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post #3091 of 3209
11/25/11 at 4:15pm
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Originally Posted by sgbroimp View Post

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.

Not to derail the thread but what do they say Comcast is better at? PQ/AQ?
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post #3092 of 3209
11/26/11 at 1:06pm
Any news for Ledyard/Mystic ? Or are we stuck with the 8 HD channels besides locals and premium (1 HBO etc).

We dont even have discovery channel HD, never mind anything else...
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post #3093 of 3209
11/26/11 at 7:58pm
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

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.

Have fun with a boatload of pixelation. From what I gather, Comcast and DirecTV have similar PQ, Dish is worse, and AT&T is at the bottom of the barrel. AT&T's SD is supposed to be second to none, but who cares, as SD is dead...

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Originally Posted by sgbroimp View Post

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!

You could switch to cable internet... that's a lot faster than 2.5mbps... it's 6 even in the slowest of un-upgraded areas on Comcast. The middle ones are 8, and the fully upgraded areas are 12.

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Originally Posted by sgbroimp View Post

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.

WNET only goes up through Madison, AFAIK. The Branford system is on part with DirecTV as of Wednesday. They could also have basic cable with Comcast, and then DirecTV, the only issue is that they would have to be using some sort of Clear QAM DVR on the Comcast side, since they wouldn't be able to get a cablecard with basic.

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Originally Posted by DavidinCT View Post

Any news for Ledyard/Mystic ? Or are we stuck with the 8 HD channels besides locals and premium (1 HBO etc).

We dont even have discovery channel HD, never mind anything else...

1-800-DIRECTV
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post #3094 of 3209
11/27/11 at 9:15am
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

Not to derail the thread but what do they say Comcast is better at? PQ/AQ?

My neighbor dumped DirectTV based on invoice creep, lack of internet, lack of solid support, went to Comcast and has 20 mps Internet and a decent package with phone, tv. I am dumping AT+T/Preferred Basic TV for a Comcast 3play package on sale for 12 months which includes the Internet, Voice and HD Preferred.
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post #3095 of 3209
11/27/11 at 10:00am
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My neighbor dumped DirectTV based on invoice creep, lack of internet, lack of solid support, went to Comcast and has 20 mps Internet and a decent package with phone, tv. I am dumping AT+T/Preferred Basic TV for a Comcast 3play package on sale for 12 months which includes the Internet, Voice and HD Preferred.

I don't understand, though. My parents have VERY few HD channels.

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Originally Posted by BiggAW View Post

Have fun with a boatload of pixelation. From what I gather, Comcast and DirecTV have similar PQ, Dish is worse, and AT&T is at the bottom of the barrel. AT&T's SD is supposed to be second to none, but who cares, as SD is dead...

ALL U-verse is pixelated in all areas?
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post #3096 of 3209
11/27/11 at 7:00pm
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

I don't understand, though. My parents have VERY few HD channels.

It depends on area. Branford is about on par with D* and E*, while some areas still have a single digit number of channels. The worst is for people on the Groton system who aren't in Groton, since Comcast has less incentive to upgrade that plant, since Thames Valley is overbuilt in Groton proper.



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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

ALL U-verse is pixelated in all areas?

Yup. It's not that the system is malfunctioning, it's just a side effect of compressing the HD so heavily to go through a VDSL line, and still have between 2 and 4 HD streams simultaneously. U-Verse is a pretty good way of delivering fast and cheap internet, and would be good for phone if landlines were still useful, but a pretty horrendous way of delivering video.
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post #3097 of 3209
11/28/11 at 4:01am
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Originally Posted by BiggAW View Post

It depends on area. Branford is about on par with D* and E*, while some areas still have a single digit number of channels. The worst is for people on the Groton system who aren't in Groton, since Comcast has less incentive to upgrade that plant, since Thames Valley is overbuilt in Groton proper.

Yup. It's not that the system is malfunctioning, it's just a side effect of compressing the HD so heavily to go through a VDSL line, and still have between 2 and 4 HD streams simultaneously. U-Verse is a pretty good way of delivering fast and cheap internet, and would be good for phone if landlines were still useful, but a pretty horrendous way of delivering video.

Yeah, besides the pay channels, they have VERY few...at least to me: 34.

Thanks for letting me know about U-verse. I guess they'll stick with Comcast.
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post #3098 of 3209
12/2/11 at 7:37am
Anyone on the eastern shoreline (New Haven to Clinton) area noticing a monsterous PQ difference from HD on the NBC affiliate vs. that of CBS and ABC? I was viewing last night at about 10:30 with all three showing HD programming and the difference was night and day, with CBS/ABC looking like mush, numbers and letters with shadows, etc. but NBC looking just plain terrific. The ABC/CBS signals would not even qualify as HD lite! Anyone know what is going on there?
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post #3099 of 3209
12/4/11 at 11:42am
Anyone managed to get Comcast (Bolton) to give them a cable card without a service call? I just need the card
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post #3100 of 3209
12/6/11 at 12:03pm
Not from your area, but my brother recently needed to get a CableCard on the Plainville system. The new mandate lets him pick it up at the local Comcast store, but here's the rub.

According to them, to activate it for more than basic channels - say HBO - you need to have a truck roll for them to do the pairing. Needless to say he complained that it is pointless to let him self-install something that only halfway works, and they waived the truck roll fee.

Also, this was right at the beginning of the self-install period for CableCards, so perhaps it has improved since then.
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post #3101 of 3209
12/20/11 at 3:13pm
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

Yeah, besides the pay channels, they have VERY few...at least to me: 34.

Thanks for letting me know about U-verse. I guess they'll stick with Comcast.

What about D* or E*? I'm going to be moving to that area (moving out of home) this summer, if I'm in the Groton area itself, I'll probably get D*.

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Originally Posted by sgbroimp View Post

Anyone on the eastern shoreline (New Haven to Clinton) area noticing a monsterous PQ difference from HD on the NBC affiliate vs. that of CBS and ABC? I was viewing last night at about 10:30 with all three showing HD programming and the difference was night and day, with CBS/ABC looking like mush, numbers and letters with shadows, etc. but NBC looking just plain terrific. The ABC/CBS signals would not even qualify as HD lite! Anyone know what is going on there?

I'm pretty sure that is encoded by the affiliates and Comcast just re-modulates it with subchannels and all...

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Originally Posted by Agnt86 View Post

Not from your area, but my brother recently needed to get a CableCard on the Plainville system. The new mandate lets him pick it up at the local Comcast store, but here's the rub.

According to them, to activate it for more than basic channels - say HBO - you need to have a truck roll for them to do the pairing. Needless to say he complained that it is pointless to let him self-install something that only halfway works, and they waived the truck roll fee.

Also, this was right at the beginning of the self-install period for CableCards, so perhaps it has improved since then.

I think the government requires them to do self installs now...
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post #3102 of 3209
12/20/11 at 3:36pm
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Originally Posted by BiggAW View Post

What about D* or E*? I'm going to be moving to that area (moving out of home) this summer, if I'm in the Groton area itself, I'll probably get D*.

I have no idea what you're talking about.
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post #3103 of 3209
12/20/11 at 5:04pm
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

I have no idea what you're talking about.

You ever heard of them satellite dishes? That get satellite TV? Never?
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post #3104 of 3209
12/20/11 at 6:18pm
Anyone know how to get Comcast to stop sending Mailers to add products to my services ?

They keep on sending me letters to upgrade to digital cable and show channels that I will get that they dont even carry in my area. (ledyard/Mystic area) The cable TV here is so bad, if I watch QAM, 1/2 the time I get digtal breakup on the picture so bad that it's almost unwatchable. With my cable modem, I'll be lucky if I have seen 1/4 of the speeds they advertised.

But, they still keep sending me crap to upgrade, How do I stop this ?

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Originally Posted by madpoet View Post

Anyone managed to get Comcast (Bolton) to give them a cable card without a service call? I just need the card

Isn't that FCC law now? If they wont give it to you and your willing to install it yourself, they can't charge you for a service call. Call the 800 number and tell them that they have to.
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post #3105 of 3209
12/20/11 at 8:04pm
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Originally Posted by DavidinCT View Post

Anyone know how to get Comcast to stop sending Mailers to add products to my services ?

They keep on sending me letters to upgrade to digital cable and show channels that I will get that they dont even carry in my area. (ledyard/Mystic area) The cable TV here is so bad, if I watch QAM, 1/2 the time I get digtal breakup on the picture so bad that it's almost unwatchable. With my cable modem, I'll be lucky if I have seen 1/4 of the speeds they advertised.

But, they still keep sending me crap to upgrade, How do I stop this ?



Isn't that FCC law now? If they wont give it to you and your willing to install it yourself, they can't charge you for a service call. Call the 800 number and tell them that they have to.

If U-Verse or ADSL is available in your area, switch to that and satellite, and immediately place any remaining mail from Comcast in the recycling bin upon receiving it.
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post #3106 of 3209
12/21/11 at 7:59pm
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Originally Posted by BiggAW View Post

You ever heard of them satellite dishes? That get satellite TV? Never?

I have. Just never heard of D* or E*
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post #3107 of 3209
12/23/11 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

I have. Just never heard of D* or E*

Those are the standard forum abbreviations for DirecTV and Echostar (DISH), respectively.
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post #3108 of 3209
12/24/11 at 3:15pm
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Originally Posted by BiggAW View Post

Those are the standard forum abbreviations for DirecTV and Echostar (DISH), respectively.

Ahhh...That I didn't know. Thank you for explaining.

To answer the original question, my mom refuses to put a satellite dish on the front of the house. Unforunately, that's the direction that the house faces and my mom won't go for that at all.
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post #3109 of 3209
12/28/11 at 6:42am
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

Ahhh...That I didn't know. Thank you for explaining.

To answer the original question, my mom refuses to put a satellite dish on the front of the house. Unforunately, that's the direction that the house faces and my mom won't go for that at all.

Ah ok, I've got parents like that too, who don't have any appreciation for the beautiful industrial design of the DirecTV Phase 5.
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post #3110 of 3209
12/28/11 at 3:09pm
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Originally Posted by BiggAW View Post

Ah ok, I've got parents like that too, who don't have any appreciation for the beautiful industrial design of the DirecTV Phase 5.

Yeah. That kinda doesn't go along with a colonial house.

Even *I* have to admit it would look damn ugly.
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post #3111 of 3209
1/1/12 at 6:56am
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

Yeah. That kinda doesn't go along with a colonial house.

Even *I* have to admit it would look damn ugly.

The P5 dishes, when mounted and cabled neatly, are quite attractive. DirecTV took quite a bit of care on the industrial design so that people wouldn't detest "ugly" dishes. E*, otoh, did take quite a bit of care, but not as much as D*.
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post #3112 of 3209
1/1/12 at 1:03pm
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Originally Posted by BiggAW View Post

The P5 dishes, when mounted and cabled neatly, are quite attractive. DirecTV took quite a bit of care on the industrial design so that people wouldn't detest "ugly" dishes. E*, otoh, did take quite a bit of care, but not as much as D*.

What does the p5 dish look like?
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post #3113 of 3209
1/19/12 at 12:12am
The HD channels i get i'm on the Norwich CT system.
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1002 WGBH (PBS) HD
1003 WFSB HD (CBS)
1004 WVIT HD (NBC)
1006 WTIC HD (FOX)
1008 WTNH HD (ABC)
1009 WCTX HD (My TV)
1010 WHPX (ION) HD
1011 WCCT HD (CW)
1018 WUVN (Univision) HD
1024 CPTV HD (PBS)
1105 FoxNews HD
1106 CNN HD
1107 CNN Headline News HD
1108 MSNBC HD
1111 The Weather Channel HD
1115 CNBC HD
1117 FOX BUSINESS HD
1130 NECN HD
1205 USA HD
1206 TNT HD
1207 FX HD
1208 Syfy HD
1209 Spike HD
1220 TBS HD
1221 Comedy Central HD
1222 G4 HD
1232 Investigation Discovery HD
1240 Universal HD
1242 Velocity Channel
1250 Discovery HD
1251 Science HD
1260 Animal Planet HD
1261 National Geographic HD
1270 History HD
1271 History International HD
1280 Food Network HD
1285 Travel Channel HD
1290 HGTV HD
1292 Planet Green HD
1305 Lifetime HD
1307 Hallmark HD
1308 We HD
1311 QVC HD
1312 Home Shopping Network HD
1330 A&E HD
1331 Biography HD
1332 Bravo HD
1340 E! Entertainment TV HD
1341 Style HD
1345 Ovation HD
1350 TLC HD
1351 truTV HD
1360 TV One HD
1361 BET HD
1405 MTV HD
1406 VH-1 HD
1407 CMT HD
1420 Fuse HD
1421 Palladia HD
1435 Gospel Music Channel HD
1515 Disney HD
1516 DisneyXD HD
1521 Nickelodeon HD
1525 Cartoon Network HD
1530 ABC Family HD
1603 ESPN 3D
1605 ESPN HD
1606 ESPN2 HD
1607 NBC Sports Network HD
1608 ESPNews HD
1611 Golf HD
1612 Tennis HD
1662 CSN New England HD
1663 NESN HD
1666 SNY HD
1667 YES HD
1703 XF3dD
1705 NFL Network HD
1706 NFL RedZone HD
1711 NHL Network HD
1712 NBA TV HD
1714 MLB HD
1720 ESPN U HD
1721 CBS Sports Network HD
1730 Big Ten Network HD
1750 InDemand Game HD
1770 NBA TV HD
1772 InDemand Team HD
1806 AMC HD
1815 TCM HD
1820 Lifetime Movie Network HD
1821 Hallmark Movie Channel HD
1830 Encore HD
1860 IFC HD
1910 HBO HD
1912 HBO2 HD
1920 HBO Comedy HD
1922 HBO Zone HD
1925 HBO Latino HD
1930 Cinemax HD
1934 ActionMAX HD
1936 ThrillerMAX HD
1938 WMAX HD
1941 5StarMAX HD
1944 OuterMAX HD
1950 Showtime HD
1952 Showtime 2 HD
1970 TMC HD
1980 Starz HD
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post #3114 of 3209
1/19/12 at 4:52am
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The HD channels i get i'm on the Norwich CT system.
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Nice selection, wish Ledyard even got close to that for channel lineup...
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post #3115 of 3209
1/19/12 at 5:27am
Don't move to Clinton. That nice list drops to 16, plus the HBO types of stuff. Really lousy here....and for same $ I'm sure.
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post #3116 of 3209
1/26/12 at 2:26pm
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Originally Posted by DigitalfreakNYC View Post

What does the p5 dish look like?

http://www.satproatlanta.com/mediac/...a/DCP_0026.jpg

Ok, and why is every system except apparently Groton and Clinton upgraded?
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post #3117 of 3209
1/30/12 at 5:55am
A letter posted on the DPUC site here indicates that the digital conversion is finally starting in Clinton, beginning with some channels going all digital on Feb 28. Quoting:

"Digital Network Enhancements

Comcast is expanding its initiative to enhance its network to deliver the world of all-digital entertainment to Comcast customers within the Comcast/Clinton system. Comcast will be enhancing its network in order to allow Comcast customers to enjoy the benefits of digital technology. When completed, customers will have access to these exciting new features depending on their level of service:

Access to thousands of hours of programming On Demand;
More HD Channels;
And more entertainment options than ever before.

In order to bring customers these new features, all Comcast video services will be transmitted exclusively in digital format on or after June 12, 2012. This means that customers will need to have a digital set-top box or digital adapter from Comcast, or a third party device with a CableCARDTM for each television on which they wish to continue receiving Comcast video services...."

No mention is made in the letter of when new HD channels may be added.
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1/30/12 at 7:34am
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Originally Posted by ad301 View Post

A letter posted on the DPUC site here indicates that the digital conversion is finally starting in Clinton, beginning with some channels going all digital on Feb 28. Quoting:

"Digital Network Enhancements

Comcast is expanding its initiative to enhance its network to deliver the world of all-digital entertainment to Comcast customers within the Comcast/Clinton system. Comcast will be enhancing its network in order to allow Comcast customers to enjoy the benefits of digital technology. When completed, customers will have access to these exciting new features depending on their level of service:

Access to thousands of hours of programming On Demand;
More HD Channels;
And more entertainment options than ever before.

In order to bring customers these new features, all Comcast video services will be transmitted exclusively in digital format on or after June 12, 2012. This means that customers will need to have a digital set-top box or digital adapter from Comcast, or a third party device with a CableCARDTM for each television on which they wish to continue receiving Comcast video services...."

No mention is made in the letter of when new HD channels may be added.

Well on our system, they did the first couple of rounds of HD upgrades before killing analog, and then they did another round afterwards, but maybe they're doing Clinton all in one shot since it's so late in the game? I can't believe that people hang on that long and don't just switch to D*.
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post #3119 of 3209
1/30/12 at 8:05am
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Originally Posted by BiggAW View Post

Well on our system, they did the first couple of rounds of HD upgrades before killing analog, and then they did another round afterwards, but maybe they're doing Clinton all in one shot since it's so late in the game? I can't believe that people hang on that long and don't just switch to D*.

Yeah, they are not promising the same huge HD expansion as we got here on the Branford system, at least not yet. Our letter, back in August, mentioned "...Over 100 HD channels and 3,000 HD choices..."

Clinton's letter only says "More HD Channels".

I don't know what to make of that difference. I hope Clinton will end up with the same lineup that the rest of the state has. But they don't normally announce channel additions until a month before they are added. So I guess time will tell.
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post #3120 of 3209
2/1/12 at 10:52pm
Finally, after many years of waiting, Comcast New Haven (Hamden, West Haven) systems have a dramatic increase in HD channels. Total of 112 available (including premiums) I believe.
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