Ohio Time Warner issues.

[LD1]

Are the digital boxes just for older TV's?

I have TWC. And have 4 tv's. 2 of them are 20+ year old tube tv's. One is a DLP and one is an LED flat. Only one I have a box on is the main DLP TV in the living room. It gets the box to get all the "premium" channels.

The other tv's just get the 1-70 or so normal channels. The new LED flat tv has the decimal, so can get the locals in HD by adding a .1 to the end. But the non-hd channels still come in just fine.

So sorry I cannot help. Havent experienced anything like that here, but hope things arent going to get worse. I really dont have much other options than TWC for internet. And dropping the TV off and going to a dish would cost more after that nice first year reduced rate.

 

[Ken45101]

Thanks for reminding me how fortunate we are to live beyond cable! It's been 13 years and I had forgotten how non existent TW customer service is!

 

[Fossil Farm]

Charter Cable did the same to us. You have to rent a separate digital cable box for every TV in your house. I don't mind paying for a couple of boxes, but I have about 4 other TV's I can't even watch now. Can anybody recommend a good reasonably priced digital antenna or where I can buy digital boxes so I don't have to pay rent to the cable co. every month? :thumbdown:

Antennaweb.org or keys.com will help you find how big an antenna you will need and give you some additional info. There is no such thing as a "digital" antenna. An antenna is an antenna. Almost all channels are now UHF. So you need a good UHF antenna. Before digital we got about 30 stations with our antenna. Right after digital we got about 2. Most stations have upgraded their equipment since the initial switch, so hopefully you can get decent reception. Of course digital TV's are cheap. Might want to consider buying one or two new TV's depending on how big an antenna and setup of it (tower, if house attachment won't work) is needed. Good luck.

 

[Pixguy]

I've been seeing the ad for Clear Tv or buycleartv.com for a thin antenna. 2 for $20 plus $16 for S&H.

Don't know how good they are although I've been told that they are junk. Buyer beware.

 

[Rhinohio]

Time Warner service ranges between terrible and non-existent everywhere. Comcast is even worse!

Comcast is in the process of buying TWC and soon, will likely be the only cable TV provider option. They have the DC in their hip pocket.

Mike

 

[KubotainNH]

Charter Cable did the same to us. You have to rent a separate digital cable box for every TV in your house. I don't mind paying for a couple of boxes, but I have about 4 other TV's I can't even watch now. Can anybody recommend a good reasonably priced digital antenna or where I can buy digital boxes so I don't have to pay rent to the cable co. every month? :thumbdown:

Cable TV is such a scam. Roku w/ Netflix, DVD's and free local channels when needed is what I use. I cut the Comcast cord, ripoff.

As for an antenna, seems making one works better than buying one.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Powerful-Modern-Homemade-HDTV-Antenna/
http://www.instructables.com/id/Pie-tenna-The-simplest-HDTV-antenna-possible-pos/
Homemade TV antenna
Good Digital antenna cheap!
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-fractal-antenna-for-HDTV-DTV-plus-/

There's plenty more to choose from.

 

[Pixguy]

I currently have TWC and I'd love to cut the cord as well. I have Netflix but I have a small mountain behind me blocking the south and west and the antennas will only pull in one channel to the east in ME. Cell service and weak and only Vz works.

 

[Bird]

We have Charter cable for TV, Internet, and telephone. This thread makes it sound as if other cable companies are worse than Charter . . . . and I didn't know that was possible.:laughing:

 

[Mendonsy]

We have Charter cable for TV, Internet, and telephone. This thread makes it sound as if other cable companies are worse than Charter . . . . and I didn't know that was possible.:laughing:

OH YEAH!! It's possible!!

 

[jimpen]

Comcast is in the process of buying TWC and soon, will likely be the only cable TV provider option. They have the DC in their hip pocket.

There is a petition to try and stop it. Go here to sign it.