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

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  • #31207
    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

      #31208
      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

        #31209
        Mike Garcen

          updated! thx!

          #31215
          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
            #31217
            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
              #31218
              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.)
                #26281

                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
                #31220
                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
                  #31219
                  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
                    #31221
                    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!!!!
                      #31222
                      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
                        #31223
                        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

                          #31225
                          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
                            #31224
                            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
                              #31226
                              dennishalling

                                1. Time Warner

                                2. Lincoln, NE

                                3. Copy Once Everything

                                4. Yes

                                5. Probably

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