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reply to JCO65

Re: Any updates?- Comcast of Ocean County, NJ

That is correct, although in Ocean County the digital Philly network channels are NOT listed as HD[Unlike TR]. The reverse takes place in Mercer County, where the Philly networks channels are in the HD slots, while the NY network channels were not. Mercer County is actually part of the Philly DMA[or ADI]

ah ok so I'm not crazy, because I called Comcast a few days ago, and the tech was very insistant that those channels ARE in HD, that 480i is HD, and that I'm recieving it in HD. When I told him that I've never recieved anything in HD on that channel, he muttered something and hung up.
Whats irritating is that every online guide, TiVo, Moxi, and DVR mark those Philly channels as HD.

480i is HD?? In the words of a famous comedian, "Obviously that tech is definitely on drugs".

Yeah, it was like 6am in the morning, and I didn't want to chew him out and wake people up, and I just hung up. I called immediately back up, got another tech, but was told the same thing. What the hell are they teaching these people..

reply to Mike Wolf
The Brick area residents started to receive the DTA notices today, with an effective date of 10/12/2010 for DTA's being available for those with limited basic service. The first step towards World of More has now happened. More to come to meet the March 2011 target date for CC/Ocean County.

reply to Maffew
Received the DTA postcard today in TR also. 10/12 was the date on card

I received the DTA postcard in the mail yesterday. I'm located in Brick. Can't wait for things to finally get rolling.

So I assume these are Cisco Brand DTA's?

As Felix Unger said back in the day, "One must never ASSUME........"

reply to Maffew
did anyone pick up their dta yet? Just wondering cause I want you guys to get your hd channels.

reply to JCO65
March 2011? That seems like a long time away. Will we at least receive the new guide before then?

Could not say for sure if the new guide will be out before the new year. I will predict that it will be out before WOM comes out.

reply to pjsbar
As described by jjefferson3 in another thread, it will be a uDTA, which work on both Motorola and Cisco areas. They will be available in the Jersey Shore systems in November[no set date in November told to me yet].

reply to Maffew
Well, if nothing else, I hope we begin to receive all of the Philadelphia locals in HD once they free up the space. At the very least, WTXF (for Eagles games) and WPVI (the highest-rated newscast) should be carried in HD. There's no more excuses after reclamation.

I do not believe I've gotten a notice yet. I have two houses in Ocean County (one in Pt. Pleasant, one in Surf City) and one is on the Ocean County system and one is on the Toms River/LBI system. The whole thing is very convoluted here - houses blocks apart have different channel lineups and such. But I'm hopeful that they get their act squared away.

Fill me in: Once they do the reclamation and begin requiring DTAs, will ANY analog channels be available? I do have one kitchen TV remaining with no converter. Everything else is HD and already has SA boxes anyway, so I only have that one TV to worry about.

Hate to tell you, TD, but I do not think Comcast will do that. In Mercer County, where they have both NY and Philly local channels, they only have the Philly channels in HD[No NY channels in HD except for WNET]. They are in the same slots as those systems who have the NY channels in HD. Since Ocean County is part of the NY ADI, we will get the NY channels in HD. BTW, many Eagles games have been on Fox NY in HD[I know, not all though]

reply to TurboDan
It depends on the agreement comcast has with the station. Here we get all wheeling locals in HD but the fox station out of pittsburgh requested to be dropped when the wheeling fox station went online. On the other hand the pittsburgh cbs and abc stations didn't care and continue to be offered in HD even though we have an cbs and abc station out of wheeling in HD.
The pittsburgh NBC station asked to have its hd channel removed because the company also owns the steubenville hd channel.

All the major networks own the local channels in both markets here, Mike. If Comcast is serious about making a uniform channel lineup throughout the country like Dish and DirecTV then they will only allow one local broadcast affiliate to bge broadcast in HD

As of now, FIOS is still giving Brick and Point Pleasant townships the Wall Township lineup which does not include any Philly channels in SD or HD in their offerings. But as long as FIOS continues to stall in their expansion on Ocean County, they will NEVER make a dent into Comcast's dmination of this market