Time Warner Cable adds trio of new HD channels in Raleigh area
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 27th 2007 4:24AM
posted Dec 27th 2007 4:24AM
Time Warner Cable (partly owned by Time Warner, parent company of AOL, which owns Engadget) has historically been a bit slow to add channels in the Raleigh area, but those situated in the Triangle area of North Carolina now have three additional HD options to enjoy over the break. As of now, TWC customers in and around Raleigh have access to National Geographic HD, HGTV HD and Food Network HD, which can be located on channels 279, 277 and 278, respectively. Also of note, the trifecta is broadcasting now to Wilmington customers as well on channels 968, 966 and 967.
Problem with this is that they're all on the same QAM channel and sharing bandwidth, so they look horrible. Pixelated and blurry, and if there's any motion what so ever...well forget it.
Sadly, I have to agree... they don't look very good :-(
Gee, now maybe next they'll actually put some channels worth watching in HD. HGTV I can see appealing to some people (like my mother), National Geographic is ok (Discovery HD is better), and the Food Network?! Yikes.
Come on TWC, sign some contracts with real channels and get them in HD, not all this fluff that 75% of the people won't watch.
That brings us to an even 25 HD channels now by the way, 18 free, 5 in HD package, and Showtime and HBO if you have those packages.
HD channels included FREE with Digital HD service:
201 - UNC (PBS) HD
211 - WTVD (ABC) HD
217 - WNCN (NBC) HD
222 - WLFL (CW) HD
228 - WRDC (MyNet) HD
250 - WRAZ (FOX) HD
255 - WRAL (CBS) HD
277 - HGTV HD
278 - Food Network HD
279 - National Geographic HD
280 - HD Theater
281 - TNT HD
282 - TBS HD
283 - Versus/Golf Channel HD
284 - A&E HD
289 - ESPN2 HD
290 - ESPN HD
292 - MHD
HD Premiums
285/411 - HBO HD
286/451 - Showtime HD
HD Suite
291 - MOJO
293 - HDNet
294 - HDNet Movies
295 - Universal HD
299/502 - HD Movies On Demand
Andrew:
You folks have better HD channel selection than we have in all of TWC Wisconsin, the cable company that is "afraid" to add HD channels:
We only get 1 or 2 HD channels at a time, not 3-8 other locations get, all-at-once.
We have 20 if you count the HD locals, 23 if you add the one HDPPV and FoxSportNet (that is on
Yeah, we have a decent sized lineup, but most of it is locals, worthless channels, or channels that just play stretched SD (TBS, TNT, etc). Still, I can't complain about our overall lineup, I just wish they would focus on getting channels worth watching on the list rather than all the stretch-o-vision stuff.
You folks have more HD channels than we do in TWC Wisconsin and other TWC areas, too: Congradulations!
can you guys stop adding: (partly owned by Time Warner, parent company of AOL, which owns Engadget) to the posts? we get it.
Andrew, do you work at TWC??
Unfortunately, it's something we have to do as a matter of full disclosure. Not everyone will read every TWC post, thus it become necessary to restate for new readers.
In Greensboro, we had these since October. HGTV and Food HD are great channels. Good shows and great PQ.
501 UNC HD
510 WGHP HD
520 WFMY-HD
530 WXLV HD
531 WMYV-HD
536 WCWG - HD
540 WXII HD
545 MTV - HD
550 Discovery HD Theater
551 TNT HD
552 TBS HD
553 National Geographic HD
554 A&E HD
555 The History Channel HD
556 ESPN2 HD
557 HGTV - HD
558 Food Network HD
560 MOJO
561 Universal HD
562 HD Net
563 HDNET Movies
564 ESPN-HD
569 Golf Channel/Versus HD
575 CNN HD
581 Lifetime Movie Network HD
These channels were also added to the Charlotte, NC market too.
HGTV HD (260)
Food Network HD (261)
National Geographic HD (265)
Great, now if only the picture quality was good. :( Also, can we have Bravo? Are we the only maket in the entire U.S. with no access to Bravo?