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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:51:32 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Central PA Updates</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20980671</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nothing Earth shattering...

1. New Guide - Should be added next week. Tuesday or Wednesday. They were waiting on the Olympics to be over.

2. Versus/Golf will be splitting into 2 channels by the end of the year where capacity will allow. This is basically the only channel movement we'll see until after the dreaded OTA Digital Transition in Feb '09.

3. Reading BTNHD - Sorry to say, this most likely isn't going to happen in 2008. *closes eyes and waits for tomatoes to be thrown*]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-20 16:09:23</pubDate>
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<title>Wow, att U-verse more channels less $$$</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21065499</link>
<description><![CDATA[Been with Comcast for a long time. Just got an AT&T U-verse booklet in the mail about their service.

I can get 10/1 DSL, with 3 DVR's, HD with 300 channels, with Sho-Time (all channels) & HBO plus phone serves for about $125.00.  Also, the box can record 4 SD tv streams or 2 HD streams.  

Hell my comcast bill for just HSI and 3-HBO's and 4-Sho-Time is about $170....NO HD! I don't get 1/2 the channels.

Man comcast is taking me to the cleaners here in Broward county. Anybody called up Comcast and side I am about to drop your service unless you can lower my bill?

The only negative is getting the U-verse boxes put around my Apt.  Looks like they can use home plug3 and use coax cable to push the IPtv signal to it.  Big re-install has to happen and the old home network will have to be redone. 

But for all the extra $$$ I will save, I am about to jump ship. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-05 21:17:16</pubDate>
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<title>Comcast Bay Area TV Guide Update</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21066668</link>
<description><![CDATA[New guide is coming on September 9th. Got a message on my box from Comcast.

just a note for everyone!
adios!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-06 02:06:08</pubDate>
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<title>No CBS HD in Central PA?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21071758</link>
<description><![CDATA[I just recently moved to a new apt complex and my new place only has Comcast available.  My old place had D&E and received CBS (WTAJ) in HD.  My Comcast lineup has no CBS HD to be found anywhere?

Anyone know what the reason is or is it hidden on some other channel?

(Sorry if this issue has been posted recently)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-07 16:04:12</pubDate>
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<title>9 New HD Channels In Boston</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21052735</link>
<description><![CDATA[i just saw that we have additional hd channels that were added in boston. 

785- encore HD
789- fox business HD
790- Hallmarck HD
791- QVC HD
792- Toon Disney HD
819- MGM HD
873- Starz Edge HD
874- Starz Family HD
876- Starz Classic HD (i think, my guide it says its starz6)

Still waiting for the travel channel in hd. there are some empty ones in the 720 so hopefully soon they get channels added to them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-03 18:46:06</pubDate>
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<title>Comcast does not support HDMI ???</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21065156</link>
<description><![CDATA[Today I called the local Comcast office to check on the status of HD boxes with HDMI output (non DVR).  I want to exchange my current box, an SA Explorer 3250 HD for one that has an HDMI output.  After the customer service person told me that the expected shipment had not arrived, he went in this rant that HDMI is not what I want "despite what the children at Circuit City tell you".  He told me that based on his knowledge and experience component cables offer better performance.  He said why try to put all of that data and "current" through a "little wire" (HDMI) when you can send it through 3 bigger wires (component).  He said the reason they don't support HDMI is because they don't want service calls due to bad picture quality from HDMI.  He also said that the decision is mine and I can use which ever one I like when they arrive.  Why would they try to steer people away from HDMI.  Comcast's own site links to this site, which extols the benefits of HDMI: http://www.hdmi.org/learningcenter/faq.aspx ,
to learn more about HDMI.  Am I missing something here or do they just not want to supply HDMI boxes???
--
Get in, Sit down, Shut up, & Hold on!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-05 20:07:04</pubDate>
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<title>when will comcast add espnu?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21006375</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am wondering when comcast will add ESPNU? Some WVU games are on ESPNU and I would like to watch them but comcast hasn't added ESPNU yet. RCN just added it in their areas today so I hope we get it soon as well.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-25 21:06:35</pubDate>
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<title>Big Ten Network Game / overflow finder</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21024386</link>
<description><![CDATA[hey if you're having trouble finding the channels your games on Big Ten Network will be on this football season go to
 
http://bigtennetwork.com/gamefinder/index.asp
 
and type in your zip code on the right side of the page and pick Comcast when asked. your system might have overflow feeds and you may not even know it, so check it out.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-29 02:44:47</pubDate>
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<title>Internet on your TV</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21061564</link>
<description><![CDATA[I recently visited a friend in a hospital in South Jersey and it their room they have cable TV and also if they want they can bring up web pages from the internet. It's pretty cool. Why can't comcast have something like this for people in their homes?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-05 10:01:49</pubDate>
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<title>Video on Demand: requisite signal levels?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21063615</link>
<description><![CDATA[We've just picked up a second cable box so we can get some HDTV signals upstairs, too. (Scientific Atlanta's Explorer 4250HDC.)

When we attempt to view on-demand videos, we get the classic "SRM-8001: We are having problems tuning your video" error. From what I've seen, this is somewhat of a catch-all message.

The person in the local Comcast office said that we "should" be able to use VOD, but recommended sending a tech out. Being a big DIY fan (and a geek), I thought I'd look into it myself.

I poked around the diagnostic menus, though there were 49 pages and some were clearly not meant for people who aren't cable techs. ;) A couple of the key observations, though, all from the main page:

We show up as "Broadcast only" mode. I'm yet to find documentation on what the other options are, but I assume this isn't what we want. (Elsewhere in the diagnostics page, "vodlink" shows up as an installed application, and we can navigate the VOD menu just fine; the error only pops up when we try to play a video, even standard-def ones.)

The signal levels:
* Tuner (675 MHz): -20 dBmv
* FDC (74 MHz): -11 dBmV
* RDC (20 MHz): +38 dBmV

I'm not sure what the acceptable ranges are, but I wonder if these are reasonable? (It's probably not a fair comparison, but our cable modem shows the downstream power at -4 dBmV, though its upstream power is 35 dBmV.)

The signal does get split out, but we don't have a way around it. Would a powered splitter help, or would it just interject more noise?

Marginally off-topic, but perhaps relevant: is it normal for the 4250HDC to get very warm? Not at "glowing red, I burned my hand" levels, but it's definitely quite toasty. Is this normal?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-05 15:51:02</pubDate>
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