free week

[meagain]

Comcast is giving free access to some 30 TV network
productions in 2013 from March 25-31. This includes
HBO and Showtime.

Yes, they call it "binge viewing" - I wonder if it
will be hangover-free?
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[VanguardLH]

meagain wrote:

> Comcast is giving free access to some 30 TV network productions in
> 2013 from March 25-31. This includes HBO and Showtime.
>
> Yes, they call it "binge viewing" - I wonder if it will be
> hangover-free?

Where do you go to find the freebies? Under On-Demand and the "Free
movies" selection?

[FirstPost]

Typically they just unblock those channels on everyone's boxes during
the promotional period.

[Allodoxaphobia]

And, typically, the 'average' customer never hears about it beforehand.

[FirstPost]

On 15 Mar 2013 19:08:01 GMT, Allodoxaphobia

Usually I just stumble across the channels by accident when just
hitting the up or down button. But most of the time I'm just hitting
my favorites button which bypasses the channels I don't subscribe to.
No telling how many "freebies" I've missed out on over the last few
years.

[cameo]

On 3/15/2013 12:08 PM, Allodoxaphobia wrote:
>
> And, typically, the 'average' customer never hears about it beforehand.
>

So what's the point in having a free week if they are not promoting it?

[Madam K. Herman]

On 15 Mar 2013 19:08:01 GMT, Allodoxaphobia

That's because the typical customer has not opted-in to Comcast's
service-related newsletters.

[Ken Whiton]

*-* On Fri, 15 Mar 2013, at 09:05:21 -0500,
*-* In Article <khv9qt$i8o$1...@news.albasani.net>,
*-* VanguardLH wrote
*-* About Re: free week

They're calling it a "Watchathon", and I saw an item about it on
the news a couple of days ago.

<http://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/watchathon-week-thousands-of-episodes-over-100-shows-all-free>
<http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/microsites/watchathon>
<http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/13/comcast-xfinity-watchathon-week/>
<http://www.slashgear.com/comcasts-xfinity-watchathon-week-starts-on-march-25th-13273844/>
<http://www.deadline.com/2013/03/comcast-xfinity-watchathon-catch-up-binge-viewing-event/>

are just a few of the links a (Google) search for the words "Comcast"
and "Watchathon" finds.

Ken Whiton
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[Jim]

Got an e-mail about it this morning.

[meagain]

The DTA in MA have already been programmed with placeholders (ID but no shows)
in anticipation of the freebies. Comcast has also sent email advising parents
to enable 'parental controls' ;-)



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[cameo]

On 3/15/2013 8:15 PM, Madam K. Herman wrote:

> That's because the typical customer has not opted-in to Comcast's
> service-related newsletters.
>

Or maybe he/she did at one time but unsubscribed after getting tired of
all the useless junk mail that came with it.

[Frank]

Not real excited about this. HBO gets me most of the good stuff. On
Demand cannot be DVR'ed for series like Dexter that I would like to see.
Plus it is at a time of year that open series are in full swing and
series followers already have enough new stuff to watch.

[marv]

Create an email address that the spammers won't guess like

"john.109.63....@comcast.net"

[cameo]

On 3/16/2013 4:34 PM, marv wrote:
> Create an email address that the spammers won't guess like
>
> "john.109.63....@comcast.net"
>

Uggh, that's pretty devious!

[cameo]

On 3/15/2013 9:13 AM, FirstPost wrote:
> Typically they just unblock those channels on everyone's boxes during
> the promotional period.
>

I wish that was the case, but I don't see it happening here. And I don't
even subscribe to an HD package. Digital Starter is all SD.

[Allodoxaphobia]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:31:07 -0700, cameo wrote:
> On 3/15/2013 9:13 AM, FirstPost wrote:
>> Typically they just unblock those channels on
>> everyone's boxes during the promotional period.
>>
> I wish that was the case, but I don't see it happening here.

Ditto in the Colo Spgs/Pueblo market.

[cameo]

Soo this is just marketing BS from Comcrap.

[Harvey Specter]

As I understand it, the free stuff is only available through On Demand.

I can't confirm that though because I only subscribe to the Digital
Economy/Cheapskate package which does not include On Demand access.

Disclaimer: If I'm just a teensy bit wrong about the above info, Adam
or one of his socks will be along shortly to correct me. ;-)

[Frank]

I'm not one of Adams socks but also believe it is also just On Demand.
Checking last night, they had set up a special section highlighting
shows but you could also go to the premium channels and they were open.

I was disappointed in that I had already caught up on SHO's Dexter in a
SHO preview weekend and AMC did not have the first episodes of Walking
Dead - all I wanted to see. I already get HBO and think the best shows
are there.

[Adam H. Kerman]

Harvey Specter <harvey....@suits.usa> wrote:

>Disclaimer: If I'm just a teensy bit wrong about the above info, Adam
>or one of his socks will be along shortly to correct me. ;-)

Hi seamus

[Harvey Specter]

First you call me a sock puppet and now I'm Mitt Romney's dead dog?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_(dog)

[Adam H. Kerman]

Harvey Specter <harvey....@suits.usa> wrote:
>On 3/26/2013 6:51 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Harvey Specter <harvey....@suits.usa> wrote:

>>>Disclaimer: If I'm just a teensy bit wrong about the above info, Adam
>>>or one of his socks will be along shortly to correct me. ;-)

>>Hi seamus

>First you call me a sock puppet and now I'm Mitt Romney's dead dog?

You post as a variety of tv characters. I'm not "calling you" a sock puppet.
That's what you are.

>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_(dog)

[Adam H. Kerman]

Bill <no...@none.invalid> wrote:

>I wish the various TV providers would just kill SD already, within the
>delivery network anyway. If someone wants to downsample it in the privacy of
>their own home, that's fine.

I don't agree. Here's why:

TCM is an example of a satellite channel with a pair of feeds: HD and SD.
The vast majority of their programming isn't HD, given that it's movies
in 4:3 aspect ratio. Movies in other aspect ratios are upconverted to HD
so that they can be shown widescreen on 16:9 tvs. The ones that aren't
1.85:1 are letterboxed.

Note that it's easy to tell non-converted 4:3 programming on an HD
channel. There's a minor horizontal spread.

If I'm recording, I record from the SD channel for 4:3 movies, and the
HD channel for widescreen. I'd rather not waste disk space.

TNT, AMC, and a lot of other satellite channels do HD wrong. With
non-upconverted SD programming, they screw with the aspect ratio giving
programming a horizontal stretch, distorting it. If I really want to
watch something, I switch to the SD channel to avoid that crap.

What about satellite channels that retain the HD feed only? They rely on
the cable head end or a converter box to convert the signal to SD, which
then letterboxes their HD programming. Any 4:3 programming in that HD
feed ends up not being displayed correctly top to bottom of the screen,
but in the center of the screen only, surrounded by black bars on
all four sides.

Ideally, information about the aspect ratio should be embedded in the stream,
allowing the tv to display it correctly, but that's not done. Then there
would be no reason for the redundant SD feed.

[cameo]

On 3/26/2013 2:21 PM, Harvey Specter wrote:
> As I understand it, the free stuff is only available through On Demand.
>
> I can't confirm that though because I only subscribe to the Digital
> Economy/Cheapskate package which does not include On Demand access.

Same here. My Digital Economy package also does not include On Demand.

> Disclaimer: If I'm just a teensy bit wrong about the above info, Adam
> or one of his socks will be along shortly to correct me. ;-)

Oh, oh ... I already hear rumors of war.

[HankG]

"cameo" <ca...@unreal.invalid> wrote in message
news:kiu98v$gjc$1...@dont-email.me...

I subscription is for extended basic and gets on demand and the guide.

HankG

[Harvey Specter]

Yah, now he's trying to start one with Dave over a Comcast NID. Sheeeesh!

[Mitt Romley]

On 3/27/2013 3:30 PM, HankG wrote:
> I subscription is for extended basic and gets on demand and the guide.
>
> HankG

They offer 5 different packages here, Digital Premier, Digital
Preferred, Digital Starter, Digital Economy and Limited Basic.

I have Digital Economy which does not include On Demand. Digital
Starter is another $25/mo but seldom has any content I want to watch.

Not a big deal though, Amazon Instant Video and a Roku box work well enough.

[cameo]

On 3/27/2013 12:30 PM, HankG wrote:
> I subscription is for extended basic and gets on demand and the guide.

That extended basic must be grandfathered to you because there is no
such service package offred these days.

[HankG]

"cameo" <ca...@unreal.invalid> wrote in message

news:kivsd1$8ac$1...@dont-email.me...

I just checked a bill to see if anything has changed. It's called
'expanded' basic. Been that way all along. Asked my son who lives in an
adjacent town. He has expanded basic also.

HankG