rv65
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San Diego, CA | reply to Flashfox
Re: [TWC] New HD channels for San Diego
You have to subscribe to the VIP pack in order to get MGM HD and Mojo. Even I got Mojo for free for a while. I actually have the VIP pack and I do get it just fine. |
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Carlsbad, CA | I am subscribed to the VIP pack... that's why I am a bit confused. So... I posted a question to TWC and I will share the response when I receive it. |
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rv65
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| A nice legal notice. This basically reveals their HD channel plans.
»www.timewarnercable.com/SanDiego···esd.html
I'm sure Vs/Golf HD will air on Dec. 8th. They can add another HD channel number. Some of the channels have already been added and more will be added later. |
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rv65
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Rebooting the box might help. I'm in the cisco area of TWC not the Moto area. Cisco/SA area is the non ex Adelphia area. SA divisions get the Navigator IPG and use different boxes. |
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Carlsbad, CA | Tried it and it did not work... but I will try again. |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA | Calling them might work. I think it could be some problem with their network, box or something like that. |
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More HD channels for San Diego
719: Bio HD which is down with a subscriber notice
735: ABC Family HD
741: VS HD which is down
752: FX HD
767: Golf HD which is also down
781: HMC HD
793: Speed HD
Desert Cities is also operated by Time Warner Cable San Diego. Some channels aren't going to be on the ex adelphia area for some unknown reason. Desert Cities got E! HD, USA HD, and CNBC HD. TWC San Diego should get Golf HD, Bio HD, and VS HD up sometime soon or next year. They haven't added E! HD, CNBC HD, KUSI HD, and SciFi HD but they're working on that. |
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rv65
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San Diego, CA | The ex adelphia areas aren't going to be getting some of these channels. The SA area will get all of them and then some. |
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2 edits | So what you are saying is that I might not get those new channels here in Carlsbad (92008), which is an ex-Adelphia area. You also state that SA area might get more. Am I to read that the ex-Adelphia areas like mine are technology limited (eg. not able to add the capacity)?
Question: We are still using Motorola HD-DVR and Digital cable converters. Are there any plans to change to SA? Mind you, what we have works fine. However, featutes like On-Screen Caller ID doesn't work here. |
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rv65
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| No not right now. The OpenTV deal wasn't economical. OpenTV was going to develop a middleware that would allow Motorola boxes to run Navigator. Navigator what the SA Boxes run. It does have no commercials in the guide  . They could implement SDV within a month. It also mentions that they could do that. Comcast has converted some Moto areas to SA but TWC could do it. It's just a matter of spending money. ex Adelphia got more HD channels than the San Diego area but we caught up and then some.
Mind you that TWC San Diego doesn't even mention iGuide on their site. Navigator is getting there. It took 2 years to get an ok version. It will also be the guide for equipment. With tru2way you don't have to buy Motorola equipment. They will need Motorola cable cards but they can run them on a universal box by Samsung. TWC San Diego is testing the new Samsung SMT-H3050 HD STB and the SMT-H3090 HD-DVR. The SMT-H3090 has a nice spec list.
Hope this helps. |
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San Diego, CA | reply to rv65
TWC San Diego gave us a nice Christmas present.
USA HD
Bravo HD
CNBC HD
SciFi HD
Bio HD, Golf HD, and VS HD are all down. |
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| Again these channels are for the SA area. Some of the analogs on the ex Adelphia network are digital on the SA network. Reclaiming some of those would give a nice savings of bandwidth for more HD channels. They did mention SDV in their user notice. SDV is being deployed in SoCal which has a bunch of Moto areas. BigBand is the major Motorola SDV provider but Moto has a nice solution. |
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Arlington, TX | rv all of the socal motorola areas have gone all digital except expanded basic. |
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rv65
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Golf and VS HD have been on for a few days finally. They were waiting for equipment that would allow them those channels. Still no word on Bio HD but it's in the guide and there is data for it. |
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| Bio HD is up but you must have Digital Choice. If you have the Variety tier that has the choice tier then you should change it to Variety + Choice in order to get Bio HD. They split the Variety plus Choice tier in to 2 separate tiers. I guess people who can't get Bio HD are those who have the legacy variety tier that includes choice. I probably should change over to the Variety + Choice tier. |
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TWC San Diego is having SDV issues. The SDV channels have the worst macroblocking and pixellation. It does effect both HD and SD channels since TWC uses it on both. Some times the channels are down. TWC San Diego is a Navigator division and not SARA though they have some Ex Adelphia areas that run Moto boxes and their crappy iGuide. |
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| E! HD is the remaining channel for TWC. Also some analog frequencies are now listed as SDV frequencies. I guess those analogs are going to be used for new channels. Some of them are Asian channels which will cost more and SDV might sound like a good idea. CH. 66 is a Mexican licensed Telemundo affiliate XHAS. So I think TWC San Diego will add more HD channels later this year. KUSI-DT and XHDTV-TDT are possible local Channels in HD. XHDTV-TDT/DT is hoping to sign on their digital transmitter by 2.17.09. They might even go HD at that date or later in 09. |
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San Diego, CA | reply to rv65
HD Showcase On Demand is now added to San Diego area. Not the ex adelphia area. CH. 777 or 1003. You can watch Mad Men and other HD content. Content on that channel is sparse though. |
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CH. 713 was temporarily moved to 1020. That will be the Customer Care channel where you could pay your cable bill on the TV. We used to have that with Passport but when they went to Navigator it went away. CH. 713 will be XHDTV-DT. CH. 13 has yet to go digital but they are in the process. They have some hurdles to overcome. Once they go digital they'll be able to air HD programming. |
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rv65
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By the end of this month expect more HD channels. San Diego is moving more channels to SDV so this might be bad for CableCard TV users. All the new HD channels are going to be SDV of course. TWC San Diego has also deployed the SDV tuning adaptor for tivo users. So if you're a Tivo Series3, HD, or HD XL user then go over to the Ware Ct. office and get your TA today.
Edit: Start over seems to be activated since some channels have the start over option. |
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