What does the digital cable channel lineup look like in your area ???

[pez2002]

here is mine



101 WEATHERSCAN LOCAL



102 ESPNEWS



105 C-SPAN 3



109 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL



110 THE SCIENCE CHANNEL



111 DISCOVERY TIMES



112 DISCOVERY WINGS



113 DISCOVERY HOME & LEISURE



114 BBC AMERICA



115 BIOGRAPHY



116 HISTORY INTERNATIONAL



120 SOAP NET



121 DIY - DO IT YOURSELF



122 FIne Living



130 DISCOVERY KIDS



131 NOGGIN



132 NICK TOO



133 GAS - NICK GAMES & SPORTS



134 WAM!



135 TOON DISNEY



138 G4



140 MTV 2



141 MTV Español



142 MTV JAMS



143 VH1 CLASSIC



144 VH1 SOUL



145 VH1 COUNTRY



150 ENCORE EAST



151 ENCORE WEST



152 ENCORE ACTION EAST



153 ENCORE ACTION WEST



154 ENCORE MYSTERY EAST



155 ENCORE MYSTERY WEST



156 ENCORE LOVE STORIES EAST



157 ENCORE LOVE STORIES WEST



158 ENCORE TRUE STORIES EAST



159 ENCORE TRUE STORIES WEST



160 ENCORE WESTERNS EAST



161 ENCORE WESTERNS WEST



165 SUNDANCE CHANNEL EAST



166 SUNDANCE CHANNEL WEST



170 FLIX EAST



171 FLIX WEST



173 Comcast Sportsnet HDTV



180 ABC HD -- WPVI-6



181 NBC HD -- WCAU-10



190 PBS HD -- WHYY-12



200 - 210 COMCAST iNDEMAND


201 - 235 COMCAST iNDEMAND


224 - 230 Comcast iNDEMAND/NASCAR


250 - 252 PLAYBOY


251 SPICE



252 SPICE 2



253 PLEASURE



254 HOT NETWORK



280 SHOPNBC



300 HBO HDTV



301 HBO EAST



302 HBO 2 EAST



303 HBO SIGNATURE EAST



304 HBO FAMILY EAST



305 HBO COMEDY EAST



306 HBO WEST



307 HBO 2 WEST



308 HBO SIGNATURE WEST



309 HBO FAMILY WEST



310 HBO ZONE EAST



311 HBO LATINO EAST



312 HBO LATINO WEST



320 CINEMAX EAST



321 MORE MAX EAST



322 CINEMAX WEST



323 MORE MAX WEST



324 ACTION MAX EAST



325 THRILLER MAX EAST



326 ACTION MAX WEST



327 WMAX EAST



328 @MAX EAST



329 5 STAR MAX EAST



330 OUTER MAX EAST



339 SHOWTIME HDTV



340 SHOWTIME EAST



341 SHOWTIME TOO EAST



342 SHOWTIME SHOWCASE EAST



343 SHOWTIME WEST



344 SHOWTIME TOO WEST



345 SHOWTIME SHOWCASE WEST



346 SHOWTIME BEYOND EAST



347 SHOWTIME EXTREME EAST



348 SHOWTIME EXTREME WEST



349 SHOWTIME BEYOND WEST



350 TMC - THE MOVIE CHANNEL EAST



351 TMC - THE MOVIE CHANNEL WEST



352 TMC - THE MOVIE CHANNEL XTRA EAST



353 TMC - THE MOVIE CHANNEL XTRA WEST



360 FLIX EAST



361 FLIX WEST



370 STARZ! EAST



371 STARZ! THEATER



372 BLACK STARZ!



373 STARZ! WEST



374 STARZ! FAMILY



375 STARZ! CINEMA EAST



376 STARZ! CINEMA WEST



380 ENCORE EAST



381 ENCORE WEST



401 SHOWCASE (DIGITAL MUSIC)



402 TODAY'S COUNTRY (DIGITAL MUSIC)



403 CLASSIC COUNTRY (DIGITAL MUSIC)



404 AMERICANA (DIGITAL MUSIC)



405 BLUEGRASS (DIGITAL MUSIC)



406 R&B and HIP-HOP (DIGITAL MUSIC)



407 CLASSIC R&B (DIGITAL MUSIC)



408 SMOOTH R&B (DIGITAL MUSIC)



409 RAP (DIGITAL MUSIC)



410 METAL (DIGITAL MUSIC)



411 ROCK (DIGITAL MUSIC)



412 POWER ROCK (DIGITAL MUSIC)



413 CLASSIC ROCK (DIGITAL MUSIC)



414 ALTERNATIVE ROCK (DIGITAL MUSIC)



415 ELECTRONICA (DIGITAL MUSIC)



416 DANCE (DIGITAL MUSIC)



417 PROGRESSIVE (DIGITAL MUSIC)



418 SOFT ROCK (DIGITAL MUSIC)



419 HIT LIST (DIGITAL MUSIC)



420 PARTY FAVORITES (DIGITAL MUSIC)



421 80's (DIGITAL MUSIC)



422 NEW WAVE (DIGITAL MUSIC)



423 70's (DIGITAL MUSIC)



424 SOLID GOLD OLDIES (DIGITAL MUSIC)



425 SINGERS & STANDARDS (DIGITAL MUSIC)



426 BIG BAND & SWING (DIGITAL MUSIC)



427 EASY LISTENING (DIGITAL MUSIC)



428 SMOOTH JAZZ (DIGITAL MUSIC)



429 JAZZ (DIGITAL MUSIC)



430 BLUES (DIGITAL MUSIC)



431 REGGAE (DIGITAL MUSIC)



432 SOUNDSCAPES (DIGITAL MUSIC)



433 CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES (DIGITAL MUSIC)



434 OPERA (DIGITAL MUSIC)



435 LIGHT CLASSICAL (DIGITAL MUSIC)



436 SHOW TUNES (DIGITAL MUSIC)



437 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN (DIGITAL MUSIC)



438 GOSPEL (DIGITAL MUSIC)



439 FOR KIDS ONLY (DIGITAL MUSIC)



440 SOUNDS OF THE SEASONS (DIGITAL MUSIC)



441 MUSICA LATINA (DIGITAL MUSIC)



442 SALSA MERENGUE (DIGITAL MUSIC)



443 ROCK 'EN ESPANOL (DIGITAL MUSIC)



444 LATIN LOVE SONGS (DIGITAL MUSIC)



445 MEXICANA (DIGITAL MUSIC)



630 RUSSIAN CHANNEL



635 OTHER -- ZHONG TIAN CHANNEL



700 - 707 ESPN PPV


750 - 761 NBA LEAGUE PASS


751 - 761 NBA LEAGUE PASS


771 - 780 NHL / MLB PPV


900 - 909 CUSTOMER EDUCATION CHANNEL








Now i can see why Digital cable sux


And i had it for 2 fricken Years












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[guest]

do you have comcast? Looks very similar to comcast nj

[Cyclone]

That is one of the most un-readable lists I have even seen. Double-Spaced and all CAPS. You outta be slapped. :D

But I do agree, that list sucks too. Its about the same as my Comcast digital offering. Sticking with Dish.

[DarrellP]

Don't know, don't care, won't go there. The cable line to my house is severed, never to be reconnected as long as I live there.

[CrankyYankee]

Out of all those channels, I saw nine that I might use with some degree of regular viewing.

Nine.

But, that's just me.

[ChrisPC]

That looks similar to my local cable lineup too, total junk. BTW, the cheapest package here is less than 60 channels for 47 bucks a month!

DarrellP, I totally agree. Once, a tree took our old cable drop down and a week later one of their trucks drove over it. The installer had the most puzzled look when I told him I didn't need it fixed!

[Brett]

What channels are missing that you want?

Yes, I know its not the best lineup, but I get most channels I want from Comcast. I'd like some more music stations like BET Jazz, MTV Hits, VH1 Mega Hits and Fuse.

In Camden County, Comcast carries Canales N spanish package also, but doesnt carry the Russian or Chinese channel. Comcast doesnt advertise the spanish package though as they havent added it to all Comcasts. It was inherited from when my cable system was Garden State Cable (half TKR, half Comcast owned back then).

I think Comcast wants to break away from Canales N, and directly create their own package.

(I desire CCSN and the premiums on DirecTV though).

Service Electric in Allentown offers the best lineup in the Philadelphia market. And S.E. is a much much smaller cable system than Comcast. (Its bit contradictory that Comcast has more leverage for better program rates, but they offer LESS for a HIGHER price).

[TopCat99]

No digi cable here. Same analog system that's been around since 1967 :)

Closest digital system is about 10 miles away. But even if Icould get that (rather nice) system, I'd stick with Dish

[IndyMichael]

Originally posted by DarrellP
Don't know, don't care, won't go there. The cable line to my house is severed, never to be reconnected as long as I live there.

That's funny, Comcast sent a guy out to cut my cable line too, when I canceled their digital service and switched to Dish. Like I'd go back to cable. :rolleyes:

[timf]

I'm about to move so I made a lineup comparison of the the 2 cable providers (WideOpenWest and Comcast) along with DIRECTV. Each provider has some unique channels as well as missing channels that the other 2 have. However, it seems that DIRECTV has a better overall selection of channels, assuming you don't care about premium channel multiplexes.

You can see the grid at http://www.timf.com/channels.html

[Chris Freeland]

Yes, the channel lineup at the top of the page must be CoNcast, same digital line up as CoNcast Chattanooga and here the analog basic, which they call Preferred service only consists of 64 channels including 8 locals. Their are a handful of channels, many of which are west feeds that E* does not have, none that I have a big burden for, E* has many more channels that CoNcast does not have.

[DarrellP]

What's even more funny about my severed cable line is that it is being used to feed the 61.5 Dish signal to my 6000 receiver. I just bought this house and the previous occupants had Dish and were using it for their 3900. The Dish installer is the one who cut the cable originally.

I have since installed new cable runs from my Dish 500 for my 501 and future 921.

[raj2001]

Time Warner in NYC's list is actually better than D* or E*.

Just go to http://www.twcnyc.com and you'll see.

However, TWCNYC doesn't yet offer digital service on my street.
RCN does though:

http://www.rcn.com/cabletv/lineupDetails.php?lineupID=23


RCN is a nice alternative to Time Warner if you're in the right neighborhood. If your building is feeding off their microwave system, however, don't even bother because they'll only give you 68 analog channels. Cable modem is also a royal pain in those buildings, as it's one way with analog phone line return. Not much better than dialup. I heard they're upgrading those buildings to fiber though.

I have their cable internet service and it's simply superb. I don't want cable TV though, because I simply can't do without my TiVo.

[Brett]

In Allentown, PA there lineup is better than Philly. More channels and at a much lower cost. (Service competes with RCN there).

http://www.sectv.com/lineups2.shtml?id=2

Except for MTV Hits, Fine Living, Wisdom and some small channels I dont know any basic cable channels they are missing.

They have a decent HDTV selection for those into HDTV. DirecTV probably leads in sports packages, but Service offers Comcast SportsNet. Allentown cable though only carries 1 PBS outlet WLVT 39 (PBS). They dont carry the VHF Philadelphia PBS WHYY 12, or NJN or WYBE.