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post #1261 of 10033
12/11/03 at 7:50am
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Originally posted by kevinivey
4.4%

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Except for the cable and broadcast tiers, the rest increased by more than 16%. What am I missing with the 4.4%?
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post #1262 of 10033
12/11/03 at 7:53am
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Originally posted by bdenman
I believe it was back in November that we received a printed/folded pamplet titled "2004 Annual Price & Product Review" included with our bill. It included the latest channel lists for Sumter (analog and digital; now obsolete) plus an itemized price list for Sumter (with changes noted). They also included a sheet with titled "Local Franchise Authorities."

I must've missed this...thanks, Bruce.
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post #1263 of 10033
12/11/03 at 10:55am
I think that Local Franchise Authorities was something applied to all of our utilities... Am I imagining this?
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post #1264 of 10033
12/11/03 at 11:09am
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Originally posted by tritchie
This may not be a local issue but I thought I would ask here anyway. My receiver continually goes into an Installation mode (i.e. Downloading guide data) everytime I watch something on 25-1. This does not occur on other channels. I've watched it do this for two days to isolate the problem. On top of that, after it goes through the downloading of the guide data, channel 41-1 is gone and I have to re-scan the channels. Is this a possible problem with 25-1 sending something into my receiver to cause this? If this isn't a local problem, then I'll obviously be calling Samsung today.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide!

I suspect your problem is being caused by WOLO's PSIP. My Samsung (SIR-T150) is having problems with their signal as well. Starting last night it locks up on Channel 8... no changing channels; going to the guide or the menu. I can get it unlocked by pointing my antenna in opposite direction and even view the other channels but I go to WOLO again it crashes. I have emailed Bob Davis and left messages on voice mail at the station.
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post #1265 of 10033
12/11/03 at 11:39am
Thanks for the help Bruce. I'm glad to know it's not the receiver, even though Samsung is very easy to work with. Would you let me know the answer you get on that email? This would really stink if it happens during the BCS bowl games.

Trip
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post #1266 of 10033
12/11/03 at 4:20pm
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Originally posted by IrmoGamecoq
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Except for the cable and broadcast tiers, the rest increased by more than 16%. What am I missing with the 4.4%?

That is the exact overall increase of cable. It is a accurate figure. I offset my increase by dropping the digital tier , and the digital movie tier.
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post #1267 of 10033
12/11/03 at 11:31pm
WOLO PSIP computer is on the fritz again.
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post #1268 of 10033
12/12/03 at 5:38am
software bug in WOLO's Columbia remux..occasionally rears it's head..I've been out of town, but will correct it today..
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post #1269 of 10033
12/12/03 at 8:11am
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WOLO-DT is working correctly again. Bob and his crew applied their magic pixie dust (and sweat and smarts and who knows what else) and fixed the recalcitrant/misbehaving doohickey thingamabob(s) about an hour ago and it continues to work correctly.
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post #1270 of 10033
12/12/03 at 9:02pm
I had the same problems as Tritchie with my T-160 starting late last week...this after a couple of months of trouble free operation. Before I read the posts here and on other AVS threads about the PSIP problem with ABC & WOLO, I decided to swap it out (got if from DirecTV). I ordered it Wednesday night and it arrived today along with my new access card.

So far this evening, I've had none of the problems with the new receiver shutting down/rebooting/dropping channels. While there may be a WOLO/ABC problem with their PSIP data, that should never bring a receiver down...I encourage anyone who is putting up with this to get a replacement box under warranty or else get a full refund.

BTW, the WOLO OTA signal was generally AWOL from about 9:30 - 11:00 tonight...it's locking in now, but I got nothing earlier while at the same time getting a solid 100% signal on WIS.
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post #1271 of 10033
12/12/03 at 9:25pm
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Originally posted by BDavis
PSIP data, that should never bring a receiver down...

BTW, the WOLO OTA signal was generally AWOL from about 9:30 - 11:00 tonight...it's locking in now, but I got nothing earlier while at the same time getting a solid 100% signal on WIS.

You are correct on the receivers Brian.. but good luck getting Samsung to agree with you.

WOLO is down for maintenance tonight..
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post #1272 of 10033
12/13/03 at 3:38am
I had audio and video problems with WIS-DT between 9 and 10. I gave up and switched back to Wolo-DT on cable. I had no problems with Wolo-Dt all evening on cable (except for the extremely loud commercials).
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post #1273 of 10033
12/13/03 at 5:27am
Kevin,

My problems with WIS were limited to audio drops only.

Mike
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post #1274 of 10033
12/14/03 at 8:01am
No HD game on WLTX-DT today.

1:00pm game is EDTV on Wach-DT Seahawks @ Rams.
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post #1275 of 10033
12/15/03 at 2:31pm
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WOLO-DT: I have been told the engineers have identified and fixed the hardware problem that messed up the framing this past weekend. Thanks Bob! I am sure Threat Matrix and Football fans appreciate your timely fix!

WIS-DT: Station had major problems last night (lots of pixel blocking and total screen dropouts). It appeared the station was aware of the situation (they flashed a WIS logo screen during one period of breakups). I saw the problem during the Christmas movie (8 to 10pm); not sure when it started or if it stopped. No idea if the engineers were able to to fix the problem today.
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post #1276 of 10033
12/15/03 at 3:07pm
Wis...........
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post #1277 of 10033
12/15/03 at 6:10pm
Wolo............................
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post #1278 of 10033
12/15/03 at 7:35pm
Is the Philly vs. Fish game not supposed to be in HD tonite? I doesn't appear to be...
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post #1279 of 10033
12/15/03 at 8:31pm
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Craig,
From posts over in Programming, it would appear the ABC MNF feed was HD. WOLO had had an equipment problem earlier (during Threat Matrix) and had to revert to a SD feed for about 30 minutes. Perhaps it happened again and could not be fixed tonight; it was SD when I tuned into the game too (late 2nd quarter).
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post #1280 of 10033
12/15/03 at 11:06pm
It could be all the fancy digital equipment got the flu like I did. I am very sick!!! If I don't feel up to posting I wanted to wish everybody a Happy Holidays.
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post #1281 of 10033
12/16/03 at 9:12am
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Originally posted by kevinivey
That is the exact overall increase of cable. It is a accurate figure. I offset my increase by dropping the digital tier , and the digital movie tier.

That is exactly what I did. I don't see how anyone can stand looking at the super compressed channels that are on 100-170(?) - ugh.
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post #1282 of 10033
12/16/03 at 4:30pm
Looks like HDNET and HDNET Movies have started to appear today on different TWC systems around the country. Maybe, we can hope that they are added here in a week or so.
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post #1283 of 10033
12/17/03 at 5:57am
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If interested, I posted the contents here of an email this morning I received from TWC. It concerned the ins/outs of the TWC/Pioneer promotion.
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post #1284 of 10033
12/17/03 at 10:47am
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Originally posted by kevinivey
Looks like HDNET and HDNET Movies have started to appear today on different TWC systems around the country. Maybe, we can hope that they are added here in a week or so.

More info on the subject: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=339309
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post #1285 of 10033
12/17/03 at 3:26pm
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Originally posted by kevinivey
Looks like HDNET and HDNET Movies have started to appear today on different TWC systems around the country. Maybe, we can hope that they are added here in a week or so.

I believe the newsletter we received from twcsc/Diana Smith
indicated a January 5 week start date for these channels depending on expected hardware deliveries. I cannot find my e-mail re: this topic, maybe someone else can quote from the actual newsletter.
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post #1286 of 10033
12/17/03 at 3:43pm
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Originally posted by jdjackson
I believe the newsletter we received from twcsc/Diana Smith
indicated a January 5 week start date for these channels depending on expected hardware deliveries. I cannot find my e-mail re: this topic, maybe someone else can quote from the actual newsletter.

That is what the newsletter said, but the timetable has been sped up. There is somewhat of a possibility that these 2 channels could be added as early as Friday evening. It all depends if they receive all the equipment from HDNET and if they have enough time to get it all setup.
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post #1287 of 10033
12/17/03 at 3:48pm
On another note, next month marks one year of WIS-DT. I email them everyday about this. I do not receive any responses anymore. I encourage any Time Warner Cable HD customer to email them about their lack of respect for their HD cable customers. WIS-DT IS NOT ON TIME WARNER CABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT SIGN THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT WOLO AND WLTX SIGNED.
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post #1288 of 10033
12/17/03 at 4:50pm
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Originally posted by kevinivey
On another note, next month marks one year of WIS-DT. I email them everyday about this. I do not receive any responses anymore. I encourage any Time Warner Cable HD customer to email them about their lack of respect for their HD cable customers. WIS-DT IS NOT ON TIME WARNER CABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT SIGN THE SAME AGREEMENT THAT WOLO AND WLTX SIGNED.

Amazing isn't it; I had to go back and check... Jan 30th was first signal. I don't know what to say. Given that I do have OTA capability I must admit that NBC is the least watched network around here for HDTV. And if there is a scheduling conflict (SD or HD); WIS almost always gets taped.
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post #1289 of 10033
12/17/03 at 5:16pm
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Originally posted by bdenman
Amazing isn't it; I had to go back and check... Jan 30th was first signal. I don't know what to say. Given that I do have OTA capability I must admit that NBC is the least watched network around here for HDTV. And if there is a scheduling conflict (SD or HD); WIS almost always gets taped.


tiVo fast forward
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post #1290 of 10033
12/18/03 at 6:50pm
Has anyone noticed INHD 1 and 2 barely tune in properly?
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