There was a discussion on the OOL mailing list and it turns out that the only digital channels are the new ones you pay for and the premium (scrambled)...
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Alan Shutko
ats@...
Oct 1, 2001 4:16 pm
... It's not surprising, since they're not immediately forcing people to get digital boxes. They only have a limited amount of bandwidth to show digital...
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Roy Beardsley
mnvikes@...
Oct 1, 2001 7:51 pm
Yes, but following Wilt's description, if you live on a system like that which we have here in NYC, where almost ALL of the channels need the analog cable box...
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Roy Beardsley
mnvikes@...
Oct 1, 2001 7:53 pm
A follow-up to my last post re: CV of NY (which has almost every channel analog-scrambled) G-d forbid that they should decrease my OOL bandwidth to make room...
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cablevision_digital@y...
Oct 3, 2001 7:20 am
The following cablevision_digital poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: I think the cablevision_digital group: CHOICES AND RESULTS -...
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imbeldar@...
Oct 3, 2001 2:10 pm
I had been hoping all these months while waiting for the rollout of digital service that there would be an *increase* in HDTV programming carried by...
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imbeldar@...
Oct 4, 2001 10:37 am
Check out these links to Time Warner in Houston http://www.twchouston.com/cable/television.html http://www.twchouston.com/cable/packages.html...
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dferg@...
Oct 4, 2001 6:27 pm
As I said, for the price that cablevision charges, other companies offer ALOT more....
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steevo
steevo@...
Oct 4, 2001 10:37 pm
Holy cra*!! Those are some outstanding packages! ... companies...
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johnl@...
Oct 5, 2001 10:34 am
Last tuesday cablevision came to install 2 sony digital cable boxes in my house. They couldn't get them to work. They claimed that the vod signal coming into...
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Rick Spanbauer
rick@...
Oct 5, 2001 11:09 am
I heard about that the other day - you must have been the affected customer. Apparently what happened is either the VOD muxes were not combined on the nodes,...
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David
david@...
Oct 5, 2001 1:43 pm
Seems that (at least on the OptOnline group, people are rebooting a fair amount of rebooting their STB for whatever reason. Yeah, I know it's new and it will...
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Rick Spanbauer
rick@...
Oct 5, 2001 1:52 pm
Well, that's one good use for the group here, among many others. If you have to reboot your box, let me know why, and I'll summarize the reports, give them to...
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Chris Baker
chrisb3@...
Oct 5, 2001 2:24 pm
I think its CV working out the kinks. When I had DTV from AOL/TW (I lived in Bay Ridge Brooklyn until 2 months ago), you would have to reboot your box every so...
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sgbusy@...
Oct 5, 2001 2:46 pm
Rick, Here is the four situations where I had to reboot my boxes: 1. One of the three boxes stopped getting sound on digital stations only. Analog stations...
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johnl@...
Oct 5, 2001 9:59 pm
Thanks Rick for helping me out. ! ... customer. ... nodes, or the ... pass ... to call ... http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/...
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wilth@...
Oct 6, 2001 4:51 am
There have been some "stability" issues, but it seems we're turning the corner on that, generally. It's mostly software, there doesn't seem to be any real...
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johnl@...
Oct 6, 2001 10:33 am
Rich, I did what you said and called customer service to find out whether or not the node was repaired. I spoke to a customer service rep. and she told me that...
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Wilt Hildenbrand
wilth@...
Oct 6, 2001 11:36 am
John, You're right, this is unacceptable. hang in there a bit, I've escalated this into the organization. I will get this fixed for you, and us. Wilt ... From:...
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David
david@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:13 pm
Whether you're a happy customer or not (at this moment), you have to admit that you couldn't have better contacts within an organization then we have with Wilt...
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sgbusy@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:33 pm
Although I am very pleased with the digital picture quality on iO I must admit I am very disapointed in the sound quality. I have two stereo TV's and I do not...
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Wilt Hildenbrand
wilth@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:39 pm
Saw your note on this the other day, I'm working on finding out what this issue might be. It will be as advertised, don't know what's up right now, been...
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sgbusy@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:41 pm
Thanks Wilt. I do notice the picture quality seems to have gotten even better the past couple of days. :) I have every confidence you will improve the sound...
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Rick Spanbauer
rick@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:44 pm
We asked the question, to SONY, under what conditions the DOLBY light comes on. There may seem an obvious answer here, but the question is more subtle than it...
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Wilt Hildenbrand
wilth@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:47 pm
Scott, Yeah, we'll get it. To your ears is it primarily the Music Choice stuff, or is the other digital stuff off as well. I know that's a bit of a tough,...
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Rick Spanbauer
rick@...
Oct 6, 2001 1:53 pm
Scott - could you give us a thumbnail sketch of how you have your set-top wired to the TV sets when you get a chance? Keep in mind that the RF output doesn't...
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sgbusy@...
Oct 6, 2001 2:14 pm
Rick and Wilt, I have three different boxes with three different setups. The first set has a simple RF (coaxial cable) setup but does not have stereo sound so...
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Wilt Hildenbrand
wilth@...
Oct 6, 2001 2:17 pm
A lot actually, thanks. ... From: sgbusy@... To: cablevision_digital@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 10:13 AM Subject:...
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Rick Spanbauer
rick@...
Oct 6, 2001 2:35 pm
Tnx. BTW, I'm going to order 1-2 of the 1394 XBR for the labs here, so we'll be able to run some of the 1394 tests on a Real TV (previously there were done on...
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sgbusy@...
Oct 6, 2001 2:46 pm
Rick, Great News. I am all hooked up and ready with my 1394 wire. The sooner the better for some HDTV programming. :) Scott G. ... so ... second ... ...
