1 edit | All digital in Hudson County NJ I received the letter yesterday that all TV's must have a digital cable box by June 19. Customers can pick up or be shipped as many additional boxes as they need and they will be free for one year. I hope this means that DVR+ will be available soon. |
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 VinceA
join:2000-08-29
Bayonne, NJ | Re: All digital in Hidson County NJ Is this all of the county, including Bayonne, or is there a specific "Hudson County" system? |
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| If you don't get the letter then your area is not ready yet. You can call CS to ask. |
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RemyM
join:2005-02-14
Stamford, CT | reply to rick0204
All systems will be converted to digital and get DVR+ by the end of the year per the last earnings conference call. |
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Rick is in North Bergen, which is covered by Cablevision of Hudson County.
Bayonne is covered by Cablevision of New Jersey, Inc.
See - »www.nj.gov/bpu/pdf/cablepdfs/cab···2011.pdf |
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| You are correct. That means Bayonne may not have the same date for the conversion. |
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RemyM
join:2005-02-14
Stamford, CT | Bayone is 6/5-14
The full NJ list is available here:
»optimum.custhelp.com/app/answers···elated/1 |
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dm145
join:2009-12-12
Clifton, NJ Reviews:
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 mech1164I'll Be Back
join:2001-11-19
Lodi, NJ | reply to rick0204
Love how Oakland system is 6/5-9/13 A 3 month uncertainty window. Only CV could be allowed to get away with this. |
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| Raritan isn't even mentioned. Head end is in Warren, which isn't mentioned either. |
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| reply to dm145
I don't get it either why there's date ranges but no specific dates. I guess CV has to always have a margin of error since them sticking to a certain date never pans out in reality. |
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dm145
join:2009-12-12
Clifton, NJ | Not to mention some towns listed are already digital |
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said by aannoonn :Raritan isn't even mentioned. Head end is in Warren, which isn't mentioned either.
Piscataway is part of the Raritan system. |
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jpr281
join:2006-01-12
Shirley, NY | reply to kickass69
said by kickass69:I don't get it either why there's date ranges but no specific dates. I guess CV has to always have a margin of error since them sticking to a certain date never pans out in reality.
Probably why they never announce new channels before they're added. They always wait until the channels are live to put out a PR. |
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said by uroberto:said by aannoonn :Raritan isn't even mentioned. Head end is in Warren, which isn't mentioned either.
Piscataway is part of the Raritan system. Piscataway has its own head end, so any changeover for the Warren head end would probably be on a different date. |
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 Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ | reply to dm145
said by dm145:Not to mention some towns listed are already digital
I am on the Paterson system and got a letter that says after June 5 I will need a box on every TV in order to continue to get the following channels:
- Antenna TV
- Estrella TV
- Jewelry Television
- Kids Thirteen
- Live Well
- NBC NY Non-Stop
- NYC Life
- TBN
- Vme
- WFME
- WLIW Create
- WLIW Digital
- WLIW World
These are all channels in Broadcast Basic and can be gotten without a box right now. Everything else outside of Broadcast Basic needs a box currently.
So it seems like Cablevision has decided to encrypt most of Broadcast Basic, with the exception of C-Span, News12 and the major broadcast networks (but their sub channels are being encrypted).
Does anyone know if the "unlimited free boxes for a year" applies to accounts that already have boxes? I didn't have any boxes, just Cable Cards. |
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dm145
join:2009-12-12
Clifton, NJ Reviews:
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| sounds like they are doubling back to the areas that have been digital for a while and are now encrypting all but 2,4,5,7,9,11,13 and the spanish channels
lets be honest, the amount of customers that even know how to receive these channels is miniscule |
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said by Jmartz:said by dm145:Not to mention some towns listed are already digital
I am on the Paterson system and got a letter that says after June 5 I will need a box on every TV in order to continue to get the following channels: - Antenna TV - Estrella TV - Jewelry Television - Kids Thirteen - Live Well - NBC NY Non-Stop - NYC Life - TBN - Vme - WFME - WLIW Create - WLIW Digital - WLIW World These are all channels in Broadcast Basic and can be gotten without a box right now. Everything else outside of Broadcast Basic needs a box currently. So it seems like Cablevision has decided to encrypt most of Broadcast Basic, with the exception of C-Span, News12 and the major broadcast networks (but their sub channels are being encrypted). Does anyone know if the "unlimited free boxes for a year" applies to accounts that already have boxes? I didn't have any boxes, just Cable Cards. Wait, aren't they just simply going digital with those channels? Are you saying you have a ClearQAM TV and get those channels now directly without a box or just a normal anolog?
In lots of places they went digital (doesn't mean encrypted) but left basic channels also available in anolog. it would just seem they are removing all anolog channels now so you'll need a box (or QAM TV) to get them.
AFAIK - CT is all digital so but my QAM TV picks up about 20-30 channels no problem. Only in NYC do they encrypt even basic channels which then requires a box/cable card to view. If your area is digital then basic is available via QAM (other than NYC as I said). |
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Jmartz
join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ | I get those channels in the clear QAM. I think TBN is the only "analog" one in the list that will go away.
I can get broadcast basic in analog (not the sub channels though) and clear QAM if I can find the digital version. My TV doesn't map them to the right channels, I can usually find them in the 88.1 range, but even that changes randomly every other day it seems. I just picked up 4 free boxes to supplement the Tivo. Now if I want to use VOD I can. After the year is up, I just go back to the Tivo only. Maybe keep one box just for fun. |
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I just saw this notice in my monthly bill, I didn't get a separate letter (at least I did not see one). I am in Bergen County and it said that I will need boxes as of June 19th. Great! Only 20 days notice!
I have a couple DVRs (ReplayTV) that will now need boxes and I don't have IR blasters, so I need to scramble to get some.
I figured this day would come at some point, but I assumed they would give us notice well in advance.
Hopefully, the free boxes for a year is good for Bergen as well (gives me time to look in to a cable card based DVR), otherwise I will really not be happy. |
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