Tivo Cable Card issues

I am having a serious issue with getting a cable card paired to my TiVo box. After 2 ½ years I lost most of all my channels on 7/3 and it has not worked since then. I was out of town from 7/3-7/10 and was not able to contact Comcast about this issue until 7/10. On that date the phone rep was unsuccessful of correcting this issue so she suggested that I return the card to a local office and get a replacement.
On Sat 7/11 I picked up the replacement card as well as 2 additional cards. After working with several reps over 3 hours none of the cards could be paired with the box. So, the last rep I spoke to scheduled a tech visit on Sunday 7/12. The tech checked all the cable wires and found no connection issues. He tried for over 2 hours trying to pair the cards I had and a new card he brought with no success.
While the tech was at my home, I called TiVo tech support that walked us through the process to determine if the card was paired correctly. They advised us that Comcast should correctly pair the card to the TiVo box. Now, I returned the last card to Comcast and picked up 2 cards. I’m up to 7 cards now. Before, I attempt to pair these cards; I would appreciate if someone at Comcast who knows how to correctly pair cable cards to TiVo boxes assist me with this process.
Please advise the correct # to call for cable card activation.

Hi sdeebrad, while looking at your account I am seeing two cable cards that aren't paired to any hosts. Can you please provide me the following via private
message?
Card S/N
Unit Address
Host ID
Data ID
Thank you
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Cable Card issue: Can't view premium channels

I recently switched from Comcast to FIOS, and have been very happy with the new services so far. One thing that has been driving me crazy however, is that I can't get my cablecard to view any of the premium channels I subscribe to.
It looks like there's an issue with activation, but everytime I call the FIOS tech support they say that it looks good on their end. However if I look at the status of my cable card it says:
Authentication: Success
Authorization: Needed
If I look at the log for my device when I try to tune a premium channel, it shows:
20121224-17:16:58 CableCARD: Tuner0: vchannel 850 (225MHz-734) access = not-subscribed
I'm using a HD Prime Homerun network tuner, however I also have a STB in the house, and it tunes those channels perfectly.
The FIOS tech support guys/gals I've talked with, don't seem to be too up to speed on cable cards, and even tried to forward my call to TIVO support (the TIVO support person was just as confused as I was, since I told them that it wasn't a TIVO that I was using).
Any ideas?
Edit: Also wanted to add, that one FIOS support tech suggested that the card was defective, so I did swap out for a new card, but the new card is acting exactly like the old one.

Hubrisnxs - Thanks for the message. . . I've definitely been giving those numbers out everytime I call in, but maybe I just need to keep trying until I get someone who can push the magic buttons. I know these cable cards are somewhat finicky, but it's definitely frustrating to spend hours on the phone without getting things working.

Cable Card Issues/Nightmare

Good Evening,
I'm running out of options at this point (and time). In a nutshell, I have yet to have my cable card "activated".
Issue History:
I have had issues since I started my subscription to FiOS, sadly.
1.) I originally placed an order for my FiOS triple play bundle two or three days before moving into my new place. Shortly afterwards, I found the option for a cable card and called the verizon employee I spoke with was happy to change my order to only include a cable card and SD set top box, as opposed to the HD DVR I had originally ordered. I received my order confirmation number and UPS shipping information, and it was due to arrive March 15th (Friday). When March 16th rolled around, I called Verizon to enquire as to why my shipping information still said something along the lines of "A UPS label has been created, but the facility has not yet received your order".
2.) The verizon employee I talked to agreed to have a tech come out the next day (Sunday). The tech was going to install my wireless router and my CableCard for me. I had a whopping time frame of 8am to 9pm that the tech may show, which is inconvienient when you are moving into a new house. Regardless, the tech came and was very friendly. He installed a splitter on to one o my coax connections and added a the Verizon router and we plugged the CableCard into my HDHomeRun TV Prime tuner.
3.) Assuming all was well and that I could call in to activate the CableCard, I told the tech all was well. I had to get windows media center running and a few things on my end. After getting to the CableCard activation screen, I called to get my CableCard activated. I had to wait on the tech support line for about an hour due to the fact I had no activation code.
4.) After talking to about five different technical support representatives, I still can not get my CableCard activated. All of the technical support reps have stated that they will activate the card and that it may take 30 minutes to activate. Otherwise, they state that the card is already "activated". Regardless of what their system says, my CableCard is still coming up as not activated.
In summary:
Currently, when I few my cable card status, I see this:
Card Authentication
success
Card OOB Lock
success
Card Activation
none
I also have access to my CableCard ID, Host ID, and data ID. I have my card's UnitAddress and Card serial number handy as well. My Verizon FiOS internet works fine. I've read on the internet that others have had similar issues getting their cable card connected. If anybody has any suggesitons or is willing to look into this in a little more depth, I would appreciate it. At this point, I am out of options and I can't spend another two nights talking to technical support =(.

When you call tech support, it's been mentioned on numerous forums, that verizon and cable card providers define activation differently. So when you call verizon ask them if its activated, and if they say yes, then ask them if they can validate the card - that should be special info for them, that they treat it differently, and they do a validation with all the new current info.
gl

FIOS And TIVO Series # and Cable Cards

I recently lost one tuner on my series 3 TIVO HD. Asked for re-activation and eventually a new cable card to restore the lost tuner. After the second visit I had nothing on either tuner. Techs claim they have never been trained on cable cards, inventory is not controlled so they know good ones from bad ones, there is no way to test a cable card in their shops. After and extended discussion and a visit by two senior techs and a supervisor I got back a few channels on one tuner. I get only locals up to channel 50, USA. I get the locals in both SD and HD so I know the tuner is working.
I went to the Tivo Community Bulletin Board to see if anyone else had this problem. I found that on December 4, 2009 in Western New York TIVO owners with cable cards lost all channels above 50. This was resolved in about one week and was clearly a back office problem with FIOS software used to authorize the cards. I thought I could go to the national FIOS support center and get my problem fixed in the same way since this appears to be an identical problem. NO SURPRISE.
Verizon national FIOS technical support refused to investigate the problem or solution with Western New York. The one and only thing the tesch would do was to order another truck roll without any attempt to contact their center in New York. At one point he said he did not have the telephone number and could not look it up (Verizon is one of the largest phone companies in the country and they have no way to find an internal number in the same FIOS support organization??
I have a lot of respect for the techs who try to solve problems (not this one) and I expect this will be resolved once I speak to a supervisor, but why doesn't Verizon provide adequate support and training to their techs on TIVO and cable cards. I suppose they just want to continue to push their own HD STB by making it so hard to use anything else that you eventually just give up.
In my humble opinion Verizon, along with the other cable providers so abuse the process of installing third party equipment that they should be prohibited form selling or renting equipment. They should provide only the service and equipment, as was the case with ATT, should be divorced from service. That process revolutionized phone service and it could do the same for television service.

well without a lot of reports from other customers in your area, they are going by the assumption that it is not an outage, and that there is no sizeable amount of customers experiencing the same issue, so they are treating it as an individual case basis.   You're right the Tech's don't have a lot of training on tivo's because they aren't supported items. They rely on tivo technical support to support their own product.   The cable cards are a simple thing to verizon. make sure they are activated - possibly send you a new one if their is suspicion that the cable card is bad, and 'possibly' a field tech. field tech's aren't a whole lot of good as you have come to experience, because they are not tivo technicians. they are fios technicians and they support their own product.
I would reach out to the tivo bulletin boards and post your issue there, and see if there is a consensus as to what the problem is, maybe one of them have had a similiar issue. Please remember that absent any other reports in your area, that verizon can't consider it a back end thing, if it were it would naturally affect multiple tivo customers in an identical fashion.
Is it possible it's the tivo box itself? tivo's go bad just like any other piece of hardware.
Also keep an eye on this forum post of yours, there are others here with tivo's that have a good deal of experience, and may have ran into the problem themselves,   they may be coming along and reading the posts soon I would hope.
another great resource is the dslreports.com forum for issues like this.
give them a shot too. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/vzfiostv
sorry about all your trouble, but for the record, if your cards only get channels upto 50 it sounds like a reactivation of those cable cards would correct it.    I can imagine that if you have talked to a supervisor and a few technicians that they would have tried that, but if you are unsure that they did, I would call back in to tech support again and ask them if they can deactivate and reactivate the cards.      normally when a verizon dvr gets 1-50, it is that same issue.   if they haven't replaced the cable cards, I would pursue that, if the reactivations don't help.

Cable cards for Tivo box: two different chat reps say VZ no longer offers Cable Cards.

Hello All,
I've just moved to the Philly area and am in the process of getting Fios installed. I've asked the on-line chat reps about getting a cable card for my Tivo Premier and two different reps say "Jasper(23:51:37): I apologize but you would be unable to order a Cable Card as we do not provide Cable Cards anymore."
Yet, I see questions about cable cards and Tivo tuners. Where can I obtain a Cable Card?
Thanks, Scott
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They have cable cards the rep probably just doesn't know how to add it to the account.

Question regarding ONT connection via Ethernet and Cable cards

Hi,
We recently upgraded to Fios Quation 150Mbps/65 plan. We are not getting the advertised speeds (we only get like 5mbps upload) so verizon is sending a tech to switch the ONT connection from coax to ethernet.
I have 2 questions regarding this new setup:
1. If the ONT communicates with the Fios Actiontect router via ethernet instead of coax from now on, How will the set top boxes and Tivo-esque cable card powered device I currently have connected to coax, talk to the verizon system from now on, if coax is taken out of the equation? Will fios signal still flow through the internal coax wiring of the house? And moreover, I was under the impression that coax was the way set top boxes communicated and derived independent ip addresses from the Fios router, for on deman purposes and what not. How will this work from now on?
Quiestion 2.
Right next to the wall where the ONT sits, theres's a basement office where we have a PC that connects to the Fios system via an Actiontect MoCa adapter (ECB2500C) which I assume derives it internet connection from the Fios Actiontec router which sits upstairs in the living room.
Again, with the Coax about to be disabled next Friday in favor of ethernet connection from the ONT, I assume this PC will be left without internet because of the lack of internet signal in the coax? Is this correct?
Question 2.5 If my above assumption is correct, since this office is right on the other side of the wall where the ONT sits outside the house, would it be possible to run an ethernet wire through the wall that connects straight from the ONT to an ethernet switch inside the office, from which I would derive a connection for this basement PC (properly firewalled of course) and then, from said switch, continue running the ethernet wire that would ultimately reach the Actiontec Fios router upstairs from which the rest of the house derives it's internet? and would this setup affect in any way the propper functioning of the cable boxes in the house?
I'd appreciate your input and any help you can provide so I can have a ballpark idea of what to tell the Fios guy to do when he comes on Friday.
Cheers.
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It's not valid to have two devices connected to the ONT, PC and VZ Router. Must be a single device. The ONT locks onto the MAC Address of the first device it sees. Since you have TV you should have the VZ router as the internet facing router.
Other options:
1. Have the VZ Router located next to the PC in the basement and then use Wireless for all other PC's.
2. Have the VZ Router located next to the PC in the basement but run one wire upstairs and connect a switch where other PCs and devices can connect via a wire.
Hope that helps.

Where can I get my cable card????

I'm trying to fix one of my box but is asking me to "re-install my cable card"

yuleme wrote:
I'm trying to fix one of my box but is asking me to "re-install my cable card"
What type of Box?
What Model?
Is this a TiVO or a third party, non Verizon box?
If it is not a Verizon box and you need a cable card, you can order it from Verizon sales or login to myverizon.com and you can order it online.
If it is Verizon hardware, contact tech support.
http://www22.verizon.com/content/contactus/

Picture with no sound - Cable Card

has anyone turned to a channel where the picture was on display, but not the sound?
I know it's not my TV/sound system, b/c as soon as I change the station, the sound returns.
this has only appeared on one tv, my plasma with a cable card, and only on one channel: channel 1 - MASN 2 (baltimore area).
my other tvs with the boxes do emit sound on this station, so I presume it has something to do with the cable card.
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. --Yogi Berra

Loose coax could be an issue but not likely. If the coax was loose or bad then most likely you would have other symptoms. BUT you cant totally eliminate that as a possibility until you reseat it. maybe as a last resort...
If you are only having that issue with just that one channel and no others, and all other tv's are coming in correctly then it is likely an issue with the card itself.
I have a feeling that it is likely a glitch in the card as channel 1 is an unusual channel. Most tv's, VCR's, DVR's and such by default dont look for a channel 1 because channel 2 is usually the first channel anywhere, In fact my tv wont turn to channel one at all. So it may have to do with the fact that we are tuning into a channel that is not normally an accessible channel. Or now to think of it, that may also be an issue with the tv itself by the same reasoning, it may not have the sound due to that is not a channel normally tuned into by tv's... Has it ever worked on that tv? If not, try calling the tv manufacturer and ask if the tv will have any issues with channel 1. All your other tv's are using standard inputs and the STB is doing the decoding, but with a cable card, the tv itself is having to tune to an unusual channel.

When will Verizon deploy the new M series cable cards.

I have read that verizon will be switching over to the newer multistream M series cable cards. When can we expect them to be available and also will the cost be the same as the current s cards.
On the same note why is Verizon charging $3.98 each for the current s cards whrn most cable companies only charge about $2~$3 each. That wont be so bad if the price stays the same for the M cards because only one is required for 2 streams. It sort of looks like verizon is trying to discourage the use of TIvo's and Cable card computers (MCE) by over pricing the cable card rentals.

My main question is has Verizon anounced a price for M cards. As I said befor $3.98 each ($7.98 for 2) S Cards is too much. I certainly hope they dont charge $7.98 for one M card just because it can do the same as 2 S cards. I beilive Vierizon is trying to discourage Tivo & MCE cable card users by artificialy over charging for cable cards.
Message Edited by Davefred99 on 08-08-2008 11:30 PM

Cable Cards

I am trying to upgrade my Tivo and in order for it to work, I need to get a cable card from Verizon. Over the phone, I was told that a Verizon installer would have to come to my house and that it would cost $80. That is the most ridiculous thing that I have ever heard. Seriously? Has anybody heard of somebody getting a cable card and installing it themselves to save money?

Basically when ordering, you have to just smile and nod.
the reps over the phone deal with them so rarely that there is really bad information that they have or give.
its 3.99 a month
a tech has to install it no matter what the rep tells you. if they place your order and tell you no truck roll, then just smile and nod and make sure to give them a good number to reach you at, because a tech will end up giving you a call and asking when he can meet you.
and there is no truck roll fee associated unless they do additional wiring.
don't bother arguing with the rep about it because they will remain clueless, and you will spend way more time on the phone then you want.

Shipping & handling for Cable Card

I wonder why Verizon wants to charge me $19.99 for th shipping and handling of a Cable Card.

javito wrote:
I wonder why Verizon wants to charge me $19.99 for th shipping and handling of a Cable Card.
Hello,
One can order FiOS TV equipment:
online by signing into one's account via verizon.com,
over the phone by calling 1-800-837-4966, OR
at a local FiOS TV store
The STB can either be mailed out directly to your home with a shipping fee, or you can request pick up at the local FiOS store (call first to check whether they have them in stock).
Here is a list of local FiOS TV stores: http://www22.verizon.com/support/residential/tv/fiostv/general+support/account+issues/questionsone/8...
Hope this helps!

Access cable card from multiple PCs?

I've got several PCs on my home network. I instsalled a cable card on computer A. Is there a way I can watch live TV or program the card from computer B?

KaLin wrote:
PJL wrote:
You will note a blank post from me immediately before this one. This happened when I tried to cancel the post but the forum software posted a blank post anyway.
I pointed this type of error out to the site administrators over six months ago, but it was never corrected.
So pardon my blank post -- blame it on the Lithium software that runs this site.
We have tested this across multiple browsers and boards here on the community and cannot replicate the error that you're getting. Unless we can verify there is a bug in the software, we can't file a support case with the developers on it.
KaLin, you need to refer to the community leaders forum for the post about this.
Your testing apparently was not thorough enough. I am running Windows 8 with IE 10, and other with it have the same issue.
Let's not hijack this thread further. I apologize to the OP for responding off subject.

SD Card Issues and Sound Issues

Hello all,
I bought my Xperia Z2 probably 2-3 months ago and I have to say I do love this phone.
However I have come across a few issues that seems to be, not so common as I cannot find any solutions online (Which is why I'm here).
I am having 2 issues:
1st Issue:
SD Card Issue, this is a funny one as I have not been able to identify what actually causes this issue. Now this all started (or when I started to realise the issue) when I changed some settings in the Camera App. I saw that it was saving photos to "Internal Storage" and since I specifically bought a new SD card for the Xperia Z2, I wanted to store photos on the SD card instead.
So I changed it to SD Card Storage and all is well (At least, that is what I thought).
After taking some photos one day, I got home and wanted to preview them, in the photos app and Album (Sony's Photo Previewer) it shows that the photo is corrupted or missing (Depending on which app I'm using). This really annoyed me as the photos I took seems to be all lost and corrupted. So I tried to use a file explorer (Including File Commander) to find the actual file and open it, but it seems to have the same problem. I get this grey background with a picture of a mountain with like a thunderbolt sign (Broken sign).
Following this, I have also tried to copy some video files onto the SD card and it has been giving me troubles too. I tried to copy videos onto the SD card in 2 ways, first way is to take the SD card out, connect it to a SD card reader and plug that into the computer. After it finished copying onto the SD card, the files would just disappear (I use computers a lot and this was very surprising and new to me... It's like the SD card deleted the files right after it was copied, or maybe even 'hid' the files).
So since that method didn't work I thought I would try putting the SD card back into the phone and connect the phone to the computer then use Sony's MediaGO (Computer App) to transfer the videos and it sort of worked this time. I copied 14 videos over and only the first 2 videos are working, the others are all "Media is missing" or of some sort. I checked the video's format and they are all either .avi or .mp4 which I don't think is a problem as the first 2 videos are in .avi so surely other .avi videos would work too? Guess not...
So it seems like I am having troubles with Video and Photos on the SD card as music is working 100% fine. Used Media GO to copy the music on and it's all working wonderfully.
Some of you might suggest formatting the SD Card, I will say I have... I have tried the above methods before formatting AND after formatting (Formatting using Xperia Z2, or shall I say "erase").
The SD card I have is Sandisk's 64GB Ultra (I bought this to anticipate 4K or at least 1080p video recordings).
If the issue here is SD Card compatibility and I was silly enough to not have seen that prior, then I would gladly admit it's my fault and be happy that the solution would simply mean to buy another SD card.
But that said, I highly doubt that would be the issue due to the fact that the SD card is made for performance (Not the best performance as the Extreme and Extreme Pro range are a lot better) and the card is new.
2nd Issue:
Now this issue is not as bad as the first issue, it's something to do with the sound. I understand the phone has 3 sound controls, one for the Ringtone for when you get a notification or/and phone call, one for Media and one for Alarm.
What I do is I have the Ringtone volume sitting at around 50% and Media will be dependent as I change it when I open an app but the issue I've been having is this:
If I open an app (Mainly games that has sound/music) and I change the Media volume to say 70% or even 20%, whenever I get a notification whilst in-app the notification volume seems to be at 100% no matter what I do with the media volume. This is weird as my default Ringtone/Notification volume is sitting very low at around 50% or even if I change it to 20%.
What am I missing here? Any thoughts?
With the above 2 issues, last resort would be to factory reset my phone but will be willing to do it if there's a high chance of the issue getting fixed.
Your thoughts will be greatly received as right now I'm just lost and not sure what to do with the issues. I'm slowly getting the feeling that I should just give up on the phone and use it for phone calls, music and forget about the whole photo/video taking which is very sad as I love the phone's photo/video taking features.
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Hello Rickard,
Thank you for the link, I have started the test and 10 minutes into the test the speed for writing dropped. Anyways I only managed to get through in writing 8GB of data then I gave up. I then started to verify that 8GB of data that was written on the SD Card.
I have to say, it does seem like that SD Card is defective
Thank you for providing the link, what I will do now is get another SD Card and see if the problem is still there.
If the problem goes away I would consider my 1st issue being solved
However I am still not sure about my 2nd issue as this is not related to the SD card. Even without the SD card in the phone I seem to be experiencing this problem.
It's frustrating sometimes as if I'm trying to keep the volume down and play a game I can't because any notifications that comes through will be at 100% volume.
Perhaps there's a setting I'm missing?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Z1 SD card issues..Often caused by FAKE SD cards, unbeknownst to the user and those trying to help?

Hi All...
Well for the last month or so Ive had problems with my 64 gb SD card..losing data, getting corrupt and requiring non stop formatting..until eventually it just died totally.
Of course, throughout all this I was searching various forums for fixes and reasons why...and as far as I could see it was the fault of the Z1 'killing' SD cards ( I tried the card in other peoples phones and it did not work either..so I assumed it had been corrupted BY the phone!......since it HAD worked perfectly when i first got it)...
Well...Once it finally died totally this week., I decided to send it back to Samsung for an RMA. The card I had was a good quality, 64gb Samsung Evo SDXC class 10...Bear in mind I purchased it from an Ebay seller that had 1000s of positive feedback (1 or 2 negs regards late postage only) and the card arrived in the post in packaging with hologram etc, and all appeared good quality....
Im actually pretty tech savvy..and indeed internet shopping savvy, and have never been ripped off or conned before.....I didnt buy a 64gb EVo that was ridiculously cheap or anything..I paid what they are worth (then about £27)
But Samsung took one look at it and informed me it was a fake...the issue I had come up against was that the card worked fine up until its ACTUAL (not listed) capacity was reached..which was 7 GIGS!!!..not 64!!!...it was at that point that it started corrupting files and failing in general....
Which in my case was a couple of weeks after installing it in my phone (and the day I got round to piling all my music on it!)......so I had a few weeks of actual use out of it while all seemd fine....enough time to leave positive feedback for the seller and all!.....DEVIOUS SWINES!!! : D.
Anyway,
Now Im wondering...since these symptoms (files vanishing, corrupting etc) have been talked about so many times on these forums and elsewhere...not only on the Xperia Z1, but on all phones and devices that use SD cards...I wonder just how many are REALLY down to fake SD cards.....They are VERY realistic looking fakes...they even work pretty well up to a point (though probs not as fast as a real class 10 if you were to actually test them)..
In future, when offering help to people with SD card issues..i think I will make an effort to ask them first about the provenance of their SD card, and maybe try and get images of it. (after the fact Ive found several websites that show the fake ones...I even found an image of the EXACT fake I have..same serial numbers, and same tiny printing error and all!....which was THIS site https://thecounterfeitreport.com/product/504/Samsung-micro-SDXC-Memory-Cards.html)
In all the threads I pored over, trying to find a fix for my SD card issues..I can not remember a single instance of someone asking if the card was definitely real or not..or anyone suspecting this to be the issue....(though Im sure there ARE, i didnt find one though..not that I would havee thought it was the case with mine,,,,since I had NO reason to think it WAS fake..what with the perfect packaging, and seller having no neg feedback after selling hundreds of them!).
Im not some sort of SD card expert..BUT I am pretty up to date with regards consumer tech.....and until Samsung revealed to me I had been conned...I had absolutely no INKLING that the cause of my issues wa a fake card...on no forums did anyone ask the person with the issue 'are you sure your card is real?'.....and I am really coming round to think that these fake cards are RIFE out there on the market....so realistic looking, package and all, that probably otherwise legitimate sellers are trading in them......the KILLER being the fact they do actually work...maybe for MONTHS if it takes you a while to reach its true capacity....and certainly long enough in many cases to mean the nefarious seller gets away scot free!
So watch out guys...I ceritanly will be in fuiture...Now I know that fake cards are a big thing.....its really easy to spot the fake ones (if the seller uses a REAL picture of the item on the listing!)...they are by no means identical to the real deal when you know what to look for (in the case of fake EVO 64gb like mine, just 'made in Taiwan' and the back being gloss black instead fo white, is enough to show it as fake.....but I did not know that at the time when an absolutely perfect lookng offical Samsung package turned up at my door!....
Anyone else have this yet? Im sure they have....also, anyone wonder now if the cause of their woes is a fake card? If you would like to post here, Im happy to have a look at it!
Thanks all!
(Here is my fake one for you all to see : D...apparently it is a VERY common fake....wish I had known! I also wish i still had the very realistic packaging too!)

Well to be honest I wasnt aware of such things myself until I got stung.....or rather not aware that you could follow all the rules, and do everything right, like check for good feedback, (my seller had 1000s positve and 99% ratio....and not buy items that have a price that is 'too good to be true'...........and STILL get ripped off!
You live and you learn! Ive been shopping online for just about 10 years and this was the VERY FIRST time Ive had a problem of ANY kind!
I had gotten so confident shopping online, that I bought a pretty valuable watch online not a month ago..my first 'large' online purchase in fact.....a Casio GPW-1000 RAF edition... a quite rare '500 pieces in UK' item. Though it came from a large watch dealer, I realise now that it was still a risk (though I had the protection of paying by Credit Card..which I willl ALWAYS do from now on!)....as they may have sold a counterfiet item, and not actually realised it themselves...
Since I have had this experience of buying a counterfeit product,, I haev been reading into the phenomena..and it turns out that Casio G Shock watches (the type I spent a fari bit of money on...a legitimate one luckily!) are very heavily counterfeited...and are ALL OVER Ebay....who seems to do nothing about it!
I can understand (though not condone AT ALL) criminals counterfeiting a sought after watch design, or jewellery and things like that...because they have a market for them, in the shape of people that cant afford the real thing, and think its ok to buy a cheap and poor quality knock off, that only superficially appears to be real.......
...but I have to say its a big surprise to me that they would counterfeit something like an SD card, even if it is a quite highly regarded model.......and even go to such effort to copy the packaging perfectly......I think that the fact that so much effort went into faking a Samsung Evo 64gb sd card ..that it demonstrates that there are a LOT of them out there....hundreds of thousands for sure....but could there be millions?
Due to this prevelance, I think it might well be worth asking each person that comes on the forum with an SD card problem, in particular those with a'new' SD that is losing data, or needs to reformat all the time, or any of the 'giveaway' symptoms...to ask them for an image of the offending article as a starting point.....and to then compare it to images of the real ones that are online...
Im sure most of them will deny they own a fake....I certainly didnt think for one second my problems were due to a counterfeit card...as I said in my post...the first I knew of it was when Samsung themselves informed me!
Otherwise we end up going round in circles trying to 'fix the unfixable'..which is what happend to me : D
Anyway, I will keep an eye out for people on the forum, and a couple of other tech sites I frequent, and see if I can identify any more of these fakes, and hopefully can catch them soon enough that the customers can get their money back, since the problems often dont manifest themselves until the time for immediate refund is passed (once again, this happened to me, and Im having to claim through Paypal..though they are being very helpful...its only £22...but its the principle of the thing!)
Thanks all, and stay vigilant!

Macbook Pro Retina 2014 Top Spec - Premiere Pro CC Graphics Card Issue

Hello,
For 12 months I have been having graphics card issues which all started on my 2011 MBP, which Apple replaced 12 months ago. I Then got a new shiny, 2013 highest end retina macbook pro from apple, in which after a couple of weeks had the exact same graphics issue. As soon as I start working in Premiere Pro with my 1080P DSLR footage, once the fans get up high, then the graphic colour hologram like start pooping on my screen. Now I got that retina replaced as I alerted apple about it, now they have given me the highest end 2014 model, and guess what? The problem is twice as bad.
I think it's definitely got something to do with the Apple software. It's weird though, because on the rare occasion, the graphic poop will show up on my screen when I am on Youtube (only once in a blue moon it does that) - it does it every single time 15-20 mins into editing with Premiere Pro, once the fans get hot. I can click on the graphics poop and it makes it disappear, which is weird, maybe that proves it software issue?
I don't know, but this problem has caused me to go through two of apples most powerful laptops, 60 phone calls to Apple, 1 investigation lodged to the Apple Engineers (the people who are above the Senior Apple Care Advisors) - Nothing seems to fix it, and I haven't been able to create any more intriguing films on my laptop because Premiere Pro CC just brings up all the graphics poop.
Screenshots:
http://imageshack.com/a/img537/653/IgdBK9.png
http://imageshack.com/a/img538/9601/WLQYnM.png
http://imageshack.com/a/img538/152/EIFd22.jpg
Does anyone know what causes this exactly? How do I fix it?

JGFilm88
Thanks for the follow up information for my video card/graphics card question that came to mind out of curiosity.
I do not have Premiere Pro and am strictly and Elements Windows user. Otherwise I would look into this matter for you first hand. The place you want to be is in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum, although, as you already mentioned, the screen display irregularities have appeared when Premiere Pro was not being used. Have you tried uninstalling Premiere Pro to determine if its removal from the computer resolves the screen display irregularities for whatever you are doing in the computer applications like iMovie? For that matter, do you see the problem in iMovies?
Just some thoughts to think about as you compose your inquiry for the Premiere Pro users in the Premiere Pro Forum.
Best wishes
ATR

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