heat84
join:2004-03-11
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Something weirds going on with my cable system right now
While some channels are working fine, some channels just went black and others just froze in mid scene. I'm sure by the time anyone reds this it'll be fixed. I'm just curious. |
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heat84
join:2004-03-11
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Well, its back to normal now. I've never seen that before. Channels frozen in mid scene for over 5 minutes. |
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BSD24
Premium
join:2008-04-30
USA
 ·Comcast
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| If it happens again, you should check for loose cables. Primarily the most concerned connections should be the cable line that comes thru the floor/wall and connects to either a splitter or directly to the cable box.
Since cable systems are considered "Closed Circuit" it means nothing should be able to interfere with the cable signals running thru the cable lines from beginning of the cable line to the end. Same goes for signals leaking out of the cable system. if there is interference that is really bad - digital hates any interference - it can distort parts of the picture and sound all the way to severe cases where you lose picture on some or all channels or have issues with video on demand. |
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heat84
join:2004-03-11
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to heat84
I don't use a box its hooked straight to the TV. I'm no expert but I'm sure your way off as to what you think happened. I'm thinking it was at the head end or somewhere before that. Maintenance perhaps. |
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reelbigfish
join:2002-06-06
Boston, MA | If it was in fact a headend problem, did you call to lodge a complaint? I'm sure Comcast will be more help to you then people on this board for headend problems. |
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heat84
join:2004-03-11
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to heat84
I never had a complaint. It was more a curiosity as to what happened. |
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kcazzie
One Of Jerry's Kids
Premium
join:2000-08-13
Morton Grove, IL | reply to heat84
Problems here in the Chicago area...  ... |
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cypherstream
There's no place like 127.0.0.1
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
 ·Cingular Wireless
·Comcast
| reply to heat84
That could be anything...
If the cables straight to your TV and your viewing analog... it still really could be ANYTHING man.
The local hub could of lost link to the closest comcast media center for your region, or lost sat link, ip connectivity (video is routed multicast ip over fiber to hub, then its mixed in as RF).
Since the local hub gets the digital video, sometimes when a digital video link fails, you just get frozen images. |
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