Aleck79
join:2003-07-23
College Station, TX | I had to threaten Time Warner and pretty much quote the FCC! They kept telling me a line of crap that they were not supported, would I like a cable box, that will be $15/month or some crap...
Instead of doing what most people do, and just getting the cable box (which is why no one gets them) I stuck it out. Telling them that they are required to support them. Got to the point where I had to quote the FCC. Finally got ahold of a some tech who knew what I was talking about.
Had it installed and it didn't work... took them 2 weeks to get the thing to finally work. 2 weeks... and still I don't have a couple channels I am suppose to have. But hell its better than having another box under my HDTV.
If cable companies are blaming this on lack of demand, or hardware... when I contacted Sony tech support to confirm some of their claims when Time Warner tried to blame it on my Sony Grand Wega... Sony Laughed. The guy @ Sony was very down to earth, and plainspoken, "yeah its ridiculous what these cable companies are doing, I had one tech call me and ask me how to install and enable these cards for the customers TV." Ridiculous...
I call bullshit |
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| I had a CC from Cox, I think it cost me about $2 bucks a month. I was also able to receive the TV Guide version of a channel guide. Installing a CC is comparable to installing a Cable Modem. The provider notes the card # when issued, you call them with the pairing number.
Now I have a CC with Verizon. Installation was the same. Verizon does not support the TV Guide channel guide service.
Neither of the providers made it easy to find info about the card. Works great for me. |
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I won't deny there are many install issues, but believe it or not, a huge number of issues are caused by the host. There are a couple host manufacturers that have produced such crap when it comes to the interface of the card that it's impossible to get cards to work in them. Also you can't take anything that these call center guys say at these companies. They don't know jack. I personnaly work with these manufacturers engineers who really know the issues their products have. Many manufactures have intrepeted the spec in their own ways causing all kinds of compatibility problems. It's pretty easy to see when you take 5 different hosts, all on the same drop (in a lab) test 1 card, 1 host at a time and see the crazy different resulte. |
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