an expensive cable.

If you look in the history of this thread, this question gets asked about weekly, and the answer for myself (and at least a few others) is that the difference is basically nonexistant for HD programming, but the HDMI is noticeably (but subtly) better for SD programming.

Scott

When I watch HD channels like CBS, WB, FOX on HD cable, some shows will show more red. It seems like my LCD TV's color settings are not set up properly, but it is. This only happens on some specific shows. When I switch to some other HD channel, it will be fine. When that show is over and another show is on, it's fine.

this was said in a article:
"Meanwhile, Santelle was more optimistic about ESPN2 high definition and ESPNU coming to Time Warner."
I really think we're close to making it happen, especially ESPN2 HD, and we're getting pretty close with ESPNU, Santelle said. I'll say anywhere from 30 to 60 days.
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the quotes are at the bottom of the article, which also mentions the feud with the NFL.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate...s/15247989.htm

While I am all for more HD, including ESPN2, what about Starz, Cinemax, and TMC?? I visit my folks in Philly and they've got it all on Comcast as well as ESPN2 and NFL Network! How can Time Warner honestly be labeled as the #2 cable provider in the U.S. when they are just sooo mickey mouse and so far behind the leader! For cryin' out loud, don't they know how many Crap channels they offer?? (HSN, QVC, AM Store, Fit TV, The Word Network??...and all those "in-demand TV shows" that aren't worth watching at all!). They seriously need to get a clue!

There's more--for 10 bucks extra you get 16 Mbps internet on Comcast in NJ. For 25 extra you get 8 Mbps on TWC. Try to write that check.

Mike

Man, this NFL/TWC feud is pretty depressing. I guess eventually they will work something out, but it's not looking good for this season. At least it's good to know that greed and avarice are alive and well in the corporate landscape. . . . I do wish I could get a dish in my apartment, but it's not worth the fight with the landlord, since as far as I know I have no legal right to mount such a device.

I just got time warner DTV Intro package, but I'm getting HBO and many extra channels, will these get flushed, or did the person that did this for me mess up and signed me up for extras?

Not sure what you mean by "many extra channels" but when you buy HBO you get

"6 FREE additional channels: HBO 2, HBO Signature, HBO Zone, HBO Family, HBO Comedy, HBO Latino" according to TWC website.

Mike

Sorry for being unclear, I'm pretty much getting most of everything TWC offers when I only should be getting a small fraction of that, just wondering if this is a normal occurance when getting new service and the new code wasn't sent out yet, or if the customer rep signed me up for it all. I guess I'll just call them.

It's quite normal. It'll probably disappear in a few days. Enjoy it while you've got it.

As I understand it, there are two key factors in using a dish; it's direction and height in the sky. I understand the Dish satellite is around 230 degrees and about 30 degrees up. A line of sight to those specifications would seem to indicate possible success. However, there seems to be a big gotcha... they typically do NOT carry the local stations, and in NY, that means a lot. I gather they expect that if you can locate the dish, you can also locate a OTA antenna to get the local HD channels. Which could be extremely difficult depending on exactly where in the city you happen to be located.

Is there a site where I can look at the month's HD lineup for the HD Channels availbel on Time Warner?

Thanks Guys!

nope
you'll jus have to go to each channels website and look at their Schedule.
no HD provider is that nice!

noobie help please...just got a pioneer plasma and will be calling TWC to get HD service installed in my apartment.
can someone tell me how many different cable boxes does TWC offer that output via HDMI? i know the SA8300 has, is there a non-HDD box too? is there one cable box in particular that i should be asking for?
many thanks

Yes, if you read back about 2 pages (and about once a month historically), this question is answered.

*** When you get a new box, random channels may be enabled or disabled (blocked) that you should or shouldn't be getting. Within a week, everything will go back to normal when the box refreshes itself from the head-end. If there is a channel that is blocked that you want to see, a call to the service center to send a signal to your box will set everything to the way it's supposed to be, and you will lose any "bonus" channels you are getting. ***

Yes -- you can go to tv.yahoo.com, enter your zipcode, select Time Warner Digital cable, and select the channels you want to see a guide of. Then you can look as much as 2 weeks into the future.

This is true. This complaint has been raging on these boards forever. In fact, there is a thread with hundreds of postings specifically devoted to bitching about TWC's HD offerings:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=652328

Locally, TWC's excuse is that they are "out of bandwidth" and cannot add anymore HD channels.

Interesting article in the Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/te...14verizon.html

Oh, that's interesting. Along similar lines, I use tvguide.com. They have a "Big Movie Guide" section (register to get your zip and cable system recognized in a cookie). Sort it by "network" and you can scroll down to the 700's. Gives you a listing of all the movies for each day for that 2 week period. Includes ratings, which can be useful (i.e. look at 3 and 4 star ones)..plus you can click on the title and get a bunch of more specific information. The big review is only from them, it would have been totally kick-ass if they linked to rottentomatoes!

Yeah sorry for being redundant, Its pretty nice i can see all the HD channels except for two, nice preview of all their offerings, only channel I'm not getting that I should is Food Network :-D

I know on Staten Island, they tried forcing me to get an SA 8300 and paying extra each month for DVR. Instead I'm just running a DVI->HDMI cable out of the SA 3250 and using stereo audio cables for the sound. I don't understand why they couldn't just disable the DVR functionality on the 8300.

I'll tell you why -- the 8300HD is quite a bit more expensive than the SA3250. So TWC doesn't want to give out those babies to people who aren't paying the extra $15/mo for the DVR.

Come on -- you know you want one. :-) Seriously, even taking into account all of their flaws, they are pretty key additions to your HDTV setup.

Hi, I'm going to be moving to Queens at the end of August. I was just wondering, is YES HD part of the HD package? I noticed on the Time Warner website it isn't, but I was wondernig if it's not up to date or something. Kinda disappointed if it isn't.

Yes, YES-HD does come as part of the package, sorta. They don't advertise it, but it comes in on Ch. 708 (or is it 712?) the "HD Specials" channel ONLY when there is a game that is being broadcast in HD. Otherwise that channel is a grey screen.

There is something half-assed about what they're doing though, since people seem to report that they can't set future games to record on their DVRs and games sometimes get cut off early(!).

Thanks for the info. I'm assuming from your post that not all Yankee games are broadcast in HD?

I dealt with this with Comcast when I lived in Boston (they recently adopted a station solely for NESN-HD, hopefully TWC does this!!)

Correct. I believe that all home games are broadcast in HD (when they don't conflict with local broadcast networks' coverage, which is not always in HD -- Fox especially is in SD widescreen), and I also believe that the away games in Boston are the only ones broadcast in HD.

I'll elaborate on this.

Channels 708 and 712 are YES-HD and MSG-HD respectively. There are usually only activated by Time Warner when a game is going to be on. The channel is only available to be set to record while a game is on, and a few hours after the game (they recently altered the schedule so that the window for 1 game is now about 8 hours, and the DVR can only set this channel during that time.... I still don't get why... but whatever...)

All home game broadcasted by YES are in HD (channel 708 in NYC).
All Sunday night ESPN games (home and away) are in HD (channel 725).

No Game shown on channel 9 or FOX Saturday is available in HD (FOX is SD-Widescreen)

Following Road YES games are in HD and on channel 708 on TWC
YANKEES ROAD HIGH DEFINITION TELECASTS (34)
DATE OPPONENT TIME
May 1 Boston Red Sox 7:05 p.m.
May 2 Boston Red Sox 7:05 p.m.
May 22 Boston Red Sox 7:05 p.m.
May 23 Boston Red Sox 7:05 p.m.
May 24 Boston Red Sox 7:05 p.m.
June 2 Baltimore Orioles 7:05 p.m.
June 3 Baltimore Orioles 4:35 p.m.
June 4 Baltimore Orioles 1:35 p.m.
June 18 Washington Nationals 1:05 p.m.
June 21 Philadephia Phillies 7:05 p.m.
June 22 Philadelphia Phillies 7:05 p.m.
July 3 Cleveland Indians 7:05 p.m.
July 4 Cleveland Indians 6:05 p.m.
July 5 Cleveland Indians 7:05 p.m.
July 6 Cleveland Indians 7:05 p.m.
July 7 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7:15 p.m.
July 8 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7:15 p.m.
July 9 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1:15 p.m.
July 20 Toronto Blue Jays 7:05 p.m.
July 22 Toronto Blue Jays 4:05 p.m.
July 23 Toronto Blue Jays 1:05 p.m.
August 4 Baltimore Orioles 7:05 p.m.
August 5 Baltimore Orioles 4:35 p.m.
August 6 Baltimore Orioles 1:35 p.m.
August 8 Chicago White Sox 8:05 p.m.
August 9 Chicago White Sox 8:05 p.m.
August 10 Chicago White Sox 8:05 p.m.
August 21 Boston Red Sox 1:05 p.m.
September 9 Baltimore Orioles 4:35 p.m.
September 10 Baltimore Orioles 1:35 p.m.
September 11 Baltimore Orioles 7:05 p.m.
September 18 Toronto Blue Jays 7:05 p.m.
September 19 Toronto Blue Jays 7:05 p.m.
September 20 Toronto Blue Jays 7:05 p.m.

Following games are what they call "enahanced Definiton" (i guess the sound is better) and is shown on 708
YANKEES ROAD ENHANCED DEFINITION TELECASTS (22)
DATE OPPONENT TIME
May 3 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7:15 p.m.
May 4 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7:15 p.m.
May 5 Texas Rangers 8:05 p.m.
May 6 Texas Rangers 8:05 p.m.
May 7 Texas Rangers 2:05 p.m.
May 29 Detroit Tigers 1:05 p.m.
May 30 Detroit Tigers 7:05 p.m.
May 31 Detroit Tigers 7:05 p.m.
June 1 Detroit Tigers 7:05 p.m.
July 24 Texas Rangers 8:05 p.m.
July 26 Texas Rangers 8:05 p.m.
August 22 Seattle Mariners 10:05 p.m.
August 23 Seattle Mariners 10:05 p.m.
August 24 Seattle Mariners 10:05 p.m.
August 25 L.A. Angels of Anaheim 10:05 p.m.
August 26 L.A. Angels of Anaheim 4:05 p.m.
August 27 L.A. Angels of Anaheim 3:35 p.m.
September 4 Kansas City Royals 8:10 p.m.
September 5 Kansas City Royals 8:10 p.m.
September 6 Kansas City Royals 8:10 p.m.
September 23 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7:15 p.m.
September 24 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1:15 p.m.
September 25 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7:15

I hope Friday afternoon's rainout makeup vs Boston will be added to the active schedule... I assume it will be done in HD by YES... hopefully Time Warner figures that out... currently the program guide doesn't indicate it.

O - and don't always go by the Program Guide. you'll be surprised sometimes that games will be on and the guide won't say they should be.

I think that "enhanced definition" is either a widescreen SD broadcast or just them upconverting the SD picture to be sent over the HD channel so it will have a slightly sharper picture.