I received a notice from my apartment building, who bundles basic cable into my rent, and was told that Shaw needs to install digital boxes to remain receiving basic cable. Makes no difference to me since I already have a HD PVR, an HD box (awaiting a new TV to hook it up to as it is a rental) and a SD box. But here in Lloydminster are they phasing out analog cable altogether or did my apartment building make this decision?
If so, does this mean that Lloydminster will finally receive all the channels Shaw offers elsewhere such as Canadian Timeshifting and Superchannel? I would assume this would be a solution to the finite capacity issue as I understand that digital has a higher capacity (possibly infinite like IPTV) and could carry all of these channels without a capacity issue.
Yeah the basic channels should still be available. You will know once your TV plugged in with only the cable will no longer have Tier 1-2-3 channels like discovery tlc etc. YTV and HGTV should still be there. Last I heard anyway.
I received a letter from Shaw today saying that the DNU will be completed in my area within 4-6 weeks. I'm in West Meadowlark in Edmonton....can't wait to get Movie Central 2 and 3 in HD !!!
Just got the same letter today - in Vancouver. I got the original notice of DNU upgrade back in July 2011, saying it would be coming to my neighbourhood in Sep 2011... Not been looking forward to equipping my 2nd and 3rd TVs with new digital terminals, too bad I didn't jump on the 3400 PVR last year when it ws $150 cheaper
Yes, I also got the original letter in July 2011.......I kind of doubt that they would bother to bring it up again unless it was actually true. When I phoned to ask about it two months ago..the guy said it would be done by Jan 2013..but he said he was not so sure of that date...but that was the date he was given.
I got an email, a letter in the mail and a phone call from Shaw about this, all in the same week last month. This came after I had found out(and posted in another thread here) that there is a big push on to get this completed along with the network amalgamation. I'm hoping this means we will all be enjoying the benefits sooner rather than later.
We have analog cable at the office near the Calgary airport and Shaw has started those crawling messages advising viewers about the imminent network upgrade in our neighbourhood.
Hi there, I have the full cable package (no filters) and I hooked up the tv directly to the coax from Shaw and received only 2-28 coming in but I believe it was 20 and 21 that were snow in between.
… I hooked up the tv directly to the coax from Shaw and received only 2-28 coming in but I believe it was 20 and 21 that were snow in between.
29 and above were also snow.
With that, does it mean my area has had the DNU? …
P.S. In Metro Vancouver, ch. 20(was CMT) and 21(was KOMO - ABC Seattle) had moved to another channel, so it's normal to see snow in channel 20 and 21 in analog cable.
Sounds like it, but to confirm try tuning to 281 and 282, if there is a listing there then you are on dnu (non dnu area's have no listing for them, the channel jumps from 280 to 284-you do not have to subscribe to Movie Central to get a listing).
Saw the postings about 281 and 282 being available in new areas so checked just in case they were added here in Kelowna even though I haven't had anything from Shaw to say they were now available. They are now available. However when I checked with an analog TV, Tiers 1, 2 and 3 are still available on a TV with an analog tuner so I assume that the analog channels scheduled to be lost hasn't yet occurred.
My two TVs have analog/digital tuners but I usually watch through Gateway portals so will probably not notice when the analog channels are lost.
today for the first time I've seen the scrolling/crawl message on upper analog channels warning of DNU coming to our neighbourhood (I'm in Vancouver)
does anyone know how soon after these messages start appearing that the actual DNU takes place?
also, a related aside: is it true that during the DNU Shaw will provide one free digital terminal (presumably the basic DCT700) to all affected customers? of course those of us with multiple TVs will have to buy some new hardware, but it would be nice if at least one free terminal is offered
I managed to get an answer from Shaw directly re: the free digital box.
They said every digital account is entitled to one free DCT700 with the DNU. So even though I already have a DCT6200 on one of my 3 TVs, they are now sending me a free DCT700
Well, as stated in post 315, it is possible that they will provide a free STB/DTA to digital customers if they have (and pay for) analogue outlets to other TVs without a STB/DTA currently. Most providers will do this. Looks like some Shaw customers are luckier than others, or perhaps different regions have different rules, or perhaps it comes down to the luck of the draw with which CSR you talk to.
So I had channels 2 through 59 but lost the tier 1,2,3 channels today. I got a digital box but I am still only getting the basic channels (2 to 30). Is this supposed happen?
fyi for reference, 3 weeks ago today I started seeing the crawling message on upper analog channels warning the DNU was coming to my neighbourhood (in Vancouver). today they switched it over and as expected my remaining TVs without digital box now only get channels 28 and lower. Channels above that display a static messages saying I now need a digital box
btw, re: earlier discussion about free digital box. to clarify, I already had one existing HD digital box but am still on one of the old packages which included analog tiers 1-3 and digital basic, and HD Plus. My other 3 TVs were still on analog signal. For the DNU Shaw gave me 1 free DCT700.
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