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I just lost Discovery HD, and it's coming back slowly, but very bad.

Multi room may be coming late 2010. All I can say about that.

Could also be the new Sammy boxes. They have 320 hard drives as well and are pretty sleek looking.

This says it all:

http://www.multichannel.com/article/...os_Tick_Up.php

Just becomes an issue of timeline.

Has anyone who uses their own router behidn thier cable modem had issues over the past 2 nights where they had to reboot their routers to get internet access? My router (Cisco ASA Firewall) tries to renew it's IP sometime in the whee morning hours and the cable modem fails to give it an IP address. I have to power cycle my cable modem, and then tell my router to try and pull an IP address from it. This has happened the past 2 nights between midnight and 3am (roughly).

I have not had that problem. I have an SA cable modem with phone (sorry I don't know the model) and a vpn router to connect to the office and a dual band wireless router set up as an access point only. All has been functioning fine. I think I'd replace the cable modem first. The DHCP in it may be messing up. Plus it is free except for time.

I had to power cycle my cable modem/router this morning, although I've been having to do that with an increased frequency ever since I moved from NE Orlando to Oviedo a couple of weeks ago...

Did you happen to catch the lights on the modem to see if the CABLE light was solid? If so, it sounds like you may have run into the same issue I am having. Cable light solid, connection is all fine and dandy, just a DHCP related issue.

Yep, the cable light was solid.

After I moved, to be fair, I switched routers and actually used a newer Linksys model as my router. So, I can't say for sure whether it's BHN or the router. I've also gone through days where I lose an internet connection daily and have to force the router to renew the IP. I played with the MTU settings and it started to stabilize for a few days... this morning was different, though. I had to recycle the power on the cable modem in order to get the IP to refresh.

Just wanted to give a little update on the HD Front

BHN Bakersfield, California has launched

Discovery Kids HD (Soon to be renamed)
DIY Network HD

They also have Fox Soccer and Plus HD. Game 2 HD (Second HD channel for MLB/NHL packages)

In addition, Fox Soccer and Plus HD are rapidly penetrating BHN systems to the point where Plus HD goes wide on June 8 when we get it with Fox Soccer HD (Tampa only has Plus) going wide.

The Sportsman's Channel HD is also wide (4 of 7 systems) and Gospel Music Channel HD is now on two BHN systems.

We are the only ones with Nat Geo Wild HD announced though.

Finally, and this is kind of bad news for now, Bakersfield, which has the most HD Channels, did not get The Weather Channel HD in their last update despite getting the other two BHN channels missing from their systems and getting DIY HD plus Discovery Kids HD before anyone.

While I did see a Time Warner system add The Weather Channel HD a few months ago, you have to wonder if that carriage deal is still good as things could have changed since NBC bought it.

Of the Basic Channels we do not have on BHN systems, there is only the The Weather Channel HD, Sportsman's Channel HD, Gospel Music Channel HD, DIY HD and Discovery Kids HD that we will not have after our June 8 update.

I'm very confidennt we land the later 4 but you have to wonder about The Weather Channel HD

As for other channels on Time Warner that have not penetrated BHN systems, there is Tru TV HD, HSN HD and QVC HD along with some minor stuff like NINK World, RFD-TV and Jewelry TV HD.

Were running out of stuff but were no where close to being satisfied HD wise.

DIY HD would be a nice add. As far as getting TWC I have a feeling now that NBC and Comcast have become an item it might become more expensive if other carriers want to add it. It wouldn't surprise me if we don't get it soon, maybe if at all. Although stranger things have happened!

Ok, my updated 'I want this' list:

Cooking Channel HD
Ovation HD
Epix HD
C-Span 1, 2 and 3 (no, not greedy at all lol)
RFD-TV HD
Chiller HD
Fuel HD

And of course HDNet and HDNet Movies!!

"Multi-room" means you have more than one DVR? I have two, so I suppose you can program them separately.

Multi-Room Viewing (MRV) or Multi-Room DVR (MR-DVR) is when multiple DVR's in the same house can share their recorded shows between them. So if you record on DVR #1, it can be played back on DVR #2.

This is typically done by leveraging MoCA (Ethernet over Coaxial), where the boxes communicate with each other over the coaxial cables in your house. Speeds are actually very good with MoCA and it requires the home owner to do nothing.

This can also be done by using traditional Ethernet over twisted pair cables (patch cables), but it requires boxes to be wired on the network with ethernet.

But if you record an HD show one one DVR, you can only watch it on another HD DVR, correct?

Older boxes had that limitation. Apparently BHN did limited testing of multi-room on the SA8300/8300HD boxes and it was only good for SD recordings.

Newer boxes are capable of sharing the HD stuff without any issue (in terms of the hardware capabilities and the bundled software). It's just that TWC doesn't have the features in their Navigator software yet.

Nayan,

I badly want Chiller HD to launch and apparently it has been announced on DTV and Time Warner since 07 or 08.

I simply love those late night flicks and do hope they launch it soon. Before they do Chiller HD and Sleuth HD, NBC/Comcast will probably launch Oxygen HD which has been announced but never added on Time Warner.

C-Span's would be nice but I'll just watch the important votes in HD on MSNBC.

On a final note, according to the sateliteguys chart, Fuel TV HD (Only available on DTV) does not have any HD programming.

Hopefully we get another legal notice as the June 8 HD update has no channels that I want.

Look for DIY HD, Discovery Kids HD, The Sportsman's Channel HD, Gospel Music Channel HD and possibiliy HD PPV in our next update.

Multi-room huh? I get a kick out of the guy in the U-Verse tv ad who goes from room to room to see his show and getting frustrated. I can totally envision that being myself! I still have rooms with no cable outlets..... But it would be nice!

Haven't been here in a while, went to the "dark side" D*. Hey, I still have RR! Daughter is getting BHN in Kissimmee, have a question... One of the boxes is going to be an HD box which will hook up to a CRT tv that isn't HD but has one component source (the 75ohm/regular cable/coax hook up is bad). Will the HD box allow a pass through for another component source, say, a blu ray/dvd player/xbox, or will she have to get a switch?

The only IN connection on the cable boxes is for the cable.

It's already almost June, which means just a couple months away from football season! It also means grilling season and since I am the one who wields the tongs and flings the meat I usually spend quite a bit of time on the porch. Before the switch to digital, I had a small tv (non-hd) out there and could pick up a couple channels so I could watch and cook at the same time. Since the switch, even with an antenna and box, I get nothing so I was wondering if it'd be worth it to have an outlet installed out there? Or even if they'd do it? I'd love to not have to run back and forth like a maniac when I'm cooking to see who scored, who wrecked or who took a hit. Do any of you have an outdoor setup? If so I'd love to hear about it .

Does anyone have any insight on why I have to reset both my 4250HD's every couple days? It seems like everyday one or the other will be stuck with "no data" for the guide, totally frozen, showing 'please wait' anytime you try to do anything, and OnDemand ALWAYS stutters/pauses while watching. It's irritating and BH service is useless. They've sent techs out who never find any problems and/or don't have an answer.

Add to that the stupid SDV (i think this is the cause) which kicks me out of show's i'm watching constantly if i don't hit 'A' to continue (and kicks me even when i do much of the time). The service seems to be getting worse and worse.

I have a second HD receiver for my den, but the monthly rental is $8.00 - this is for an HD box without DVR service.

Are there any cheaper ways to get HD in a secondary room with the ability to tune all of the HD channels (such as ESPN, TNT, SUN and FSFL specifically). I had the cable connected directly to the TV previously but only received the clear QAM channels (local mostly).

From what I can tell CableCard devices like Tivo would be a cheaper fee from Brighthouse ($2.95 a month - is that right?) - but obviously those boxes carry fees on their own.

Are there any boxes that can take a CableCard but don't carry their own subscriber fee or would solve my goal?

Build a Home Theater PC with Win Vista or 7 Home Premium and above and dump DVR boxes, watch and record 1080i premium (copy once / encrypted) cable programing and share over wireless or wired network to other TV's via Media Center Extenders. The ultimate multi-room viewing solution with excellent DVR software of Windows Media Center.

The ATI Digital Cable Tuner (recently discontinued) has 1 HD tuner that allows capture of premium / encrypted content (you need Vista or Win 7 with cable card and tuning adapter. Check ebay. You can add multiple cards to get more tuning capacity.

Ceton is about to release (hopefully, delayed several times) a 4 Tuner card that works with 1 cable card and 2 SDV tuning adapters that also allows capturing encrypted cable content.

Silicon Dust is expected to release a network attached 3 tuner cable card compatible card before the holidays (in beta now).

All work only with Windows Media Center, which has very powerful and flexible DVR software and internet TV (hulu, netflix, etc)

All allow you to dump the cable boxes. The SDV tuning adapters are somewhat problematic.

Then get Media Center Extenders to share the live and recorded HD content with other TV's around the house. Linksys DMA 2100 and 2200 (discontinued but work well) or noisy , power hungry and fugly XBox's. Work wirelessly (YMMV) and over wired ethernet.

The ultimate multi-room viewing capability. No DVR rentals.

Go to www.greenbutton.com for additional info.

Thanks for the reply, but this is overkill for my needs. I really just want to tune and watch TV live in a second room - doesn't need to record or access the main DVR, and needs to happen independent of the main room DVR.

I've been having constant problems with my internet lately. I've rebooted my modem and my router more times in the last week than in the last year. Right now both show that I have connection but surfing the web, and even checking my mail, is slow and intermittently stops.

Thanks for the recap of cable box alternatives. I am taking another look at Media Center under windows 7.

Florida Today, page 2A. This one is quite depressing!

On July 11th, On Demand programming for Oxygen will be relocated from 320 to 325.

On or Before July 12th, MTV with change the name of MTV tr3s to just tr3s.

The next part is long, so to sum it up:

It's renegotiation time with the following channels: all of the Encore channels, all of the Starz! channels, Lifetime, Style, E!, Tru TV and The Weather Channel. Also, the agreement with BBC America expires on July 12.

Let's hope we don't have a repeat of last years drama.

News of this was posted on another forum this weekend.

Nayan: When did it say the agreements for the rest of the stuff besides BBC America Expires?

When you look at those channels up for a new agreement, something jumps out at me.

Despite having over 100 HD Channels without including the OTA stuff, that list includes a lot of the main channels we and other BHN customers still do not have yet.

Lifetime HD, Tru TV HD, and Encore HD are not on any BHN affiliates.

Only Starz and Starz West HD are on BHN systems. None of the other Starz HD channels are.

The Weather Channel HD was one of the 2008 BHN channels but was never added on Orlando, ampa or Bakersfield. It's assumed the piggyback deal from Time Warner has ended until a new agreement can be reached.

While E! HD, Style HD and BBC America HD were added during that night, it is interesting that most of the remaining big name channels we do not have HD versions for are on this list.

On the brighter side, we do get those 4 new HD channels a week from today. While none of the 4 are ones I'll watch, at least some others on this forum will be happy.