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post #3391 of 8655
2/26/08 at 2:18pm
We have had the MLB package every year since 2004 I believe, and we are very happy with it. The only issue is that on some days, certain games look like absolute garbage in SD. I really wish they would add GAMEHD already.
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post #3392 of 8655
2/26/08 at 3:58pm
The games that look like garbage is what I'm afraid of! I have a buddy who has purchased MLBEI from DirectTV and he says that they air about 8-10 HD games a week. Unfortunately, us CV customers are not fortunate enough to have access to such high bandwidth cable TV service.

Do they plan on adding GAMEHD in the future?
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post #3393 of 8655
2/26/08 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by acc41381 View Post

The games that look like garbage is what I'm afraid of! I have a buddy who has purchased MLBEI from DirectTV and he says that they air about 8-10 HD games a week. Unfortunately, us CV customers are not fortunate enough to have access to such high bandwidth cable TV service.

Do they plan on adding GAMEHD in the future?

It seems as that we never really know when CV plans to add any HD channels until they actually do it.
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post #3394 of 8655
2/26/08 at 8:27pm
With CV being able to broadcast 500 HD channels at the end of last year, it amazes me as to why they can't add HD broadcasts for Extra Innings, League Pass, and Center Ice.
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post #3395 of 8655
2/26/08 at 9:05pm
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So where's the rest of my HD channels?? We're going into March now and there's been nothing new. I'm sick of looking at the same channels that have the same repeats over and over and over and over and I don't mean the networks! The Voom package has become completely worthless. I was so psyched for MonstersHD and it's become a pathetic joke. I cancelled all my movie channels not only for showing the same crap but the motion blur was nauseating and my bill was sky high. Thank god for my Blu Ray! I still would like to have more channels in HD because I can't stand watching the regular channels anymore. Satellite has over 70 channels in HD and I would switch in a second except my apartment doesn't allow it. C'mon Cablevision, just because you're the big bully in the schoolyard, do you have to keep kicking us when we're down? Get your S*** together!! WHEW! Sorry for the rant but i feel better now.

I agree.... where are the extra HD channels ? I would give up the Voom package in a second for A&EHD, ScienceHD, History HD and so on. I think if they left it up to the customers they would ditch the Voom (even RaveHD which I like) for some of the other channels. I do get generally good picture quality from CV, but if by the end of the year I don't get some of these channels.... satellite here I come.
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post #3396 of 8655
2/27/08 at 4:50pm
From cablerant.com:

Cablevision in Talks to Carry Full HBO and Cinemax HD Suite
by CableDude101 on Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:14 pm

Cablevision in Talks to Carry full HBO and Cinemax HD Suite

This just in from the CableRant newsroom. We have learned exclusively that Cablevision Systems, based in NY, is currently in talks with HBO to carry their full lineup of High Definition channels and programming.

Cablevision currently carries only two of the high definition channels offered by HBO, HBO-HD and Cinemax-HD. If Cablevision and HBO reach an agreement to carry all channels, Cablevision customers will have access to over 20 HBO and Cinemax offerings when HBO completes their full conversion to HD by the end of second quarter 2008. Currently HBO only offers 4 channels in HD.

An agreement like the one above would help Cablevision gain ground among its main competitor, Verizon FiOS. Cablevision currently offers 45 high definition channels to it's customers at no additional charge. The addition of the HBO/Cinemax suite would drive that number above 60, a major potentital selling point.

CableRant predicts that at first Cablevision will be able to offer the HBO and Cinemax West coast feeds in HD. These are currently the only additional channels HBO offers in HD aside from the East coast feed. This inital addition will drive Cablevision's HD count near 50 channels.
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post #3397 of 8655
2/28/08 at 4:44am
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Originally Posted by dm145 View Post

From cablerant.com:

Cablevision in Talks to Carry Full HBO and Cinemax HD Suite
by CableDude101 on Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:14 pm

Cablevision in Talks to Carry full HBO and Cinemax HD Suite

This just in from the CableRant newsroom. We have learned exclusively that Cablevision Systems, based in NY, is currently in talks with HBO to carry their full lineup of High Definition channels and programming.

Cablevision currently carries only two of the high definition channels offered by HBO, HBO-HD and Cinemax-HD. If Cablevision and HBO reach an agreement to carry all channels, Cablevision customers will have access to over 20 HBO and Cinemax offerings when HBO completes their full conversion to HD by the end of second quarter 2008. Currently HBO only offers 4 channels in HD.

An agreement like the one above would help Cablevision gain ground among its main competitor, Verizon FiOS. Cablevision currently offers 45 high definition channels to it's customers at no additional charge. The addition of the HBO/Cinemax suite would drive that number above 60, a major potentital selling point.

CableRant predicts that at first Cablevision will be able to offer the HBO and Cinemax West coast feeds in HD. These are currently the only additional channels HBO offers in HD aside from the East coast feed. This inital addition will drive Cablevision's HD count near 50 channels.

If the picture quality is going to be anything like they have now, they shouldn't even bother.
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post #3398 of 8655
2/28/08 at 4:54am
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If the picture quality is going to be anything like they have now, they shouldn't even bother.

Agreed... Cablevision HD additions seem to be adhoc and one wonders if there is truly a "plan" for what they are going to add and when, as well as, what will be done to maintain/improve PQ. It would sure be nice if they shared some of what they "plan" on doing with their subscribers. I don't know but maybe that's not common practice in the industry...
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post #3399 of 8655
2/28/08 at 5:47am
Lovely

WhereTF is Discovery, History, Sci-Fi, TLC, Animal Planet? I don't need 4 HBO HD channels and I don't get nor will I get Cinemax. Plus they are starting with the West feeds. So we get same 24hrs worth of programming, just 3 hours later. A waste IMO.
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post #3400 of 8655
2/28/08 at 5:57am
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Originally Posted by bb09 View Post

Lovely

WhereTF is Discovery, History, Sci-Fi, TLC, Animal Planet? I don't need 4 HBO HD channels and I don't get nor will I get Cinemax. Plus they are starting with the West feeds. So we get same 24hrs worth of programming, just 3 hours later. A waste IMO.


Tell me about it, I am in the same boat my package is Silver and I don't get Cinemax and can give a rat's behind about that suite. Where are the HD channels for Discovery's lineup, History, A&E, Bio, Speed, USA, FX etc, etc, etc.

I don't give a darn about the HBO suites. Anyone think we won't be paying a whole lot more for these premium channels should they be in HD. Every month my bill seems to jump, would be nice if the HD channel additions could do that as well when they are out there. I am reaching my last straw with CV, stupid apartment and its rules about installing Direct TV, the minute I move I'm done with CV. Rising prices and this is the best they can do.
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post #3401 of 8655
2/28/08 at 6:36am
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Originally Posted by rettenhu View Post

Agreed... Cablevision HD additions seem to be adhoc and one wonders if there is truly a "plan" for what they are going to add and when, as well as, what will be done to maintain/improve PQ. It would sure be nice if they shared some of what they "plan" on doing with their subscribers. I don't know but maybe that's not common practice in the industry...

Like another poster said, it's a mystery how MSGHD looks stunning, yet the other channels look subpar. Could it be the owner of MSG James Dolan also happens to own Cablevision?
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post #3402 of 8655
2/28/08 at 7:57am
Hi all.

So I got up this morning to go to work, and both my cablevision boxes (one SA 4250HD, and one 4200 standard) had reset overnight. No big deal, but now I'm not getting any picture with my HDMI hookup on the 4250HD box. There doesn't appear to be any other problem (I still get the channels, just not in HD, directly from the Coax cord, and I found my component cable and plugged that in and got the HD back. But any idea why it suddenly doesn't work with the HDMI cable? It has to be something about this reset, I would think. It's too coincidental for the cable to fail.

I'm in Mahwah, in case anyone else is having similar problems.
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post #3403 of 8655
2/28/08 at 9:45am
The PQ for HD HBO is horrible in the bronx. I just want a good HD picture in HBO before getting 4 more crappy HBO stations. Would totally switch to Direct TV except, I had bad experiences with them in poor weather.
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post #3404 of 8655
2/28/08 at 11:02am
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Originally Posted by Dan 5 View Post

Hi all.

So I got up this morning to go to work, and both my cablevision boxes (one SA 4250HD, and one 4200 standard) had reset overnight. No big deal, but now I'm not getting any picture with my HDMI hookup on the 4250HD box. There doesn't appear to be any other problem (I still get the channels, just not in HD, directly from the Coax cord, and I found my component cable and plugged that in and got the HD back. But any idea why it suddenly doesn't work with the HDMI cable? It has to be something about this reset, I would think. It's too coincidental for the cable to fail.

I'm in Mahwah, in case anyone else is having similar problems.

That's happened to me one time when they reboot. Try unplugging the STB and reset it again. Or try unplugging the TV and reset. The HDMI is very sensitive I learned if it does not communicate correctly between 2 devices.
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post #3405 of 8655
2/28/08 at 11:23am
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Originally Posted by yukichan View Post

The PQ for HD HBO is horrible in the bronx. I just want a good HD picture in HBO before getting 4 more crappy HBO stations. Would totally switch to Direct TV except, I had bad experiences with them in poor weather.

I hear you on the PQ. I'm in Brooklyn and it is beyond obvious how poor the quality is relative to when I first had my cable installed at my apartment about 3 years ago. CV is my only game in town and that is a crying shame. Why do I want more HD movie channels if they will like like these other garbage they have now for the movie channels. This story left me colored unimpressed if that is what they are pursuing when there are so many other HD channels out there. Then yet again we were like the last of the major big cable systems to get HD Theater, so we should see the other Discovery stations in about another 3-4 years if form holds up. I wish I could speak to Dolan directly about quite a few things.
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post #3406 of 8655
2/28/08 at 12:39pm
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Originally Posted by mikepier View Post

That's happened to me one time when they reboot. Try unplugging the STB and reset it again. Or try unplugging the TV and reset. The HDMI is very sensitive I learned if it does not communicate correctly between 2 devices.

Thanks, I was thinking that might clear it up. I'll try it when I get home.
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post #3407 of 8655
2/28/08 at 5:42pm
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Co-owned with MSG, which carries the New York Knicks (NBA), Buffalo Sabres (NHL), New York Rangers (NHL), New York Liberty (WNBA), Red Bull New York (MLS), plus regional collegiate football and basketball. Did not animate most Fox Box animations until 2007-2008 NHL season. Also only network to not use bug on most programming. On March 10, 2008, FSN New York will be rebranded as MSG Plus and affiliation with Fox Sports Net will be dropped.[4] Owned by Cablevision.

Does this pretty much confirm those college football triple headers on Saturday and college basketball double headers on Sunday night in HD are gonna be gone?
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post #3408 of 8655
2/28/08 at 6:16pm
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Originally Posted by Swisher33 View Post

Excerpt from wiki:

Does this pretty much confirm those college football triple headers on Saturday and college basketball double headers on Sunday night in HD are gonna be gone?

On the contrary:

Effective with the March 10 Pete Sampras-Roger Federer tennis match, Fox Sports Net New York - which oldtimers still recall as SportsChannel - will be re-branded and renamed "MSG Plus."

MSG plus what?

The channel will continue to carry programming from Fox Sports, including college football and hoops and the likes of "Best Damn Sports Show Period."

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnis...lumn?track=rss
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post #3409 of 8655
2/28/08 at 7:10pm
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Originally Posted by dm145 View Post

From cablerant.com:

Cablevision in Talks to Carry Full HBO and Cinemax HD Suite
by CableDude101 on Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:14 pm

Cablevision in Talks to Carry full HBO and Cinemax HD Suite

This just in from the CableRant newsroom. We have learned exclusively that Cablevision Systems, based in NY, is currently in talks with HBO to carry their full lineup of High Definition channels and programming.

Cablevision currently carries only two of the high definition channels offered by HBO, HBO-HD and Cinemax-HD. If Cablevision and HBO reach an agreement to carry all channels, Cablevision customers will have access to over 20 HBO and Cinemax offerings when HBO completes their full conversion to HD by the end of second quarter 2008. Currently HBO only offers 4 channels in HD.

An agreement like the one above would help Cablevision gain ground among its main competitor, Verizon FiOS. Cablevision currently offers 45 high definition channels to it's customers at no additional charge. The addition of the HBO/Cinemax suite would drive that number above 60, a major potentital selling point.

CableRant predicts that at first Cablevision will be able to offer the HBO and Cinemax West coast feeds in HD. These are currently the only additional channels HBO offers in HD aside from the East coast feed. This inital addition will drive Cablevision's HD count near 50 channels.

It seems like CV has a knack lately of adding the HD content they want (Voom, more HBOHD) and not what their customers want (HistoryHD, SciFiHD, etc).

I am going to start naming CV's line up of HD channels...... "UselessHD".
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post #3410 of 8655
2/29/08 at 6:02am
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Originally Posted by Rangwx View Post

On the contrary:

Effective with the March 10 Pete Sampras-Roger Federer tennis match, Fox Sports Net New York - which oldtimers still recall as SportsChannel - will be re-branded and renamed "MSG Plus."

MSG plus what?

The channel will continue to carry programming from Fox Sports, including college football and hoops and the likes of "Best Damn Sports Show Period."

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnis...lumn?track=rss

Wake me up when I hit the snooze button, lipstick on a pig it sounds like to me. The only thing I watch MSG for is Rangers Hockey, its worthless after that, FSNY becoming MSG Plus is a name change and that is about it from what I read in the link. Who runs these channels. I'm glad they lost both baseball teams or we would have been still watching Standard definition games on Metro and the Program Guide channel, while they hogged the coverage of the local teams.
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post #3411 of 8655
2/29/08 at 6:52am
I usually give a few extra minutes of recording time on the DVR since stations often carryover programming into the next time slot. Was recording "On The Beach" the other night but when I saw the film had already finished I stopped the recording at that point.

Last night found the recording ended prior to the point I stopped it and that the last few seconds of the film were cut off. Guess the DVR rounds off to the last full minute of recording rather than the exact spot when stopped manually, which means one should still allow at least an extra few minutes of recording, no matter what.
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post #3412 of 8655
2/29/08 at 7:29am
Rebooting the cable box worked, by the way. Fixed that HDMI connection right up!
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post #3413 of 8655
2/29/08 at 7:37am
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Originally Posted by Joseph Dubin View Post

Last night found the recording ended prior to the point I stopped it and that the last few seconds of the film were cut off. Guess the DVR rounds off to the last full minute of recording rather than the exact spot when stopped manually, which means one should still allow at least an extra few minutes of recording, no matter what.

This happens all the time, it doesn't even matter when the program ends it seems and it appears to be completely random. Sometimes only 58 minutes, or 57 minutes, etc, will record instead of the whole program (I've had times where only 35 or 40 minutes gets recorded as well...).

I assume it isn't the STB but Cablevision's proprietary programming acting on signals they have embedded into the cable network packets that are received by the STB. Call me paranoid, but I've always felt they have been experimenting with trying to force customers to watch shows instead of record them, so customers can't necessarily fast forward through all the commercials.
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post #3414 of 8655
2/29/08 at 8:31am
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Originally Posted by QueueCumber View Post

This happens all the time, it doesn't even matter when the program ends it seems and it appears to be completely random. Sometimes only 58 minutes, or 57 minutes, etc, will record instead of the whole program (I've had times where only 35 or 40 minutes gets recorded as well...).

I assume it isn't the STB but Cablevision's proprietary programming acting on signals they have embedded into the cable network packets that are received by the STB. Call me paranoid, but I've always felt they have been experimenting with trying to force customers to watch shows instead of record them, so customers can't necessarily fast forward through all the commercials.


Another thing I recently discovered is when two consecutive programs on the same station are to be recorded, the first one will end earlier than programmed, so it's always better to either change the timer so the first program ends one minute before the second one begins (i.e., 1:59 PM instead of 2:00 PM) or make one long recording and record the two programs as one.
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post #3415 of 8655
3/1/08 at 1:47am
Anyone know if todays game is in HD? I highly doubt it but was just wondering.
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post #3416 of 8655
3/1/08 at 5:40am
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Originally Posted by mikepier View Post

Anyone know if todays game is in HD? I highly doubt it but was just wondering.

Nevermind, I should have looked here first.
http://www.hdsportsguide.com/14days/
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post #3417 of 8655
3/1/08 at 8:21pm
I been having issue with sound from the HDMI connection to my LCD. It started about two weeks ago. The sound drops to a very low level every few minutes on every channel, SD and HD. But when I connect the audio via coaxial to HT receiver, no problem. Has anyone encountered this before? Is this an issue with the Receiver or HDMI cable? I'm using SA4250HD.

thanks,
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post #3418 of 8655
3/2/08 at 11:36am
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Originally Posted by mikepier View Post

Nevermind, I should have looked here first.
http://www.hdsportsguide.com/14days/

This list is not accurate because the Yankees are playing the Phillies today and it's in HD on YES. So now I'm wondering if the Mets games are in HD on SNY as well.
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post #3419 of 8655
3/2/08 at 3:15pm
sat nite's knick game on msg sux'd big time... the image looked 'cartoonish' on the pans...

it was so bad, i watched part of the game on channel 71...

the dolan's probably planned it...they would rather have us bitch about the picture instead of the team..
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post #3420 of 8655
3/2/08 at 4:10pm
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Originally Posted by mikepier View Post

This list is not accurate because the Yankees are playing the Phillies today and it's in HD on YES. So now I'm wondering if the Mets games are in HD on SNY as well.

Its accurate it just doesn't take into account the Spring Training schedule for RSN's. Few teams have regional sports newtwork games for Spring Training in High Def. The Yankees have all of their Home Spring Training games on YES in High Definition. So far the Mets have shown a home game from Tradition Field but it was in SD last week on SNY, so I don't think they are doing the Spring games in High Definition.

For baseball right now HDSportsguide only lists the ESPN HD Spring games when it comes to Spring Training in Hig Def, they don't focus on the local networks though.
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