chek_ya_self
join:2007-08-05
Merrick, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| Making room for more channels?
According to posts in Cable Rant and Satellite Guys it looks like Cablevision will be cutting some analog channels to add some new channels in bulk.
According to a poster in Cable Rant, Cablevision is looking to cut Analog feeds for:
Some of the channels rumored to be changing are OTB, TLC, Sci-Fi, E!, Animal Planet and the Travel Channel. The transition is expected to start in May. »www.cablerant.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=646
A poster in Satellite Guys says:
got word from a vp today that cv will be adding approximately 25 channels in bulk within the next coming months.....heres hoping.....and no, i have no idea what they are going to be. »www.satelliteguys.us/cablevision···-hd.html
Hopefully, since the Voom Channels are going to switched Video and these channels are being moved to digital only, we will see some more channels come in the next few months. I hope they are HD Channels. I don't think we really need more Standard Definition Channels. |
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blackriders
join:2005-01-16
Bronx, NY | Me too hope it's more HD channels would love History and Discovery HD. |
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| So you don't care if Cablevision skips BBC America yet again, as that is one of the channels that is perhaps the most frequently requested channel that we don't have? There are plenty of other SD and HD channels that we do not have, and most of the SD channels have HD counterparts. Would be nice if they could add the SD and HD channels at the same time... like Sleuth SD and Sleuth HD. Chiller SD, Chiller HD, FOX Business SD and FOX Business HD, etc. I believe BBC America is going HD as well, so BBC America SD and BBC America HD would be nice to get. Not to mention CNBC World, Big Ten Network, ESPN-U. |
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mws192
join:2007-09-11
Norwalk, CT
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April 7th, @11:02AM
| reply to chek_ya_self
Don't forget the Cablerant also mentioned earlier that CV was in discussions to get the entire HBO and Cinemax suite of HD channels. That would take up a significant portion, 18 if I'm counting correctly, of the 25 channels if true.
»cablerant.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=561#p1341
+1 for the BigTen Network however unlikely that'd be. |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| reply to Jmartz
said by Jmartz  :So you don't care if Cablevision skips BBC America yet again, as that is one of the channels that is perhaps the most frequently requested channel that we don't have? There are plenty of other SD and HD channels that we do not have, and most of the SD channels have HD counterparts. Would be nice if they could add the SD and HD channels at the same time... like Sleuth SD and Sleuth HD. Chiller SD, Chiller HD, FOX Business SD and FOX Business HD, etc. I believe BBC America is going HD as well, so BBC America SD and BBC America HD would be nice to get. Not to mention CNBC World, Big Ten Network, ESPN-U. If they do not want to go dedicated on the SD version, why not offer it as Switched Video. I too want BBC America but do not have HD so need it in SD (or I can just swap my 8300 for an 8300HD and continue to use my SD TV since the 8300HD will play the HD shows to a SD TV). The only downside to the 8300->8300HD swap is I need to view or lose the shows I have archived on the DVR which I have not viewed yet. |
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e2727
Bklynguy
join:2001-10-30
Brooklyn, NY | reply to blackriders
I would love the History HD |
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Andvari Anon
@verizon.net | reply to chek_ya_self
+1 for HBO HD, Sci-Fi HD and History HD. |
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sandman9r
join:2003-11-09
Bronx, NY | reply to chek_ya_self
It's nice to know that I'm not the only one requesting BBC America.
Top Gear FTW. |
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Jalh
join:2006-09-06
Union City, NJ | reply to chek_ya_self
i would like to see removed channels in HD. |
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blacknoi
join:2004-11-06
Stanhope, NJ
 ·ViaTalk
| reply to chek_ya_self
Since they appear to be moving to an eventual ALL channels (save broadcast basic 2-13) in the digital tier to reclaim bandwidth:
When will I be able to buy a cable box that I own, and can have a cablecard installed in that box? I do NOT want to rent thier STBs.... but am slowly being forced to. |
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RemyM
join:2005-02-14
Stamford, CT
| said by blacknoi :When will I be able to buy a cable box that I own, and can have a cablecard installed in that box? I do NOT want to rent thier STBs.... but am slowly being forced to. You can do it right now, it's called a Tivo HD.
July 2009 is when all new boxes CV provides will be CableCard boxes. By then there could be a bigger market of boxes to buy. Of course if you buy your own box you can't just swap it out for free when it dies. |
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blacknoi
join:2004-11-06
Stanhope, NJ | I already have two tivos (s3 and hd), but I still have other tv's in the house that are analog only.
I would like at least one box that has no montly fee attached to it other than the cablecard fee. |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| reply to RemyM
said by RemyM :July 2009 is when all new boxes CV provides will be CableCard boxes. By then there could be a bigger market of boxes to buy. Of course if you buy your own box you can't just swap it out for free when it dies. But will they be able to receive all the channels? There is a problem currently with CableCards in that they are unable to receive channels that are send-on-request (I forget the buzzword) which are only sent IF/WHEN you tune to it and are only sent to nodes where someone is watching that channel. |
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Olias
The Meeting
join:2004-05-08
Wayne, NJ
·Optimum Online
| said by RARPSL :But will they be able to receive all the channels? There is a problem currently with CableCards in that they are unable to receive channels that are send-on-request (I forget the buzzword) which are only sent IF/WHEN you tune to it and are only sent to nodes where someone is watching that channel. You mean "Switched Digital Video" or SVD.
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When I sleep tonight a dream will call,
And raise it's head in majesty... |
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RemyM
join:2005-02-14
Stamford, CT
| reply to RARPSL
said by RARPSL :said by RemyM :July 2009 is when all new boxes CV provides will be CableCard boxes. By then there could be a bigger market of boxes to buy. Of course if you buy your own box you can't just swap it out for free when it dies. But will they be able to receive all the channels? There is a problem currently with CableCards in that they are unable to receive channels that are send-on-request (I forget the buzzword) which are only sent IF/WHEN you tune to it and are only sent to nodes where someone is watching that channel. Of course they will. The M cards are two way. The current limitation on CV is the hardware they are put into. The SA CableCard boxes that other providers are using work fine with SDV. |
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majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY | reply to chek_ya_self
I just saw an ad for voom movies May 1st so does this mean cablevision will be carrying it? |
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ
| said by majortom1029 :I just saw an ad for voom movies May 1st so does this mean cablevision will be carrying it? Presumably so... but it will probably go onto SDV with the rest of the VOOM channels. |
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jpr281
join:2006-01-12
Shirley, NY
| Got this in the mail today. Brookhaven system on Long Island. |
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UofMiamiGrad
Premium
join:2001-02-03
Great Neck, NY
| reply to majortom1029
said by majortom1029 :I just saw an ad for voom movies May 1st so does this mean cablevision will be carrying it? That channel replaces WorldCinema HD! From Satelliteguys:
"In may WorldCinema HD will no longer exists and it will be replace with VOOM HD Movies. Voom HD movies is dedicated to a more type of hollywood type of movies." |
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broadband412
join:2003-06-17
Brooklyn, NY | There are quite a few channels I would like to see cablevision add such as discovery health, lifetime movie network, lifetime real women, chiller and some other I can't think of at the moment. |
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