SFCN - TiVo - HD - CableCard

Posted by Chris | Filed under HD, Spanish Fork, TiVo

Not too long ago I got a new TiVo HD. Since I live in Spanish Fork I naturally subscribe to the cable service from the city (SFCN). It works great, has great channel line-ups and the Internet is pretty good.

The downside I see that they I can’t record any HD content. I DO receive the HD channels via my analog cable. It causes the local OTA channels to show up in the 100+ range. (i.e. OTA:5-1 = Cable:111-3).

I called TiVo to attempt to resolve this issue. They said the only way is with CableCARD’s. They gave me a case number and let me know they would get it resolved for me.

Apparantly the FCC says that if a cable provider offers cable boxes (SFCN Does) that they are required to offer CableCARD’s. A year ago, I asked sfcn via email and they indicated to me that they do not offer them.

Ugh. The question remains whether or not I jump ship to Comcast so I can have CableCARD’s OR go with DirecTV and give up TiVo altogether (not really interested in that).

I guess time will tell how this goes. Hopefully John Bowcut from Spanish Fork City will get back to me with some good news.

Permalink | September 14th, 2007

2 Responses to “SFCN - TiVo - HD - CableCard”

  1. papa smurf Says:
    October 16th, 2007 at 9:39 pm

    Question for you - i am thinking about getting a tivo because i want a duel tuner and i don’t want to wait 4 weeks for a DVR , I want to be able to schedule stuff from online and be able to transfer stuff to my laptop when i travel. - besides the HD will a tivo work with out a hitch here in SF with SFCN?

    Thanks

  2. chris Says:
    October 17th, 2007 at 8:08 am

    It absolutely will. Prior to HD, I used a Single tuner Series 2 for almost 2 years.
    It works great. Online scheduling via Yahoo TV and TiVo.
    Absolutely zero problems with SFCN and TiVo. (other than the whole cablecard thing)

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