gary0922
join:2000-05-30
Wheaton, IL | reply to Warzau
Re: Comcast Chicago Suburbs Going All Digitail 9/29/09
I'll be sour grapes. Who needed it anyway? It's parent company is going out of business anyway. |
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Warzau
Premium
join:2000-10-26
Naperville, IL
clubs: | I completely agree. It was a okay local news at best. |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
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said by gary0922  :I'll be sour grapes. Who needed it anyway? It's parent company is going out of business anyway. WGN is not going of business and THEY HAVE the CITY'S TOP weather man on it.
WGN TV is makeing money wgn 720 is makeing money.
and comcast what is the point of the DTA if you are going to take stuff off of them and force people to get full cable boxes at what $5-$7 per tv to get CSN+??????? when CSN works with a dta? split cltv and csn + SD if you want to make people get a full box to get cltv.
Do you know soon that dish, direct tv, u-verse, wow may get cltv as well and THEY ALL HAVE CSN + in the same level or lower that CSN is in.
CLTV and CSN+ do not need to shear a channel any more analog cable is dead. If you can put a looping help video for CSN+ HD why not for CSN+ SD? |
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Comcastblows
join:2009-10-01
Elmwood Park, IL
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I was wondering, how long did it take everyone to get their HD channels after receiving the letter from Comcast about the increase in channels?? I just got my letter last week and it says I'll have over 100 HD channels in the coming months but it notes that all of the starter channels will be moved in March......I hope to god I won't be waiting till then to get my full HD lineup. |
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hdfollower12
join:2009-07-30
New Lenox, IL
| Hey Comcastblows, unfortunately I think you will have to wait a couple of months after the digital starter channels are moved around before you receive the full HD lineup. Here in my town, I received the letter on page 1 of this thread around July 1st and the first round of new HD channels came September 30th. The final and largest round of HD additions came on October 28th. So, it basically took 4 months after I received the first letter for me to get the full HD lineup. It is worth the wait though... |
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kb1
join:2008-11-15
South Bend, IN
| said by hdfollower12 :Hey Comcastblows, unfortunately I think you will have to wait a couple of months after the digital starter channels are moved around before you receive the full HD lineup. Here in my town, I received the letter on page 1 of this thread around July 1st and the first round of new HD channels came September 30th. The final and largest round of HD additions came on October 28th. So, it basically took 4 months after I received the first letter for me to get the full HD lineup. It is worth the wait though... How many HD channels do you have now? |
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hdfollower12
join:2009-07-30
New Lenox, IL
1 edit | Including all of the premium channels, I get 105 HD channels. (This does NOT include HD OnDemand slots either) |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| said by hdfollower12 :Including all of the premium channels, I get 105 HD channels. (This does NOT include HD OnDemand slots either) real count should be 101 when you don't count the part time CSN+ HD, PPV HD, GAME HD, and TEAM HD. |
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hdfollower12
join:2009-07-30
New Lenox, IL | That's true Joe, same goes for NFL RedZone HD.....so actually 100 "real" HD channels; also, does anyone know why PPV HD, GAME HD, and TEAM HD are available without paying extra??? Are there hidden costs? |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| GAME HD, and TEAM HD are used for sports packs.
PPV HD is for event PPV
Do they just show slids when they are not live?
Nice way to waste bandwidth. Put CLTV HD in the csn+ HD slot to make it the same as CLTV SD that is sheard with the part time CSN+ SD.
and trun off RedZone HD, PPV HD, GAME HD, and TEAM HD. and use there slots to add 4 VOD HD slots when they are not needed. |
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motorola870
join:2008-12-07
Arlington, TX
| said by Joe12345678 :GAME HD, and TEAM HD are used for sports packs. PPV HD is for event PPV Do they just show slids when they are not live? Nice way to waste bandwidth. Put CLTV HD in the csn+ HD slot to make it the same as CLTV SD that is sheard with the part time CSN+ SD. and trun off RedZone HD, PPV HD, GAME HD, and TEAM HD. and use there slots to add 4 VOD HD slots when they are not needed. considering PPV is now used every day 17 hours a day it is not feasable to keep changing the channel map every day also TEAM and GAME HD might show the replays in HD. |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| said by motorola870 :said by Joe12345678 :GAME HD, and TEAM HD are used for sports packs. PPV HD is for event PPV Do they just show slids when they are not live? Nice way to waste bandwidth. Put CLTV HD in the csn+ HD slot to make it the same as CLTV SD that is sheard with the part time CSN+ SD. and trun off RedZone HD, PPV HD, GAME HD, and TEAM HD. and use there slots to add 4 VOD HD slots when they are not needed. considering PPV is now used every day 17 hours a day it is not feasable to keep changing the channel map every day also TEAM and GAME HD might show the replays in HD. how about redzone free up that slot. |
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Spiderman865
join:2005-12-27
Joliet, IL | reply to hdfollower12
It's kind of interesting that ESPNU-HD was not added. Most of the other areas where analog reclamation has taken place, ESPNU-HD was added.
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mrcamp
join:2003-08-04
Lake In The Hills, IL
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1 edit | reply to Spiderman865
Got the letter about a month ago, requested and received I box and 2 DTA's about a eek ago. Got them yesterday. The two DTA's activated okay. However, the cable box did not. I got tech support on the line, and their conclusion is that I have a faulty box. So, I have to take it to their nearest offfice for an exchange. I am in Lake In the Hills, IL.
EDIT: BTW, not more CLTV for me. It stopped working about a week ago.
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andyross
join:2003-05-04
Schaumburg, IL | CLTV now requires a full cable box (or CableCard), and Digital Starter or higher. Even if you have Starter or higher, the DTA's will probably not let you tune it in. |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| said by andyross :CLTV now requires a full cable box (or CableCard), and Digital Starter or higher. Even if you have Starter or higher, the DTA's will probably not let you tune it in. WHAT A JOKE.
Will they move CSN+ to is own slot to let in work with a DTA like CSN does? |
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motorola870
join:2008-12-07
Arlington, TX | reply to Joe12345678
nope they cant change channel maps constantly. |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL
| said by motorola870 :nope they cant change channel maps constantly. CSN+ HD just has a looping help video when off air.
Do the same with CSN+ SD. |
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andyross
join:2003-05-04
Schaumburg, IL | reply to Spiderman865
Here in Schaumburg, the expanded basic digital channels are now clearQAM. No PSIP, so you have to use direct numbers (CNBC=82-2 instead of 63, etc...) |
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Shab
@mcleodusa.net
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I live in Highland Park. We received a letter saying that we would receive a letter soon regarding switching to all digital. Right now I get the main broadcast channels only in both standard and HD through QAM (CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, WGN). I am curious as to whether we will be getting the extended basic via QAM such as TBS, TNT, USA. |
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