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Mar
27

Time Warner Cable Rolls Out New HD Channels

On next Thursday (4/2), Time Warner Cable will add several new HD channels to the High Definition tier:

  • AMC HD – Channel 244
  • FX HD – Channel 245
  • Outdoor Channel HD – Channel 247 (subscription to Digital Sports and Games tier required)
  • Travel Channel HD – Channel 248
  • Science Channel HD – Channel 249
  • HBO West HD – Channel 413 (subscription to HBO required)
  • Showtime West HD – Channel 453 (subscription to Showtime required)

The channels will presumably be offered via SDV, so a Time Warner set-top box or DVR will be required for tuning. As with other recent roll-outs, CableCard customers will be left out of these channels (for which they are paying).

  • http://www.keefermadness.com Ryan Keefer

    Actually, Time Warner Cable is rolling out the SDV Adapters in our area now. I got a letter last week, and received my SDV adapter this past Tuesday (3/24). Had it setup in minutes, and unlocked a ton of HD content for our HD TiVo. Granted, cablecard customers with the cards in their TVs themselves are still SOL.

    • http://www.danamccall.com Dana

      Thanks for the heads up, Ryan! I’ll keep my eyes peeled for my letter.

  • http://www.keefermadness.com Ryan Keefer

    Dana, I wouldn’t wait for a letter at this point actually. The letter pointed you to their site to order your adapter:
    http://www.timewarnercable.com/Carolinas/learn/cable/sdv/default.html

    I ordered Thursday, and had it the following Tuesday. Setup was a breeze, though I did have to use their site’s tech chat thing to get them to send a signal to it to allow all the SDV HD channels to show up.

  • http://mynetworkproject.blogspot.com/ Andres Echevarria

    Unfortunately I don’t think the tuning adapters work with Windows Media Center yet even though we were promised an update. I still signed up for it just in case.

    Of course I still believe that Windows Media Center will have DirecTV support this fall and I can finally leave the SDV madness behind because I am tired of paying for channels I don’t get.

  • MikeB

    Too late. AT&T U-Verse will be installed at my house this Wednesday. Faster internet, more channels, and more features for less than I pay TWC each month

  • Isaac

    Mike, if you don’t mind my asking, what part of Raleigh do you live in?

  • MikeB

    I’m Six Forks and Spring Forest/Lynn area. Service became available to me about 2-3 weeks ago. First saw the trucks doing work at neighborhood nodes in December but in mid-January to early February I was seeing 3-4 trucks a day all around the area.

    If you wanted to check out pricing and such then here is an address for a vacant foreclosure house in the area:

    6733 Eastbrook Dr
    Raleigh NC 27615

  • Isaac

    Eh, I tried that address and it’s saying it’s not available. Oh well…

Posted by Dana on March 27, 2009 | Tags: TV . | ( 8 ) Comments

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