TWC brings a new half dozen to Rochester, New York
by Darren Murph 
posted Apr 2nd 2008 at 3:39PM
Rochester's on a roll, and it seems like there's no sign of things slowing down. Just weeks after Time Warner Cable gifted subscribers in the area with the Discovery HD suite and a trio of other high-def favorites, along comes six more sure to please the sports fanatics in the house. Effective immediately, non-CableCARD customers (yep, these are being brought to you courtesy of SDV) in the upstate can find CNN HD (1020), Outdoor HD (1042), MSG HD (1043), NHL HD (1044), Food Network HD (1045) and SportsNet NY (1046). Sure, it's not quite Brooklyn territory, but it's certainly better than what midtown Manhattan's dealing with. [Disclosure: Engadget is part of the Time Warner family][Thanks, Claude]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Stevey 1337 @ Apr 2nd 2008 4:27PM
Cool.. but my TivoHD doesn't like it :(
Lerch @ Apr 2nd 2008 4:40PM
LOL, Stevey 1337, I came here to post the same thing after reading the article via RSS. Here's my note from Albany, NY area TWC service after I got my Tivo HD with Multi-cable card service and suddenly couldn't get Food Network HD or Discovery HD, my favorite HD channels, only recently added:
"Thank you for contacting Time Warner.
The channels you are not receiving in addition to the on demand stations require two-way communication. These stations are referred to as Switched Digital Video (SDV).
Currently there are no devices on the market that are 2-way capable. As this is the case, the cable cards available today are 1-way communication devices.
It is anticipated that later this year 2-way capable devices will be hitting the market. Panasonic announced earlier this year it will be introducing a digital tuner that will have this capability. As these products become available in the market we will be able to supply 2-way communication cable cards to use with these devices. "
AlbanyHDTV @ Apr 3rd 2008 8:21AM
Lerch:
Come join us at http://www.albanyhdtv.com