About AriesDan

I bought a ROKU. Several 'channels' of Weather, including Weather Nation are available. I then also found Weather Nation broadcast over the air as a local channel.   I took Comcast's advice and sought other sources for weather. Of course this means I also CUT THE CABLE and am no longer subscribing to cable TV.   It is truly amazing the over-the-air and Roku and web-streaming options that are out there that DO NOT REQUIRE COMCAST CABLE any longer.   I cut the cable. I'm glad I did. Losing WeatherScan was the final straw and I took great enjoyment out of sending my equipment BACK to Comcast and telling them I'm done!   Thank you for cancelling WeatherScan Comcast. However you didn't thank ME for cancelling COMCAST in return. ... View more

I love the Roku 3. As soon as I got mine, Comcast got all their equipment back. However not all content is available through Roku. CBS has their own CBS All Access. Some channels require you use your Comcast (or other) log in to view premium content. But I much prefer paying a la carte for what I actually watch.   Also, Amazon now has the Amazon FIRE TV (stick and other) so check out that one as well.     ... View more

@MisterEd51 wrote: The point I was trying to make is this. If Comcast does not provide ... service ... then maybe we should look to local broadcast channels to fill the void.    Good Point, Mister Ed.    And that is exactly what I am doing because Comcast continues to raise rates while failing to provide service of all sorts.    2 Comcast Cords cut... 1 to go... by 01/01/2015... or sooner... Stay Tuned... ... View more

@MisterEd51 wrote: ----------------------------------------------- @AriesDan wrote: Gee that's great Mister Ed. But I don't live there, I live in New Mexico. ----------------------------------------------- I should made it more clear in my post. The point I was trying to make is this. If Comcast does not provide the service of local weather forecasts then maybe we should look to local broadcast channels to fill the void. In my case a local channel partnered with WeatherNation to do this. Has anyone looked into whether this is possible where they live?   If you had read the posts I addressed to Swoozie, this is EXACTLY what I told her how to do. ... View more

Oh and by the way... I'm finding the local stations over the air are a BETTER signal than what was coming over the Comcast Wire anyway... imagine that... B'Bye Comcast... soon, very soon... ... View more

Swoozie, I think it was the weather. It's intermittent at times, especially when the host station is changing things around.    I did find the same feed on both 11.2 (Albuquerque feed) and 43.3 (Santa Fe feed).    Yes, sometimes it's a bit dicey if the host station is tweaking things, but hey, this is what Comcast drove us to.   As I said in my previous post, I'm planning on cutting all my Comcast Cable cords by the end of the year.    Starting a New Year without a cable bill? That's what I'm looking forward to in 2015!! ... View more

Gee that's great Mister Ed. But I don't live there, I live in New Mexico.   I've had it with Comcast. The only way to contact them is waiting on the phone for someone who may or may not have a clue what your actual issue is. Or this forum, which again, someone may or may not even get back to you. And even when you report an issue... the solution: we can send you new equipment or we can send someone out.   What they don't tell you is they will BILL you for both of these ($15.00 for the DIY kit, $50.00 for the technician) unless you scream and protest.   I've had it. I'm cutting the cable cord as soon as I can. Even if I wait and BUY the DVD set for each of my favorite shows seasons it's less than what I'm shelling out to Comcast every month after month after every month.   Just cut my 2nd cord out of formerly three cable boxes in my house today.   Two down and 1 to go... and Amazon is FedEx'ing my Roku....   B'bye Comcast... looking forward to my LAST cable bill... soon, very soon... ... View more

More doinking around with Weather programming by Comcast. Gee thanks...   For a while we had to tune to the SD Weather Channel (channel 53) in order to view the weather banner across the bottom for the local weather. Now we have to tune to the HD Weather Channel (which is channel 835).   I also see that  the Weather on the 8's on '53' isn't pushed for the local weather anymore, just some kind of generic "America's Weather" feed. I have to tune to the HD Weather to get the local Weather on the 8's.   So they just can't leave anything alone. You've heard about the expression "Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it?" More like "Everyone likes to watch the weather on TV, but ComCast just can't leave it alone..." ... View more

Swoozie, Awesome... your gain.. Comcast's loss! Glad I could help you.   Not quite as good as WeatherScan but it does come around every Weather on the 5's and runs for a several minutes.   Enjoy! ... View more

   Swoozie, yes, KHCF is run by a religious channel. They are broadcasting several channels:   43-1 43-2 43-11   Make sure you put in 43-11 or 43.11 in your digital tuner for over the air to get the Weather. If it's a commercial it should come around shortly. Try to make sure you enter 43.11 and don't wind up on 43.2 which IS religious programming   And no to the other thread, we did not get 101 back here in New Mexico, either. ... View more

Hey Swoozie...   If you can, tune in to channel 43-11 directly (off cable). It's a Santa Fe station which runs Weather Nation on a continuous loop. They do have commercials, but the "Weather on the 5's" runs for a full two minutes long. Also run some local radar loops.   Not the same as WeatherScan 101 but obviously they are making money off it (ad revenue) which again, Comcast is missing the boat. ... View more

Mister Ed: It was removed for everyone. I have digital preferred and 101 is just plain gone from the channel lineup.   We had a local station that was broadcasting "Weather Nation" over the air, but they recently went to country music videos as well, so that source is useless as well.   They used to run ads across the bottom of Weatherscan so Comcast can't tell me it was a money decision. Maybe a salesman needed to market those ads better to local business, or maybe some genius Comcast programming engineer could figure out some other whizbang way to make the ribbon feed useful.   But for all of our crying and moaning... doubtful it will happen... ... View more

Cindy:   Well must be nice, they sure have NOT restored it to the channel line up here in New Mexico.... so who knows? ... View more

@medziatkowicz wrote: Still have in Pittsburgh/keystone region. Same as always. Need to update music just maybe.    Trust me on this. It will go away soon. Just like it has for the rest of us. ... View more

@MisterEd51 wrote: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In case someone might have misundersood I was talking about Comcast Local Weather on channel 60 where I live. I don't bother to look at the weather information availlable from the cable menu because it is inferior to my other options. In any case for weather information I look at Weatherscan (ch 101) on my main TV and Comcast Local Weather (ch 60) on the TVs that have DTAs.  And that's exactly our point, Mister Ed. They took away all our options ~except~ for the Weather Channel, and even that's in Lo-Def/SD for now... and only Local on the 8's.    I hope you will enjoy Weatherscan now while you have it because they will be coming to take it away from you soon, who knows maybe your Comcast Local Weather on #60 as well.    That's our whole point Ed. They took something away and left us with "inferior" options to what we had.  It's nice that you still have other options, but ours were taken away without any recourse or alternative and ~that~ is why people are voicing our displeasure here.   Not that "Comcast Cares". LOL ... View more

@MisterEd51 wrote: Comcast also supports a channel called  Local Weather for Digital Starter & above. It has the followig information: Left 3/4 of screen: Live local weather radar Right 1/4 of screen: Temperature, Humidity, Wind Speed, Barometer, Dew Point, and Rainfall Audio: NOAA Weather Radio messages (same as weather radio)   Local Weather is no where as good as Weatherscan but is better tnan nothing.      From the Main Menu on Digital Cable Menu there's an entry Local Weather   It has ONE line and nothing else:   Current Temp nn F, Mostly Clear hum xx %    gee, thanks soooooooooooooooo much, Comcast ... View more

Great, I had one user name, had some account issues. Did a chat with Comcast "help". Someone put me on hold for over 40 minutes before I had to give up. Tried again with someone else a few days later.   They fixed my issues alright, gave me a new account, which means my old posts are no longer "mine" and I have to start over with a new user name.   Soooooooooo even in the forum, even in the account issues, Comcast is just one big mess.   I don't know why I expected them to pay attention to Channel #101 going away.   Frankly they are too big to care. It's like dealing with the government, Every time you talk to them you either get the standard answer or some other nonsense.   I won't even tell you what I went through trying to get 1 of 3 cable boxes squared away with the recent push/update.   Yes, just to remove and reprogram it screwed up all my cable boxes, one just wouldn't come back, spent hours and hours with Comcast trying to get it reset.   Also noticed they pushed the SD/Low-def Weather Channel to channel #53 from channel #35... why the heck would they do that when the pulled 101 Weather Scan as well??? 35 is Bloomberg? That channel couldn't possible need less bandwidth than the Weather Scan used to???   Comcast, I'm sorry you just get worse and worse and I keep asking myself why do I keep sending you so much money month after month...   All for a few channels I can't get over the air such as ESPN and TNT... ... View more