blacknoi
join:2004-11-06
Stanhope, NJ
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Re: Making room for more channels?
Since they appear to be moving to an eventual ALL channels (save broadcast basic 2-13) in the digital tier to reclaim bandwidth:
When will I be able to buy a cable box that I own, and can have a cablecard installed in that box? I do NOT want to rent thier STBs.... but am slowly being forced to. |
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RemyM
join:2005-02-14
Stamford, CT
| said by blacknoi  :When will I be able to buy a cable box that I own, and can have a cablecard installed in that box? I do NOT want to rent thier STBs.... but am slowly being forced to. You can do it right now, it's called a Tivo HD.
July 2009 is when all new boxes CV provides will be CableCard boxes. By then there could be a bigger market of boxes to buy. Of course if you buy your own box you can't just swap it out for free when it dies. |
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blacknoi
join:2004-11-06
Stanhope, NJ | I already have two tivos (s3 and hd), but I still have other tv's in the house that are analog only.
I would like at least one box that has no montly fee attached to it other than the cablecard fee. |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| reply to RemyM
said by RemyM :July 2009 is when all new boxes CV provides will be CableCard boxes. By then there could be a bigger market of boxes to buy. Of course if you buy your own box you can't just swap it out for free when it dies. But will they be able to receive all the channels? There is a problem currently with CableCards in that they are unable to receive channels that are send-on-request (I forget the buzzword) which are only sent IF/WHEN you tune to it and are only sent to nodes where someone is watching that channel. |
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Olias
The Meeting
join:2004-05-08
Wayne, NJ
 ·Optimum Online
| said by RARPSL :But will they be able to receive all the channels? There is a problem currently with CableCards in that they are unable to receive channels that are send-on-request (I forget the buzzword) which are only sent IF/WHEN you tune to it and are only sent to nodes where someone is watching that channel. You mean "Switched Digital Video" or SVD.
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RemyM
join:2005-02-14
Stamford, CT
| reply to RARPSL
said by RARPSL :said by RemyM :July 2009 is when all new boxes CV provides will be CableCard boxes. By then there could be a bigger market of boxes to buy. Of course if you buy your own box you can't just swap it out for free when it dies. But will they be able to receive all the channels? There is a problem currently with CableCards in that they are unable to receive channels that are send-on-request (I forget the buzzword) which are only sent IF/WHEN you tune to it and are only sent to nodes where someone is watching that channel. Of course they will. The M cards are two way. The current limitation on CV is the hardware they are put into. The SA CableCard boxes that other providers are using work fine with SDV. |
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