Campus Cable Problems?

[af102]

I was watching sportscenter 10 min ago and then the cable went out. The 10 analog channels you can still see, but they look pretty bad. Anyone else having this problem? I hope this means metrocast is working on the cable because we aren't picking up all the channels we are supposed to and they are completely out of order.<div>
</div><div>http://www.metrocast.com/MetroCast_MSU_channel_lineup.pdf</div>

 

[af102]

To answer my own post in case anyone had the same problem, re-run a channel scan. They fixed the channels and we now have waaayyy too many.

 

[coach66]

to complete it by the start of football season. I spoke with them yesterday about the HD service for my new Starkville condo that "The Sixpack" was so helpful to me a couple of months ago on our search. Man, we are looking forward to it.

 

[aTotal360]

Is your NatGeo sound jacked up? Since the "upgrade", the audio has be horrible.<div>
</div><div>the new digital stuff looks good, but having to put a dash in the number is a PITA.</div>

 

[boomboommsu]

they're changing to where you'll need a box for most of the channels. easier to bilk the students that way, i suppose. feds require that there be a 'basic' service that doesn't require a box, so they're shifting the crappiest channels to those low numbers to make as crappy a 'basic' package as possible.

whenever i think of terribly run companies, starkville cable is the first to come to mind.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Anyone have a channel lineup that has, well, what the channels ACTUALLY are right now, with all the dashes and such?

Oh, and does anyone else have the problem with the screen size? On our big flatscreen, 80% of the channels come in as full screen (black vertical bars) or just oddly small (black vertical AND horizontal bars)

This is awful.

 

[disappointeddawg]

I think I was in on that thread. What did you end up going with, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[J-Dawg]

Yeah, to get the channels to fall in the order that they are on the TV Guide, you have to go to Metrocast and get a DVR box... regardless of TV type. I have a Sony Bravia and every channel past 19 was jacked up and had to input dashes and wasn't in the correct order. Called metrocast and they said we needed that box, even though on their commercials and website, it says if you have a TV with built in QAM tuner and crap you don't need it.

Also, even though the HD channels were listed on the 'Expanded Basic' lineup, I wasn't picking them up. Called metrocast again, said I needed a HD Converter. I said I have a HD TV, and they said I had to upgrade to 'Digital Expanded Basic' to receive HD channels. I then asked why they even listed the HD channels in the 'Expanded Basic' package... she never fully answered that question.

Metrocast = Worst company in starkville

 

[aTotal360]

SED get the top honors.<div>
</div><div>But you're right about the cable. I subscribe to the "expanded HD" package and pay for a HD/DVR in the living room. In the other rooms I only get ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC in HD (straight coax into the tv, no box). </div><div>
</div><div>What pisses me off the most was the fact I was getting ESPNHD in ALL my rooms before the "upgrade". Since then, no ESPNHD (it was channel 79-9).</div><div>
</div><div>I guesssubscribingto HD doesn't mean you get HD in all your rooms. AND you still can't get PPVs in HD...no UFC in hi-def.</div>

 

[ckDOG]

Problem solved.

 

[coach66]

up at BellGrove on South Montgomery. Honestly, in a two week period before we went up there to look, four of the places we were going to take a look at had already been sold. Real estate holding up well in Starkville.

 

[bulldogbaja]

nt

 

[pDigital32Dawg]

It has caused me much confusion though when I hook up two tvs on the
same cable line they both pick up different channesl when I type in the
same number. So play with this as you wish:

<blockquote style="font-weight: bold;">4
5
6
7 FOX
8 CBS
9 NBC
10 EI
11
12 CW
13 Church?
14 QVC
15 CSPAN
16 CSPAN2
17 HSN
19 ?

24.1 A&E
24.2 BET
24.3 Cartoon Network
24.4 ESPN 1
24.5 Comedy Central
24.6 CNN
24.7 ABC Family
24.8 The Weather Channel
24.9 Food

25.1 HGTV
25.2 Lifetime
25.3 MTV
25.4 Nick@Nite
25.5 Spike
25.6 ESPN 2
25.7 FX
25.9 Peachtree TV

26.1 TBS
26.2 TLC
26.3 TNT
26.4 VH1
26.5 USA

28.1 INSP
28.2 TV Land
28.3 Disney Channel
28.4 Animal Planet
28.5 National Geographic
28.6 History
28.7 SOAP
28.8 E TV
28.9 The CW

29.1 AMC
29.2 SyFy
29.3 CMT
29.4 GAC
29.5 QVC
29.6 Discovery
29.7 C-SPAN2
29.8 HSN
29.9 TRU TV
29.10 Travel Channel
29.11 NBC

30.1 ESPN Classic
30.2 Golf
30.3 MLB Channel
30.4 Outdoor Channel
30.5 Versus (VS)
30.6 HLN
30.7 CNBC
30.8 MSNBC
30.10 Hallmark Movie Channel

32-1 Church Channel
32-2 C-SPAN
32-3
32-4 Sportsouth
32-5 ABC

33-1 This
33-2 FOX
33-3 WCBI
33-4 FN

36-1 Oxygen
36-12 LMN

39-4
39-5

41-6 NBC HD

43-17 QVC

44-1 ABC HD

45-5

47-3 Food Network HD

59-1 Music Hip-Hop
59-2 Music Hip-Hop/R&B
59-3 Music DJ/Latino
59-4 Music Dance Electronica
59-5 Music Rap
59-6 Music Music Choice
59-7 Music Throwback Jamz
59-8 Music R&B Classics
59-9 Music R&B/Soul
59-10 Music Gospel
59-11 Music Music Choice
59-12 Music Classic Rock
59-13 Music Music Choice Rock
59-14 Music Music Choice Newer Rock
59-15 Music Music Choice Heavy Rock
59-16 Music Alternative
59-17 Music Classic Alternative
59-18 Music Adult Alternative
59-19 Music Soft Rock
59-20 Music Pop Hits
59-21 Music '90s
59-22 Music '80s
96 TV Guide[/quote]