JPL
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join:2007-04-04
West Chester, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Gordo74
Re: FiOS TV to add 27 new HD channels in July
said by Gordo74  :So, if I am reading this right, the new HD channels wont come in until AFTER the analog shuts off? (Fed 2009 here). If so, that would suck ass. No... that's not correct. You're confusing two different events. There's the OTA shut-off for analog that's happening in Feb. But that doesn't effect cable. Verizon is getting rid of its own analog channels. That's going on right now. For example, in the Philly area, we're set to lose our analogs next week.
At the same time, Verizon is expanding the bandwidth for their TV feed. We (again, in the Philly area) should be getting these new channels (hopefully) in August. |
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Gordo74
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join:2003-10-28
Monroeville, PA
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| reply to RScottyL
So, if I am reading this right, the new HD channels wont come in until AFTER the analog shuts off? (Fed 2009 here). If so, that would suck ass.
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Mark F
join:2007-08-01
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to aaronwt
I agree, people who expected certain channels to be broadcasting/cablecasting in HD by now, and those channels are still SD only, are unhappy. But, more channels are coming, soon, both SD and HD. And, by the end of this year or early next (an excruciatingly long time for some), there will be even more than that. Enabling the FIOS DVRs and STBs to go to 2,000 channels means that they are serious about that. Still, there will always be folks that will complain that they can't watch the Chinese Checkers Channel or the Nude Needlepoint Network (In HD, of course).
I really like HD. However, there are many people, and I am one of them, who won't forsake a favorite show just because it's in SD, although I am a bit more picky. When I watch an older show, i try to record only the episodes that I really want to see again. But, the generic descriptions in the guide- "Magnum PI. A former Naval officer agrees to provide security for a millionaire in exchange for living on his estate while doing private investigation work on the side" as the IMG says- offers very little help.
I like many things, both old and new, But, even if they offer many channels I don't or won't watch, I'm sure that there are other people who will. That is the real power of FIOS, offering something for everyone.
So, although I'm not into the roar of the crowd and crack of the bat or hushed tones and fairway action, others may not be into watching Deep Purple in concert from 1968, Columbo from 1974 or Blade Runner from 1983. Mark F |
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aaronwt
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FIOS
3 edits | reply to jwdv22
said by jwdv22 :Sorry to keep off topic but this is a FIOS forum not a Tivo forum. It is like having a Ford Car forum trolled with Chevy salesmen or saleswomen. Telling people to get a Tivo is irrelevant. It is not cost effective to me and a lot of other people. What does Tivo have to do with "FiOS TV to add 27 new HD channels in July"? Nothing, so why do people with Tivo always feel the need to tell people to get a tivo. I am sure it is a great product, but I am not paying a monthly fee for it. I just want VZ to fix the product I am already paying for and for the most part they are. Sorry about that. Maybe I am just cranky because I want me HDTV. I guess we are all cranky. It's been 7 years since I started recording and watching HD and I'm still waiting for more HD content. The sooner analog is gone the better.
And you are already paying a monthly fee if you use a FiOS STB. I would just rather pay a fee to use a box that I know works well instead of for one I know doesn't work very well( at least when those two boxes are compared. If you comapare the Motorola to a Scientific Atlanta box, then they are both bad. At least from my experience and the people I know that use the Motorola and SA boxes).
Anyway back on topic. I got an automated call this evening from FiOS that mentioned them getting rid of the Analog channels next month and adding more channels later. They didn't give me a specific date though. |
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Calabria
join:2007-11-06
Lansdale, PA | reply to aaronwt
damn dude,I thought I was Videoholic  are you also a fellow Audioholic 
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afiggatt
join:2007-07-12
Sterling, VA
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said by jwdv22 :Sorry about that. Maybe I am just cranky because I want me HDTV. All of us HD viewers are getting cranky waiting for the HD expansion. It has been and will be a long wait. |
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jwdv22
join:2008-01-15
Phoenixville, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to aaronwt
Sorry to keep off topic but this is a FIOS forum not a Tivo forum. It is like having a Ford Car forum trolled with Chevy salesmen or saleswomen. Telling people to get a Tivo is irrelevant. It is not cost effective to me and a lot of other people. What does Tivo have to do with "FiOS TV to add 27 new HD channels in July"? Nothing, so why do people with Tivo always feel the need to tell people to get a tivo. I am sure it is a great product, but I am not paying a monthly fee for it. I just want VZ to fix the product I am already paying for and for the most part they are.
Sorry about that. Maybe I am just cranky because I want me HDTV. |
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aaronwt
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to jwdv22
said by jwdv22 :said by aaronwt :said by FIOS MAN :Sorry...Didnt see the pdf lineup. Looks like that added some! Cant wait for the DVR problems when they reset the channels. More reason to get a TiVoHD. No problems with shuffling of channels, things still record as they should. And my guide data has always been populated on the day the channel is added. Seriously, I don't know what is worse, the comcast people chiming in whenever something doesn't work correctly, or the Tivo people. "Another reason to get Tivo,"blah blah blah... Who cares? Obviously you. Otherwie you wouldn't have responded to the post.
But I'm also a Comcast person, TiVo person and FiOS person. I have all four FiOS/Verizon services, Comcast TV, and seven TiVos(3 Series 3, 4 TiVoHD) connected to FiOS, Comcast and OTA signals. |
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jwdv22
join:2008-01-15
Phoenixville, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to aaronwt
said by aaronwt :said by FIOS MAN :Sorry...Didnt see the pdf lineup. Looks like that added some! Cant wait for the DVR problems when they reset the channels. More reason to get a TiVoHD. No problems with shuffling of channels, things still record as they should. And my guide data has always been populated on the day the channel is added. Seriously, I don't know what is worse, the comcast people chiming in whenever something doesn't work correctly, or the Tivo people. "Another reason to get Tivo,"blah blah blah... Who cares? |
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aaronwt
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | reply to FIOS MAN
said by FIOS MAN :Sorry...Didnt see the pdf lineup. Looks like that added some! Cant wait for the DVR problems when they reset the channels. More reason to get a TiVoHD. No problems with shuffling of channels, things still record as they should. And my guide data has always been populated on the day the channel is added. |
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JPL
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join:2007-04-04
West Chester, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Calabria
said by Calabria :darcilicious will probably yell at me again,but I'm in lansdale,pa and analog shutdown is 6/13.So are we in line for hd in july and has anybody read of when in july? Be gentle darcilicious  Not to nitpick, but shut-down for the Philly area is 6/23, not 6/13. I take it that's the date that they START analog shut-down, is that correct? We have a pretty large VHO, so it wouldn't surprise me if it took a little while. I'm hoping for end of July for the new channels, but I'm betting it'll be early/mid August. |
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Baff
join:2007-12-05
Murrieta, CA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to Calabria
said by Calabria :I said this before,but I wish they just had to flip a big grey switch to shut the analog off and flip the blue switch to turn the hd on  I suspect Verizon wishes the same thing. |
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Calabria
join:2007-11-06
Lansdale, PA | reply to RScottyL
I said this before,but I wish they just had to flip a big grey switch to shut the analog off and flip the blue switch to turn the hd on
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darcilicious
Cyber Librarian
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join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
| reply to Calabria
said by Calabria :darcilicious will probably yell at me again,but I'm in lansdale,pa and analog shutdown is 6/13.So are we in line for hd in july and has anybody read of when in july? Be gentle darcilicious Ha!
Nothing has been announced for anything beyond OR on 7/9. We can all make a best guess for later in July or August for folks with completed shutdowns in June... but that's all they are unless someone with some not-so-public info cares to share it |
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Calabria
join:2007-11-06
Lansdale, PA
| reply to RScottyL
darcilicious will probably yell at me again,but I'm in lansdale,pa and analog shutdown is 6/13.So are we in line for hd in july and has anybody read of when in july?
Be gentle darcilicious
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matcarl
join:2007-03-09
Franklin Square, NY | reply to Midak
Late July |
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Midak
Doctors suck
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join:2002-02-26
Yonkers, NY | reply to RScottyL
Any clues as to when NY will get these? |
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JPL
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join:2007-04-04
West Chester, PA
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to darcilicious
said by darcilicious :said by mobbo : I read somewhere on here that the Texas and Florida FiOS networks would not get these HD channels in July but rather later in 2008. Is there a reason for this? When should I expect my market to be able to receive those HD channels? They're rolling out new HDs market by market, somebody has to be last  but it's likely because from what we can deduce, the HDs come after the analog channels (2-49) are removed. TX and FL are apparently last in line for that. See: » *Master Topic* FiosTV Going 100% Digital/All Markets for the supposed schedule for analog channel removal. Yes, that's right. They need to remove the analogs to create the room for these HD channels. They're doing that market by market (in addition, as they're eliminating analogs, they're expanding their network to handle yet more programming). Without this expansion, they don't have the room to add the new channels. Unforutnately TX is one of the last states (may actually BE the last state - I don't remember) to get upgraded. |
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darcilicious
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join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| reply to mobbo
said by mobbo : I read somewhere on here that the Texas and Florida FiOS networks would not get these HD channels in July but rather later in 2008. Is there a reason for this? When should I expect my market to be able to receive those HD channels? They're rolling out new HDs market by market, somebody has to be last but it's likely because from what we can deduce, the HDs come after the analog channels (2-49) are removed. TX and FL are apparently last in line for that.
See: »*Master Topic* FiosTV Going 100% Digital/All Markets for the supposed schedule for analog channel removal. |
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mobbo
join:2005-04-13
Denton, TX
·Verizon FIOS
| reply to RScottyL
I'm moving to a place on the 13th of June that is FiOS-enabled in Denton, TX. I read somewhere on here that the Texas and Florida FiOS networks would not get these HD channels in July but rather later in 2008. Is there a reason for this? When should I expect my market to be able to receive those HD channels? |
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