Time Waer move will require adapters for cable TV customers

Time Waer Cable customers soon will no longer be able to directly coect cables to their TV sets or disc players to get service.

The company is expected to begin scrambling analog signals this summer throughout the region, though initial notices have been provided only to customers in 15 service areas.

Time Waer officials made the aouncement in a press release Wednesday, saying the move will allow the company to add chaels under an entirely digital format until the name TWC Maxx.

“Moving to an all-digital lineup is a significant step in improving the customer experience,” the company said. “Each analog chael takes the space of three to four [high-definition] chaels and up to 12 digital networks. This will free up the necessary capacity to offer faster Inteet speeds in the Hudson Valley area, begiing this spring.”


 
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Gary Withey, Time Waer’s area vice president of operations for Albany and Hudson Valley, said the change also is intended to make Inteet speeds “up to six times faster.”

The press release said immediate updates are plaed in Hunter, Liberty, Middletown, Monticello, Newburgh, Olive, Port Ewen, Port Jervis, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Rosendale, Saugerties, Walden, Woodstock and Wurtsboro.

A customer service representative said notices will be sent to other areas, including Kingston, by April.

Time Waer Cable will provide adapters that will descramble the signal free for a year and then charge $3.75 per month for the devices. Customers who have digital cable boxes or Roku streaming devices will not need the adapters.

The customer service representative said cable modem boxes also might need to be updated after the higher Inteet speed upgrades are added to the system.

The Gadget Shop now offering Star Wars flavoured powerbanks

It’s probably a little too late to buy Christmas gifts for 2015, but it’s never too early to stockpile for 2016.

The Gadget Shop, a South African gadget and geekery retailer, has aounced that its now offering Star Wars flavoured powerbanks for those who seriously can’t get over how cool The Force Awakens was.

To be fair, everyone needs a power bank for iphone in today’s battery-torturing device climate. Phones don’t last as long as they should thanks to our addictive usage habits, and usually you’re left without critical charge at important moments of your day.

The powerbanks pack around 2600mAh worth of juice, or enough to charge an iPhone 6S about one-and-a-half times, or a Huawei Mate 7 about halfway.

Unfortunately, if you’re hoping for more love for the Rebel Forces, you’re out of luck. Darth Vader and R2-D2 are currently the only characters available and retail for R299 each.