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So now you have 2 M cards, which is what I have also. I wonder how much a third M card will cost. Will they then tag on the additional outlet charge?

I am seriously thinking of getting another TiVo. The refurbished unit is only $200 now. I believe there is a 25% off subscriptions for existing customers, so a lifetime subscription will be $300. $500 plus tax for another TiVo sounds pretty good, after playing with the DCH3416 and thoroughly unimpressed by it.

Do you still have just limited basic, or have you added other tiers? If limited basic, that's the same as my experience when I added more CableCards (temporarily) last year.

You're talking about the original ATI add-on right? Engadget has pics and article about the Ceton card.

http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/09/10...blecard-tuner/

No, I upgraded to Digital Starter with their 2 year $29/$39 price deal. That along with 16/2 HSI at $29 for year puts me at $9 less per month than I was paying for just Limited Basic and 16/2-HSI - $64 vs $73 - deal was too good to turn down.

We got the new HD channels in South San Francisco today. Thank you for keeping us informed.

To confirm the recent announcement:

New HD channels are up as of 8:00 am. Guide information is populated. As far as I can see by scanning the new channels, picture quality is excellent. The only glitch (I think) is that HBO (770) Starz (880) and Showtime (785) HD slots in the old scheme are still active. Duplicates are in place in the 800 channel range.

I have had to do a lot of scanning to keep up with the channel reassignments on my Mythtv (HDHomerun tuners). I can see that Comacast is using the former analog channels to carry the new programming. Channels that were in the clear are still coming in that way, though they may be on different channels.

Yeah, I was talking about the ATI...didn't even realize Ceton had one out there. That looks pretty cool: PCI-E, 4 tuners, single M-card. If they can keep this around $300, I would seriously consider using this.

So would I, the next step is to see how long it will take to actually get to market. There's stuff from CEDIA '07 people are still waiting for.

Regarding ION "HD" picture quality, I happened to see that they were going to air a show I was interested in seeing, a Canadian import called "Durham County", a sort of Twin Peaks-like thriller/mystery. Anyway, recorded the first ep last night and I have to say, it looked plain awful, at times it looked like a really bad YouTube video.

Out of curiosity I got a copy from a P2P site and played it back via the PS3. This is a 350mb file mind you, the PQ blew away the ION presentation, and in fact was much more than just acceptable, on a 73" screen I didn't see any noticeable artifacting and it was a pretty clean and crisp image.

I suspect that ION is running a cropped analog version while the one I downloaded was an HD capture from the Movie Network channel.

That's one less channel I'll have showing in my guide now.

Anyone seen the NFL RedZone HD channel show up in their guide anywhere? It might look something like the below,

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...=#post17165408

Jim,

Channel 427, suppose to start on Sunday, shows up on both my Tivo and Comcast box. Tivo has no channel info or data info but you can view the channel. Comcast box say "off air" but you can view the channel. The problem is it's only SD

Laters,
Mikef5

I guess the HD version is on the same list as HBO-Signature, HBO2, HDNet and HDNet Movies.

New message from Tivo Today. Looks like they finally fixed the program guide data for ABC Family HD (768) and Disney HD (769). Too bad I never watch these. But I suppose it's good to know I could properly schedule recordings of Hannah Montana and Lizzie McGuire now.

Still waiting for a fix on Showtime Too HD (826) and The Movie Channel HD (847). I've submitted line-up forms for both of these more than once.

Once they fix this, the last two Tivo channels with bad PG data will be fixed.

While watching the premiere of 300 on TNT my first instance of onscreen Caller ID came up. Nice, for the most part. There were 2 small pops I heard over my sound system before and after it came up.

I came to report the same. Caller ID is working here in San Jose too.

I came to report the Dodgers have beaten the Giants for the second day in a row.

Right on!!!

I missed the earlier posts. Are you saying you can display caller ID using a Comcast STB?, like the motorola DCH3416? I have Comcast digital voice, too.

It seems you must have triple play. Digital Voice, TV and Internet. And it works in your TV and PC, there's a program you have to download for your PC.

It has a buzz option, default 1 hour, that I guess would allow you to not receive any call for that time.

And yeah, I saw that message in my TV (projector) using a DCH3416. The phone rang at the same time too, just in case anyone is wondering.

I presume that on screen caller ID will not work with Tivo or orther Cable Card devices, correct?

Question about installing.... I have existing RG6 cable in place for my current satellite system. I'll be switching to Comcast soon. Will they be running new cable or patch into the coax that my satellite is using?

If they run new cable, are they going to be lazy and drill right though my exterior wall into the interior?

Comcast no longer will run cable through a dwelling's walls in our area, either directly or via a sub-contractor. I needed a coax cable run from our bedroom to an auxiliary bedroom last month so I could run a splitter between the rooms and CC refused to do that if it involved inside work. It was a very simple job, around 50 feet through the attic but I had to have my cabling guy come out and do it at my own expense. Apparently too much sloppy work and the subsequent damage claims led to Comcast's decision on wall fishing. They will run cable from the primary input connection if it's done on the outside of your home but, to me, that's a real crapshoot. I would have them use your existing RG-6 cable if that's possible.

I'd guess since you activate that feature in your Comcast box.

I came to report that as long as the Dodgers continue to beat the Giants, Keenan's house will never be upgraded, the rest of Santa Rosa will be though.

Laters,
Mikef5

That feature does not work for me. I have Triple play. I went into the DCH3416's menu, and there is the iTV button. Clicked on it, and it says feature not available yet.

Does anyone in Sunnyvale or in the South Bay have that feature working? I will look into Comcast support and see if there is a PC program that displays caller ID.

Clau,

I just checked and I have it available here in Milpitas. I think you have to have the Triple Play package to get it automatically added to your account.

Laters,
Mikef5

My DCX3400 started power cycling itself everyday.

I called a CSR and they sent some sort of signal that set everything back to the factory settings.

That seemed to fix the issue.

Very funny! Actually, I would have preferred to see the Giants get a chance to lose again against the Dodgers in the playoffs.

How's that RedZone channel look? People with Verzion are paying $50 a season for that channel.

From accounts in the main forum thread the RedZone channel is a hit. So it's time to find out from Mr. J when we're going to get the HD version here. I'd pay for the Sports/Entertainment addon if it was in HD, otherwise forget it.

In the thread for the Red Zone Channel this week on HDTV Programming, we've had several people complain that they are in Comcast Bay Area territory, have the sports tier, but NFLN RZC is nowhere to be found. I simply don't have the sports tier, but it's in my guide as Ch. 427.

I'm waiting for it to be HD, which I assume it might be after we (Newark) gets World of More, which will happen on a date that still has yet to be disclosed.

It doesn't show here in San Jose either, the Red Zone channel. Although I don't have the Sports tier.