Cable Provider Copy Protection, Switched Digital Video and Self-Install Status Master List

[mpatnode]

1. Comcast

2. San Francisco

3. Locals & Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums Copy Once.   Note I get random behavior on AMC shows here.   Sometimes the protection bit is set, and sometimes it’s not. 

4. No SDV

5. Yes

[johnw248]

1. Time Warner Cable

2. Los Angeles (LA County North–Chatsworth Headend)

3. b Locals copy freely everything else on HD with a half dozen expections copy once

4. SDV current 297 SDV channels, total including SDV 650 Need TA, upgraded to six stream

5. Yes

[Mike Garcen]

updated! thx!

[osburnfamily]

I could have swore I wrote this last night…

1. Cable Provider – Charter Communications
2. Location (What your guide is configured for in WMC?) – Kalamazoo, MI Charter Digital
3. Copy Protection – Somewhere between CopyFree & CopyOnce.  All channels are CopyFree but only “some” content is CopyOnce (ie, HBO TrueBlood is CopyOnce but 99% of the Movies on HBO are CopyFree).
4. SDV Status: Tuning Adapter required (Yes or No) – Yes – Motorola TA
5. Self-Install: Allowed (Yes or No) – Unknown

[babgvant]

1. Comcast
2. Elmhurst/Oak Park (or something like that, don’t remember exactly since it wasn’t really where I lived)
3. Locals and Expanded Package Copy Freely
4. No
5. No when I did it, not sure now.

1. Cox
2. Gainesville, Cox Communications Alachua County (Digital)
3. Locals and Expanded Package Copy Freely
4. No
5. Yes

[jrandeck]

1. Comcast
2. Rolling Meadows, IL
3. Locals and Expanded Package Copy Freely, premium copy once
4. No
5. Don’t know (they should, but my install pre-dated the rule change.)

[Aaron Ledger]

Hello Folks,

We are reaching out to ask for your assistance in compiling information regarding the copy protection and switched digital video status of cable providers so that new subscribers will be better informed and also for the general interest of everyone.

All information in the thread will be updated in this first post on a routine basis. Please reply to the thread with as much of the the following information you can provide: 

1. Cable Provider
2. Location (What your guide is configured for in WMC)
3. Copy Protection
   1. Everything Copy Freely
   2. Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Package Copy Once
   3. Locals and Expanded Package Copy Freely, Premiums (e.g. HBO) Copy Once
   4. Everything Copy Once
4. SDV Status: Tuning Adapter required (Yes or No)
5. Self-Install: Allowed (Yes or No) Before answering No, please verify the installation was after Aug. 9th or check with provider for current status.

Thanks for your contribution!

Cheers!

 

Provider	Location	Copy Protection	SDV	Self-Install
Adams, Cable Service	Windsor, NY	Everything Copy Freely	No	Yes
Bright House	Tampa Bay, FL	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	Yes	Yes
Charter Communications	Bay City, MI	Everything Copy Freely	Yes	Unknown
Charter Communications	Central (Willmar), MN	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums Copy Once	Yes	Yes
Charter Communications	Kalamazoo, MI	Almost entirely Copy Freely with individual exceptions such as HBO True Blood	Yes	Unknown
Charter Communications	Madison, WI	Everything Copy Freely	Yes	Yes
Charter Communications	Rochester, MN	Everything Copy Freely	Yes	Yes
Charter Communications	Sturgis, MI	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums Copy Once	Yes	Yes
Comcast	Bellingham, WA	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	No	Yes
Comcast	Chicago	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely	No	Yes
Comcast	Elmhurst/Oak Park, IL	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely	No	Unknown
Comcast	Houston, TX	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums Copy Once	No	Yes
Comcast	Kirkland, WA	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely Note: Encore Copy Once	No	Yes
Comcast	Minneapolis, MN	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premium Copy Once Note: random behavior on AMC content	No	Yes
Comcast	Mountain View, CA	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely	No	Yes
Comcast	Pittsburgh, PA	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premium Copy Once Note: Encore Copy Once	No	Unknown
Comcast	Rolling Meadows, IL	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premium Copy Once	No	Unknown
Comcast	San Francisco, CA	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums Copy Once.   Note: random behavior on AMC content	No	Yes
Cox Cable	Alachua County, Gainesville, FL	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely	No	Yes
Cox Cable	Las Vegas, NV	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums Copy Once	No	Unknown
Cox Cable	New Orleans, LA	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely	Yes	Yes
Cox Cable	Norman, OK	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	No	Probably
Cox Cable	Northern VA	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Inconsistent, Premiums Copy Once	Yes	No (Maybe)
Cox Cable	Omaha, NE	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums Copy Once	No	Yes
Cox Cable	San Diego County, South, CA	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	Yes	Yes
Cox Cable	Tulsa, Broken Arrow, OK	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums Copy Once	No	Yes
Mediacom	Waseca, MN	Everything Copy Freely	No	Yes
RCN	Boston, MA	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums Copy Once	No	Unknown
Time Warner	Charlotte, NC	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	Yes	Yes
Time Warner	Dallas, TX	Locals Copy Freely, Everything else Copy Once	Yes	Unknown
Time Warner	Lincoln, NE	Everything Copy Once	Yes	Probably
Time Warner	Los Angeles County, North–Chatsworth, CA	Locals Copy Freely , Everything else Copy Once	Yes	Yes
Time Warner	Los Angeles County, East San Fernando Valley, CA	Locals Copy Freely, Everything Else Copy Once	Yes	No (Maybe)
Time Warner	Milwaukee, WI	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	Yes	Unknown
Time Warner	Raleigh, NC	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	Yes	Probably
Time Warner	San Antonio, TX	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	Yes	Yes
Time Warner	Rochester, NY	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	Yes	Yes
Time Warner	Waterville, ME	Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Copy Once	Yes	Yes
Verizon FiOS	Fairfax, VA	Everything Copy Freely	No	Yes
Verizon FiOS	Howard County, MD	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely, Premiums probably Copy Freely	No	Yes
Verizon FiOS	Temple Terrace, FL	Everything Copy Freely	No	Yes
Verizon FiOS	Tewksbury, MA	Locals and Expanded Copy Freely	No	Yes

[Killerbones]

1. Cable Provider : Brighthouse Cable
2. Location Tampabay
3. Copy Protection : Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Package Copy Once
4. SDV Status: Tuning Adapter required Yes
5. Self-Install: Allowed Yes

[Killerbones]

1. Cable Provider : Brighthouse Cable
2. Location Tampabay
3. Copy Protection : Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Package Copy Once
4. SDV Status: Tuning Adapter required Yes
5. Self-Install: Allowed Yes

[umdivx]

1. Cable Provider: Comcast
   
2. Location (What your guide is configured for in WMC): Minneapolis, MN
   
3. Copy Protection: AMC but only on random moves will I see a copy once flag or broadcast flag. Also all premium channels (HBO, Stars, ect…) are copy once. Everything else is copy freely.
   
4. SDV Status: Tuning Adapter required (Yes or No): No, 100% digital, no SDV.
   
5. Self-Install: Allowed (Yes or No): Yes!!!!
   

[Paw Paw]

 

1. Cable Provider – Comcast
2. Location – Houston Texas Digital
3. Copy Protection Locals Copy Freely, Expanded Package (HD Channels) Copy Once with a few exceptions
4. SDV Status: Tuning Adapter required – No
5. Self-Install: Allowed – Yes

[nerdshowandtell]

1. Cox Cable

2. Omaha, Nebraska

3. Locals and Expanded Package Copy Freely, Premiums (e.g. HBO) Copy Once

4. SDV = NO

5. Self-Install = YES

[gcw07]

1. Cox Communications
2. Norman, OK
3. Only Locals Copy Freely, Rest Copy Once
4. No SDV
5. Allows self install cable boxes so I assume self install CC should now be here

[volfan6415]

1. Cox Cable
2. New Orleans LA
3. Copy Protection Locals and Expanded Package Copy Freely, Premiums – i don’t subscribe to any so i don’t know (e.g. HBO) Copy Once
4. SDV Status: Tuning Adapter required – Yes
5. Self-Install: Yes

[dennishalling]

1. Time Warner

2. Lincoln, NE

3. Copy Once Everything

4. Yes

5. Probably

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