neub1
@rcn.com | reply to rv65
Re: What cable box TWC NYC are given out to customers
rv65, is mdn coming on may 1 or june 1 to new york city? |
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rv65
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA | Actually it's May 31st. June 1 is a likely date. This will likely be a staged rollout. They will update the HD-DVR's on one day and the non DVR's on another day. Thats how they did it in my division. MDN has gotten better but it has its issues. |
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angel351
@rr.com | Do you have to havethe 3270 to get MDN in that box??Will i have to get this box.When will they have them at 23st ???  |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA
| ODN will be on the Samsung boxes. The 3090 will be deployed in NYC in about a month or so. The 3270 has some issues and San Diego is probably going to be the launch division for it. It also needs the new version of ODN to fix the bugs. MDN runs on older SA or Pioneer equipment. If you have an old Pioneer box running MDN, please swap it since they aren't designed to run it. |
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rv65
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join:2008-08-02
San Diego, CA
| reply to angel351
I still think the 3090 not the 3270 will be used in NYC. The 3270 has been a great box but it does have some bugs that need to be ironed out. Both of them have 320 GB HDD's. MDN should be available on the legacy boxes in June or later. The 3270 should be deployed some time in July for the San Diego market. I don't know when NYC will deploy it. They might deploy the 3260 to replace the 3050 but not the 3270. The 3090 is new enough for now. It has MPEG-4, Networking, 320 GB HDD's and dual 1 GHz tuners. |
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date443
@rr.com | rv65 you are extrememly knowlegable! i read the specs for samsung boxes on their website. do you know if these samsung ocap boxes use docsis for signaling or the old fashioned out of band method. |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA | Yes it does use Docsis for OOB. The diag menu mentions it. |
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date443
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| rv65 so does that take away some bandwith for docsis data users even though box signaling should use very minimal bandwith. i would assume then return signaling goes on docsis upstream channel as well? i dont actually have a samsung box so i cant look at diag menu. i'll swap out my old SA box when samsung is available. |
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motorola870
join:2008-12-07
Arlington, TX
| the motorola testing is excellent.
My DCT2500 has 74.24 iguide
My DCH3416's have 74.53-4003 iguide
it is just a coding issue with i-guide
the DVR has passthrough now
the dct has gained a day in guide data.
the DCH has 17 days of guide data now.
they have already released the DCX-3200's in dallas.
the DCT and the DCH have what macrovision was calling the J-Guide. |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA
| reply to date443
Yep you could say that. The HDC boxes have DSG and DAVIC though DAVIC is what they use for OOB. The 3050, 3090, 3260, and 3270 boxes all have DOCSIS modems. Thats how OCAP/tru2way works since this will also be in devices that aren't made by Cisco/SA or Motorola. I'm waiting until our division gets the 3270 and 3260 though NYC is getting the 3090. |
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motorola870
join:2008-12-07
Arlington, TX | motorola use the om1000 for OOB my are has it set to 75.25MHz.
the upstream is 10.976MHz
the DCH boxes have really nice decoders but it is the software that is the holdback. |
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motorola870
join:2008-12-07
Arlington, TX | heck they are using QAM carriers to carry program tables in my area. |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA
| reply to rg6cable68
The good news is that MDN still plays nice with eSATA drives. ODN still has it's issues with the external drive. The president of my division says a new ODN version is coming out. This might be deployed soon or within a few months. This update fixes some bugs with the 3270. Perhaps it will add the remote scheduling and the expanded program guide listings. It might have eSATA enabled. Or it might not have any new features and fix a few bugs.
San Diego which is my division is the only division that seems to be interested in deploying the 3260 and the 3270 boxes for now. Other TWC divisions might end up deploying them at a later date. For now the 3090 is being deployed in certain markets like Milwaukee, and Charlotte, NC. Kansas City, and NYC should get it within a month. |
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vsaint
join:2006-06-13
Jamaica, NY
| reply to rg6cable68
I just had the tech come out here (Briarwood, Queens) To replace my ailing 8300HDC. I have have nothing but problems with this box, it is impossibly slow, stutters, and then it simply stopped working altogether. I was keeping my fingers crossed that they would give me a samsung box, but much to my dismay the tech walked in with another 8300HDC. On top of that TWC feels necessary to tack on a $40 charge to my bill to replace their hardware which doesn't work correctly. I will no doubt be disputing this. The version on the new box is 3.1.0_11, I'm not sure what the old box's version was, but I am just waiting for this new one to start failing. |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA
| The Samsung is a bit buggy with ODN 3.1.0_11 according to the AVS. The ones with 3.1.1_3 are a bit better. Of course our division is getting the newer 3270 with an even newer version of ODN that will fix the bugs. Not all 3090's have the 320 GB HDD. Some have the 160 GB HDD  . I think NYC will deploy them with a 320 GB HDD since it will make them more competitive with FiOS and the like. You'll just have to be patient. |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA
| reply to vsaint
My 8300HDC has the occasional grey screen issue. It's where the box will all the sudden show a grey screen. I've got it hooked up to component. You could ask visuelz or the TWC guys when it will be coming out but all I know that it's likely in testing. |
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billy2
join:2009-02-27
Staten Island, NY | why lately my HD looks downgraded the last week or so, when are the new boxes coming to SI and will it fix the HD , I read that the 3090 has MPEG 4 Video .
Thanks Hope its soon |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA
| The 3050 only supports MPEG-2. The 3090, 3260, and 3270 all support MPEG-4. I don't think TWC will go MPEG-4 since it there are a ton of old legacy MPEG-2 boxes. TWC doesn't want to piss off a ton of customers who refuse to swap their boxes just so that they can watch the latest MPEG-4 HD channels. I could see it for 1080p VOD though since it's much more efficient. |
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angel351
@rr.com | im in new york city. When will we get 3090 cable box. is it MAY31 or june 1.  |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA | I think June 1st but not sure if it will be that time. They could have delayed them yet again. Our division is delaying the 32xx boxes until mid july. Might want to ask Visuelz or the top NYC management. |
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