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Re: central PA world of more updates

sorry mikedz4, even comcast can not go that fast,the NEW tru2way guide is only testing in areas for Georgia for the rest of this year!!!, we still have to get the SA areas done Phases 1, 2, 3 and 4 just to get them done the .25 software, then the SA areas need .28 software, the original tru2way guide is nicknamed internally as the .30 software and the NEW "Excalibur" tru2way guide is we are calling .32 software, but these solutions were always long term problems, and will come when comcast feels like it, but everyone here always knew this all ready!!!!!!!

Have not visited in a while since, after helping upgrade the Scranton area SA systems earlier this year, corporate had me go down to the Tennessee area (to help ice1138 from AVS forums area)from may and June, to help get that area back up to speed and to help teach the new guys that were going into Texas areas markets,plus to improve QAM mapping (both new and replacement QAM muxes), and to help those markets enable the 4 digits HD numbers that they have now down there in some areas, did them as fast as possible and then came back to this area for the 4th of July weekend, to do next features for this area!!!!! i been extremely busy moving things here and there in all of our systems
as soon as i came back just like ComcastTech said, we moved QAM space for all the future changes, some is for testing (temporary) and some are permanent, like additional QAM for VOD in Reading,(i gave away this for free since i am nice guy!!!( i get into more specifics in a future response since this is all ready going to be long and have other stuff to talk about here)

then after all the secret stuff, i am answering roddy3530 question, the reason why Reading-Hamburg is not getting anything new HD in the short term is that Blue mountain systems have been added to our regional cluster of systems and they have not been upgraded yet, but they start this upcoming week, and they get there supply of equipment form the Pottsville office but get their signals from the Reading-Hamburg system but will have the Pottsville numbering system, since they are in the same DMA as Pottsville, which was done at this time last year, (which was the first system i helped from transferring from New Jersey area).

Here is the News article about the changes for that system!!!!!!

»republicanherald.com/news/comcas···.1185950

Ok, i going to go back into my cave and hide now since comcast will try for find me but i was all ready a master of wack-a-mole!!!!!
ha!! ha!!

edit: was 1/2 asleep when originally reading this

What is the difference between .30 and .32?

reply to J Jefferson3
Thanks J Jefferson!

reply to cypherstream
they have a version of it

reply to roddy3530
noooope

reply to Comcast Guy
When/where will this be taking place?

reply to motorola870
anyone in the know hear anything, anything at all about fox soccer HD? finally moved last weekend and pretty much ready to set up a directv install, simply because of that channel and comcast's utter lack of movement on it for going on 2 years now.

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reply to ComcastTech
Recently someone I spoke with went to the Riverfront Drive office and all they had were the 160GB DCH DVR's.

No DCX's!

same at my office.

reply to motorola870
Any news on history international HD(H2) and Root sports HD coming to Hanover PA. I think they have it in York but not here in Hanover

I've been calling about Root Sports HD for a while. It seems that Hanover, Williamsport, and York and the only ones in Central PA without it in HD. It stinks because Penguins games in HD on other channels (like NHL HD) aren't broadcast because Root is our home market - so we get them in SD.

All I can say is - keep calling!

reply to motorola870
Just a couple questions as I'm new to this forum...
1) Is State College part of the Central PA coverage area?
2) I'm sure we are way down on the list of getting the new HD additions (BBC America, Fox Soccer. etc), but I'm curious as to the time frame for this..

reply to motorola870
Are there any further upgrades scheduled for the Nicholson-Newton channel lineup. A few channels were added over the last few months but the lineup is still nowhere near Scranton-Dunmore. The picture quality for Root Sports Pittsburgh SD is gawd awful so I'd really like that channel in HD.

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For the central PA region, we will begin the all digital transformation next year. That means cutting out the basic lineup. You must have a DTA or a Digital Tuner TV after the cuts been made. Letters will ship out this month (December). Reading/Hamburg area will go first in March, and will finish in April. Other systems will follow throughout the late spring/summer/fall. Then no more analog in the Moto markets. The s25 guide for SA markets are coming, then after a few months next year, we will slowly roll out the new UI guide for both SA and Motorola markets at the same time.

Thanks for the update comcasttech!

reply to motorola870
Streampix availability update...

Pittsburgh/Wheeling - available now
Youngstown - March 5, 2012
All other Keystone areas - July 2012

reply to motorola870
Olathe has but it's not like Netflix.

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