RCN Cable

[evilcrayon.livejournal.com]

I pay for basic cable, no cable box. But I don't use rabbit ears and now I have no channels whatsoever. Does anyone know what is going on? I thought that the only people affected by the switch to digital in February were people who did not get their tv signal through a cable already.

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[tfarrell.livejournal.com]

I phoned RCN to ask, and they told me very clearly that the cable boxes are not free. Maybe the person I spoke with was wrong, but that's what they told me.

I have a dual tuner Tivo and if I get a box, it becomes a single tuner tivo. So I don't want a box if I don't have to.

Incidentally, I still seem to have the same service I had before; my channels have not gone away. Maybe they haven't gotten to my neighborhood yet?

[pzykotic.livejournal.com]

It's apparently a two-day event, so your service will probably change tomorrow.

RCN's phone service *blows* - they told me the SD boxes would cost $5.99 each and none were free. I went to the Arlington office and they were very friendly and helpful. The official line is that if you don't have a box and have basic service, the first SD box is free. Every box after that isn't, but it's not $5.99. I think it's $2 or $3. Non-DVR HD Boxes are $9.99 and DVRs are $14.99 I believe (RIP OFFFF).

[avacon.livejournal.com]

Sadly, you may be better off switching to a TiVo HD as it has the QAM tuners that can pick up the digital channels (possibly requiring a cable card).
I also have two TiVos that are now not terribly useful.