QAM - physical / virtual

[loomdog32]

My local cable company did something amazing.. They made all the old analog channels avail on CLEAR QAM, and announced it!!!!!!!


I am looking at getting a couple more HDHR (or get a couple Hauppauge 2250), to bring my total number of digital tuners up to 10.. I chose this number based on the fact that ALL channels that I watch are contained on 10 physical channels!!!

If I had a physical digital tuner for each physical channel that is tuned, is there a way to tell Sage that every channel is always avail????

Before anyone asks, here is the channel list (this is all avail - * is not avail via analog)

Suddenlink - Big Spring, TX

*64-79 TruTV
*64-80 Shop NBC
*64-81 Fox Sports Plus
65-27 Disney
65-36 Lifetime Movie
65-37 Mun 2
65-39 Versus
65-48 TV Land
65-49 Hallmark
65-53 MTV 2
65-56 Telefutura
65-61 Turner Classic Movies
66-20 Discovery
66-24 CNN
66-25 Lifetime TV
66-28 ESPN 2
66-29 ESPN
66-58 Fox News
67-26 BET
67-34 Nickelodeon
67-38 CMT
67-40 VH1
67-42 EWTN
67-45 CNBC
67-55 Syfy
67-57 Travel Channel
67-63 Bravo
68-31 FX
68-43 Fox Sports Southwest
66-44 Comedy Central
68-46 Animal Planet
68-54 ABC Family
68-59 Food
68-62 History
69-21 AMC
69-35 Headline News
69-41 MTV
69-47 E!
69-51 MSNBC
69-52 Speed
69-60 Cartoon Network
71-22 Spike
71-23 TNT
71-30 USA
71-32 A&E
71-33 TLC
71-50 HGTV
72-98 TV Guide
73-10 QVC
73-11 TBS
73-12 KNLM-IND Odessa
73-18 HSN
73-19 Cspan
*73-72 Cspan2
*73-83 Suddenlink info
74-3 KMID - ABC
74-5 KPEJ - FOX
74-7 KOSA - CBS
74-8 KTLE - LP (Tele)
74-9 KWES - NBC
74-13 KPBT - PBS
74-16 KOSA - DT MNT
*74-125 LATV-LP
*74-126 KWWT-DT-RTN
*74-127 KWWT-DT-MTV Tr3s
*75-709 KWES-HD NBC
*75-713 KPBT-HD PBS
*76-705 KPEJ-HD Fox
*76-707 KOSA-HD CBS
*77-703 KMID-HD ABC
*79-73 Inspirational Network
*79-76 TBN
99-2 Local/Infomercials
99-6 KUPB - UNV
99-14 KWWT CW
99-15 Weather Channel
99-17 Local Gov
*118-75 EWTN Spanish

[Tiki]

No, Sage does not currently support this - you can only record one sub-channel at a time with each tuner.

There have been other threads discussing this and there are a few others who would like this feature, but it would probably be trickier for Sage to implement than it first appears. For one, the start and end times of individual shows on the various sub-channels wouldn't necessarily line up, so managing the tuners would be difficult.

[ace007]

I was a bit shocked to see that Comcast opened up quite a few more channels in the basic tier with QAM so I'm getting more use out of my HDHomerun but I don't think I'd be investing in anymore hardware since they can just as easily take it away anytime.

[xxLJLxx]

Originally Posted by loomdog32

My local cable company did something amazing.. They made all the old analog channels avail on CLEAR QAM, and announced it!!!!!!!

I no longer have Suddenlink but it's really good to hear that they've done that!

[loomdog32]

Originally Posted by Tiki

No, Sage does not currently support this - you can only record one sub-channel at a time with each tuner.

There have been other threads discussing this and there are a few others who would like this feature, but it would probably be trickier for Sage to implement than it first appears. For one, the start and end times of individual shows on the various sub-channels wouldn't necessarily line up, so managing the tuners would be difficult.

That sucks.. Oh well... Its not like I have a need to record every channel all the time. My current setup of 2 analog and 4 digital tuners, I rarely have any conflicts (usually OTA related)...

Originally Posted by xxLJLxx

I no longer have Suddenlink but it's really good to hear that they've done that!

I haven't heard anything about the Lubbock market, but I'm going to assume that it is also the same.. I know the Midland market opened up like Big Spring.. They have been making a big deal about Suddenlink doing "the first" fiber network in Big Spring (just like the big cities - lol)............

An interesting note, there have been some roaming digital channels, mostly Lubbock locals.. They are viewable for an hr or so then disappear and are not part of the normal lineup..

[xxLJLxx]

Originally Posted by loomdog32

They have been making a big deal about Suddenlink doing "the first" fiber network in Big Spring (just like the big cities - lol)............

Would Big Spring really benefit that much? I honestly don't know anything about that place.

An interesting note, there have been some roaming digital channels, mostly Lubbock locals.. They are viewable for an hr or so then disappear and are not part of the normal lineup..

I think I might of saw this the other night. I'm used to Lubbock having their 11-1 and 11-2 digital broadcasts, but for some reason, 11-3 popped up and added itself to my EPG. I honestly couldn't get anything so I just got rid of it. Think that was something similar?