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Do IT this week: Layering
It could affect programs stored on your cable DVR
Published on Thursday, Mar 06, 2008
The trouble is not in your set. But it might be in your cable box, especially if you have a backlog of digital recordings.
This week, Time Warner Cable began realigning its digital channels (those numbered 100 and higher and received via a digital converter) to create a uniform lineup across all of its systems, including those it acquired from Adelphia.
The new digital system will also cluster channels more along themes, such as movie channels, music, and home and leisure. In some cases, program services will be on both a digital channel and an analog one, those numbered 2 through 99 and not needing a box. And there will be additions to the digital programming, including several new HD channels.
But it will be a crazy quilt for people accustomed to where channels have been. I know, you can never get
too comfortable about a cable channel lineup. But with the clustering especially, the moves here are widespread.
To name just a few of the many digital changes for Akron viewers: Fox Movie Channel goes from 105 to 279 (as part of a movie cluster), ESPNews shifts from 116 to 305 (in a sports cluster), Ohio News Network goes from 119 to 362.
Analog channels will still vary from region to region for the time being, at least through the digital consolidation. But those analog lineups will also see some changes as the digital realignment occurs.
In Akron and Canton, for example, the realignment will see TV One move from digital Channel 178 to two new locations: analog Channel 47 and digital Channel 217. Country-music operation GAC will lose analog Channel 47, becoming digital only on Channel 255.
Discovery Health will move from analog Channel 68 to digital Channel 152. VH1 Classic will get Channel 68 as well as digital Channel 253. FitTV will leave analog Channel 72 for digital Channel 153, while Channel 72 goes to the Science Channel.
So there are pricing implications in the changes. For one, if you really want GAC or Discovery Health or FitTV, you'll have to get digital cable after the changes.
The changes will be gradual and continue into late March and early April, depending on where you live.
First up for change were the city of Green, New Franklin, Clinton and small parts of Barberton on Wednesday.
Kent, Rittman and Wadsworth are next, probably the week of March 10, when the cities of Akron and Canton should also see changes.
With all these new signals being sent to your digital cable converter, your DVR may get a headache.
Once your digital lineup has changed, you will have to redo any setup you have to automatically record programs, since those programs' channels may have changed.
In addition, the changeover could affect the programs you have saved on your Time Warner digital video recorder.
Asked if the change could erase the recorded programs, a Time Warner spokesman said, ''We're not sure.''
But the company is recommending that people back up their recorded programs by transferring them to disc or videotape.
If you're set up for that process, that is. If you don't have a way to transfer your recordings, your DVR could be SOL.
If you're looking for help or more information about the changes, Time Warner is suggesting you go to digital Channel 399 or go online to http://www.twcguide.com.
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture. Contact him at 330-996-3582 or rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com.
The trouble is not in your set. But it might be in your cable box, especially if you have a backlog of digital recordings.
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