[Electronics-talk] SAP channel

[cbandmantracker]

This message is directed to Tracy for which I would hope I could be some 
help with the given situation
I have been having some issue with the SAP situation my self and I guess if 
you where to mention of Discriptive Video Service with your Cable provider, 
then they would know for the meaning of  what SAP is for. From what I know 
from the early days when SAP was started back in the early 80's that was 
mostly for the Spanish folks that live here in this State.
Just here in the Sacranento area  for where I reside most of the folks that 
are blind here don't even bother with the SAP/discriptive video service. I 
do care about it for when I had my big dish Cband dish I receive most of the 
Descriptive Video services from Turner Classic Movies 24/7 and most of the 
network feeds coming from Denver and even NBC directly from NY on W4.
It would be nice if I can have my big dish up again so in this way I can 
really enjoy TV again.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 4:16 AM
Subject: [Electronics-talk] SAP channel


> It seems to me that whether or not one gets SAP not only depends on having 
> the button, but also on having the provider sending SAP.
> I live in northern New Jersey, and get 3 PBS stations.  One used to play 
> the SAP, but stopped.  One does play the SAP. and one uses the SAP for 
> radio for the blind, reading newspapers and such.
> We also used to get SAP on Turner Classic Movies, but have not for a long 
> time, even on movies I know have it.
> When we ask our cable company about it, they have no idea what we're 
> talking about, though usually their customer service is excellent.
>
> So, for me, if I was choosing a new TV provider, I'd want to know if they 
> send the SAP signal.  But that may be darned hard to find out.
> Tracy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mariea Harris" <mariea1979 at gmail.com>
> To: <Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 4:48 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] dish or direct TV?
>
>
>> When we were discussing audio description and providers, someone 
>> mentioned to not get either dish or direct TV due to a button being hard 
>> to locate. We’re considering getting rid of Time Warner and going with 
>> either one of these or possibly aT&T Uverse, even though we tried it over 
>> a year ago for 2 weeks and had horrible customer service support. I want 
>> to compare pricing, but don’t want to get the one that was mentioned if 
>> it will be hard to turn on SAP. So, whoever mentioned that issue with the 
>> button, please let me know which company it was with so I can avoid it. 
>> We have no sighted help around, so we need to be able to do it ourselves.
>>
>> Mariea and Valiant
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