TWC To Add New HD On or After 3/20/08

[Thombil]

Below is what is listed on the TWC website:

Time Warner Cable (excluding former Adelphia customers)
Time Warner Cable’s agreements with programmers to carry their services routinely expire from time to time. We are usually able to obtain renewals or extensions of such agreements, and carriage of programming services is discontinued only in rare circumstances. The following agreements with programmers are due to expire soon, and we may be required to cease carriage of one or more of these services in the near future.
History International, Weather Channel, Showtime/The Movie Channel, History Channel, Hallmark, Game Show Network, Biography, A&E, all Starz/Encore channels, Fox Sports Net Ohio, Cartoon Network On Demand, TBS On Demand, TNT On Demand, Court TV On Demand, CNN On Demand, TCM On Demand, Adult Swim On Demand, Sleuth, Universal HD, USA, Oxygen On Demand, Inspirational Life, BBC On Demand.
In addition, from time to time we make certain changes in the services that we offer in order to better serve our customers. The following changes are planned to occur on or after 3/20/2008:


The following networks will be added to the HD Variety Tier: Sports Time Ohio HD (Ch. 752), National Geographic Channel HD (Ch. 761), A&E HD (Ch. 766), and HGTV HD (Ch. 768). The following networks will remain on the Digital Movie Tier, but will change positions: Encore WAM will move from Ch. 150 to Ch. 180, Encore Love will move from Ch. 151 to Ch. 181, Encore Westerns will move from Ch. 152 to Ch. 182, Encore Mystery will move from Ch. 153 to Ch. 183, Encore Action will move from Ch. 154 to Ch. 184, Encore Drama will move from Ch. 155 to Ch. 185, Encore West will move from Ch. 156 to Ch. 186, Sundance Channel will move from Ch. 157 to Ch. 187, Fox Movie Channel will move from Ch. 158 to Ch. 188, and Independent Film Channel will move from Ch. 159 to Ch. 189. Disney On Demand will move from Ch. 319 to Ch. 134. BBC America will move from Ch. 71 on the Standard Tier to Ch. 151 on the Digital Variety Tier. Discovery Health will move from Ch. 72 on the Standard Tier to Ch. 152 on the Digital Variety Tier. Jewelry Television will move from Ch. 69 on the Standard Tier to Ch. 167 on the Digital Variety Tier. MTV2 will move from Ch. 73 to Ch. 69, but will remain on the Standard Tier. AZN Television will be terminating operations on or before April 9th, 2008, and will be taken off air.
Time Warner Cable
1015 Olentangy River Rd.
Columbus, OH 43212

The on or after scares me a little but I guess it's something positive.

Can't believe Food TV HD isn't included. My wife won't be a happy camper.

[d_leming]

I just saw a commercial on Time Warner Cable (Channel 51 - Comedy Central) that A&E HD will be available on March 18, 2008. The channel number listed on the commercial was the same as the one above. They were advertising that Gene Simmons reality tv show that is broadcast in HD.

[mikegodwin]

We already get Sports Time Ohio HD. It on during baseball season.

I'll like National Geographic Channel HD & A&E HD.

My wife will kill for HGTV HD.

Can we please get SciFi HD??

[darkfiber]

Do we know if these channels are Switched Digital Channels? (If they are they won't work on Cable Card devices).

I would also like to see...

Discovery Channel HD (different than HD Theater)
Science Channel HD
TLC HD
Animal Planet HD

[Lotheron]

Originally Posted by darkfiber Do we know if these channels are Switched Digital Channels? (If they are they won't work on Cable Card devices). I would also like to see... Discovery Channel HD (different than HD Theater) Science Channel HD TLC HD Animal Planet HD

I'm sorry, but you will most likely be waiting a while for these, at least 6 months. If possible, I highly recommend going to a dish. I went with D* last November and haven't looked back.

[darkfiber]

Originally Posted by Lotheron I'm sorry, but you will most likely be waiting a while for these, at least 6 months. If possible, I highly recommend going to a dish. I went with D* last November and haven't looked back.

I am a die-hard Tivo user. I have a Tivo Series 3 with 1.5TB (200 HRS of HD recording) that I have invested a fair amount of money in. The other DVR's from satellite and cable do not even come close. If DirectTV still offered Tivo based DVR's I would be seriously considering them.

[spudohio]

Originally Posted by Lotheron I'm sorry, but you will most likely be waiting a while for these, at least 6 months. If possible, I highly recommend going to a dish. I went with D* last November and haven't looked back.

If anyone in these forums would like to come to my place to cut down a tree in my neighbor's yard, I would love to switch to a satellite provider.

Otherwise, I'm stuck bitching about Time Warner and their paltry HD line up.

[Lotheron]

Originally Posted by darkfiber I am a die-hard Tivo user. I have a Tivo Series 3 with 1.5TB (200 HRS of HD recording) that I have invested a fair amount of money in. The other DVR's from satellite and cable do not even come close. If DirectTV still offered Tivo based DVR's I would be seriously considering them.

That 200 hours of recording doesn't mean much when theres only 10-15 channels to choose from. Besides, what about the SDV switch, isn't that going to affect what channels you are able to receive? The recent software upgrades for the HR20/21 have made a world of difference in the DVR capabilities for DirecTv. It's no Tivo that's for sure, but it does some things very well.

[darkfiber]

Originally Posted by Lotheron That 200 hours of recording doesn't mean much when theres only 10-15 channels to choose from. Besides, what about the SDV switch, isn't that going to affect what channels you are able to receive? The recent software upgrades for the HR20/21 have made a world of difference in the DVR capabilities for DirecTv. It's no Tivo that's for sure, but it does some things very well.

Actually I have managed to come close to filling up that 200 hours. You would be surprised how fast you can fill it up.

There is a device called the "Tuning Resolver" coming around Q2 of this year that will allow the Cable Card based Tivo's to receive SDV channels.

http://www.ncta.com/ReleaseType/Medi...e&type=reltyp1

[betona]

Well, it's a start.

In addition to the channels listed above, I'd want CNN, Cinemax, Weather and Speed.