Had issues with my Infinitv ETH6 last week. When I thought I would be without my tuners for a while until I could obtain and configure a new unit, I got a DVR from Spectrum for the interim. What a painful experience using that DVR. Amazing how superior WMC from Windows 7 days is compared to the DVR...

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Just got hit with the latest round of price increases from our local monopolist. It forced me to look closely at my bill and I see that where I used to (years ago I recall) get a credit for not using their cable box (I have WMC with Ceton Tuner), I have a check mark next to Customer Owned Equipment...

I just learned that the Xfinity Stream App now has capability to live stream cable to Google Chromecast device using your phone. Quality looks excellent from testing. This has me rethinking my network setup. This essentially would let me:

1. Rent 1 less cable card from Comcast (I rent two)
2....

Hello!

I am having signal strength issues with my Ceton infiniTV4, so I am looking at getting an amplifier to boost the signal.

My question is in regards to if I can place the amplifier inline directly before the tuner card (and tuning adapter)? It would replace the current 2-way...

I brought this up a couple of years back with the Motorola modem-router-wireless version of the unit. I recently got talked into the triple play bundle which was lower than my cable-internet. I specifically told the rep that I had a problem with the combo units in the past and didn't want to change...

I was just watching NBC live from the plex app on my tablet and noticed that the original feed said 1080p. I thought that's impossible since I have Comcast and they changed all their channels to 720p this year.
I immediately went onto WMC, hit the trusty 411 Information, and BAM... 1080p! 1920 X...

I just wanted to check to see if this is just me or have others been experiencing this problem.

since the change to H.264 when viewing recordings WMC frequently locks up and it seems to happen when I skip forward or backwards. I am not sure if it is because I use the skip function too many times...

Why does your cable provider only allow 2 streams? If you have an M-card it should allow up to 6 streams per device (if the device supports it).

I've read that the FCC requires cable providers to allow at least 4 streams per CableCard, although I just saw this in forum posts and don't know about...

So, since Comcast has converted my market to Enhanced HD several months ago, obviously the video quality has been degraded visibly. I do have a TiVo Bolt+ as well, and (at least subjectively) the video quality on the 720p channels is a bit more palatable on the Bolt (looks sharper and better...

Looks like Comcast is in the process of a sneak attack. The channels are all miss-matched when I compare their STB to HTPC.

For example Starz on the HTPC is 1980

On the STB Starz is 1779

I was watching Alaskan Bush People and it just disappeared with a note that the STB was getting updated....

I am preparing to replace my Ceton tuner card and was curious if any of the published CableCard activation phone numbers still work. It does not appear that their online activation form can accomplish this as it did when I initially set this up with TWC.

I appreciate any input on this. Thanks.

We received notification overnight that TWC was changing to Spectrum. This morning we woke up with a gift of a fouled up channel lineup. Nearly all of our upper channels (anything higher than 150) was tuning the wrong channel. Locals are tuning public access. If I try to tune channel 1301-ESPN, it...

Not sure if this is the correct section. I saw this over at the Comcast forums

Cable card self activation link:

without getting into a political discussion, I was just wondering what others think will happen with with the pending change in the FCC and regulatory climate.

will things move back to more cable company control?

or are the corporate forces outside the cable industry strong enough to keep the...

Looks like AT&T just released their online TV service (regardless of your current TV and/or Internet Service Provider) to the US and it seems to have all the usual channels (including regional sports). They appear to be limited to AppleTV, AmazonFire Stick, and Google Chrome browsers for now; but,...

So is this right? All the channels I've found that have moved to MPEG4/H.264, according to 411info, show a native size of 1280x720. Is anyone else seeing or aware of Comcast reducing the resolution of channels along with this conversion? I swear before conversion the channels I've looked at were...

This sounds either a) interesting or b) concerning

I know its not the same as TWC but interesting to see how they handle content

I was stoked to see as of yesterday that legacy TWC customers could change to the Charter plans.

So I called to make it happen! Bad idea. I should have left it a week or two. One of my CableCARD's hot removed from the DAC's database and none of my tuning resolvers are locking up. So I'm completely...

the letter I got from Comcast said that the switch would be happening on or about February 23, 2016.

so far I haven't seen any problems on the two WMC systems that I have. does anyone know if it has happened yet?

I'm using:
WMC on Windows 7 Home Premium with Service Pack 1
HD HomeRun Prime...

Hey folks, so I was just invited to be part of the Nielsen ratings. I seem to recall that they give you a 'box' that monitors your tv habits. Does anyone have any more information on what that entails? How would this work in the context of a single HTPC with cable card? Do they have a way to track...

I've been using Windows 7 Media Center for several years, and I like it. I have been a customer of the same cable company, Brighthouse Networks, since I started using Windows Media Center.

Next month, I will move from Florida to New Hampshire. My new cable company will be Comcast.

I don't know...

I'm moving in a week to Greenville, SC... Anyone have any experience with Charter Communications/Cable in that area using win7 MCE?

I'm told that they don't support unencrypted QAM at all (no NTSC rebroadcast. Most stopped a while ago anyway),
so it's either a cable box (12mos free DVR),
my...

Was surfing through a few channels tonight on the STB. Was surprised to find some of them broadcasting in Spanish. Found out that if you bump the diamond shaped D button on the remote, you can change the language. It appeared that a few of my channels had the same problem, which suggests that the...

If anyone else is using a Ceton Infinitv (4 pcie) on Comcast in Snohomish County WA I would like to know if you can record channel 105 (KING HD)? Starting about Feb. 25th all my recordings fail on that channel with an error that recording has been blocked by the provider. In the tuner's web page...

From Verizon's FAQ:

Why has the TV or other device connected to my CableCARD suddenly lost access to certain FiOS channels?

To continue to enhance and maintain the FiOS TV network, Verizon occasionally launches a maintenance release or network upgrade which could impact your access to certain...

More info on Charters push for cloud dvr...

Given they just released their livetv app for roku I think they are close to finally doing this.

Hi all. Just received a letter from Comcast stating they are switching cable TV format to mpeg4 Oct 26th for Portland OR metro area. I've read on other forums that my Ceton PCIe4 Infinitv tuners will work fine after the change, but my integrated graphics on my intel Core i3 530 will not be able to...

Since the great ZAP2IT/ROVI debacle of July 2015, I am noticing some channels that were once copy freely are now copy once. Can anyone in the New York area confirm that stations like MSNBC (723 in Brooklyn) are now copy protected? Who can you complain to about this? This makes it impossible to...

I know the Dish Hopper/Joey has a method to transfer shows to iPAD for viewing elsewhere. I am wondering what the quality is and also wondering if there is a way to atomate that transfer and then convert to a format that media center can use. I am thinking about alternatives to cablevision.

I also...

On my Comcast bill I see a charge for two Additional Outlet Service - HS Converted Promotion @ $9.95 each.

I'm also getting charged $1.00 for two Cablecards.

And a discount of $5.00 for customer owned equipment.

These are for my 2 ETH's.

Is everyone being charged like this?

It seems a bit...

> So far, the switch to Rovi has gone smoothly for me with no real issues other than the Fox News channel coming up as copy protected now.

Are you on Fios? If yes, then take a look at

and

(Fox is telling Verizon to set the Copy Once flag, and it doesn't have anything to do with Rovi; it's...

Is anyone using SiliconDust or Ceton CableCard tuners when they also have an Xfinity X1 DVR?

The new Comcast claims that their recorded programs can be viewed remotely and even downloaded to devices for later viewing - is an interesting option, to use in addition to having WMC.

I'm on FIOS right now; but the mutiliated their mid-tier package in our area bout 6 months ago. Is there a way to get new service from Comcast with just a cable card? I'm assuming i'd miss out on any and all promos but the mid-tier Comcast package includes a lot more channels than FIOS does; ie NFL...

Charter just paid $55Billion to purchase TimeWarnerCable and Brighthouse for $10Billion

I sure hope that TWCs draconian practices re copy protections and cablecard prices do not get adopted by Charter...

It has been about a month, so it must be time for another TWC issue to creep up. Randomly, both of my TA's crapped out tonight, sort of. They are still connected and showing a status of ready on the HDHR Config GUI, and solid green lights. However I still cannot view any SDV channels. Every/any SDV...

I have been recording shows for over a year now and previously did on comcast in Pennsylvania back before Digital was enabled.

I have been trying to compile a number of shows for when I cut the cord because I just cant stand it anymore... or the price.

When I first started I had AMC SyFy and...

I guess some customer service from some cable companies needs a reboot.

More so than the name calling; what I find offensive is that since they control not just the cable service, but the local stations as well they get to squash what should have been a reportable story.

Reminds me of certain...

Time Warner Cable completed the Los Angeles Digital rebuild on Nov 18. At that time they said there would be no clear QAM available. There have now been two serious problems since that conversion.

On December 2, 2014 at least in the West Valley region (Chatsworth Headend) the PBS stations starting...

Hi,

I have been using the Win7 MediaCenter-Ceton tuner combo for a long time.
Just wondering if anything changed on the OnDemand support? Or else, is there a Xfinity plugin?

So since Monday morning my infinitv 4 has been trying to update the latest firmware update from the cable company and it never updates, long story short called a tech from Time Warner over and he tried 2 other cable cards that did the same never update the firmware, and he couldn't fix it. So now I...

I don't think this is possible, but I figured I would confirm here. I would like to know if it is possible to remotely reboot a Cisco STA1520 tuning adapter. Every once in awhile I have issues where both of them start wigging out at the same time. I get repeated error messages in my HDHR Prime...

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Can the Firmware on a Motorola CableCARD be updated? If so, is this something that I request from my cable provider or can I do it through an app or WMC?

The line up for Time Warner Cable in the Raleigh, NC area just changed last week. In order to get the new line up, I followed pretty much the same path as described in this St. Louis thread:

However, now I'm getting the display driver error - the video playback device does not support playback of...

With the miniaturization of many current electronic products, does anyone else get the feeling that the size of the Cisco 1520 TAs is purposely made to be large and clunky? It has been SEVERAL years now that the TAs have been made available, and yet no attempt to reduce the size of these units.

So I had to call TWC (again) for the 2nd time in 6 days regarding problems with my bill. It's a good thing they make it so easy to check my balance and view my bill online (one of the few things they get right these days). I am looking at a holiday card sitting on the desk in front of me, which...

Does anyone know if Cox in Fairfax, VA locks down all (or some) programming to copy once ?

Thx,
Bob

I have recently started to remove the splitters from my coax network since I am running the Cat wiring now. In doing so I have made my signals equal to

Signal Strength = 5 dBmV
Quality Strength = 38dB
(This info is from the SDHomeRun WebPage)

I have the only splitter now coming off into the cable...

Can anyone confirm which functionality would be broken if I were to get FIOS DVRs for this month when NOT using their router as the primary until I get the port-forwarding configured? (I have the FIOS Actiontec router configured to act like a dumb MoCA bridge). Are the ethernet ports active on the...

Stupid Comcast doesn't support it?!?!? Now I find out they don't support Roku either. Seriously wtf. It's making me consider switching to DirectTV. I assume DTV lets you do the whole cablecard + ceton + echo + HTPC thing I've been doing with Comcast. Is it worth considering?

Honestly is Comcast the sleaziest company on earth (Well maybe besides Electronic Arts)? I use all my own equipment with one of their cable cards. Have for over a year. Today I get an unsolicited package from them in the mail with a XFinity settop box. When I called they were so quick with an...

so after waiting patiently for my guide listings to update after charter changed all the channel numbers, i realized that i had to go back into live tv setup and select a different provider from the list.

previously i always used charter communications, digital
but when i went in this time i...

Hi everyone,

After finally networking the house, I have been considering cord cutting for my home and switching to things like streaming video and DVD/bluray. The goal will be to have small HTPCs with every TV but no boxes (cable boxes or streaming boxes) and centralized NAS storage.

My first...

Hi Everyone,

Parents ordered Frontier Fios TV service today. I was just curious if anybody currently knows how they have their channels set (copy once, copy freely, etc)

Thanks

So how about the rumor mill and the possibility of Comcast (parent company of NBC) possibly purchasing TWC... a little piece of me died upon reading and pretty much feeling as it will inevitably occur...

Verizon recently laid fiber in my neighborhood and I now have the option of getting FIOS for internet and TV (phone too, but I use OOMA). I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle of switching from Comcast since I have my network and media center (with ceton infinitv4) running very well right now...

Per some of the other threads I have posted I am a bit new to HTPC. I was reading this thread

which I found very very informative. Just the type of discussion/debate I was looking for which made me go look at the front end to my system and look for improvement.

My cable drop into my home is...

So I came home today and found out both from messages on the PC and my wife that General Hospital couldn't record on WABC. The messages in the recording history on each tuner say Recording of this content is prohibited by the content provider . Apparently she was able to watch it live even with the...

Just thought I'd post this here for those of you who don't know yet...

I was paying $50 dollars a month for the standard 5Mbs internet connection
I signed up for years ago.
I checked cable one's website recently and there 50Mbs internet was listed
at $35 a month for 3 months then $50 a month.
I called in and changed to the 50Mbs for the same price I was already...

So, TWC jacked up the modem lease fee again to $5.99/month. Just about 6 months ago it was free, then $3.95/month, now this. It clearly makes sense for me to purchase my own, with the caveat that I have TWC digital phone service as well. Such service is derived directly from the TWC provided modem....

Jut saw this on DSLREPORTS:

Randomly this morning, I tried tuning to some 'regular' encrypted channels (CNN, Food, HLN, Fox News), and I started getting a Subscription Required message. Sure enough, the Ceton Diagnostics identified the cablecard as not being authorized. I phoned comcast, ask them to send the cablecard a...

I got home yesterday and my tuning adapter and CableCARD had arrived. I was excited to open up the box and run upstairs to hook it up to my new WMC box with the Ceton 6 tuner I just got last weekend. I was READY for 6 tuners of sweet goodness. Then I opened the box...

This is how it was all...

Hey all, i have a question about tv boosters. Here's the jist...
I live in what many would call the boonies, or perhaps the sticks, and i am using an external antenna. I can pick up channels in town easily. I can also get stations from afar with a 30dB booster. Problem is i don't want to boost the...

Received a card in mail from TWC telling me I have a week to change out or pay.
Has link to 'approved' modems you can use on their system.
Thinking I will pay $100.00+ for my own modem for two reasons.
#1 Seems they are not going to replace the crappy thing that is in the cupboard when they start...

The other day i had a tech at my apartment tying to fix an ongoing issue where my 2 Ceton InfuriatingTV4's keep loosing CP auth.

Well, this usually requires having them unpaired, removed from the account, and repaired. Well, this guy got his boss on speakerphone, and the guy refused to fix the...

Anyone out here in the bay trying to pull ClearQAM off of Comcast? What channels are you getting? I have an InfiniTV rig and would love to add more channels via ClearQAM, but I'm not sure if it is worth the effort.

Does anyone know how to get a Comcast CSR that can actually help with a billing problem. I have an issue with billing and every time I call I get a rep that just reads my bill back to me in very bad English and they don't understand the questions they just repeat the fees. Then when you explain you...

I am a TWC North Texas subscriber (Dallas/FW area). I hear all the time about how folks on Comcast and Verizon do not have CCI flags set to copy-once on many of their digital cable channels but for TWC customers all channels except locals are flagged copy-once CCI. Is there anything that can be...

Ok I'm seeing this for the first time

Criminal Minds: Hanley Waters was not recorded. Recording Of This Content Is prohibited by the content provider

This wasn't just one time, but happened earilier today also (same show).

TWC subscribers only, of course.

I have what I believe to be an FCC violation on the part of TWC - Milwaukee. I plan on submitting an online complaint with the FCC shortly, but figured I would post the specifics here and see what other people think.

Back on 11/21/12 I called TWC and got signed up with the new customer deal,...

Can anyone recommend a good cable amplifier? When I split the cable going to my Ceton card I always have signal problems. I would like to add another Ceton tuner but need to split the cable without losing signal. Thanks.

So its been a couple months with the BDA-S4 installed. The Samsung is hooked up to a STB (DCX3400) gets a slight bit of pixelation once in a while. The Ceton has been running great. I finally had time to actually watch one of my recordings the other day and 1:29:00 in to the movie, captured this...

Hey Guys/Gals,

My wife recently went to the Charter office to sort out our new cable service as they are no longer doing 2 year contracts, and they are also moving away from the allowing user supplied modems. In going to sort out our access she went ahead and added some channels to our lineup as...

STC, Do you have a CableCard in your Infini? I heard that some cable companys up there don't offer the cards yet. How would someone setup an infini if a CableCard was unavailable with their service?

Sounds like Charter is going Simulcrypt, so they can deploy a new Downloadable encryption system that will work with new boxes. This will render ATI tuners useless on Charter, once this gets deployed. No word on when Charter will do this, but this will be a long transition and Charter will file a...

Just recieved a flyer in the mail that Charter (SoCal, Glendale, CA) is going 100% Digital.

The conversion is to start on or shortly after 12/4/12

They are offering 2 DTAs free for 12 months if you get it from now till 30 days of the converstion date.

We got the notice that TWC will be dropping some of the analog channels and converting them to digital only. They are offering a digital adapter that will be free for a couple of years. I already have the extended tier digital service and a couple of STBs along with a cable card. Anybody know what...

Lets say I wanted to add a cable card to my Comcast account to use with my hd prime. Would i be able to use it at my office or would it only work at home.

I'm curious what is considered to be a perfect signal strength?

I think my download stream is really good but my up isn't. My cable modem is on the same split branch as my Ceton tuners and TAs-- and according to it, my strengths are as follows:
Downstream:
SNR = 37db
Pwr Lvl = 0dBmV

Upstream:...

So I recently moved into a rental, my previous home was smaller and I was able to wire cat 6 to every room. In this location the landlord does not want me to wire any cat 6 as I am not a pro lol. So what does this have to do with a drop amp?

It appears that every room had coax run through to it...

Comcast ticket # CR299959176

Once again James hit the ball out of the park. After a couple days dicking around with front line reps, I finally got James on the phone. He saw the problem right away, repaired it, and all the premium channels were coming through within seconds.

Thanks again

The full feature set of this server is still unknown, but one interesting feature is its ability to stream multiple high-def stream simultaneously to 3rd party devices connected to your home network.

yay NFL Network finally coming to TWC....but if you notice the (*) at the end, and the small print at the bottom Some services are not available to CableCARD customers. Quick question....is that legal per FCC rules.

I have noticed my cablecard updated last night with the new channels....but I...

I've been tooling around the diagnostic menus in my HDHR Prime. I recently removed an unecessary split in my coax to get a little better signal. I know about the -10 to 10 dBmV bit.. zero being perfect.
I'm just curious what the two different levels are all about... See -5dBmV and 2dBmV
Which one...

WOW Cable. I've had them ever since they bought out Americast years ago; I couldn't wait to get rid of Time Warner.

Today underscores why. I discovered a problem with my broadband speed; while it took a bit of persistence to muddle through some front-line reps, I got the problem solved in a couple...

I just wanted to pass along some info that I received while speaking with the TWC CC tech yesterday, in case this may help someone else. The issue was that none of my switched digital channels would tune, and the light on my Cisco STA1520 was blinking. Power cycle of the TA did not help. CC tuned...

I went to my local office to see what modems they had to offer. I was going to buy one outright from them (or Micro Center) but they told me that they no longer sell them to customers. Worse yet, they will not let you activate a modem you purchase elsewhere. You have to lease one from them at 7...

Channels 150 or 795?

I cleared my channel maps, and let it load new ones, and the channels are in there... but I can't get them to show up in Media Center regardless if I manually run a guide data update.

Time Warner Cable executives told investors on a morning conference call the cable company has embarked on a gradual transition to an all-IP-based distribution platform which could eventually mean the end of today’s set top boxes and radically increase the amount of bandwidth available for its...

I just got a message from comcast telling me that comcast has increased the speeds of their High speed internet service, and to take full advantage of those speeds, I need to replace my current modem with a DOCSIS 3.0 modem. My speed was 25/5... they've upped it to 50/5. Despite the fact that even...

Extended family lives in Maricopa, AZ. (a town ~25 miles south of Phoenix) and they've got an incumbent Cable provider, Orbitel Communications (they wired all the new developments in exchange for exclusive franchise agreement with the city, and required payment for basic analog cable in many of...

Comcast is giving me headaches, and i haven't even gotten through the order process yet. I thought I had Verizon fios in my area, but apparently I was told incorrect information.

So I'm going through the comcast ordering process. First of all, (unlike my current company, RCN) getting a certain...

Comcast- charges way too much and each CS rep gives different information regarding what services they offer.
RCN- one rep says it takes an hour to email me a hardware return label, the other says 2-3 business days. This is after I never received a physical mailer envelope 2 weeks ago.
Time Warner-...

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Richard, you have a bandwidth cap? I've read that many people in Canada already have caps, but I wasn't aware that anyone in the US had them. The number of people in this country who have cut the cord is very few. I believe that if this...

Get ready for ever more in-your-face sponsorship and product placement as traditional ad revenue inevitably declines.

Beginning with your next month's billing cycle, Tuning Adapters will be free for Brighthouse Networks subscribers!

See the following link for details:

They used to give them free for the first year, but now they will be free . Period.

Looking over the FCC regs and wondering about a couple things in advance of the first bill showing up. I have a single cablecard. When I had Comcast previously, I got one cablecard for free and the second for something approximating $2. There was also a $2.50 credit every month which showed up as...

So apparently there is an english STB user interface developer called NDS. Just read in the news that Cisco just purchased the company. That in itself isn't very interesting, however I went to look and see what the UI from NDS looks like, and I found this:

Very impressive UI. Reminds me a bit of...

I was just wondering how much the combination internet/tv plans cost with Verizon Fios? Can't seem to find an address that allows me to do window-shopping.

Good-looking cableco whole-house DVR solution:

Click on the link inside the blog to see their Youtube video.

I know, you'll all initially laugh when you see this, realizing that we've had this kind of power for awhile now--but then you'll pause and reflect how at least one cable company has...

I know Cisco was supposed to be updating their tunning adapter to handle all four streams for the Ceton Card. I was wondering if anyone had an update to this? I have to reset my adapters at least once a week for the wife to enjoy her channels. Just would be nice to have one and not have to worry....

If you are a DirecTV customer they sent an update to their H2x series of STB's last night that has intorduced a new Power Saving mode that puts the box to sleep if a channel is not changed in 4 hours. It is turned on by default an seems to have no settings other than on and off.

Absolutely stupid....

I have a Motorolla DVR (don't have the model # in front of me now) and it's the latest version offered by Cox. It performs well but I am interested in how to copy recorded shows to my network. Of course, Cox is not help though they say I am allowed to do so with their unit. The unit is connected to...

I have some random questions regarding coax signal loss as I plan on doing some re-wiring in the house soon. If I had my choice, I'd rip the drywall out and do it right.... but the wife won't allow that. :D So, I'll be doing some creative patching... so bear with the randomness.

Regarding female...

I know at least one waiver has been granted in the past (I believe to CableVision in NYC) but now waivers are no longer necessary. My understanding onf this is that MSOs can encrypt the OTA channels if they wish, so it's possible this will kill ClearQAM - depends on how many MSOs jump on board.

So I was home for the holidays, and got to experiment with the Uverse system that my parents had installed a few months ago. I initially thought it would be like Media Center, but maybe a different skin, but its very different. I'm actually not a fan. The menus themselves are very difficult to...

I live in Central PA, recently my QAM tuners could no longer tune the NBC HD channel, just said no signal.

Upon calling the Comcast customer service, I was advised the following:

- Would need a digital converter box as they are moving to SDV;
- The current signal is analog and our QAM tuner...

I recently moved and my new cable company, Windjammer Cable, says that they don't offer CableCARDS in this area. My reading of the Telecommunications act of 1996 is that cable companies are required by law to offer CableCards for a reasonable fee . Has anyone here encountered a similar problem with...

I did a search for this question but couldn't find exactly the answer I was looking for on Google.

I am currently a customer of Time Warner Cable. I have the basic cable package (channels 2-20) but due to a hardware error on their end the guy that came to look at cable removed the trap(??) so I...

Interesting article about how STBs are becoming real energy hogs, particularly because they are on 24 hours a day. Another reason why HTPC>>STB, especially if you put it to sleep. :)