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TV stopped receiving HD channels
HeraldS
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The HD channels on my TV aren't working at the moment and I'd like to figure out why. They were fine yesterday afternoon but when I came home around 1AM they weren't showing up anymore. Right now I've got Limited Basic cable through Comcast. The TV is a is a flatscreen Samsung- model 32AV502U. I'm outside of Philly if that matters. When the HD channels were working they were on weird numbers- 3-1 for CBS, 75-9 for ESPN, etc. There was also a signal strength graphic like they were getting beamed in or something but I don't have an antenna or a satellite dish. The cable wire just runs right into the TV.
Comcast sent out a letter recently saying they would stop transmitting some channels in analog format and I'd have to get some form of digital cable to keep them so I thought that might be the problem. When I called Comcast they said they hadn't made the switch yet and not only did my current package not come with HD channels, but if I had HD from them it'd start around channel 200 and the channels wouldn't have dashes in them. While I was on hold there was some announcement about how there may be some signal loss right now due to the sun passing behind their satellites. The lady I spoke with didn't seem to think that would cause my problem. She was kinda clueless though, so who knows.
I can get HD from Comcast if I upgrade my service but that would basically double my cable bill. I just want to figure out how to get the channels I have been getting. Any ideas?
Comcast sent out a letter recently saying they would stop transmitting some channels in analog format and I'd have to get some form of digital cable to keep them so I thought that might be the problem. When I called Comcast they said they hadn't made the switch yet and not only did my current package not come with HD channels, but if I had HD from them it'd start around channel 200 and the channels wouldn't have dashes in them. While I was on hold there was some announcement about how there may be some signal loss right now due to the sun passing behind their satellites. The lady I spoke with didn't seem to think that would cause my problem. She was kinda clueless though, so who knows.
I can get HD from Comcast if I upgrade my service but that would basically double my cable bill. I just want to figure out how to get the channels I have been getting. Any ideas?
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However, Comcast has been moving my ABC HD channel around here to different numbers, so try looking in your TVs channel setup and see if any new channels are coming in with different numbers.
Is it possible you were somehow picking up somebody else's signal?
For those of you that have HD services from Comcast, does it display in 16:9 without stretching the screen? Of the channels I was getting only CBS and Fox came through in 16:9, everything else was in 4:3.
It looks like the majority of the OTA stations in your area are to the northeast, so having your TV oriented that way could explain the intermittent reception without an antenna.
I have Comcast with HD, and all of the HD channels display 16:9 with no stretching.
If you wanted to get HD from Comcast, I think you'd most likely need to upgrade to one of their Digital levels, and then add HD, because I don't think you can get HD from them with only basic cable.
For me it's $10 / month to add the HD (really it ends up being $20 though because they charge a rental fee for the HD cable box... which seems a little silly since they don't charge a fee for regular cable boxes).
cartoons
FX
animal planet
USA
and some movie channel
all in HD... but very flakey...