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Originally Posted by browna
From Digitalhome.ca
High Definition Cable Customers
Because CTV only has high definition (HD) transmitters in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto, the network can only request that Canadian cable companies operating within those three areas simulcast HD signals.
This means that HD cable subscribers outside of the Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto grade B contour should be able to watch the NBC-HD version of the game complete with U.S. commercials. Customers in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto will watch the simulcast signal
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True (sort of).
Expressvure does their signal substitution on the uplink to the satellite, so for Bell users you will get simsubbed regardless of where you live.
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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
A buddy of mine that worked for starchoice said if you soft reset the receiver you can get the US feeds.
Turn off the receiver, unhook the sat cable, wait a minute or so, plug it back in and turn it on. Apparently the US feed will stay on for 45 minutes.
I have expressvu so I have no idea if this works or not.
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StarChoice uses a different methodology. They use your address to figure out if you are required to be simsubbed, and then relay that info to your set top box. So when you unplug for the "soft reset" it removes that message telling it to "replace channel X with channel Y". So you then get the original channel until the message is resent (which it regularly is - apparently every 45 minutes).
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