NEW ORLANDO HD CHANNELS 9/5/09

[chi-town_N_orlando]

all the channels are working now at least in my place,,,i ntoiced around noon

[iceturkee]

yup, that's about the time i noticed those channels went live here. looking forward to the cubs game on wgn hd sunday. ah, the joys of now having satellite and cable

[The Insider]

They are turning them on during the game. They will have a "prop" switch that they will turn it on and annouce the winners of the HDTVs as well.

[raysgrumpy]

I called this morning at 10 and was told you could go to the channels but they weren't up on the guide yet. When I got home, they were all there!

[jcarrera]

Still looking for the list of what is in which tier...

"free" (as in included in digital tier)?
cinema packages?
sports package?
other?

Sure can't find it on the BHN web site.
For that matter, you can never find anything useful on the site; 90% self promotion, not information.

[The Insider]

Well "free" as in if you have an HD box you get it. BHN does not charge "extra" for its base HD package. the HD box costs the same as the regular digial box.

Although here is the info you looking for


http://cfl.brighthouse.com/products_...s/default.aspx

[jcarrera]

. the HD box costs the same as the regular digial box.

Although here is the info you looking for


HD Channel Offering - Bright House Networks Central Florida

Great. thanks for that link. I have to admit, I had seen that page, but did not see the 'free' label at the top of the list. My bad. Also, there was no effective date for the list, so I was not sure it was the updated one.

As for "the HD box costs the same as the regular digial box" wow, that is REALLY confusing. When I went in to exchange the 2nd STB box I recently got for the new HDTV (because the one the installer left did not have an HDMI port), I toyed with the idea of getting a DVR instead of the standard one, and the rep wanted to charge WAAAAAYYY more for the DVR than for the regular one.

[The Insider]

DVR is different. By "regular" I mean the standard digital box. The HD dvrs I do believe cost slightly more then the standard dvr (because the HD DVR has such a larger harddrive and costs so much more to aquire vs a standard DVR) Whereas the Standard box and HD Box (non-dvrs) the cost difference is minute.

[josem3]

BHN again on step behind the competition. NO NFL network HD and the new channel, NFL RED ZONE HD. Come on BHN.

[The Insider]

Send the NFL an letter and tell them to allow cable companies to put the channel on seperate tiers. Why should EVERY cable customer pay for a channel less then half want to watch that is that expensive? Itd be different if the NFL wanted a reasonable rate for the channel. I mean there are tons of channels that only a small % watch but guess what. They dont want to charge over 1$ per subscriber.

Dont make me get into my ESPN rant. ESPN commands near 3$ per subscriber.. That means about 3$ of EVERY single person who has cable/satellite goes directly to ESPN. Guess what else? ESPN still fills there screen with commercials as well. So there are what there is at least 30-40million cable customers (not inlcuding the dish/direc folks) thats near 100million$ a month ESPN gets just in subscribers. Ya know HBO doesnt even come close to that and yet they have no commercials and do just fine..