TiVo Blog Mailbag

Here’s a roundup of some of the emails I received via this site’s contact form…..

Jeremy Wrote:

Have some questions as I am a fellow CNY out of Utica. I just got a TiVo HD and had TWC over yesterday to install the CC’s. Unfortunately they only brought 2 and only 1 worked. They [...]

TiVo Blog Mailbag

Here’s a roundup of some the questions that I received over the past couple of days.  As always, feel free to send in a question, comment or suggestion using this site’s feedback form or via Twitter.

Luke Wrote:

Are you experiencing any digital “glitching” on SDV channels? It seemed really bad the first day and not as [...]

I Just Received A SDV Tuning Adapter!

Update 01/14 @ 8:32PM:  This is great!  I now have the SDV adapter up and running.  Thanks to the adapter, I can now tune ~10 more HD channels!  In case you can’t tell, I’m extremely excited.  I’ve been waiting for this adapter for a long time so, I’m glad to see it finally come to [...]

Time Warner Cable Switched Digital Video Tuner (Central New York)

A fellow Central New Yorker by the name of Brian recently contacted me to let me know that our local Time Warner now has a page available which allows you to request a FREE SDV adapter.  Unfortunately, just like Brian, I’m not having much success with using the request form.  For some reason whenever I [...]

Time Warner Switched Digital Video (SDV) Tuning Adapter Announcement

Earlier today I received a letter (page 1, page 2) from my Time Warner letting me know that as of Nov. 13th, several of the channels that I currently receive will begin to be broadcast using SDV (Switched Digital Video).  Along with this information, the letter also mentions that SDV tuning adapters will be made [...]

Time Warner SDV Tuning Adapter

The WeaKnees blog has alerted me to a new page on Time Warner’s website which is supposed to provide information on how to obtain a SDV tuning adapter.  Although some people have been successful in obtaining information from this page, my zip code (13413) simply forwards me to my local Time Warner’s website without any [...]

SDV (Switched Digital Video) Tuning Adapter In The Wild

Well…well…well…ask and you shall receive.  Just two days ago I asked if anybody knew anything about the SDV tuning adapter that I so desperately need.  After the post was published for only ten minutes, I was pleased to find out that Comast in New Jersey had announced that tuning adapters would be available on Oct. [...]

Where Oh Where Is My SDV (Switched Digital Video) Dongle?

For quite a while now, SDV has prevented me from enjoying all of the HD channels that my cable provider has to offer.  The last time I counted I was unable to tune something like eight HD channels on my Series 3 and TiVo HD thanks to SDV and Time Warner.

Back in July we heard [...]

SDV (Switched Digital Video) May Hinder My Super Bowl Experience

Like most Americans, I plan on watching the Super Bowl later on today. The only problem is that my cable company (Time Warner) uses Switched Digital (SDV) to broadcast Fox in high definition. Obviously, this presents a problem since my Series 3 TiVo is unable to tune SDV content. This will all change [...]

NCTA & TiVo Announce SDV Dongle For 2008

Earlier today, TiVo and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced that a USB hardware dongle is in development that will allow both the TiVo HD and Series 3 to receive Switched Digital Video (SDV) content.

ALVISO, CALIFORNIA and WASHINGTON, D.C. — The cable industry and TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO), the creator of [...]