Was just in Brandon over the weekend and saw on the Westman digital cable they have alot more digital cahnnel as well as Timeshifts. Why can a smaller cable provider offer this and shaw can not?
Here is the link


http://www.westmancom.com/bus_cable_locat.asp?Town=11&Type=Digital&D1=tblBrandon#digital

I do not see any HD here. If thats the case then there is nothing to compare.
A lot of channels nobody wants to watch. I only watch HD.

I and many people WANT SD timeshifts - it can't all be HD

Shawguy

Westman does have HD, for some reason they don't list it on their website.

I and many people WANT SD timeshifts - it can't all be HD


Lets see there are 80 plus sd channels on shaw, 9HD. I would say you have enough SD they can't be all SD.

Lets see there are 80 plus sd channels on shaw, 9HD. I would say you have enough SD they can't be all SD. I think shaw guy is right we need more time shift we only get 4 in winnipeg

I and many people WANT SD timeshifts - it can't all be HD
Shawguy

On the DCT 6412, I can record maybe 15 hours of high definition for viewing when convenient. However, I can record more SD content than I could watch in months. Scanning is faster for SD as well. Even on my 46 inch I find the digital channels acceptable. I tend to use high definition for live viewing and SD for recording. I know I'd like to get some Canadian SD timeshifts.

I suspect one digital timeshift of each Canadian network would take less bandwidth than one high definition channel.

meshmellow

A typical cable company puts about 8-12 SD (digital) stations into one 6 MHz band. A typical cable company puts 2-3 HD stations in the same frequency.

This means that HD uses about 5X the bandwidth on average, therefore you could put about 40-50 timeshifts in place of the 9 HD channels...

I want US HD timeshifts. I don't watch Canadian channels, I don't need any Canadian timeshift.

We just got a CBC timeshift (technically).

i think people should start phoning shaw and complaining and emailing them just like hd and keep doing it until it gets added

I want US HD timeshifts. I don't watch Canadian channels, I don't need any Canadian timeshift.

Adding TSN HD and CBC HD was fine (for sports). However most of my TV viewing hours are spent watching US primetime. I live in Calgary, where HD primetime starts at 9 p.m. I need those US HD timeshifts so I can watch HD primetime at an earlier hour. Recording and watching the next day just isn't the same.

Please Shaw, I want some more... HD!!!

Adding TSN HD and CBC HD was fine (for sports). However most of my TV viewing hours are spent watching US primetime. I live in Calgary, where HD primetime starts at 9 p.m. I need those US HD timeshifts so I can watch HD primetime at an earlier hour. Recording and watching the next day just isn't the same.

Please Shaw, I want some more... HD!!! first we need to get more time shift for digital

[QUOTE=spinner87]Was just in Brandon over the weekend and saw on the Westman digital cable they have alot more digital cahnnel as well as Timeshifts. Why can a smaller cable provider offer this and shaw can not? [QUOTE]


Smaller Cable Carriers have far less miles of Cable lines to maintain and less headends to upgrade according to a friend to who for Shaw here in Kelowna he said to upgrade a single head can cost millions of dollars the more cities you offer service in the more head ends you have thus the more expensive to upgrade some headends.

HEHEH I saw a Cartoon in 16x9 Widescreen in CBCHD earlier today was funny to see low quality animation crystal Clear in HD lol

Another notable thing

Westman is 100% digital
Timeshifts

Shaw has niether of those

And someone asked about the HD content:
$2.95 / month for
ABC East HD
CBS East HD
FOX East HD
NBC East HD
PBS East HD
SportsNet HD
TSN HD
Movie Central HD - requires subcribtion

Another notable thing

Westman is 100% digital
Timeshifts

Shaw has niether of those

And someone asked about the HD content:
$2.95 / month for
ABC East HD
CBS East HD
FOX East HD
NBC East HD
PBS East HD
SportsNet HD
TSN HD
Movie Central HD - requires subcribtion


Actually I believe that Shaws few time shifts are digital (though terrible quality)... and we (on shaw) don't have to pay $2.95 nothing for HD and actually get at least one more HD channel.....
As much as I like to rag on Shaw, they are getting there... very... slowly..

as for timeshifts.... Please please please, more HD timeshifts... I hate SD programming..

were getting timeshifts on auguest 23 with the hd for standard.

what are the timeshifts we're getting... Is this offical or is it someone told someone who heard it from someone?

i heard it directly from shaw were getting cbc halifax ctv british columbia ctv halifax global edmonton global ontario i think ctv and some more its going to cost 3.95. you should call shaw customer care for more details and this is from more then one shaw rep.