Milwaukee HDTV User Group

Cool...hadn't checked in a while and saw they were finally bonding 8 channels (30/5 tier on a 5341J)

Finally got these suckers.  I ordered 2 for my parents on 8/5...that order was for some reason held up and was never shipped.  I went to the Southridge store today with my dad.  The service rep acknowledged the existing order - said my dad was already being charged the .99/box for the boxes that never shipped.  twc dude cancelled that order and set us up under the free box promotion and gave us 2 new boxes.

So if you're being charged for the boxes, I'd be on the phone raising a fuss.

Quote from: ArgMeMatey;59620Did you note what factory firmware the 5341J came with, and whether that changed after you plugged in to Time Warner?  When you get a chance can you please post the current firmware version?

I didn't note what the firmware was before now, but it shows 5.5.4.9J now.  I'm guessing that's what it shipped with because that firmware has been around since last summer.

Ahhh...nevermind.  Some poking around dslreports revealed this to be normal.

I see most everyone here bought the 6141...I decided to try the 5341J.  No issues so far.

What is everyone seeing for # of bonded downstream channels?  I've got standard 15/1 (or 16/1.2 ... whatever it is now).   I'm only seeing 4  channels down, 1 channel up - is that normal for 15/1 in the milwaukee market?  If I were to upgrade to one of the wideband tiers, would I see the full 8x4?

I guess I'll have to get my parents a couple of these - which model did you get? The Cisco version?  Are these capable of tuning the local HDs above 1000 (e.g. WTMJ is 1004 instead of 4.1)?

Analog service begins on 3 (TBS) and ends on 66 (FoodNetwork).  I'm pretty sure there's nothing on 2 - used to be TVGuide channel.

I cancelled my video sevice in May, not because of any issues with my cablecard service, just because the tv season was over and I lost interest in watching the Brewers.  We'll see what fall brings.

Congrats! - Just don't expect to get 17 years out of a LCD/LED tv - it's probably a 50/50 shot it'll last more than 5 years.  Hope you bought a warranty.  My Dad's  Toshiba TV conked out just a few months shy of his Best Buy 4 YR warranty running out.

Snard - I can't help you much with general usabilty for driving the main TV in the house.  The HTPC is still in 'experiment' phase and I don't have it hooked up to my TV (plus I don't have a WMC remote yet).  I watch all recorded content sitting at the computer in a second bedroom - all recording done with Windows Media Center on windows 7.  I experimented with windows 8 but I had some issues getting it to wake from sleep 100% reliably so I went back to windows 7.  My main (and only tv) is hooked up to a Samsung smt-h3050 from TW - I haven't decided if I'm going to give the box back yet.  I still occasionally use the free on-demand stuff.

My experience with TWC and my HDHR Prime has been nearly flawless.  The only negative is you can't pop into the area TW stores and pick up a cable card and tuning adapter.  You have to order online and wait - in my case I waited over 2 weeks to get them.  I got the card activated on Dec 26th - I've recorded 50-75 shows/movies in the interim just to torture test the setup and I haven't had a recording failure yet.

I wasn't quite as lucky with the original Prime - I bought it refurbished off Woot in early November.  When I got it, I tested it recording off clear QAM as I hadn't received the cable card yet.  One of the 3 tuners would not record - I sent it back to Silicon Dust for replacement and to my surprise they seemed to replace it with a new unit (the box wasn't marked refurb as the original was).  I'd definately buy another Prime if I needed more tuners - I'm done with Woot though.