Oceanic goes all-digital

Went to my mom's place and noticed snow on her regular channels.

It appears Oceanic has totally changed their channel lineup for those who directly plug the cable into their TV.  The channels now range from 3 to 34 and are all digital.  There's a lot of added channels and most of the channels are in HD!  This would be quite a deal for those who have digital cable and don't watch the extra channels on the digital variety pack.  They don't need a cable box now.

So no more complaining that people are watching stretched HD pictures any more.  However, this will require people with old analog TVs to get a digital to analog converter (or buy a new TV).

I wonder if it's only at my mom's place though?  Not likely, but let me check Oceanic's site.

Well, don't see any news there, but if I click on View the Channel Lineup from the Basic TV & Standard TV page, the page is not found.  So maybe they're in the process of updating the Channel Lineup page.  Zap2it still shows the old analog listings.

I'll check on this more when I go back home.

WTH, let's see list the channels:

3-1 GUIDE (HD)
4-1 FOX (HD)
4-2 KFVE (HD)
5-1 ABC (HD)
5-2 CBS (HD)
6-1 NBC (HD)
6-2 PBS (HD)
7-1 KIKU (SD)
7-2 FNC (HD)
8-1 CNN (HD)

8-2 HLN (HD)
9-1 BLOOM (HD)
9-2 CNBC (HD)
9-3 CSPAN (SD)
10-1 MSNBC (HD)
10-2 TBS (HD)
10-3 E! (HD)
11-1 TNT (HD)
11-2 USA (HD)
12-1 DISC (HD)

12-2 A&E (HD)
13-1 NGC (HD)
13-2 WEATHER (HD)
13-3 BBCA (HD)
14-1 COMEDY (HD)
14-2 VH-1 (SD)
15-1 MTV (SD)
15-2 PLD (HD)
16-1 SCENIC (HD)
16-2 RL HAW (SD)

17-1 NGNHC (SD)
17-2 CHTV (SD)
17-3 TTN (SD)
17-4 KBFD (SD)
17-5 TELEMUN (SD)
18-1 SCIENCE (HD)
18-2 UNIV (HD)
19-1 OC16 (HD)
19-2 OCSURF (HD)
19-3 ESPNU (HD)

20-1 ESPNEWS (HD)
20-2 ESPN (HD)
20-3 TWCSP (HD)
21-1 ESPN2 (HD)
21-2 FSN (HD)
21-3 OCSPORT (HD)
22-1 ESPNC (SD)
22-2 NFL (HD)
22-3 CBSSN (HD)
23-1 GOLF (HD)

23-2 MLB (HD)
23-3 NBCSN (HD)
24-1 FS1 (HD)
24-2 HGTV (HD)
24-3 LIFE (HD)
25-1 FX (HD)
25-2 SPIKE (HD)
26-1 HISTORY (HD)
26-2 FYI (HD)
27-1 DISNEY (HD)

27-2 NICK (SD)
27-3 DISNJR (HD)
28-1 ABCFAM (HD)
28-2 TOON (HD)
29-1 TRAVEL (HD)
29-2 MGM (HD)
30-1 SYFY (HD)
30-2 FOOD (HD)
31-1 APL (HD)
31-2 TLC (HD)

32-1 WE (HD)
32-2 BRAVO (HD)
33-1 AMC (SD)
33-2 TCM (HD)
33-3 BET (HD)
34-1 CW (SD)
34-2 TVLAND (SD)

77 channels.  That's quite a few. The only other ones I might want are NBA TV and Nat Geo Wild.  But I guess I can live without them.

[5/2/15 - and just noticed, no Prime Ticket, just like HawaiianTelcom.]

Oddly, there's no local (over-the-air) channels KWHE, ME-TV, ANTENNA-TV, THIS, ION.  And CW is in SD, while it's available on HD on the old lineup.  No OLELO either.  So I'd have to say this is a limited test run.

But we'll see if all the channels stick around.  Who knows?  Maybe they'll switch it all back tomorrow.

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Home.  Nope, still got the analog channels.  So don't know what gives?  Maybe I'll get the new lineup later.  Or maybe it'll get taken off at my mom's place.

 [4/18/15 - channels still on my mom's place, but the old channel lineup is still on at home]