SNY-HD not in HD?
Both channel 60 and 718 are showing 4:3 SD new programming from SNY studios.
View Article"Fight Now" going away
I saw on the guide channel that "Fight Now" in the Sports Pak on channel 464, will be removed on June 24. Not a channel I ever watched, but I tuned to it after reading that, and it was showing a...
View Article[Optimum Voice] Anyone having a problem with CNAM lookup on incoming OV calls?
Curious if anyone else has been having problems with CNAM lookups on Optimum Voice the past week or two.. CNAM is the database that gets queried with the caller ID number to deliver the name to the...
View ArticleWhat router does CV supply with OOL Business Service.
My brother is thinking of switching from FIOS to OOL for business. What router does CV supply? When he called them they could only say it was Cisco. I want to see if it has features/ports adequate for...
View ArticleVelocity channel 727 blank in 06795
No news reports mentioning blackout, no on screen message about contract dispute, just a black screen. Been like this for a few days I would say, rebooting the boxes has no effect (4250HD and 8300HD...
View Article[OOL] two modems,one house
The end of this month i will be moving into a basement apartment. The landlord currently has optimum service but i would like like my own internet. Is it possible to have two modems in one house?
View Article[iO] Optimum DVR Slow Motion Feature Eliminated?
I have a Samsung SMT-C5320 box and I can no longer use the slow motion feature. I called Optimum and was told that this feature was eliminated on or around April 30. The rep said that the feature was...
View Article[iO] DVR Plus (multi-room) watch recorded on iPad?
Will this ever be available? I would see this as a very handy / wanted feature.
View Article[iO] Multi- Room DVR makes buzzing noise
I have two Samsung boxes. One makes a buzzing noise when fast forwarding or rewinding. Has anyone experience this? Is this one box defective?
View ArticleCooking Channel & DIY Network coming May 22
According to Newsday.... "Cablevision Systems Corp. on Tuesday said it will add the Cooking Channel and the DIY Network to its Optimum TV lineup by May 22. Both networks are owned by Knoxville, Tenn.-...
View ArticleVOD black/white level issue not 16/235
the black/white level for most HD VOD movies is not correct, its not the standard 16/235. surely im not the only one here experiencing this issue. comparison: watch some dark scenes on "Captain...
View ArticleWifi speeds go from 50 mbps to 4 mbps w/ Sagemcom router
Does anyone else experience frequent changes with the speeds you see on your smartphones? Sometimes I receive 50 mbps, then a couple hours later it's 4 mbps... I use recommended channels in wireless...
View ArticleOn Demand not holding Pause
Past few weeks I've noticed that while watching On Demand content and I pause a show and don't return before it returns to menu, I can't resume where I left off. If anyone understands what I'm...
View ArticleCablevision won't price match Verizon.
Verizon is offering us a $300 gift card to switch, with the package priced at 147 for the first 3 months and then 168 for the next 21 months after that. Cablevision wants to bump us up from 170 a month...
View Article[help] Optimum App for Laptop and Windows 8.1
Has anyone gotten the Optimum App to work with Windows 8.1?
View ArticleSagemcom F@st 3965CV Manual Configuration Possible?
I switched out the OOL router with a real router and I would like to put the OOL router into bridge mode for wireless. However, the GUI is all in the cloud and OOL can't access it behind my router. Is...
View Article[OOL] BOOL Firewall Recommendation Needed
I am looking for a recommendation for a bridging firewall that I can use with our small business BOOL service that will pass our static IP's to systems behind the firewall and allow for port blocking....
View Article[help] Outage in Brooklyn
All 3 services dead in Brooklyn as of around 3:30pm EST. Optimum Help claimed it was a fiber cut. Anybody else down? My whole neighborhood seems to be down and out.
View Article[iO] Do cable companies collect data on what we watch?
I was reading about the various ratings used to track program popularity (C+3, Live+7, etc.) These are collected by Nielson and others. That got me wondering whether Cablevision collects data on what...
View ArticleOptimum app: wrong boxes listed
Recently downloaded be optimum app for iPhone... it was working fine, but now all of a sudden it lists the incorrect STB numbers... and shows our house as having two HD and two SD boxes, rather than...
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