Update to Updates Received/Not Received 4/27/17 :: Spectrum :: Albany, NY :: Zip Code 12203
As promised, here’s the kludge for untangling the merged episodes on the On Demand side. It’s quite different from the old kludge, because Time Warner/Spectrum just unleashed an “upgrade” to their cablebox programming. As usual, they’ve hewed to the old SNL/Fernando philosophy, “It is better to look good than to feel”–or, in this case, work–“good.” So it’s slicker-looking , but generally less functional (“What do you mean, I can’t set reminders from the schedule anymore? Or play the programs I’ve recorded on my hard disk unless those specific episodes are also currently available On Demand?!!”), but in this one case they’ve accidentally made things a lot easier:
Step One: Access the Flying Witch folder–which is now, in the upgraded program, a colorful tile or box–via On Demand. There’s lots of pathways to access a show via On Demand–at least half a dozen–but it doesn’t really matter which one you use, eventually you drill down to the list of Flying Witch episodes. I usually go in by Network=>Anime Network=>Flying Witch. However you get there, once you’re there,
Step Two: Select “Episode 11”, which has #11’s number, but **#12’**s title and blurb, (they’re merged, after all), using the Info button and not the Select button (the Select button will just start playing one of the episodes directly, not giving you any ability to get to the other episode);
Step Three: This brings you to the episode’s Info screen, where you have a menu box with two choices, “Watch” and “All Airtimes” ("“All Airtimes? But this is On Demand, Jababbi–any time is airtime.” I know, just roll with it–it actually makes more sense than it sounds…) Like “Select”, “Watch” just starts up an episode directly, so instead you…
Step Four: …choose “All Airtimes”. This will give you a list of two identical lines. One of them will get you to Flying Witch #11; the other will get you to Flying Witch #12. There’s nothing to tell you which is which, but with only two choices, it’s no big deal if you guess wrong the first time through–just stop the episode and go back and choose the other one. (I think the top line starts Flying Witch #11 and the bottom one starts Flying Witch #12, and I’m pretty sure this is constant, but YMMV. Let me know.)
Step Five: Watch.
Hope this was tolerably clear.
Thanks!
