ulffy555
@comcast.net | reply to Travelfan1
Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone?
Got these two channels in NW Jersey! |
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CRP
Comcast of Ocean County
join:2005-12-26
Brick, NJ | reply to Steely
What's funny is MOJO HD, is being preempted down here for USA HD Olympics coverage when I already have USA HD fulltime. |
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Steely
Dumped Comcast for FiOS
Premium
join:2000-10-15
Princeton Junction, NJ
1 edit | reply to sansri88
said by sansri88  :At least for me, Basketball HD looked about the same as WNBC-HD. Maybe a little better, but about the same. PQ looked to be about equal. It was only the 5.1 digital audio that was noticeably superior as heard through my surround system. Don't know about WNBC because I only get the SD version but the digital audio seemed a bit processed and compressed on WCAU HD. FiOS in my area carries both WNBC and WCAU in HD so eventually I'll be able to compare those two network feeds. |
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sansri88
Go digtal you analog laggards
Premium
join:2005-12-17
New York, NY
clubs: 
 ·Comcast
| reply to Travelfan1
One of the times I actually enjoy being with Comcast NJ II...we actually got something that some other systems didn't! 
At least for me, Basketball HD looked about the same as WNBC-HD. Maybe a little better, but about the same. |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
| reply to Steely
That doesn't surprise me that the direct feed was better than WCAU's. WCAU heavily rate shapes on older equipment with that NBC Weather Plus sub channel. I think they are in for an equipment overhaul in September or so when they finally go HD with their newscasts.
With channels 87 and 88 appearing as "Empty" on my system, I'm surprised they didn't use one of those carriers for the two Olympic HD channels. I realize all frequencies are reserved for certain purposes months in advance, but to temporarily use one channel for a few weeks should not be a problem, unless they will actually be allocated during the next few weeks time frame (which I seriously doubt). |
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Steely
Dumped Comcast for FiOS
Premium
join:2000-10-15
Princeton Junction, NJ
1 edit | reply to Travelfan1
Going back and forth between OBASK HD 183 and the local Philly NBC affiliate WCAU HD 232 during the USA vs China men's basketball game it was very apparent that 5.1 digital audio quality was noticeably better on the OBASK feed, not to mention that OBASK showed replays and other continuous coverage during the network commercial breaks on WCAU. Picture quality was similar to my eyes (using components cables). |
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Chad473
join:2007-12-18
Lancaster, PA | reply to Travelfan1
can't believe they didn't add them here. even the guys in Jersey that haven't got any new HD in decades had them added. |
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cracker 52
join:2007-01-23
Atlanta, GA
| reply to neil0311
said by neil0311 :Nothing new here in the Atlanta area. Just Universal HD and USA-HD with coverage in addition to NBC HD. I don't have those channels here in Atlanta either. I'm surprised as it seems to me they could have used the one or both of the two HD channels used for the Braves home games. Comcast Atlanta has been good in the past about temporarily adding HD channels for special events, such as the NCAA basketball playoff games. But they really missed the boat for the Olympics. |
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plat2on1
join:2002-08-21
Hopewell Junction, NY
clubs: | reply to Travelfan1
we have these channels on on ch73 here, clear qam. |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
1 edit | reply to Travelfan1
Nothing new in Reading PA. That doesn't surprise me however.
Would of thought with 12 MHz of purely unused spectrum available, without reorganization, they could of spared 6 MHz for 2 special HD's for a few weeks.
But what if they put it on demand? The Comcast Central: Olympics page is nice, and takes you to on demand. Why can't they put the HD content from those channels on demand, only about 15~30 minutes behind due to transcoding/delivery to the VOD server. That way the bandwidth is not used up unless someone in the node actually wants to watch it. (Poor man's SDV). |
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neil0311
join:2005-07-24
Marietta, GA | reply to Travelfan1
Nothing new here in the Atlanta area. Just Universal HD and USA-HD with coverage in addition to NBC HD. |
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RouterRooter
join:2001-11-22
Rockville, MD | reply to Bronx101
Re: Comcast 222 Olympic BB in Maryland-is anyone getting it?
Works here in Rockville, Bronx. Appears filtered to me like they didn't want to devote a lot of bandwidth. Has anyone yet determined how they've mapped the new channels to frequencies?
RR |
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Bronx101
@comcast.net
| reply to rej4sl66
Montgomery county maryland comcast channel 222 is supposed to be nbc olympics basketball HD but it is jumbled for 2 days. 221 is soccer and it works great but not 222.
i hanged on the phone for ten minutes to comcast and gave up.
does anyone else have the same problem? |
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patspub
join:2005-02-10
Philadelphia, PA | reply to Hound
Re: Summer Olympics: Soccer and Basketball channels anyone?
Thank's Hound for the info. Princeton isn't to far from Philly maybe we will be receiving the Boomerang channel here soon. |
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mikedz4
join:2003-04-14
Weirton, WV | reply to Travelfan1
hound are you sure its not bloomberg? |
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Bradshaw
@comcast.net | reply to Polish Jim
I am in Flint, MI, and I talked to a rep who stated that not every market is carrying these channels. It would be nice to get the Soccer and Basketball channels though! |
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Hound
join:2006-03-08
Princeton, NJ | reply to patspub
We have Boomerang on channel 105. I do not
have access to it. It
is part of digital plus. |
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markofmayhem
join:2004-04-08
Pittsburgh, PA
| reply to cypherstream
said by cypherstream :Or do you think if the bandwidth is that low, they are using old architectures with much larger Homes Passed per node, hence very minor if any SDV bandwidth savings. Bingo
It also comes down to less switching possible. Look, SDV can't make something from nothing. You CAN NOT have more video channels than total room. SDV is to maximize the space available for TEMPORARY space, NOT linear channels. That's Docsis bonds and VoD, not new HD channels. If a cable operator made available more channels than it could carry, it would loose subscribers left and right. You may not watch WORD, but someone does. You may not watch ShopNBC, but it only takes ONE viewer. You may never tune to FoxNews or CNN or MSNBC... etc.
The switched video is for extremely low viewership channels to make space for VoD streams. That stops that "communication error" after "One Moment Please" is displayed for a long time, because it can't find an empty slot. A 650 system just doesn't have the space. Gaining one QAM in switches isn't going to afford the ability to put high demand channels on the system. The switch has to be between low demand and temporary or their will never be "switching". |
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cypherstream
Looking forward to the future of things.
Premium,MVM
join:2004-12-02
Reading, PA
clubs:
2 edits | reply to Travelfan1
650 MHz is a weird one. What line gear does that? Older Magnavox, Texscan/Pathmaker, etc?
There's some old 550 MHz C-Cor in PA yet. Old Adelphia stuff.
Why not use SDV on a 550 or 650 MHz system while designers layout 1 GHz plans, do purchasing, and install it. Those phases take a long time, so SDV could hold them off a little bit. Or do you think if the bandwidth is that low, they are using old architectures with much larger Homes Passed per node, hence very minor if any SDV bandwidth savings. |
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rej4sl66
@comcast.net | reply to markofmayhem
so what system is Minneapolis-St.Paul on ? I heard rumors we were going to SDV on the forums but no idea if we are - but we did not get the two Olympic Channels but we do have a full line up of HDTV channels bar those two |
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