omgwut

[ysobel]

A few days ago, we were watching Criminal Minds reruns on ... it might have been ion? Either that or A&E, but it doesn't much matter.

Today, I turn the tv on and get this: If you can see this message, the TV you're watching isn't yet ready for Comcast's digital network enhancements

...wtfff.

So I get on their website and chat with a ... okay, I've done support, I know how it works, but a) canned greetings should be /grammatical/ dammit, and b) saying that things changed a few months ago does not adequately answer a problem that is /just now/ occurring.

*fumesnarl*

The TV is a digital-ready TV, btw. It just can't deal with the "newtwork enhancements". Whateverthefuck that means.

So I can get a handful of channels, none of which have Criminal Minds or anything else worth watching, and I am frustrated, and argh.

(But at least I got the powerpoint done...)

Comments

[sophie]

Is it possible that you've been watching in analog but haven't known it? It's possible that all you need to do is explicitly switch from analog to digital by the remote or similar.

I don't know this, of course, but Google is telling me that that's the message that's being broadcast on analog; bear in mind that the message is probably generic, and while it *says* "not yet ready", it probably just means "you're watching analog", but had to phrase it in a way that meant the most.

(My parents watch TV on analog all the time without being aware of it, hence why I ask.)

[amadi]

I'm pretty sure, from my experience with my nearly obsolete TiVo (because of this) that it means that you have to have the Comcast digital cable box in order to keep watching the channel. Do you have a cable box, or are you running the cable line directly into the TV from the wall?