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I checked the EPG for 11-2 (I'm watching Saturday Morning News now) and they are really getting outside the box. They will be broadcasting L&O SVU tonight at 7:00pm on 11-2.

They also are running the film critics show after TVHill.

Comcast's Project Cavalry (analog reclamation) is coming to the Baltimore area.


http://www.lightreading.com/document...6164&site=cdn&

I'm in Baltimore City currently (I was in Baltimore County about a year ago and they blocked the exact same channels).

And as for the way I checked, I just turned off my cable box, pressed the enter button the remote which brought up that list of info. I went to Current Channel and under each of those channels I listed it said CCI: 0x02.

Just ordered FIOS today for Falls Church. They are running the home phone, 20/5 internet, and Extreme HD for 109.99/mo with $150 cash card.

I took the same FiOS deal a couple of weeks ago. It was installed on Saturday. So far, only a couple of things I noticed as I am moving from DirecTV. I miss the caller ID display on the TV screen with DirecTV and haven't come across that feature in FiOS TV yet. Also, the guide information in DirecTV's guide seemed a bit more comprehensive. I also miss that the DirecTV box had an ATSC tuner to pick up OTA. I enjoyed watching the Baltimore stations, but all of the service providers consider me to be part of the DC service area. After having DirecTV for over 15 years, I'm sure it'll take a couple of days to get used to the new channel numbers and the remote control button placements. The picture on FiOS may actually be a little bit crisper than what I'm used to. I am beginning to wonder if the multiroom DVR is ready for primetime. The non-DVR STB remote doesn't seem to take instructions easily from the remote, but the installer alluded to an issue they were having and hope to correct.

Wow! That's a great deal. I pay almost that much for Extreme HD and my lower end Verizon cell service. I only get a $13 discount by combining those two since i dropped my landine last year and my 50/20 internet tier doesn't qualify for a discount since they only charge $90.

And rumor is that 20/5 tier might increase to 25/25 at the end of June. The rumor is that they will only have three speed tiers instead of four. 10/10, 25/25, 75/25.

And if that happens that makes your $110 a month deal even sweeter.

I'm pretty excited about it, except they are charging me an additional $40/mo for 1 multi room DVR and 2 HD boxes, which will cover three tv's altogether. And another $16 for HBO. But it is still about $50 less than Cox cable...

Doesn't FiOS have widgets for TV which includes caller ID??

Yes, Verizon Call Assistant is free.

Is WPXW being prevented from showing the 700 Club on WWPX-DT?

I decided to check WPXW-DT for the 700 Club this morning and found that it is being broadcasted during the 10:00am hour (at 720P). It's also on WPXW-TV and WWPX-TV, but not on WWPX-DT.

Why do they list the 700 Club in their EPG, but show the tape of some organization wanting support to save the Jews?

Cox Rolls DOCSIS 3.0 Into Northern Virginia

Ultimate Internet Package Offers Up 50 Mbps Downstream

Todd Spangler -- Multichannel News, 5/5/2009 8:32:35 AM MT

Cox Communications is expanding its top-speed broadband service - with up to 50 Mbps downstream - to residential and business customers in Northern Virginia.

The operator is offering the DOCSIS 3.0-based Ultimate Internet service, which provides 5 Mbps upstream, in Fairfax County and Fredericksburg, Va., markets. Standard price for the residential Ultimate Internet package will be $139.99 per month, with an introductory rate of $109 per month.

By offering a 50-Mbps tier, Cox will be able to compete head-to-head with Verizon's FiOS Internet service, which currently markets the same maximum download speeds.

Cox last month launched DOCSIS 3.0-based service in Lafayette Parish, La. The operator said it plans to offer Ultimate Internet to several additional markets by the end of 2009, and to more than two-thirds of its footprint in 2010.

"Our customers have said they want an online experience that allows them to do more, do it faster and on a network they trust. DOCSIS 3.0 lets them do that," Cox Northern Virginia general manager Janet Barnard said in a statement.

Customers can find more information about Cox's high-speed Internet services at www.cox.com/highspeedinternet.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/...n_Virginia.php

Thanks for the heads up. I'll look into how to set the call assistant set up in the FiOS TV's widgets.

As another question maybe someone can answer, when you're using the multi-room DVR on the non-DVR STB, are the remote control signals for FF, rewind, etc. supposed to work. I find that there is an extremely long delay that makes using these type features difficult. Anybody else have experience with this?

You have asked this question here before. Have you emailed Ion about it?

My guess is that it has to do with broadcast area rights. A quick search for WAZT shows that WAZT family of low power religious stations in the Shenandoah valley broadcasts the 700 Club at 9 AM weekdays. The AZTV "network" probably has exclusive broadcast rights for their market which preclude WWPX 60 in Martinsburg from carrying the 700 Club. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAZT for the stations.

Most of their stations have gotten construction permits for low power digital broadcasts at 10 to 15 kW UHF or WAZT-LD for 300 watts on VHF 8 which will notably boost their coverage area over their current analog coverage -and add to possible interference issues. No idea on when they plan to go digital, but I expect there are would be WRC-DT 4 (DT 48) viewers north of Winchester who would like WAZW-CA 48 to move to DT 46.

Is anyone who has FiOS service in No. Virginia experiencing digital dropouts and glitches on channel 505 (Fox) that appear randomly? I have noticed it for a couple of weeks when the show breaks for a commercial or at other random times. On the non-HD channel (5) I checked and there's no problem.

Yes, I noticed this most recently with my Fringe recording last night from 505. And it was also there from my Dollhouse recording last week.
I haven't had a chance to check out my 5-1 OTA recordings to see if it was there too. I'll need to look at them tonight if I remember.

I noticed it the other night during the 10 PM news here in Maryland. I only saw it during some commercials. I checked the diagnostics menu on my TiVo and it showed no uncorrected (or corrected) errors, so I attributed it to their feed, not FIOS.

Thanks for the confirmation. I was hoping it was not FiOS.

Thanks, I'll look for your test results tomorrow.

I just checked for it. I thought I had a backup recording on 5-1, but it's also a recording from 505. I must have deleted the 5-1 season pass at some time.

Are you watching WTTG Fox 5 from Washington or WBFF Fox 45 from Baltimore?
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Just watched House and AI from this week and last week, and I think there was only one minor hiccup during the program. If there was anything else, it wasn't noticable.

This is all OTA 5-1 on a Tivo Series 3.

Mark,

Sorry I wasn't clear. It was WTTG as the OP said. I haven't noticed any problems on either of your channels.

WETA seems to be broadcasting in 720p now.

With 3 subchannels, maybe this will help reduce the compression artifacts???? It looks pretty good right now, but not broadcasting any complex scenes at the moment.

I appreciate the info.

Just trying to head off problems!
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Dish network has added Speed, FX, Logo, MavTV, and Fashion HD Channels to their lineup today.

Mark,

It is nice to know someone cares.

I usually watch Fox programming on WBFF, but since I watch the 6 PM news out of Baltimore, if I'm not watching primetime or TiVo, I'll watch the DC news on WTTG.

BTW, there is a thread on this at BBR, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r223...Picture-Freeze. It contains this post:

reply to stevee9
I DVR'ed 24 and watched in on Tuesday night. I didn't notice any pixelation or sound drop outs. However, I recorded the WBFF-45 HD feed which some of you probably do not have. I find that channel a bit more stable than Fox 5 in DC.

Thanks. Keep up the good work!

Mark

Is anyone else enjoying MASN-HD baseball as much as I am?

I set my DVR to record all of the live games or "encore" games in HD, then play them back if either the Nats or Orioles win.

Last night's Nats come-from-behind victory over the LA Dodgers was truly thrilling.

Except for a couple of games on Fox, the entire 162-game schedules for each team will be available on MASN-HD. If my math is correct, that's 324 HD baseball games this year!!

I'm in HD Sports heaven.

I'm definitely enjoying it. It's just too bad there isn't an HD overflow channel yet. Interestingly enough, the live HD feed of the game not being broadcast on MASN HD is available somewhere out there, because I've seen live look-ins of Nationals games on MLB Network that were in HD, while the Orioles were being broadcast live on MASN HD. Several cable companies do have the capacity and even a channel reserved for MASN2 HD, so hopefully it'll be live for next season.

Unfortunately, there was no HD encore telecast of the Nats win last night. The game was shown in progress on MASN-HD starting with the 7th inning. All of the Nats scoring took place in innings 2 through 6!