IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

[Zach]

Has any new areas Aquired the IS2? Still no Xinity Headends have it yet.

I just tuned into TWC HD today for like the first time in a month and I'm happy to announce that Cincinnati/Covington/NKY has the IS 2 now

Edit: We still have the XL too just in case if anyone's wondering.

An XL AND an IS2? And in Cincinnati...?

Burlington, KY

Also Rob, any news on how your h/e faced the situations towards the Insight/TW Cable merger?

[Eric]

An XL AND an IS2? And in Cincinnati...?

It's not at weird as it seems.  The Star for the SD feed and the Star for the HD feed are two separate pieces of equipment.  It's very possible for one headend to spend the money for an IS2 without upgrading the SD Star, and it's also possible for the HD star to be located at a different headend that just feeds the channel and IS2 into the more local headend.

[Robert]

Has any new areas Aquired the IS2? Still no Xinity Headends have it yet.

I just tuned into TWC HD today for like the first time in a month and I'm happy to announce that Cincinnati/Covington/NKY has the IS 2 now

Edit: We still have the XL too just in case if anyone's wondering.

An XL AND an IS2? And in Cincinnati...?

Burlington, KY

Also Rob, any news on how your h/e faced the situations towards the Insight/TW Cable merger?

Andy: Yep I have the XL AND The IS 2. Interesting fact too, the XL reports for Cincinnati Int'l but the IS 2 reports for Covington.  I don't know.. I just find that interesting lol 

Zach: I don't know much, but when the cable guy came and visited to give us new boxes, he did say something about Time Warner taking over. *gulp 

[gt1racerlHDl]

Found under Louisville, KY zip 40201 (Insight)

[KevOwensby]

Our IS2 LOT8's bottom left-hand radar that stays on the length of the run had two additional cities added to it. It's no longer just Topeka. It's now Topeka, Berryton & Silver Lake on there.

EDIT: BTW, those 2 towns are both the first two additional cities on our LDL with Topeka being our main city.

[Charismatic Applesauce]

Our IS2 LOT8's bottom left-hand radar that stays on the length of the run had two additional cities added to it. It's no longer just Topeka. It's now Topeka, Berryton & Silver Lake on there.

EDIT: BTW, those 2 towns are both the first two additional cities on our LDL with Topeka being our main city.

So you mean the sidebar switches between Topeka and the other cities too? So far, I've only seen that on one other IS2.

[KevOwensby]

No, the towns show on the mini radar only. Only Topeka is shown on the sidebar for forecasts.

[gt1racerlHDl]

Comcast in ATL finally got the IS2!

Tavores could you check if your area got it too?

[toxictwister00]

Comcast in ATL finally got the IS2!

Tavores could you check if your area got it too?

Wish I could, but I don't have HD cable box on my HDTV so I can't view TWCHD.

[Eric]

Wish I could, but I don't have HD cable box on my HDTV

That's a shame, and such a waste of an HDTV.  Actually, among those I know in real life who have an HDTV, the vast majority receive primarily or only SDTV stations.  Some don't realize what a waste that is.  Others do realize it, but are unwilling or unable to pay extra for HDTV programming.

As I'm in the minority of my acquaintances who actually does have HDTV programming on my HDTV set, I can say that the difference between SD and HD on an HDTV set is glaring.  That's why I'm so upset that my local cable company doesn't offer the HD feed of TWC.  I wrote a couple of letters - both, apparently, ignored, or at least unanswered.  I called a couple of times.  The first time I was put on "indefinite hold."  The second time they just hung up on me.

[Zach]

Eric, I've been reading up on a forum occasionally that talks about TV services around Central Florida, and according to their sources, both Bright House of Orlando and Tampa Bay are in talks of TWC HD... havent seen any more news on the topic, but it hopefully is by the end of 2011..

[toxictwister00]

Wish I could, but I don't have HD cable box on my HDTV

That's a shame, and such a waste of an HDTV.  Actually, among those I know in real life who have an HDTV, the vast majority receive primarily or only SDTV stations.  Some don't realize what a waste that is.  Others do realize it, but are unwilling or unable to pay extra for HDTV programming.

As I'm in the minority of my acquaintances who actually does have HDTV programming on my HDTV set, I can say that the difference between SD and HD on an HDTV set is glaring.  That's why I'm so upset that my local cable company doesn't offer the HD feed of TWC.  I wrote a couple of letters - both, apparently, ignored, or at least unanswered.  I called a couple of times.  The first time I was put on "indefinite hold."  The second time they just hung up on me.

It is a waste, but until I'm the one in my house paying the cable bill it's out of my hands. Also, my HDTV and the other one we have were "replacement TVs" meaning two of the TVs we had were SD TVs that stopped working so I had the Motorola SD cable box a year before I got this HDTV. When we moved back into our house after some renovations at the time, the cable guy lied and said it was HD compatible so if we decided to get a HDTV we wouldn't have to switch boxes. I'm not sure who he was trying to fool, but I knew that wasn't true, we had that same modeled box before I never recalled seeing any HDMI ports on it. I even told my mom that, but she can be very stubborn. 

[Eric]

Eric, I've been reading up on a forum occasionally that talks about TV services around Central Florida, and according to their sources, both Bright House of Orlando and Tampa Bay are in talks of TWC HD... havent seen any more news on the topic, but it hopefully is by the end of 2011..

Oh, thanks for the update!  It certainly would be nice to have the HD feed here.  IS2 would be even better. 

Are you able to provide me with a link so that I can keep track of this news myself?

[Eric]

What if you were to contribute the additional cost of HD programming and an HD cable box yourself?

Back in the mid-1990s, our cable company introduced its first cable box with an on-screen programming guide.  I wanted one, but my parents didn't want to pay the extra cost of having one in my bedroom, so I paid the extra amount myself.  Later on, when DVRs came in cable boxes, I paid the extra cost of having one in my bedroom.

[WeatherWitness]

Comcast in ATL finally got the IS2!

Tavores could you check if your area got it too?

Interesting that they are still launching the IS2 even after switching to "full-screen" LFs at only :28 and :58 for most programming. I guess this shouldn't stop them from continuing to launch an expensive program they developed within the past year, though.