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#16
ArgMeMatey, have you tried moving your antenna to your roof?  Being in Shorewood/Milwaukee east side you should have near perfect reception all the time.  You said you have a new roof, unless it's a metal roof, that should be good enough.  Possibly though you have a very old coax cable that is being fed from your Antenna to TV, that has splits in it.  Maybe the antenna on the roof plus a new RG6 coax cable would solve it.  Possibly a preamp.  You wouldn't need an amp that close.  

I grew up in Shorewood and remember how horrible Ch 4, 6, 10 and 12 were with TWC because the OTA signal intereferred w/ the cable signal and caused ghosting and lines across the screen.

I now live in Greenfield and have https://www.amazon.com/Antennas-Direct-C2-ClearStream-Television/dp/B0017O3UHI an antenna like this in my attic pointed North toward the towers.  I have it split 6 ways, newer roof which is 1 layer of GAF asphalt shingles.  signal comes in 99% of the time near perfect signal always.  

MrProster: I envy you.  I wish I could pick up Chicago OTA.  Specifically Chicago CBS and Fox to tap into the Chicago NFL market (for the record not a Bears fan)
#17
Milwaukee HDTV Equipment / Question on selling a Tivo
Tuesday Feb 02, 2016, 08:37:33 PM
Another question for you Loadstar (and others).  I am debating selling one of my Series 3 HDs with lifetime service.  

How do I go about doing that (like on ebay), simply sell it.  Do I need to release it from my account, so then the new buyer simply adds it to his account?
#18
Thanks!

When I had my two S3 HDs in December I did a self install.   I called normal customer service and got India (as it was late on a Saturday).  They referred me to the Cable Card support line, 866-532-2598.
#19
Loadstar, this is a question directed at you, but anyone who knows.

I'm going to buy a Tivo Bolt.  I am most likely going to sell one of my Tivo Series 3 HD.  Can I take out the cable card and rehook my TA to the Bolt or would I have to call TWC to pair the CC/TA to the Bolt?

Also I used to have the 1TB DVR Extender external hard drive.  That crapped out.  I want to get a new external HD for the Bolt, are there others out there that would work, whether ESATA or USB?
#20
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / Other TV competitors
Wednesday Jan 20, 2016, 06:58:36 PM
The mention of the Charter/TWC acquisition made me think of this.  

In Milwaukee, we can choose between Uverse, TWC or Direct TV or Dish.  Why don't we also have a choice to get Cox, Charter or Comcast (I wouldn't want them, but wouldn't mind having the choice)?  

Any idea when Verizon Fios might be in Milwaukee?
#21
NOT wanting to get a cable box, what alternatives are there besides a cable card?  Isn't there a really small box that can be hooked up via HDMI that's only $1.00 or $2.00 a month?
#22
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / Former SD channels now in HD (TWC)
Wednesday Dec 30, 2015, 06:56:53 PM
It's been a while since I posted.

I still have my Tivo Series 3 HD.  Just got TWC back w/ multi stream cable card and Tuning Adapter.

 I've noticed that SD channels such as 6, 10, 30 appear to be in HD just like 1006, 1010 and 1301.  My tivo is set to Native to switch from 480i, 480p, 720p, or 1080i. On those regular SD channels the picture still looks great and the Tivo stays in either 720p or 1080i. Is this normal?  Loadstar, are you still around?
#23
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / WVTV to get movie subchannel
Sunday Jul 06, 2014, 06:53:19 PM
I agree with Loadstar, that TWC works great for the most part.  While I don't have TV anymore, I always thought road runner works great.  

Yea it's true I asked a few weeks ago about DSL, but just trying to see if there was any competition out there.

I heard Uverse throttles your speed if you go over.
#24
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / WVTV to get movie subchannel
Thursday Jun 26, 2014, 06:51:36 PM
A movie channel wouldn't be the worst thing, whether it's older movies or not.  I think it's better than a weather, cooking, or music channel.  Maybe a sports channel would be better, to air brewer games.
#25
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / High Speed Internet
Friday Jun 13, 2014, 07:59:37 PM
Thanks for the response.  

I was just wondering about alternatives to TWC road runner.  I agree that TWC road runner is done right.  I got ride of cable TV, have gone to 2 meg internet for 20 some dollars a month.  

It sounds like DSL is just awful so I won't go there.  I do not want to have to go to Uverse for TV and internet so I was just trying to see about alternatives to maybe see if I could pull additional leverage w/ TWC.  

As for FSN with Brewers games.  I think the days of them being on OTA is long gone.  It has to do with ratings and how they get more money for being on cable only.  In fact I read this year how the World series will be the only thing on OTA, all other playoffs will be MLB network and TBS.  Prior years they would have at least one of the Pennants on Fox.  But that would be nice to have FSN on 6.3.  It's all about money and ratings.  

I work with a guy who used to be a TWC employee (15 or so years ago).  He told me that if you have an amp, all that is doing is putting a band aid on a bigger issue.  I have an amp in my attic and would love to get rid of it.  I know I have slightly older cables in my attic.  If TWC came and put a new line up, is it true they could get ride of the amp?
#26
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / High Speed Internet
Tuesday May 27, 2014, 09:11:11 PM
With Time Warner going to Comcast to then give Milwaukee to Charter, I have been debating trying another high speed internet.  

Other than AT&T Uverse, are there any good deals for DSL or other high speed services in the Milwaukee area.  Do you need a phone line with DSL?  If anyone has DSL, how much do you pay a month and how fast is it?  Do they have tech support with techs that arrive within a day to fix any problems?
#27
Hi Loadstar and other CC/TA users.  Have you been having issues with your SDV channels?  It seems that most of them are not available, not sure if I need to call TWC to have them reboot my TA.
#28
Milwaukee HDTV Equipment / Cable Card Tuning Adapter Question
Tuesday Feb 25, 2014, 11:46:34 AM
To Loadstar, and others.  I have two TiVo series 3 HD boxes.  Both TiVos have a multi stream cable card and tuning adapter.  I am thinking of buying a TiVo Roamio.  

If I bought a Roamio, I probably would NOT get a third Cable Card/TA.  I would probably put one of the Series 3 into another room and not use a Cable Card/TA, mainly because I don't use that room that much.  

Can I take a CC/TA out of one of the Series 3 and put into the new Roamio, or would this require me to call TWC to reactivate/pair it with the Roamio?
#29
Latest News / Comcast buying Time Warner Cable
Thursday Feb 13, 2014, 08:28:09 PM
Thanks for the info Loadstar.  You said TWC uses Copy Control the most which I can say is true, all I can transfer is over the air channels, do we know for sure if Comcast allows it differently?
#30
Latest News / Comcast buying Time Warner Cable
Thursday Feb 13, 2014, 10:15:20 AM
speaking of TiVo and cable .   is it true that comcast allows two way multi streaming cable cards.....no more need for a tuning adapter or SDV?  

and what about copy control being able to transfer shows from one TiVo the other.   I thought I remembered hearing how TWC was the only provider using copy control and one way cable cards