Cable card and HDTV
 

Anyone useing a cable card in there HDTV , what kind of set is it, and are
you encountering problems, Do you know the brand of cable card?

Who's your cable provider?

Thanks

Tom

Cable card and HDTV
 

"twfsa" wrote in message
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Anyone useing a cable card in there HDTV , what kind of set is it, and are
you encountering problems, Do you know the brand of cable card?

Who's your cable provider?

Thanks

Tom

I have a Sharp LC37D5U with a Scientific Atlanta cable card on Comcast
cable. So far, two cable cards have gone bad. The first one lasted three
months, the second one a month. I got a firmware upgrade on the Sharp. So,
lets see what happens with the new card I am getting on Monday. I have been
told by Comcast, and the Sharp repair guy that TV Guide will not work. It
will probably work on a mom/pop cable system that is analog end to end.

Tam

Cable card and HDTV
 

I have a sharp 45GX6U, the tech couldnt even get it to work. I use
cablevision. I think the providers dont like the idea of it, since they will
loose money from renting the boxes out.
Would be interested to know if you get it to work.
Mike




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Anyone useing a cable card in there HDTV , what kind of set is it, and are
you encountering problems, Do you know the brand of cable card?

Who's your cable provider?

Thanks

Tom

Cable card and HDTV
 

"twfsa" wrote in message
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Anyone useing a cable card in there HDTV , what kind of set is it, and are
you encountering problems, Do you know the brand of cable card?

Who's your cable provider?

Thanks

Tom
I have a Sony KDL-V32XBR1 with a cable card.

I didn't wish to fuss with so many remote controls and don't use pay for
view or program information.

I don't know the brand of the cable card.

My cable provider is RCN, which installed fiber optic cable in our 29 story
building.

The HiDef pictures are beautiful, including TNT which I've seen knocked on
this forum.

Bill Yowell

Cable card and HDTV
 

Samsung HL-R6168 1080p TV
Motorola CableCard
RCN Cable

The TV/CC/CableSystem work fine. Excellent picture, no problems.

Many people expect to use the TVGOS system to provide an on-screen
program guide when they don't have a cable box. The TVGOS works fine
with my setup. Some people have problems with some brands of TV,
particularly Toshiba. If your cable company has gone all digital, the
TVGOS will not work unless they transmit the TVGOS data channel
(typically, but not always, the local PBS channel) in analog format.

twfsa wrote:
Anyone useing a cable card in there HDTV , what kind of set is it, and are
you encountering problems, Do you know the brand of cable card?

Who's your cable provider?

Thanks

Tom

Cable card and HDTV
 

I have a Toshiba and it has a TV guide on screen system, I don't know what
that would have to do with the cable card as I am not a expert on the
subject.

I have had a problem with the set loosing its channel memory, with in the
800 series channels, Toshiba sent me a firm ware update that seems to
addressed that memory problem.

Now I am having trouble with the 800 series channels, I get a tileing
effect on the screen when I want to view 815(HBO) that also effects 805 808
809 local HD channels,same on screen tileing. If I go up to a 820 821 822
823 and tune in a HD channel, then go back to the 805 808 809 channels there
fine,but 8150 HBO is still messed up.

So what I did was turn off the set eject the card, turn on the set
,re-insert the card wait a few seconds and while the card aquires the
channels and all the channels are fine, including HBO.

I think I know what I may be doing to cause this tileing effect waiting to
see if my theory plays out. I think I may be selecting channels to fast when
I first turn on the TV, I think I need to turn on the set, wait a few
seconds maybe 10 or so,wait till the card stabilizes, then select a channel
I want. I think that by selecting channels to soon it confuses the card.


If I am right this is bull****, but I can live with it.


Also had a message on my voice mail from Toshiba that they think they have
a fix and will be contacting me next week.

Hope so.


Tom


"wbertram" wrote in message
...
Samsung HL-R6168 1080p TV
Motorola CableCard
RCN Cable

The TV/CC/CableSystem work fine. Excellent picture, no problems.

Many people expect to use the TVGOS system to provide an on-screen program
guide when they don't have a cable box. The TVGOS works fine with my
setup. Some people have problems with some brands of TV, particularly
Toshiba. If your cable company has gone all digital, the TVGOS will not
work unless they transmit the TVGOS data channel (typically, but not
always, the local PBS channel) in analog format.

twfsa wrote:
Anyone useing a cable card in there HDTV , what kind of set is it, and
are you encountering problems, Do you know the brand of cable card?

Who's your cable provider?

Thanks

Tom

Cable card and HDTV
 

"twfsa" wrote in message
news:[email protected]
I have a Toshiba and it has a TV guide on screen system, I don't know what
that would have to do with the cable card as I am not a expert on the
subject.

I have had a problem with the set loosing its channel memory, with in the
800 series channels, Toshiba sent me a firm ware update that seems to
addressed that memory problem.

Now I am having trouble with the 800 series channels, I get a tileing
effect on the screen when I want to view 815(HBO) that also effects 805
808 809 local HD channels,same on screen tileing. If I go up to a 820 821
822 823 and tune in a HD channel, then go back to the 805 808 809 channels
there fine,but 8150 HBO is still messed up.

So what I did was turn off the set eject the card, turn on the set
,re-insert the card wait a few seconds and while the card aquires the
channels and all the channels are fine, including HBO.

I think I know what I may be doing to cause this tileing effect waiting to
see if my theory plays out. I think I may be selecting channels to fast
when I first turn on the TV, I think I need to turn on the set, wait a few
seconds maybe 10 or so,wait till the card stabilizes, then select a
channel I want. I think that by selecting channels to soon it confuses the
card.


If I am right this is bull****, but I can live with it.

Sometimes turning off the TV, and then unplugging it for 30 seconds works
also. That forces a cable card reboot.

Tam

Cable card and HDTV
 

I may try that next time.

TOm


"Tam/WB2TT" wrote in message
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"twfsa" wrote in message
news:[email protected]
I have a Toshiba and it has a TV guide on screen system, I don't know what
that would have to do with the cable card as I am not a expert on the
subject.

I have had a problem with the set loosing its channel memory, with in the
800 series channels, Toshiba sent me a firm ware update that seems to
addressed that memory problem.

Now I am having trouble with the 800 series channels, I get a tileing
effect on the screen when I want to view 815(HBO) that also effects 805
808 809 local HD channels,same on screen tileing. If I go up to a 820
821 822 823 and tune in a HD channel, then go back to the 805 808 809
channels there fine,but 8150 HBO is still messed up.

So what I did was turn off the set eject the card, turn on the set
,re-insert the card wait a few seconds and while the card aquires the
channels and all the channels are fine, including HBO.

I think I know what I may be doing to cause this tileing effect waiting
to see if my theory plays out. I think I may be selecting channels to
fast when I first turn on the TV, I think I need to turn on the set, wait
a few seconds maybe 10 or so,wait till the card stabilizes, then select a
channel I want. I think that by selecting channels to soon it confuses
the card.


If I am right this is bull****, but I can live with it.

Sometimes turning off the TV, and then unplugging it for 30 seconds works
also. That forces a cable card reboot.

Tam

Cable card and HDTV
 

I have a JVC HD-61Z786 with cable card installed for about 1.5 months
now. Works good. HD quality seems quite good. I have Charter with a
Motorola card. Charter was not very encouraging when I asked for the
cable card, and they politely tried to steer me towards a Moxi box to
decode the HD instead.

I actually had then install both the Moxi and the cable card when they
came out. They thought I was a bit nuts wanting both, but for $2 per
month more, I wanted to see how cable card worked. It gave me some
viewing/recording flexibility too.

It took some effort on their tech's part to get the card to work; The
trick being that the cable signal had to be split and run into both the
analog and digital cable input on the back of the TV. I'll add that
Charter here in Reno NV are pleasant to work with worked hard to get it
all hooked up.

Cable card and HDTV
 

"kingmiwok" wrote in message
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It took some effort on their tech's part to get the card to work; The
trick being that the cable signal had to be split and run into both the
analog and digital cable input on the back of the TV.

Was that to get TV Guide to work?

Tam