I have purchased 14 Tivos (Series 1, 2 and 3) for friends, family and myself over the years. I really like the technology and interface when it works but with cable card rentals, satellite incompatibility and now this Verizon lineup change (that cannot get resolved in less than a week), its time to look for better solutions. SD
I have the HD STB and the guide data is still non existant for the few new channels here, they show as "coming soon" still, but my HDTiVos have the correct info now.
Using your zip code, none of the Fios variations (Freehold/Basking Ridge/Jersey City) have program guide data that is even close to accurately aligned with the new lineup... And the Massapequa Park lineup (which some people are getting by using a Long Island or Westchester zip code) still - as of this evening - has half a dozen or so errors in it.
You're focusing on the HD HBO's - Check 899, and the two appearances of 901...
I just checked the Tivo guide channel list online and appears to have been updated. Has anyone tried guilded setup this morning and found the channels correct???
07950 here. Verizon Freehold. Mine is still screwed up. Shows the CW as 501 in the guide, but the channel comes in on 511. Same for WNET, listed as 503, should be 513. Also TVMonde, the French TV channel. Listed as 1305 (I think; I'm doing this from memory) and coming in as 1777 or something (again, working from memory.) Probably some premium channels are wrong as well, but I don't subscribe to them
Just got my letter and new lineup card. The card says "effective August 2008".
The letter says "Changes will automatically take effect 8/20/08", but also "* Following the realignment, not all new channels will be immediately available".
I've been getting USA HD "unofficially" for about a week now. No guide data, and the new channel guide says USA won't even be on 884. I wonder what is going on?
I've been getting USA HD "unofficially" for about a week now. No guide data, and the new channel guide says USA won't even be on 884. I wonder what is going on?
They're putting it on now in a temporary location because it's carrying some of the Olympics. You should also find CNBC+HD on 879 (though it may be SciFi HD), and dedicated Olympic channels on 896 and 897. You should have guide data for them soon, if not already.
Why they put them at these strange locations, mixed in with the Local Plus channels, I have no idea. I'd have thought that 847-850 were available.
I just checked the TiVo website I posted a week ago and it looks like the Freehold channels are updated now. I'm going to run guided setup again finally and get rid of the NYC zip!
I just finished guided setup and all channels are up and running. Even the guide data is upto date.
The best news of all is that there are two or three dozed new HD channels I am receiving that are not on the Verizon printed guide they sent me in the mail. Yahoo! They added a ton of premium's too. HBO's, SHO's, Max etc. I am finally very happy.
Problem solved here in NNJ, 07960. First of all, the fix required going to the "secret" menu in the Tivo so I completely blame Tivo Inc. for ignoring the problem and not being out front, say on their home page and a Tivo message, with workaround procedures. I don't care who is responsible for causing it. Tivo is responsible for fixing it. A Classic PR fiasco that should be a B-School case study.
As has been noted here, the solution is to deny the FIOS channel line-up option that is presented during the guided setup and then selecting "show me more choices" for channels until the Tivo gives up showing channels and presents you with an extended list of provider options.
In my case the only FIOS option for Basking Ridge at first was "FIOS Basking Ridge Digital Basic." In the "secret" menu choosing "FIOS Basking Ridge Extended Digital Basic." was the right option.
I discovered this by looking at the tivo.com/Find_TV_shows page. There it shows two options, neither of which corresponds to the names shown on my Tivo! The first on the web site is "Verizon Fios Basking Ridge (Digital)." The second is "Verizon Fios Basking Ridge (Primary)." The first one ("Digital") has the right line-up. Note that both the options the Tivo box presents have the word "digital" in them.
The fact that tivo.com showed two choices prompted me to look for a second choice on the box. Then I just guessed which one corresponded to the right one from tivo.com
How tough would it be for Tivo to send a message to the boxes in affected zip codes describing the correct provider selection method?
I'm in Northern Delaware and experiencing this FiOS channel realignment now...what a clusterf**k.
I'm curious how long it was from the time the realignment happened and when updated channel lineup and guide data was available, for areas that already went through this?
I'm already missing stuff left and right. I suppose I should be happy it happened now and not a month from now in the midst of all the new TV seasons. But it still sucks.
I don't blame Tivo at all. I wish Verizon would have given Tivo a heads up! I have to believe it could have been better coordinated. But naturally, Verizon doesn't care about Tivo - as long as their DVRs are working. :/
Wouldn't SE PA have basically the same locals as South Jersey (i.e. Philly locals) ? If that's the case you could "relocate" to a South Jersey zipcode until your real lineup becomes available.
That's what some of us did during the clusterfrak that was our lineup realignment - we "moved" to Long Island. They had been realigned a few weeks earlier and we shared the same locals (NYC).
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