when the channel freezes....

There's been a problem cropping up on certan channels of late, and I
think it may have more to do with the cable provider (in this case Time
Warner). Earlier tonight, over the course of a half hour span, the
picture froze on the following channels: Cartoon Network, ABC Family,
Fox Sports Net, Nickelodeon, & ESPN 2. It took them a while before the
signals were back in place. This has happened before with Nick & FSN.
My question to the group: Has this happened to you in your area over
the last 2 weeks? If so, LMK.

Steven L....

I had a freeze-up earlier today too--but not the same channels you're
talking about. In my case, Animal Planet and one or two of the news
channels (I think CNN) froze up, and a couple others. I have analog via
ComCast in Massachusetts.

J. C. Gilbert

Anim8rFSK...

It happens constantly on the analog feed on COX. Not on the set with
the digital feed though.

bklyntv...

funny I never had the problem until I switched from analog to digital.
the few times it's happened I rebooted my box & it was fine. if it
happens alot I'd replace the box

Casey McDonald's Guidance Counsellor, Ian J. Ball...

Yep - when in doubt, do a 'hard' reboot of the box (i.e. unplug it for
30 seconds).

If it keeps happening, then at least you know it's on the cable
company's end, and not on your cable box's end.

Barry Margolin...

I think a better question would be whether it's happening to any of your
neighbors. If not, it's probably a bad signal on the cable going to
your house, and you should call the cable company to get them to work on
it.

Anim8rFSK...

hee hee hee

you're funny

call and complain about the bad picture

et472...

I don't have cable, but I see it happening. So when I see it, it has
to be the feed to the tv station. Obviously, this is an artifact
of a digital world. Years ago, you'd simply get a dropout of the signal,
but now you get a freeze on the last frame until the signal returns I'm not
sure which is better. But, it seems to happen more now than when it
wasn't digital, I suspect because they are using a satellite to feed
the stations, and that signal deteriorates more frequently. IN the past,
they would have had the signal off a tape, or via a terrestrial microwave
feed, which would seem to be affected less than a satellite feed.