Hartford, CT - Comcast - Page 103

xfinity..... more speed, more hd, more and better(actually works) on demand

Recd notice for the Vernon system stating as of Oct 15 all basic local channels (cbs, nbc, etc) will be all digital and customers must have a DTA, STB or cablecard to receive them. locals will be still sent in clear QAM though no mention of whether that includes locals in HD.

no new channels mentioned however Vernon seems the most advance Comcast system in CT in terms of HD channels and HSI. I just got upgraded Blast! HSI to 25/4.

WTNH is finally broadcasting 5.1?!? Did they collect some insurance money from Hurricane Irene or something?

So, it looks like the only way to get On-Demand with the My TV Choice Get Started Package is to also get the My TV Choice Movie Package. True?

HAHAHAHA !!!

I guess you don't live in Ledyard..... Even my internet drops sometimes, I just get excuses when I call them. They insist it's my modem but, when I rent a modem from them, I have the same problem and pay $7 month for a Cable modem I can buy for about $30 on line (JRSB5101U, look it up).

If I had a choice for internet, I would dump comcast totally, as their 7-8 HD channels besides locals is a joke.

Still it says xfinity on my bill and with digital cable I paid the same amount as people in other cities getting 100+ HD channels.

Screw comcast, the rip off queens

I received a new mailing today, for the Branford system. This shows 40 new HD channels to be added Nov 9th! This is in addition to the 18 HD and 2 3D channels coming Oct 4th. I'm amazed, to say the least.

Quoting: On November 9, 2011, the following HD channels will be added:

CNN Headline News HD
MSNBC HD
NECN HD
TruTV HD
BET HD
The Weather Channel HD
Hallmark Channel HD
Home Shopping Network HD
G4 HD
Investigation Discovery HD
History International HD
CMT HD
WE-HD
Ovation HD
TV One HD
FUSE HD
Gospel Music Channel HD
Disney XD HD
IFC HD
Style HD
InDemand Game HD
InDemand Team HD
HBO2 HD
HBO Comedy HD
HBO Zone HD
HBO Latino HD
Action Max HD
Thriller Max HD
WMax HD
5 Star Max HD
Outer Max HD
Tennis Channel HD
Big Ten Network HD
TCM HD
ESPNews HD
NHL Network HD
ESPNU HD
CBS Sports Network HD
NBA TV HD (on 2 channels)

Frank,
John Bairos couldn't give me a specific date at the end of August, but simply said it will be happening very soon. Of course they will have to take time to send out mass mailings and give people a chance to get their DTA's, so it will probably be a while before we see the extra HD channels. A few days ago Comcast stopped passing the TV Guide On Screen data that my Sony DVR's use for guide data. I believe this is in preparation for the migration.
-Doug

Branford got pushed back, it was originally mid September, I wish they would just make a plan and stick with it. Oh well, more HD's.

Wahoo!!! Finally they're using some of that capacity they have added. MSNBC and ID look exciting!

All three of my TVGOS DVRs have stopped receiving guide data over the last few days. Anyone know if Comcast has stopped retransmitting CPTV's VBI feed (in analog)? Previously, this was coming over Channel 97.

Thanks Doug..........couldn't happen soon enough for me !

All the HD channels listed here, except three, are now on, here in Madison. Biography HD, Bravo HD, and QVC HD are not yet live. And I haven't had a chance to check the two 3D channels yet.

Well just saw that Comcast is starting to send out the first letter concerning the digital migration for the New Haven/West Haven/Hamden system. But the process won't be complete until March, 2012. No new HD channels until next spring...........sucks !

Yeah, they're slow, and they pushed it back for our market by a month or so twice I think. I wish they would just do the 30 day notice and stick to the plan. Oh well if a few kitchen or laundry room TV's don't have their DTA's yet, they can survive without 100 channels of garbage for a few days.

I have a SI 8300HD DVR Box and was wondering if Caller ID on TV is available in the Seymour CT system. Thanks.

The channels that were supposed to be added yesterday have not shown up yet.

They probably figured that it is cool with how many deadlines CL&P missed.

Does any system currently have Game2HD?

I am in Clinton and will probably upgrade on Commiecast to get higher internet speed (no U-Verse or Fios in my area). This means the triple play package to get decent pricing (on special now). What has been your experience with the phone part of that service (digital voice)? Someone in my office had it a year or so ago (in North Haven) and said it was l-o-u-s-y, dropping it.

I haven't had a problem in the Hartford or Plainville system.

I heard back from Comcast. The new channels to be added to the Branford system on Nov 9th were delayed due to the aftermath of the storms and power outages. They are now scheduled to be added on Nov 22nd.

There is definitely something cooking in Branford. Looks like they are about to go pure digital as I was at the Comcast office on 139 last week and folks were coming out with their little converter boxes. Theoretically this will dramatically increase the available bandwidth and you will start seeing true HD instead of dumbed down overcompressed HD. I am in Clinton and apparently more work is needed there so 2012 (yuck) for us. If anyone has seen a PQ improvement after their full digi conversion, would be interested to hear.

If you're willing to give up the reliability of a copper landline, why not go cell only or get Ooma, which is almost free?


Ha, I was just about to ask what happened to MSNBC and ID. Guess that's my answer! Comcast is utterly incompetent, their service was out much longer than CL&P after Irene, and CL&P was solid through Snowtober, but Comcast was out for several days. Guess it doesn't matter if you restore cable service when you have no competition!

This whole 1000-series numbering is really going to screw me up!!! It does look like they really are grouped by type though, which is great. They left a lot of space in the lineup for more channels, which means they think they will have the bandwidth to do so eventually, which is good.

They're not going to back off compression, unfortunately, as they can cram more channels and more VOD on the system if they keep the compression levels high. They aren't going full digital right off the bat, I think they're dropping batches of analog channels, which is pretty stupid, they should just go for broke. For every analog removed, figure on 3 HD's showing up!

As of this morning, all the promised HD channels are live. We now have about 110 full time HD channels, by my count.

Also new is Smithsonian Channel, in SD only, on ch 127. I don't remember seeing that one announced as coming. Hopefully it will be added in HD some time soon.

Great. Hopefully the wait in Clinton will not be toooooo long. By the way what level of service do you have with Comast???

110 would be engineering count, and would require all the movie packages. Actual channels are usually substantially fewer, depending on package level. Still, as you drive up engineering count, every package usually gets a few channels.

Correct. I have Digital Preferred and the movie channel packages except for TMC. I actually have 104 HD channels checked in my TiVo channel lists, leaving unchecked three On Demand channels which don't (yet) work on the TiVos, a couple of Spanish language channels, and TMCHD which I don't subscribe to.

My parents are about to make the switch away from Comcast.
Their atrocious number of HD channels makes it pointless when compared to AT&T.

Yes, theoretically a stronger alternative, but NG for my area as they have no service offering here yet. We are even stuck with 2.5 Internet download speed! No FIOS either. The sweet life in the boonies!

Trust Me, I understand your pain (kinda). I live in NYC. My only choice is Time Warner Cable. At least you could get DISH or DirecTV if you wanted either of them, no?

Why "theoretically?"

Dish/DTV do not offer Ch 13 WNET which we love and of course no high spped Internet. Theoretically in the the sense that some up here say FIOS and Uverse are better than Commiecast, but some not. In all fairness Comcast is improving its HD offerings up here, though not at warp speed.