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2014-May-15 11:50 am
Birmingham all digital date?Has anyone heard about when the metro Birmingham area will be going all digital? I'm assuming it might be staggered depending if you're on Leeds or Gardendale? |
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Calling the national number is hit or miss, but about two weeks before the transition you should receive a flyer in the mail. Hope it is soon for you. |
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2014-May-15 4:50 pm
Well, July isn't too bad. I'm not necessarily worried about the internet speeds, but I really want to see those new channels  |
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2014-May-15 4:56 pm
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2014-Jun-19 1:41 pm
Just got a robocall today from Charter announcing the all digital switch, looks like July was accurate. No letter in the mail yet with a firm date, but I assume that will be coming very soon.
If you go to www.charter.com/digitalnow and put in a Birmingham-area address and click the channel lineup, the 577 channel all-digital lineup is available. I like what I see! |
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2014-Jun-19 2:47 pm
Rollout in Bham area will start July 8th, I'm not sure of exact order. |
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2014-Jun-22 10:19 pm
RollTide,
Do you work for Charter? I'm curious if we're ever going to get local forecasts on The Weather Channel HD in Birmingham? |
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Hate to sound like an idiot here, but what's the significance of all digital? |
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2014-Jun-22 10:35 pm
It depends on the QAM modulation in use but last I heard, 6 digital channels can fit in the bandwidth of 1 analog channel. Getting rid of the analog channels frees up immense bandwidth for other TV channels and/or more internet bandwidth. |
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2014-Jun-22 10:43 pm
said by JoelC707:It depends on the QAM modulation in use but last I heard, 6 digital channels can fit in the bandwidth of 1 analog channel. Getting rid of the analog channels frees up immense bandwidth for other TV channels and/or more internet bandwidth. It's not just that, but all the channels are already carried in digital format, so they're being duplicated. By going all digital, they are eliminating the analog duplicates, freeing space for new channels or internet capacity. |
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Confirmed July 22nd
Go to channel 902 |
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July 8, 2014 for Talladega, Alabama. Got the phone call and the notice in the mail. We have been getting "channel not available" on some our HD channels here in Talladega. I hope Charter switching to all digital will fix these channels. If not I'll be giving DIRECTV or Dish a call. |
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2014-Jun-25 8:42 am
Yeah, Birmingham is confirmed July 22 according to analog channel 90. Guess it got pushed back a few weeks. The channel lists "Montevallo, Helena, Altadena, Inverness and surrounding areas"
Would be interested to see what others around town are seeing. Maybe all of Birmingham won't happen at once? |
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Here are the dates I am given on channel 902 in my area near 280 on 119 in the Greystone area. Now, when my DVR turns on, it defaults to ch 902. |
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I would like to ask will this improve HD quality? I went back to Directv last year because Charter's HD looks horrible compared to Direct's. If Charter had better HD and DVR's I would use them for TV instead of Direct. |
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2014-Jun-25 5:27 pm
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As I said July 8th. MixedUp I'm checking into the Weather Channel question, headend is a busy place these days so tough to get an answer. |
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Difficult to say. In my market Charter HD already looked better than DirecTV before the all digital switch. But a few years earlier, before SDV, it was indeed terrible as you said. After the switch, the HD quality did not change, but the quantity did.
I was also spoiled by DirecTV and Dish DVRs, so I use my own at Charter (WMC and Ceton InfiniTV), and it's fantastic. Tivo would also be a good option.
So in my market at least, Charter is better and cheaper than DirecTV in terms of picture quality and lineup. |
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said by RollTide :As I said July 8th. MixedUp I'm checking into the Weather Channel question, headend is a busy place these days so tough to get an answer. Awesome, thanks. What's the difference between the areas that are July 22 vs. July 8? Montevallo, etc is still fed out of the Leeds headend, right? The geographic distinctions for Charter are weird. Leeds, Northport, Jasper, and Talladega are all fairly far apart from each other. |
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Is there supposed to be a channel on our system that's announcing the digital transition? I don't see anything on any of my stations yet and the transition is on July 15th. |
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Leeds is the master headend for the state, but I'm not sure how they picked the order to do things. |
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said by Jammers:Is there supposed to be a channel on our system that's announcing the digital transition? I don't see anything on any of my stations yet and the transition is on July 15th. People are saying channel 902 around here, but I don't have a charter set top, only a TiVo with cablecard and it hasn't been added to the official lineup, so it doesn't show up on my TiVo. I did connect an analog TV and there is an analog barker channel on channel 90 as well. So, around here channel 902 (digital) and 90 (analog) |
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Well just checked 902 and it's there. Probably been there for a week. LOL |
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I honestly would have expected Mixedup will see it on July 22 since Calera is the next town over, 7 miles or so, from Montevallo. Isn't Calera served from the Montevallo headend near CR 22 north of Montevallo? |
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Does anyone on here have specific information about the Westover/Chelsea/Harpersville area? I know that area has some kind of secondary headend in Westover on Cheshire Dr. The reason I ask is that I know an older retired person living in that area that still has an old cable ready analog TV. I will probably have to guide them on this. |
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said by caseywor:I honestly would have expected Mixedup will see it on July 22 since Calera is the next town over, 7 miles or so, from Montevallo. Isn't Calera served from the Montevallo headend near CR 22 north of Montevallo? Yes, Calera will be July 22. The channel in Calera says "Montevallo, Helena, Altadena, Inverness, and surrounding areas". |
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said by caseywor: the Montevallo headend near CR 22 north of Montevallo? BTW, where exactly is the "Montevallo headend"? I've always been interested in knowing where it's at. |
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Actually a few miles north of Montevallo. Go to the intersection of Shelby County 22 and AL 119, go west bound on 22 for nearly a mile, make a right turn on Stephens Dr., it is up a little on the left. That is a private road, but probably no big deal to drive up it. See my jpeg, there is a circle around it. |
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