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post #1651 of 14496
SonomaSearcher,

I know I'm not davisdog, but there was a message sent out from comcast to the DCT announcing the channel additions. No trade secret involved.

- Yuri
post #1652 of 14496
YuriLuzr,
That's why I was asking if anyone in the Comcast 2% club had received a message on their boxes. I haven't had any messages in a couple of months, so it makes you wonder if we really are the red headed orphans. :|
post #1653 of 14496
yep...just a global message from the Santa Clara headend that showed up on the DCT message log (first time they've actually sent a worthwhile message...usually they are just about some stupid advertisement for a PPV wrestling match).

MikeF5..I saw your PM yesterday about not getting any messages...I'm in the 2% club...surprised you didnt get this message since it should have been system wide (and were on the same system)...does make me wonder, since you havent seen any messages...they are infrequent but do come every couple weeks or so. You might go into the menu/messages just to check if you have any in there (maybe your red light is burnt out which is the only indictator of a new one?)..otherwise maybe you are in the .02%?
post #1654 of 14496
Davisdog,
I have 2 boxes, 5100 and 6200, no messages on either, and I went into the message area just to be sure..... no messages. Like I said, a couple of months ago I got messages almost weekly about promotions or upcoming events, now nada. The only thing that has changed is when the installer came with the 6200 box he changed out one of the splitters but that shouldn't stop a message from coming into the box, so I'm at a loss.
post #1655 of 14496
I'm in Santa Clara and we haven't had a message for two months.
post #1656 of 14496
DCTDictator,

Anyway you con confirm if the message system from the HE to some of the areas is screwed up...

Looks like santa clara and milpitas havent been getting messages for a couple months...At least in areas of Saratoga and SJ seem to still be getting them.

Thx
Steve
post #1657 of 14496
Thread Starter 
Well, we did not get the message up here either on a 750 Mhz system (so I assume nobody off the Rohnert Park head end received it). (Unless my better half deleted it without telling me which I doubt extremely-- but I'll ask her to make sure.)

It's screwy how the messages sometimes show up and sometimes don't, and there is no consistency about which areas don't get them and when. Seems very disorganized.

However, I think Comcast pays TV Guide for each message sent, the amount depending on the number of subscribers receiviing it. So maybe that explains why nobody gets all the messages all the time.

Perhaps the "great message sender in the sky" (in Denver) decides which head ends he'll send the messages to based on the type of morning he's having.

Anyway, just to get a message announcing a new but unexpected HD channel is out of the ordinary and a good thing, regardless of the fact that most of us did not receive it.

Maybe they figured they'd send it to one head end only and the Avsforum members there would quickly spread the news and they'd save some greenbacks.
post #1658 of 14496
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Originally posted by SonomaSearcher
Maybe they figured they'd send it to one head end only and the Avsforum members there would quickly spread the news and they'd save some greenbacks.

haha...I thought that too...although they saved even more money than that...it went to just a couple nodes..not even an entire headend.

but hey...I wish they would use those 750/860 networks for being the messaging systems...us 2%'ers need all of spare bytes we can get.

post #1659 of 14496
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Originally posted by davisdog
haha...I thought that too...although they saved even more money than that...it went to just a couple nodes..not even an entire headend.

but hey...I wish they would use those 750/860 networks for being the messaging systems...us 2%'ers need all of spare bytes we can get.


Really, if KRON-HD shows up where I'm at I'll be more than just a little annoyed..

Jim
post #1660 of 14496
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Originally posted by keenan
Really, if KRON-HD shows up where I'm at I'll be more than just a little annoyed..

Jim


agreed, maybe they'll give us the choice of kron-hd or fsba-hd? (i wish, tongue firmly in cheek!!!)
post #1661 of 14496
Just received my 46" Sammy and hooked up to my DCT5100 using DVI. It didn't seem to go through the software download sequence the instructions mentioned, but it seems to work fine. I get NBCHD, CBSHD, ABCHD, PBSHD and ESPNHD. Didn't have much time to check out anything else, had to get back to work. I'll have to do more setup/testing tonight. How do I check the software version number?
post #1662 of 14496
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Originally posted by davisdog


KRON-HD (ie Ch 4) will be added 8/18 on channel 704.

The question I have is what the heck does channel 4 have in HD? I never watched them after they lost the NBC affliation.

-Steve

Where did this info come from? Is there a reason or a contract agreement as to why Comcast is adding this channel? Did I miss the explanation somewhere here?

Jim
post #1663 of 14496
Jim,

It came in a broadcast message from the Santa Clara Headend so I'm sure its accurate.

On the brightside, for those of us in the 2% Market, this will be the 1st channel with 24/7 HD so at least we have something to show our friends whenever they come over (even if it is HDNet reruns). All the other channels just have occassional HD on them.

I feel your pain though I would much rather have INHD or DSCHD given a choice...(but at least for those on 750Mhz+ networks this is a nice bonus)
post #1664 of 14496
i got the message about the new hd channel, i'm in sunnyvale on the 550mhz network, one of the 2% club...
post #1665 of 14496
Quote:


Originally posted by davisdog
Jim,

It came in a broadcast message from the Santa Clara Headend so I'm sure its accurate.

On the brightside, for those of us in the 2% Market, this will be the 1st channel with 24/7 HD so at least we have something to show our friends whenever they come over (even if it is HDNet reruns). All the other channels just have occassional HD on them.

I feel your pain though I would much rather have INHD or DSCHD given a choice...(but at least for those on 750Mhz+ networks this is a nice bonus)

Weird, I would love to see what the particulars are of why Comcast is carrying this channel. The only explanation I would accept is that they contractually obligated for some reason or another. Not to attack anyones viewing habits, but why waste the bandwidth on something that might be mildly interesting for a week or so, after that who cares, more important, if advertising drives the broadcast industry, you'd think they would put on something that people will watch.

I think I got it figured out, after the HDNet loop, we'll have the first Hi-Def paid programming channel, get your credit cards out and be sure to get that glorious looking bar-b-que you always wanted but never looked very good until you saw it in HD

Wow,

Jim
post #1666 of 14496
Why is everyone complaining about KRON-DT??

Isn't everyone excited about seeing Gary Radnich in High Def! What a joy!

Much better than getting KTVU-Fox in High Def in time for football season.

Yes, I know that Cox is supposedly putting the screws to Comcast, but let's face it - if Comcast really WANTS to make it happen, it can make it happen in time for football season. Unfortunately, we HDTVers are too small a group at this time to make a difference.
post #1667 of 14496
re: Olympics
I got to watch the Olympics in HD last night. My set arrived yesterday and I self-installed the STB. Once the Olympics finally got stared it was great, long but great. I mostly stuck with it, jumping to the AFI Music show from time to time when they kept rerunning the Sony Hi-Def ad. I had some people over last night and they literally said "Wow" when they saw the picture. The pictures of Greece were spectacular.

I'm looking forward to the 49er game tonight
post #1668 of 14496
Can someone recommend which HD provider is the best choice in SF? DirectTV, Comcast, or Voom? I currently have DirectTV but the DTV HD offering is somewhat limited compared to the others. I am also a little worried about the OTA reception given that i am in Noe Valley and sorta in the "shadow" of twin peaks.

please let me know if there is a better place to ask this question...

thanks
mitch
post #1669 of 14496
Quote:


Originally posted by mitchgrasso
Can someone recommend which HD provider is the best choice in SF? DirectTV, Comcast, or Voom? I currently have DirectTV but the DTV HD offering is somewhat limited compared to the others. I am also a little worried about the OTA reception given that i am in Noe Valley and sorta in the "shadow" of twin peaks.

please let me know if there is a better place to ask this question...

thanks
mitch

As far as content Comcast is hard to beat. If you are in an up-graded area, the only thing Directv has over Comcast is HDNet and they lack many other channels Comcast carries. I don't know about Voom anymore, I stopped paying attention when their technical problems seemed to go on forever, but I do think they have BravoHD and TNT-HD among others, but from what I understand sighting the dish for reception is an issue since the bird is in the sky above Brazil or somewhere down there. I've heard of installations where the dish is actually aimed below the horizon which could be a problem for you. Plus entry price for Comcast is much cheaper than the satcos.

Jim
post #1670 of 14496
I currently have both Comcast and VOOM. I live in the east bay, I would say over all comcast is probably your best bet. The only thing your missing out on voom is TNTHD, BRAVOHD, and their special channels. Realistically the content on these channels aren't that great, it is nice to have though. ONly reason why I stlill have voom is for DISCHD as it it not available yet in my area, but once they are I'll cancel voom. If you can get OTA then you'll have a lot of good channels with comcast. Also Voom has raised its prices from when I first got it, so I'd say comcast is more worth it.
post #1671 of 14496
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Originally posted by dailowai
I currently have both Comcast and VOOM. I live in the east bay, I would say over all comcast is probably your best bet. The only thing your missing out on voom is TNTHD, BRAVOHD, and their special channels. Realistically the content on these channels aren't that great, it is nice to have though. ONly reason why I stlill have voom is for DISCHD as it it not available yet in my area, but once they are I'll cancel voom. If you can get OTA then you'll have a lot of good channels with comcast. Also Voom has raised its prices from when I first got it, so I'd say comcast is more worth it.

Is it possible to get TNT-HD and Bravo-HD with a cheap package with Voom? And how low is the dish pointed? I'm up in Santa Rosa, plus I have redwoods all over the property, found a small hole for D* though.

Jim
post #1672 of 14496
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Originally posted by keenan
Is it possible to get TNT-HD and Bravo-HD with a cheap package with Voom? And how low is the dish pointed? I'm up in Santa Rosa, plus I have redwoods all over the property, found a small hole for D* though.

Jim

Cheap is relative...you will not be able to get it cheaper than $60/month ($50 for minimum package and $10 STB rental) + $200 install fee


http://www.voom.com/get_it/offers.jsp


The satellite is much further east of D*'s(61.5 deg) so your look angle will be really low to the south east

There's a utility here to figure out the look angle...

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showpost...&postcount=193

There setup may be worth is if you can get OTA...but you really have to question how long they will be in business...Only 25K+ subscribers and bleeding Red in the hundreds of Millions (although I wish them well, competition is good). They were a much better deal a month ago before the raised prices and dropped the free install.

-Steve
post #1673 of 14496
Quote:


Originally posted by davisdog

There setup may be worth is if you can get OTA...but you really have to question how long they will be in business...Only 25K+ subscribers and bleeding Red in the hundreds of Millions (although I wish them well, competition is good). They were a much better deal a month ago before the raised prices and dropped the free install.

-Steve

Yeah, I followed Voom on Yahoo for awhile and that's pretty much my feeling about them also. Great idea but terrible implementation. Maybe in a year or so, if they are still around, but by then I should be on a 1Ghz with Comcast

Jim
post #1674 of 14496
I would only recommend Voom if you really need to watch those exclusive chanenls they have, I don't really ahve any problems with it but the price is pretty hefty. Lucky for me I'm still on the old pricing, but once I have to start paying the higher price I'm canceling the service. If you can get OTA and Comcast, I recommend that setup.
post #1675 of 14496
What's with the re-run loops. Are we going to get 200 hours of HD Olympic coverage of the opening ceremonies / parade of nations repeated 50 times?

Saturday night (it's currently 10:30pm) is a repeat of last night's opening ceremonies. It sure looks like NBC had dropped the HD ball. I'm sure lots of folks went out and bought big-screen HDTVs to see the Olympics in HD, not to see the same 4 hours repeated endlessly, particularly the "tour of Athens" which was looped 2-3 consecutive times tonight.

On the plus side, Olympic coverage sure does look better in 16:9 HD; let's hope NBC shoots another 2 or 3 hours of new HD coverage before the closing ceremonies!!!!!


My apologies to NBC; I just logged onto the NBC site and they're only repeating the opening ceremonies 10 times Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Then they'll repeat Gymnastics/Swimming/Diving 3 times on Sunday, and quite possibly the same loops on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (Can't tell for sure, because NBC offers no details)

SEE: http://nbcolympics.zap2it.com/tv/gri...ne=-5_1&genre=
post #1676 of 14496
There's numerous threads on the HD coverage in the programming section...

Its a separate production from the regular show and is delayed one day behind the actual events. Usually 6-8 unique hours per day showing some of the better known events from the previous day, repeated 2-4x.

The reason sadly is advertiser ratings...Nielson doesnt count HD viewers in their ratings so NBC is delaying the HD shows so they don't pull viewers away from the regular shows in order to preserve high ratings (and advertiser $)


There is a schedule here

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HDTV-in-SFbay/files/
post #1677 of 14496
Sammy Remote Codes
Has anyone gotten the Samsung remote to control their Comcast STB? I have a Samsung 4663 and a Motorola DCT5100. In the Sammy instruction booklet they don't list any codes for Motorola. My coffee table if filling up with remotes again and I would like to combine some functions, if possible,
post #1678 of 14496
Perhaps it's my setup (Sasem OnAir USB2 QAM Tuner Box), but I'm not getting 5.1DD on the Olympics broadcast on KNTV-HD (D116.1). I did notice that NBC-HD claimed the broadcast was in 5.1 but perhaps Comcast isn't sending that along to folks in the Pleasanton/EastBay Area?

Can anyone confirm 5.1 Audio on the Olympics broadcasts?

Personally, I haven't been too impressed with the HD content. Not only is the SD broadcast delayed, but the HD content is delayed even further (and much more limited).

I do have to thank NBC for this "experiment". I do, however, feel bad for folks who accellerated their HD purchases (or stressed over not being able to like me) to be in time for these Olympics. And certainly the Opening Ceremonies were quite impressive.

And then there's that Sony HD commercial :-)
post #1679 of 14496
Any word on when the HD-DVRs are coming to the saratoga area?
post #1680 of 14496
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Originally posted by edmc
Perhaps it's my setup (Sasem OnAir USB2 QAM Tuner Box), but I'm not getting 5.1DD on the Olympics broadcast on KNTV-HD (D116.1). I did notice that NBC-HD claimed the broadcast was in 5.1 but perhaps Comcast isn't sending that along to folks in the Pleasanton/EastBay Area?

Can anyone confirm 5.1 Audio on the Olympics broadcasts?

Personally, I haven't been too impressed with the HD content. Not only is the SD broadcast delayed, but the HD content is delayed even further (and much more limited).

I do have to thank NBC for this "experiment". I do, however, feel bad for folks who accellerated their HD purchases (or stressed over not being able to like me) to be in time for these Olympics. And certainly the Opening Ceremonies were quite impressive.

And then there's that Sony HD commercial :-)

It is 5.1 in Fremont
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