  ITGuy72Permanently DiscoPremium
join:2001-11-01
New York | This is great but... Can we please get BBC America now? No? didn't think so..  | |
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join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1 | Re: This is great but... You don't have BBC America at all with CableVision?
They haven't launched their HD version of the network yet so you would have a tough time demanding that....  | |
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join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | Re: This is great but... said by maartena:You don't have BBC America at all with CableVision? They haven't launched their HD version of the network yet so you would have a tough time demanding that.... The request is for BBC America SD. CV has consistently ignored requests to carry this channel. | |
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | Re: This is great but... said by RARPSL:said by maartena:You don't have BBC America at all with CableVision? They haven't launched their HD version of the network yet so you would have a tough time demanding that.... The request is for BBC America SD. CV has consistently ignored requests to carry this channel. If CV added the channel the media would accuse them of supporting King George III. | |
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| | More channels crammed in Hooray, we get more channels....now we can have every HD channel crammed with 3 more per QAM. | |
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|  jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA
kudos:1 | Re: More channels crammed in said by acs12798:Hooray, we get more channels....now we can have every HD channel crammed with 3 more per QAM. Do they have the bandwidth available, or will quality have to be compromised? | |
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1 edit | Re: More channels crammed in said by jmn1207:said by acs12798:Hooray, we get more channels....now we can have every HD channel crammed with 3 more per QAM. Do they have the bandwidth available, or will quality have to be compromised? If you look at lyngesat, many channels are already 3 per transponder anyway from the satellite. Some cable providers even have to pad their QAMs with extra bits to fill up the extra space.
So don't think that 3 per QAM automatically means "worse than FiOS" because FiOS gets it from the same place. | |
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| | | jmn1207Premium
join:2000-07-19
Ashburn, VA
kudos:1 | Re: More channels crammed in said by fifty nine:said by jmn1207:said by acs12798:Hooray, we get more channels....now we can have every HD channel crammed with 3 more per QAM. Do they have the bandwidth available, or will quality have to be compromised? If you look at lyngesat, many channels are already 3 per transponder anyway from the satellite. Some cable providers even have to pad their QAMs with extra bits to fill up the extra space. So don't think that 3 per QAM automatically means "worse than FiOS" because FiOS gets it from the same place. This has been discussed at length in the AV science forums, and it did appear that my Comcast picture quality was reduced on those channels grouped 3 per QAM. I agree it does not automatically mean the quality is inferior, but it is more prevalent when the signal is recompressed and not simply passed without any modification. | |
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| | | | | | Re: More channels crammed in Comcast is taking the feeds from the sats that are less than 3 per QAM and cramming them in 3 per QAM.
I can understand why you are bitter towards Comcrap, but they are not reflective of all cable providers.
But many cable providers are in fact passing along the signal as received, even if they are 3 per QAM, because they are received 3 per transponder on the satellite. | |
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| | | said by acs12798:Hooray, we get more channels....now we can have every HD channel crammed with 3 more per QAM. Don't subscribe to the HD then. | |
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| | | | Re: More channels crammed in Its still generally better than SD, and the charge for HD is built into the regular price, you're paying for it whether you use it or not. I just don't consider 4 channel per QAM anywhere near acceptable. Versus HD is virtually unwatchable, and I know its not the feed, because up at school in Albany, we get verus and its far better. | |
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| |  SSidlovOther Things On My MindPremium
join:2000-03-03
Pompton Lakes, NJ
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| said by MOTO6809:said by acs12798:Hooray, we get more channels....now we can have every HD channel crammed with 3 more per QAM. Don't subscribe to the HD then. Subscribe? The HD box is the same price as the SD box. Just ask for one, no extra cost. Works great with SD sets too. You get the HD channels that go with your SD service plan. Only the DVR service is extra cost. | |
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join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | Marketing? The 100/100 plan should be easy and attention grabbing advertising. I wish companies upgraded in all areas as fast as highly competitive ones. | |
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join:2002-01-06
Peekskill, NY | Linear or SDV? will these channels be linear channels or SDV? Seems to me like the cablecos will need to be doing more and more SDV due to bandwidth limitations. I only care because I use a TIVOHD and anyone using cablecards doesn't get the SDV channels. We'll probably start seeing many more SDV channels for video as the qam channels are used up for bonding to provide faster internet. | |
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| | | Re: Linear or SDV? said by psbny:will these channels be linear channels or SDV? Seems to me like the cablecos will need to be doing more and more SDV due to bandwidth limitations. I only care because I use a TIVOHD and anyone using cablecards doesn't get the SDV channels. We'll probably start seeing many more SDV channels for video as the qam channels are used up for bonding to provide faster internet. Cablevision distributes the SDV tuning resolvers for the Cablecards. You use that to tune SDV on your TiVO. They're free at a walk in center. Go pick one up (just call and make sure they're in stock before you do). | |
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join:2002-01-06
Peekskill, NY | Re: Linear or SDV? thanks for the info. i knew they were in the works but didn't realize they had become available. | |
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| | Oh well... No interest in any of those slated for New Jersey. | |
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| | | Re: Oh well... Cablevision is taking away 15 channels from me at the end of the month. | |
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| | SSidlovOther Things On My MindPremium
join:2000-03-03
Pompton Lakes, NJ Reviews:
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| Re: Oh well... said by Bobcat79:Cablevision is taking away 15 channels from me at the end of the month. [/BQUOTE because you won't pay for STB(s). It is inevitable that the service will require some sort of STB or cablecard. Cablecards are cheap compared to the STBs. Maybe you need to hook the PC with the ATI Wonder to your TV... » ati.amd.com/products/tvwonderdig···dex.htmlOr you could get the TIVO with two Cable Card slots » www.tivo.com/ and have digital tv and a digital vcr! | |
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| | These will be going in place of the ones being taken out These new hd channels will be going in place of the 16 that are being taken away from analog ( i think i have the number right could be wrong).
Thats why its going to take so long. So they will have the room for them by june. | |
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@verizon.net |  Omni/Cablevision-Dolan-ruined Newsday et al can ....
It was a TV commercial morning as Verizon showed up to repair the ONLY fix needed - addition of a Cat-5e to their data modem which was pumping out noise due to sharing too much with the COAX (strange Verizon system uses a URL address and modem in every home to make TVs bi-di, rather than including it in the set-topper. Why? d/k but if you switch,remember to *demand* Cat5e line for your FIOS data link. Two trucks pulled up, and Cablevision took off w/o picking up their old crap.
When I called Dolanland to tell them our high-priced relationship was through, the guy came on alternately like a hood and a winer, promising me $123/mo guaranteed for 2 years: 30/5MHz when they'd never come close to the 20 I was paying for, and 3 TVs on Silver, a VOIP line (where signal quality, like speed drops when the kids come home from school)and promised to take me back for 31 days and buy out my FIOS contract.
We'll be paying $150 LESS per month than we paid for 2x as many channels (sans 90% shopping)2 unlimited-use phone lines, and better-than-minimum-20/20 than we were w/Dolanland, 1 Verizon line and ATT long-distance.
Real world: Verizon is not perfect- 2 ace techs, 2 turkeys. 1 installer who was a great electrician, but knew nothing about computers, one ace follow-on Monday morning over a problem that I found unsolvable Saturday night. And the V is regulated by state and federal laws, while Cablevision does what it wants, when it wants to.DON'T beleave a thing they say and won't put in writing | |
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| | | Re: Omni/Cablevision-Dolan-ruined Newsday et al can .... Cablevision has been 10/1 for years at one point was a lot higher then anything you could get from verizon.
Also fios does not offer any analog channels at all anymore.
So if your going to argue atleast dont be a fanboy about it.
I also dont see verizon offering free tri state area wireless to its customers. Yes people like me actually use it | |
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| | Finally! They're finally doing some major upgrades. If they hadn't gotten the SDV adapter I would've switched to FiOS. But I didn't so I can run my server. I can't wait for 100 Mbps tier, but its probably still a long time away (and expensive)... But I do still want BBC America, and Boomerang! But they seem to be starting to realize that they're not the only ones here anymore and there is competition from Verizon FiOS. | |
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| | | Re: Finally! the main thing that is keeping them fro m adding channels is their analog. All the people who bash cablevision and praise verizon say that cablevision is getting rid of analog so they are going tofios which doesnt have any analog at all.
So when cablevision can they get rid of analog and replace it with hd. | |
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