hawkeye_wx
join:2009-01-07
Cedar Rapids, IA | reply to wth
Re: Channel Lineup Changes & Additions
I just saw an ad on tv that I think said July 7th is the date some analog channels will be moved and new HD channels will be available here in Cedar Rapids. |
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threexk
join:2009-01-13
1 edit | Beginning July 7 and ending July 10 for Iowa City/Coralville, according to this PDF a CSR just e-mailed me.
I will report the line-up error to TiVo tonight, in hopes they'll fix it back until the new date:
»www.tivo.com/setupandsupport/con···ool.html |
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IowaStudent
Premium
join:2008-08-21
Grinnell, IA
1 edit | reply to wth
Does anyone know when the Marshalltown/Newton/Grinnell Area will have analog channels change?
Our line up is odd as we get both the DSM & the CR affiliates and I would assume ours is different. What would we get for new channels? |
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wth
Premium
join:2002-02-20
Iowa City, IA
 ·Mediacom
| said by IowaStudent  :Our line up is odd as we get both the DSM & the CR affiliates Not really. There's markets in NE IA that get channels from IA & Madison. And also in SE IA along the river they get IA & ILL channels. |
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garn91
join:2005-01-15
Ankeny, IA
| reply to IowaStudent
said by IowaStudent :Does anyone know when the Marshalltown/Newton/Grinnell Area will have analog channels change? Our line up is odd as we get both the DSM & the CR affiliates and I would assume ours is different. What would we get for new channels? Western Iowa has both Omaha & Des Moines local affilates, why I have no idea as SW Iowa isn't even in the Des Moines DMA. Just a waste of bandwith if you ask me. |
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HawkeyeKev
@netexpress.net | reply to wth
Any word on these channels (or any new channels) in the Quad City area? |
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cool318
@mchsi.com | reply to wth
Just got the new HD channels on the date they said the would show up!
still no BTNHD
which i dont see why indiana can't have the BTN |
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hockaye
@uifoundation.org | reply to wth
Rescanned the channels last night here in I.C. on my Olevia with clear QAM tuner and am not seeing anything in the 800 range. Perhaps it's still too early? |
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clone73
join:2009-02-02
Iowa City, IA
| said by hockaye :
Rescanned the channels last night here in I.C. on my Olevia with clear QAM tuner and am not seeing anything in the 800 range. Perhaps it's still too early?
I'm also in Iowa City. Channels 51-56 made the move but I'm not getting any of the new digital basic or HD channels. I called customer service. Their response? "They should be there. I don't know what to do to help you." |
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hawkeye_wx
join:2009-01-07
Cedar Rapids, IA
1 edit | reply to wth
Ditto here in Cedar Rapids. The channels in the low 50s have moved, but none of the new HD channels are available.
I do have an HD box. |
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Bierboy
join:2008-08-07
East Moline, IL
·Mediacom
2 edits | reply to hockaye
said by hockaye :
Rescanned the channels last night here in I.C. on my Olevia with clear QAM tuner and am not seeing anything in the 800 range. Perhaps it's still too early?
You're not going to see anything but your local channels in HD in the clear unless you have an HD box. What they're saying at the bottom of that ad is technically true but, the way that ad is laid out, they make it appear that you will get all those HD channels with a clear QAM tuner. A TV with a clear QAM tuner will NOT pickup those channels (other than your locals) in HD. |
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nicheplayer
join:2008-02-15
Iowa City, IA | You're not going to see anything but your local channels in HD in the clear unless you have an HD box. If true, that is bullshit. |
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Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-01
IA
·Mediacom
1 edit | Let me repeat myself
These channels are free as in no additional programming fee is required to get them, however they are not clear QAM meaning they are scrambled. So in order to get these channels you need to
1 rent a cable card if you have a cable card ready device
2 rent a HD receiver
Your HDTV with a built in HD tuner will only pick up your local HD channels (depending on the signal and if not Mediacom will provide no support).
These channels are part of HD Family programming and were never advertised to be clear QAM.
Channels up to 123 will be clear QAM eventually or at least that's what I was told. |
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nicheplayer
join:2008-02-15
Iowa City, IA
| These channels are free as in no additional programming fee is required to get them... Ah. *That* kind of free. Gotcha.
Your HDTV with a built in HD tuner will only pick up your local HD channels (depending on the signal and if not Mediacom will provide no support). Yes. Why would a built-in *HD tuner* in an *HDTV* have any trouble receiving my cable provider's HD programming? I'm sure I have no idea. |
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clone73
join:2009-02-02
Iowa City, IA
| reply to Anonymous
said by Anonymous :Let me repeat myself These channels are free as in no additional programming fee is required to get them, however they are not clear QAM meaning they are scrambled. So in order to get these channels you need to 1 rent a cable card if you have a cable card ready device 2 rent a HD receiver Your HDTV with a built in HD tuner will only pick up your local HD channels (depending on the signal and if not Mediacom will provide no support). These channels are part of HD Family programming and were never advertised to be clear QAM. Channels up to 123 will be clear QAM eventually or at least that's what I was told. I have a Mediacom HD DVR and the new channels are still not coming through. |
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Bierboy
join:2008-08-07
East Moline, IL
·Mediacom
| reply to nicheplayer
said by nicheplayer :Yes. Why would a built-in *HD tuner* in an *HDTV* have any trouble receiving my cable provider's HD programming? I'm sure I have no idea. Because, as mentioned several times already, you need to have a CableCARD device or your cable provider's HD box to unscramble them (other than the clear QAM locals). |
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wth
Premium
join:2002-02-20
Iowa City, IA
·Mediacom
| reply to Cableman32
said by Cableman32 :Yes, next month they will begin putting all of the family cable tier in the clear. Reading this would indicate to me that all the family cable channels & HD channels will be "clear" and viewable with a HDTV with qam tuner, and no box. |
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Bierboy
join:2008-08-07
East Moline, IL
·Mediacom
| said by wth :said by Cableman32 :Yes, next month they will begin putting all of the family cable tier in the clear. Reading this would indicate to me that all the family cable channels & HD channels will be "clear" and viewable with a HDTV with qam tuner, and no box. And that would be patently wrong. |
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nicheplayer
join:2008-02-15
Iowa City, IA
| reply to Bierboy
said by Bierboy
Because, as mentioned several times already, you need to have a CableCARD device or your cable provider's HD box to unscramble them (other than the clear QAM locals).
[/BQUOTE :When life was analog, I had a cable package that prevented me from receiving HBO, Spice, etc. This didn't seem to be a problem on MC's end. Do you have a link that explains the technical difficulties involved in digital transmission that prevent me from seeing channels I'm not supposed to get while still seeing the channels I'm paying for? Thanks in advance! |
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wth
Premium
join:2002-02-20
Iowa City, IA
·Mediacom
| reply to wth
said by wth :said by Cableman32 :Yes, next month they will begin putting all of the family cable tier in the clear. Reading this would indicate to me that all the family cable channels & HD channels will be "clear" and viewable with a HDTV with qam tuner, and no box. Let me restate the part "& HD channels" to read "Family cable HD channels", as there's really no reason to scramble the "family cable" digital channels, inculding the family cable HD channels. Ask your self this question: Mediacom didn't scramble the analog family cable channels, so why scramble the digital family cable channels? |
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