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Re: [iO] New Jersey All Digital said by blacknoi:said by Bob:If your TV has a QAM tuner, you should still get the Broadcast Basic channels without a box.
I specifically asked that when I called customer service a week ago. The woman put me on hold and said I would get NO channels in clear QAM. I'm on the morris system. I'm not saying she was right, but thats what she said. Per current FCC regulations: No cable TV providers can encrypt the basic tier inclusive of ALL broadcast television stations. The only exception exists within the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn where Cablevision secured a waiver due to their assertions of signal theft from phone and internet only customers.
To blacknoi: I recommend you connect the Cable TV directly to the input of a TV with a QAM tuner. Then perform a full channel scan. Chances are if the TV can receive digital channels using an antenna, it can also receive Clear QAM.
Of course, it is in Cablevision's financial interest to encourage their subscribers to have a converter on every TV, even if the representatives provide vague answers to customers questions that would confuse a lay person. |
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TheWiseGuyDog And ButterflyPremium,MVM
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| said by SirQAM :Per current FCC regulations: No cable TV providers can encrypt the basic tier inclusive of ALL broadcast television stations. The only exception exists within the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn where Cablevision secured a waiver due to their assertions of signal theft from phone and internet only customers.
Correct, but it does not appear that will be the case for much longer since it appears the FCC is going to allow encryption of basic. I suspect that is why Cablevision is talking about having a DTA available within a year since with a DTA they can make a more persuasive argument that the customer is not being disadvantaged. » www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-2···als.html» www.zdnet.com/fcc-to-allow-telev···0003483/--
Warning, If you post nonsense and use misinformation and are here to argue based on those methods, you will be put on ignore. |
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I'm in Jefferson as well as hence the Lake Hopatcong, NJ designation and thus in the Morris County system. I just did my weekly QAM/Analog scan and I show no further changes and no messages showing on any analog channel stating I need a box. I still receive 39 analog channels and the same QAM channels I've been getting both basic channels and otherwise. They're full of hot air right now. I've read previously about what TheWiseGuy is referring to and only then will QAM tuners on Digital/HDTV eventually be useless. |
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It's actually the Bronx, not Queens that CV services. |
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| said by StudioTech:It's actually the Bronx, not Queens that CV services. Thank you for clarifying, StudioTech. I stand corrected. |
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| reply to kickass69
Got "the letter" today in Matamoras, PA. . . "all televisions will require digital equipment by October 16, 2012". |
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| Ahh, a month later than here in the Morris County system, I guess PA is truly last in everything CV. |
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| Receiver the letter today. Oct. 16 is the day for the digital cutover in Denville NJ. |
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 mbernsteBoostedPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ | reply to kickass69
I have yet to get the letter here in Piscataway. Maybe we're last since it's where the office is for the Raritan system? I really don't see where one has to do with the other, but who the heck knows. |
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| I got the letter here a couple of weeks ago. Piscataway's date is October 9. |
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BobAccount deleted
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New Jersey | reply to mbernste
I'm on the Raritan system and we switched to all-digital over a month ago. |
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mbernsteBoostedPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ | said by Bob:I'm on the Raritan system and we switched to all-digital over a month ago.
Maybe in your neighborhood, but I still get the analog channels via a regular cable tuner built into my tv. |
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Get her done already! Want to see what kind of changes Cablevision makes once the entire footprint is all digital. Im assuming the cloud based guide, and hopefully the rest of the HD channels for Showtime and Starz finally get added. |
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mbernsteBoostedPremium,MVM
join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ | reply to uroberto
said by uroberto:I got the letter here a couple of weeks ago. Piscataway's date is October 9.
Odd that I haven't gotten it yet. Perhaps because I have a cable card device on one set and a box on the other. |
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Well then I guess that's for the Morris County system in general not just Denville. Though it would seem strange that different towns within a system get different dates. |
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BobAccount deleted
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| said by kickass69:Though it would seem strange that different towns within a system get different dates.
Different head ends. Don't you have head ends in Parsippany and Mount Olive? |
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| I honestly don't know. Never needed to ask either on the phone or when a tech has been here in the past. |
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 TradewindUltraPremium
join:2005-11-08
Marlboro, NJ | reply to kickass69
Is their a road map for deployment? |
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BobAccount deleted
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New Jersey | reply to kickass69
If you ask, I bet you'll find I'm right. |
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I guess my letter above only states the cut off to take advantage of getting boxes 'free' for a year but not the actual date of when it'll happen apparently.
I originally used this link: »optimum.custhelp.com/app/answers···elated/1
Click on 'Click Here' in the second paragraph, that's the deployment schedule I've always referenced. |
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