http://www.dslreports.com/forum/anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23247138 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:40 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23295884
Choose the "Satellite" view

From left to right, between the 2nd and 3rd building: this is where Weirton and Steubenville's TNT, HBO, ESPN, etc. comes from.

Headends have changed over the years, they can be anywhere from the super-complex above to a shack in the woods. Fiber has become less expensive to run over the years, lowering the requirement for actually constructing brick-and-mortar buildings to be needed for cable TV. Fiber run to nodes can run longer distances and is much, much cheaper than a building with mux-servers and staff. A "system" is simply a shared last-mile fiber run servicing nodes, multiple "systems" can originate from the same "head-end".

So when you asked about "head-end", were you answered on where your node's fiber run terminates into the local network or where the building that muxes your channel line-up is generated? They can be two completely different locations, in most cases, this is multiple locations.

Traceroute from 750mhz system that received the HD updates same day as the South Hills of PGH in New Cumberland, WV to DSLREPORTS.COM:
Node -> Wintersville, OH -> E. Liverpool, OH -> Beaver Falls, PA -> Corliss Street, PGH (in 1st map above) -> world

The copper cable line to my house terminates at a node near King's Creek. The fiber line then runs down Pensylvania Ave on to Route 2. I loose it around the intersection where Kroger's is. I am on the "City of Weirton" cable system.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23295884 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:20:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23293128 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23293128 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:27:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23292962
" I have gotten word back about The Weather Channel. Our tech supervisors
contacted The Weather Channel directly and were advised that the local
weather has always come from Steubenville. The weather comes from the
local headend for the cable and Weirton's headend is in Steubenville,
OH. The main heading should be showing Steubenville Area during the
local on the 8's and Weirton is considered in the Steubeville viewing
area."]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23292962 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:04:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23289918 I talked to my guy from Comcast again and they do not share Headends.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23289918 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:29:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23270698 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23270698 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:45:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23270422 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23270422 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:37:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23269276 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23269276 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:34:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23264966 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23264966 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:45:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23264472 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23264472 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:17:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23263746 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23263746 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:33:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23262875 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23262875 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:52:44 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23259167 I haven't seen an formal announcement or a website yet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23259167 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:25:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23254043 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23254043 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:15:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23252954 said by mikedz4:

Has anyone received the new hd channels in the pittsburgh area yet? I received 3 new sd channels. retirement living tv, hallmark movie channel and halo whatever halo is.

We received mlb hd yesterday but no new hds yet today for some reason.
it got here today but i dnt like how they move changes to high pks instead of moving some. Nw i got to so down stairs to watch cartoonetwork and vh1!!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23252954 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:09:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251756 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251756 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:02:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251611 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251611 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:39:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251600 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251600 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:37:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251502 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251502 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:21:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251078 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23251078 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:10:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23249837 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23249837 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:14:30 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23249638 I hoping for a Website that for my area.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23249638 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:39:05 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23249123
»pa.mypublicnotices.com/PublicNot···=1612460]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23249123 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:18:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23248965 www.comcastchannelchangetrr.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23248965 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:48:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23248438 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23248438 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:21:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23247138
We received mlb hd yesterday but no new hds yet today for some reason.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/anyone-get-the-new-hd-channels-in-the-pittsburgh-area-yet-23247138 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:34:56 EDT