Time Warner Cable Navigator - Page 545

Google 70/70 cable rule

It supposedly allows them to regulate content as they now do OTA

I did - nothing (from any reliable source) like that. The 70/70 provision related to being able to exercise some control over the number of cable systems cable companies could acquire. If in place it would have prohibited Comcast from getting so large. But NOTHING that I have seen relates to content.

AGAIN: AN AUTHORITATIVE LINK PLEASE

Not really, as long there is local goverment channels and public access channels available on basic cable that is all that is needed. You are reading to deep into the interpretation.

About a year ago someone on the FCC board cooked up some numbers that showed that cable had exceeded the 70/70. Caused a big stir on the net. It was quickly shown to be bogus.

One thing for sure, the FCC being a government agency is power hungry. They would love to completely regulate the cable industry as well as Internet service in the US.

OK, enough of the Wing Nut BS. It's absolute BS if you can't BACK IT UP.

BTW: The "stir" was not "about a year ago" - it was in 2007 (when "W" was in office and the FCC commissioner was a Republician) AND IT DID NOT "supposedly allows them to regulate content as they now do OTA"

The FCC will read into the regulations whatever benefits them the most in order to gain more power. Basic rule of government and big business: expand the work to justify hiring more people, more people to supervise, more salary they deserve.

I'm 65+, 2007 was like yesterday to me.

I can't provide a link to an FCC site that spells it out. A lot of government laws/rules/regulations are very vague. Until a judge or the supreme court rules, no one knows exactly what they mean.

Powell was "W" 's FCC chairmen. One of the smartest and most fair ever to serve in the post.

I stand by my belief that given the opportunity the FCC will grab all the power they can.

The FCC is not as big as they used to be I can assure you that, also for as many years that I done FCC POP Test's that no one looks at them unless some complaint is escalated by the Govenor. I could bet I could put a cover letter on my bi-yearly test and leave the rest blank and no one would know. Federal Goverment has not touched a thing in the Cable Industry except for the Adelphia incident...fact. Local Goverment has a bigger influence on the Cable Industry and the Adelphia/MI-Connection/TWC fiasco proved that.

I have been at this for 27-years and I know JCalabria started before myself and has had a good run in with local goverment issue's,FCC is easy to satisfy with what they want from CATV Companies.

I have been noticing a lot of missing recordings lately.


There was a show on PBS with Len Goodman about Titanic. Gone without a trace! I recorded a few Auction Kings on Discovery and again, gone without a hint of where they went. Same thing for a few movies and other programs. They are not even listed in the log.

And, the newest update made my 8640HDC slow as heck. It runs like an 8300HDC now which sucks.

I can't answer your question, but I'm glad we're back discussing Navigator!

New Guide will be rolled out next week in Syracuse and Charlotte, Syracuse will be June 5th and Charlotte June 6th.

At least we (Charlotte) will know what to expect from our guinea pigs... errrr, friends... up north.

Here's hoping that there are more steps forward than backward.

All boxes or just the latest "black" boxes?

Set Tops Impacted

DCX3200*
Cisco8642
SA3200
SA8300HDC

DCX3400*
Cisco8742*
SA3250
SMT3050

DCX3510*
SA2000
SA4240HDC
SMT3090

Pace
SA2010
SA4250HDC
SMT3260

Cisco4640
SA2100
SA8000 (SD/HD)
SMT3262

Cisco4642
SA2200
SA8010
SMT3270

Cisco4742*
SA3000
SA8240HDC
SMT3272

Cisco8640
SA3100
SA8300
SMT3362*

*In ODN boxes, the filtering will show guide content based on the filter selected. The filter selection will remain in place until the user makes a change to the filter settings. For instance, if a customer filters the guide based on VOD content, the guide will only show VOD content until the customer changes the filter to “All Channels.” To access the filter settings, press the Guide button twice

J --- does that make us in Charlotte, 2nd pick guinea pigs ....... er, I mean friends?

Yes. That's a known issue. I was notified tonight that our division will be updated to the re-vamped Navigator (5.2 I believe) with the black GUI and FINALLY Guide Filtering!!!!

Scheduled Deployment is June 5th (Tuesday Overnight)

http://www.twc-wny.com/CIC/video_2012_06_01/

So, hopefully they did address the interlacing issue. I also see where the notice I saw appears to have stopped referring to the overhaul as Navigator. Maybe they are trying to distance it from prior versions.

I'm very excited about being one of the first to get the new version. I can't wait to run it through the gamut!

Hopefully it will show more than 5 channels and 1 1/2 hours. Wonder when it will get down here(Brighthouse)?

It appears that this has not changed.

These things take time in a big company

Honestly, it would be nice to cover more time in the grid with the 16x9. However, it shouldn't be a priority. I'm happy to see things like the Guide Filtering and reliability take preference. That said, everyone will have their own wishes for features and functions.

Well, lo and behold, my new Cisco 8742HDC is definitely junk just like my old 8300HD was. It may have a 500GB hard drive, but it's useless since the % of use of the hard drive is wildly inaccurate. It showed 37% and after reboot it showed 6%??? Today it was about 35% and I taped the NASCAR race. It then went to 73%, and DELETED about 15 of my shows since it thought it was full! AND, it still shows 73% even after deleting all those shows.

Tomorrow it's back to TW to try and get another 8300HD, so I can at least use my 1TB external drive, and have an accurate % of use. I have a feeling satellite TV is not far away for me.

Mine does that occasionally, just needs a reboot once in a while.

That's depressing to hear.

Do you think maybe it just has a bad hard-drive or needs a good re-format and fresh OS re-load?

I've yet to notice this on my 8742's. Our division is suppose to be updated to the new 5.2 "black" GUI on Tuesday night, so no telling what bugs or glitches will be fixed until then. I'm anticipating this reworked guide and hope to give it a full run through. It would be nice if we had release notes to advise of any new features other than those I'm looking for such as the Guide Filter.

I think "once in awhile" would have to be every day, and I still wouldn't trust the %. I did reboot a few days ago, but as soon as you record a few shows, the % goes nuts again. Ridiculous for the $ we are paying them....

I heard it was a bug with the 8742. That and the fact you can't even use an external drive makes it a loser in my book. How would you reformat and reload the OS in that DVR though?

So, 3 months later, and my wife is still trying to watch all her shows so I can take it and get it swapped out (vicious cycle of more shows always recording) .

But I thought I would mention that since we keep the box about 10% full now (instead of 70% full) we never miss a recording any more. I'm wondering if TWC fixed the glitch or if the machine is more easily able to allocate space now.

The new thing it's doing is you turn it on (and display indicates it's on) but the amp reports "No Signal". Rebooting the 8300HD fixes it. It also rebooted on it's own the other day. 3 of these little "events" in a month I think.

A nice person wrote a FAQ on the 8300HD and told us how to do it. I figured there was a FAQ here somewhere for the new machines that described similar procedures.

So - no update for us 8300HD (no "C") users I take it???