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Since the changes on July 12 it's worse then it was before ,sure is no improvements what were they thinking  
- to many sports channels  
- to many cartoons  
- to many of the same channel  
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contact to complain ? They keep putting out yuck seems like they want to turn customers away .

https://support.westmancom.com/article.php?article_id=627  
 
According to the link, it sounds like all they did was align similar channels together. Of course I do not have westman, so unsure for sure.  
 
You probably had all those channels to beging with, but did not notice because they were scattered everywhere instead of being grouped together (most noticable when grouped together). According to the link, you actually lost some cartoon channels, not gained.  
 
And if moving to an HD platform, the silly CRTC has a "linkage" rule where in order to get a channel in HD, you have to have the channel in SD first (meaning the same channel twice unfortunatley). That is the same for all providers.

Does Cable still exist? I cant believe there is still people out there that pay for commercials lol

As a whole, I like Westman's realignment of channels. Everything is pretty much lined up eg. sports channels are with each other. Most of the Winnipeg stations are together.

I am a streamer (legal, using Netflix, Prime, Crave and Disney+) and I would love to have TV svc, as all the shows I like do not come on the streaming platforms.  
 
Also, Stack TV for Prime has commercials (I have used it) and Netflix is coming out with commercials as well. I do not mind commercials, helps pay people

Did they remove the Stingray music channels for everyone: or just those with InifiniTV? I know you can cast from the Stingray app which was way more channels, but nowadays that means having to sign in with your Westman details every seven days if you want commercial free music.

Ide call westman and see if you can remove some of what you don’t like.

My issue is that I just switched from prism to infinitv and went from having Netflix to no way to access it and can’t even cast it! I’m paying more (which is spiraling out of control) for what seems like less. Do better, Westman. Not worse

It is VERY SIMPLE to remove the channels you don't want to see in your guide  
 
Press «TiVo Home» «Menu» «Settings» «Channel Settings» uncheck the channels you don’t want to see in your guide from the channel list.  
 
I just did this last night works perfect. I removed any channel I don't get , or don't watch as well as duplicate sports etc.  
 
You can recover any of the channels later by simply checking them again  
 
Also it has to be done on your main TV/cable unit. It will be the same on all tv's you just cant check or uncheck on other tv's  
 
Edited by Slanted, 2022-07-18 11:14:43

thank you so much no more bad words needed .

Yes, they did advertise that Netflix would be available on the new InfiniTV boxes. However, Netflix itself decides which boxes are allowed to download the app. The Chromecast with Google TV has the same interface and is certified, but Android boxes like InfiniTV aren't. Westman recently announced that the InfiniTV successor will support Netflix when it's eventually released. I know that's a pain and it should have been researched further.  
 
I also had to refer to a guide to speed up the InfiniTV box as it has lots of issues, especially when used on Wifi. Basically going into settings and turning off location and automatic time set (except on Ethernet/wired) and usage/diagnostics.  
 
On another note, how did Netflix work for you on the Prism box? I know it slowed down with each major overhaul and Netflix kept skipping and buffering.  
 
Edited by camfarrsuperstar, 2022-07-18 16:10:13

I wasn’t told which box would be replacing my broken prism and was only told which one and about Netflix after installation. It worked okay on the prism and would crash only every once in a while. The wifi itself was crap, started getting spotty in the bathroom of my small apartment and would often completely stop working at all pretty much on the daily, necessitating a reboot