Crappy "Interactive Programming Guide" through COMCAST?

[warhummer]

First question:

1) Does anyone else out there use a Motorola DCT 6200 HD box to receive HD programming through their cable provider?

and, this relates directly to question two:

2) Does anyone who's using said box, getting a crappy programming guide display with two giant commercial ads for Bowflex and something else taking up half the screen?

I haven't delved into this too deeply yet as I just got the HD hookup and the new TV (Samsung HLR 6167W), but there are a couple of things I discovered.

First, a friend of mine in the next county over (different cable provider, though) has the exact same crappy programming guide, and second, the Motorola user's manual says the programming guide is determined by your cable provider (who of course, doesn't provide you with any documentation.

I'm in Southern Maryland and using COMCAST. As I said before, I haven't actually contacted them concerning this, but for the money I'm spending, I should be able to view a programming guide that displays more than a 7 channel line-up.

Any feedback on this one?

 

[Spiffyfast]

Same thing I had with just a digital cable box through Charter out in Warrensburg, MO where I go to school. An ad for bowflex and then whatever other ad they wanted to show me

 

[MDS]

I don't have Comcast but my sister does and her guide is the same way. You can actually cursor over to one of those ads and select it to view it larger. Don't know many people that would bother with that.

The guide does have some nice features that are better than my guide for Time Warner cable but has alot of strange behavior - like if the current time is within 5 minutes of the next hour, the guide will show up on channel 1 rather than the current channel and there is no button to get to the current channel like the TW guide. The TW guide only shows 5 entries at a time too but instead of stupid static ads, it shows a small window at the top right with the current channel (like a mini picture in picture).

 

[warhummer]

I used to have a rather nice spread with Adelphia and Time Warner digital cable. You could see a multi-program lineup which covered a couple hours all at once, not the half-hour block I get now. I think it's time for a phone call to COMCAST.