With Dish I would be using the rabbit ears just as I am now for OTA channels. If I have to use rabbit ears I may as well pay the company that offers me the most aside from whats OTA.

I don't Blame LINTV for asking for repayment within the rules of law. I blame comcrap for being willing to raise our rates and rake us over the coals while refusing to pay up for one of the locals. Comcrap still refuses to carry KWBQ-DT which doesn't seem to require repayment. I even had a Comcrap CSR accuse me of stealing cable when I called to report that I was watching Showtime Ondemands Skinfest which is NOT encrypted while using the QAM tuner in my TV. "Its Against the law to get Free HDTV sir. You have to use the STB"

Well, it looks like no OTA for me. I borrowed a friend's Channel Master 4228 with a preamp, and I couldn't pick up anything. My house is just too low to get any signals. This makes me more anxious for E* and LIN to come to an agreement about KRQE HD. I was hoping I'd get to see some Broncos football in HD. I suppose a few games will be in HD on Fox, NBC, ESPN and on Thanksgiving, the NFL Network...

Frustrating.

Too bad we just can't choose to subscribe to whatever CBS network we want to receive. It'd be cool to get Denver's CBS. Even if I was able to get the east/west CBS, I doubt those stations would be broadcasting Broncos games.

So has anyone seen any sports bars installing HDTVs? I suppose it's too early to expect businesses to upgrade.

It's definately nice to have the option of OTA to pick up the slack where our paid TV services fail to provide adequate services for our monthly fees. Cough Comcrap D* and E*. Thank you Cable One for stepping up for your customers and carrying CBS-HD.

Now these providers are going to need to get on ball and offer CW-HD next month. Although I hear D* is going to offer CW. Too bad they dont have near the ammount of hd as Dish.

the universal complaint for dish is no pbs-hd and no cbs-hd. now we got cable one ( are they rio rancho?) carrying cbs-hd so why not comcast? as soon as comcast or direct or dish carries both pbs-hd and cbs-hd they got a subscriber!!! give us more HD locals or more HD programming!!! at least comcrap carries pbs-hd. still can't see why dish does not leap frog and carry both pbs-hd and cbs-hd. i know they are always saying that they are trying to keep cost of their service low but not carrying existing hd signals and carrying shopping channels does not make sense in my opinion.

Whats worse is ComCrap moved NFL channel to Channel 53 or something. Now its down in the Analog channels as well as in the digital tier. this is Gobbling up so much of their precious bandwitch that they could use for more HD.

Dish quietly added Food HD yesterday. They may not be perfect but they are working hard to please as far as I am concerned.

Unfortunately, I'm in a no OTA *and* no cable area. So satellite is my only choice. I went with E*, and for the most part I like them. I've had E* for the past 10 years. I suppose they will eventually get KRQE-DT. I'm just impatient.

In a few years all stations must be converted to HD, right? Does the requirement include Nick, MTV, Comedy Central, CNN, etc... i.e. ALL TV channels provided by cable/sat must be in HD by the deadline?

I thought all stations must be digital by 2009 (February?) but not HD.

Unfortunately, I'm in a no OTA *and* no cable area. So satellite is my only choice. I went with E*, and for the most part I like them. I've had E* for the past 10 years. I suppose they will eventually get KRQE-DT. I'm just impatient.

In a few years all stations must be converted to HD, right? Does the requirement include Nick, MTV, Comedy Central, CNN, etc... i.e. ALL TV channels provided by cable/sat must be in HD by the deadline?

There is no such mandate.

All OTA stations must convert to digital broadcasting, but there is no such HD requirement. SD digital (480i) meets the requirement.

And there is no requirement for any non-broadcast station to do anything.

Brian

I thought all stations must be digital by 2009 (February?) but not HD.

Yeah, that's right. Analog broadcasts will cease on Feb 17, 09. I'm just wondering if the cable/satellite providers have any requirements regarding the whole ATSC/NTSC, HD/SD changeover, and if the Feb 17 date applies to channels such as CNN, MTV, etc...

... And there is no requirement for any non-broadcast station to do anything.

Brian

OK. I think I understand. So the requirement is that OTA broadcast stations must broadcast ATSC (at any resolution they choose). Cable/Satellite are not affected.

Yeah, that's right. Analog broadcasts will cease on Feb 17, 09. I'm just wondering if the cable/satellite providers have any requirements regarding the whole ATSC/NTSC, HD/SD changeover, and if the Feb 17 date applies to channels such as CNN, MTV, etc...

No. AFAIK, this only affects broadcast channels.

Brian

While Dish doesn't give us the PBS-HD feed, we do get CBS-HD - both east coast and west coast feeds. I've been receiving CBS-HD for years via Dish.

.....G

Looks like E* may be forced into a deal with Tivo. Judge ruled against E* on Tivo's patent infringement lawsuit. See this link:

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6107123.html?tag=nl.e589

I HATE Tivo. I have always hated Tivo. If they cause me to not have a DVR, I will never ever ever buy anything with a Tivo in in, if I have to figure a way around it myself. I don't care if Echostar has to pay, but if they get my DVR shut down, I'm going to be on the phone with Tivo and it won't be pretty.

I HATE Tivo. I have always hated Tivo. If they cause me to not have a DVR, I will never ever ever buy anything with a Tivo in in, if I have to figure a way around it myself. I don't care if Echostar has to pay, but if they get my DVR shut down, I'm going to be on the phone with Tivo and it won't be pretty.

John,

I definitely think you are I are wired differently :)

In my case, with D* eventually severing their ties with Tivo, they will lose me as a customer.

Personally, if E* were smart, they would make nice with Tivo, do an E*/Tivo DVR, and take away all the disgruntled customers that D* is risking by developing their own DVR. With Tivo, once under their spell, the force is strong....... :)

If/when D* pulls the plug on my Tivo's, I will look long and hard at the rumored Comcast/Tivo DVR, and/or the Series 3 Tivo that in theory will work with cable cards.

Of all my HT gear, the only thing that would get me sleeping in the dog house would be if I got rid of Tivo. I have to say, I have been drinking Tivo's Kool-Aid for quite a few years, and consider it the single best piece of gear in my rack.

So what's the deal, are you a Replay guy?

Brian

Nah, I just hate the stupid cartoonish graphics and "bleep, blorp" sounds. I don't want to be entertained by my GUI! Once I got my Dish DVR, it was just nice to have something that was all business. No dancing TV with arms and legs. No "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" button! Besides, Tivo screwed a customer of mine for several $hundred and I don't much like that. They refused to resolve it. Funny how they run to the courts when they get screwed. It would be karma for Dish to put them out of business. If it comes down to it, I'll build a computer to do it. I'd love to see them out of business, even though the DVR is the best idea ever. But it would have come from someone else. They just thought of it more quickly.

guruka: i don't think us folks in albuquerque can get the cbs-hd feed? i think it requires some kind of waiver that we can't obtain. anyone in albuq that gets cbs-hd somehow? still lack of pbs-hd is a deal breaker for me at this stage. the latest court case tivo vs. echostar puts dish in a tight spot for new subscribers as we don't know if the hd-dvr will be allowed to keep operating. i think dish or tivo will settle their differences but i hope it happens fast.

I get CBS HD OTA. Maybe that's not what you mean.

It's not...the reference is to getting CBS HD through Dishnetwork, which isn't available here in Albuquerque due to contract disputes.

They only have to be Digital if they are broadcasted. CNN MTV and such are not broadcasted. These are carried by Cable or Satellite and merely provide content and let someone else worry about transmission. So come 2009 when all broadcasts, that which you get with a pair of rabbit ears, will be digital. While Comcrap cable will continue to over charge us for analog bullcrap while only providing a crows nuts worth of HD programmming. :)

So I was getting ready to write my latest bitch letter to Comcrap about lack of HD Channels and interest in CBS-HD and CW-HD when I spotted on their newly Comcraptastic website the following line up. Note the lack of InHD2 and the addition of Universal HD and MTV HD. WHOA! You're actually performing for the paid subscriber. Now if only there was a date when these going live. And if only you would Frakken step up and pay the man for CBS and CW in HD. Im tired of my antenna.

207 The TUBE Music
210 KOAT (ABC) HD High-Definition TV
211 KOB HD (NBC)
213 FOX HD High-Definition TV
220 KNME (PBS) HD High-Definition TV
225 Discovery HD High-Definition TV
226 InHD1 High-Definition TV
227 MHD (MTV) High-Definition TV
228 HBO HD High-Definition TV
233 Cinemax HD High-Definition TV
238 Showtime HD High-Definition TV
248 Starz! HD High-Definition TV
249 TNT HD High-Definition TV
250 UNI HD High-Definition TV
252 ESPN HD High-Definition TV
253 ESPN2 HD Sports

So I was getting ready to write my latest bitch letter to Comcrap about lack of HD Channels and interest in CBS-HD and CW-HD when I spotted on their newly Comcraptastic website the following line up.

if they are adding a lot of new HD offerings on comcrap, I bet it will be effective the same day that they are going to be adding SD offerings like the mtn. and also ream their customers yet again in the pocketbook.

i hope the mtn. comes to directv (I refuse to get comcrap, and, yes, i've seen the article in the trib about directv initially saying no to the mtn.).

ah whats the mtn? I dont get the tribune. They couldnt deliver nearly as well as Comcrap. I subscribed to the tribune for a week for daily papers. I got 3 the whole week. Is the article online somewhere?

answered my own question....

http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/sp_ncaa/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19874_4854921,00.html


and

http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/sp_lobos/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19873_4874385,00.html

Although no mention of HD service on these channels...YAWN...yet another No-Definition sports channel sucking up providers bandwidth while HD National Broadcast networks go dark via cable....Yet another reason to demand Alacarte cabletv service. So We dont have to pay for 200 crappy no def channels we never watch just so we can have 10 or 12 high def channels and a DVR.

I am wondering this is end of era for Lobos on free OTA TV? :(

I found out KRQE-DT is carry ONE live lobos football game and of course no HDTV.

I was not able to find out if there going to be Mens Basketball on OTA TV, any ideas? :confused:

Anyway what is the latest news from KNME-DT's DTV meeting?

8-21-06

I searched this thread and others, but found conflicting info.

A colleague just bought a Vizio L37HDTV10A. She has what I believe is called Comcast's basic package (no set-top box, but gets ESPN, History Channel, etc.). The Vizio has integrated NTSC and ATSC tuners with two coax "ANT" terminals, one labeled NTSC and one labeled DTV, which supposedly supports clear QAM digital cable. She hooked the TV up last night using the NTSC terminal and is now enjoying her "basic" cable in SD. My question is, can she get locals in HD with her current setup (e.g., by connecting the cable to the DTV input), or does she have to upgrade to a Comcast HDTV package (or get an antenna)? FWIW, she lives near UNM.

Thanks in advance for any help. I'm an OTAer with Dish and get lost in trying to figure out Comcast.

Don't know about Cable, but she'll get HD for FREE if she gets an antenna...and should get good reception i her location.

If her TV has ATSC support on the DTV side, She can get ALL the locals free with antenna.

If her TV has QAM support on the DTV side, She can get the locals in HD that COMCRAP carries. IE NBC ABC Fox and PBS. But with QAM she can also get uncontrolled Ondemand movies and such since Comcast doesnt encrypt these. She will often find movies someone else is watching in the clear. Ocassionally it will fast forward or rewind. I often find the various soft Porn shows from Showtime's Ondemand selection playing. They occasionally get fast forwarded to the next Skin scene. But thats fine by me. hee hee.

But as long as all she wants is the local networks in HD and not TNT ESPNs Discovery or InHD she wont need to pay comcrap anymore than she is now. Oh I forgot MHD and Universal HD which is now live on comcrap. But they took out InHD2.

Will the Mountain be carried on Dish--or DirectTV for that matter?

If not, how do those of us with no access to cable watch the Lobos?

I'd be really bummed if that's the case, even if they're only SD.

How about trying a getting a FTA KU band dish with a motor and get the Lobos feeds?

But the odd of finding them, are 50-50 since the most FTA receivers can only get MPEG 2 with 4:2:0 or analog FM video feeds. :)

Since my receiver can't get MPEG 2 or 4 by sending in 4:2:2 format.

Or you can get Big Useful Dish 6 foot or more that way you can get both bands C and KU.

I wish I have the room for the big dish in my yard, but I have to settle for 3 foot KU band dish with my Directv dish on the roof. :cool:

So we will see whats happen next this new season weather we can get it on Directv or Dish network or our local stations can carry the Lobos feed or not.

There is a good website that's sell FTA dish...... www.satelliteguys.us and click on FTA Sadoun satellite sales or Fortec Star, they will give you neat informations and my local satellite installer is very good at FTA as well too, his website are located at www.hometown.aol.com/nmsatelitteman/myhomepage/business.html from what I remembered, he's charge $45 an hours for a new FTA satellite install. :)

"Edit for some reason the link to NMsatelliteman not working right"

I get about 30 to 40 satellites going from 148*west to 61* west and it's feel like a kid again playing with the shortwave radio! :D

Once you got the baby going, you will have tons of fun TV DXings!! :)

8-22-06

I ordered a Coolsat 5000 from this (http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=73980) deal at SatelliteGuys yesterday a hundred bucks even with shipping... they have a few left...

as usual comcrap takes away indhd-2 (maybe it went away on it's own??) and gives us mhd for 18-34 year old folks (per their web-site). i am 64 so unless mhd has some good concerts of non-headbangers i will not watch it. un-hd has a lot of old shows but some movies so it might not be too bad. i really liked in-hd2 so this might be a negative for me. in any event i would be a dish customer if they would carry pbs-hd and hopefully get cbs-hd. oh well any hd is better than sd.

as usual comcrap takes away indhd-2 (maybe it went away on it's own??) and gives us mhd for 18-34 year old folks (per their web-site). i am 64 so unless mhd has some good concerts of non-headbangers i will not watch it. un-hd

PBS-HD is what you want if MHD is too hip for you. they air concerts where noone in the crowd is younger than 45. I would watch more PBS-HD if they actually had bands/singers that are currently in vogue. Maybe in a decade I'll be at that age where PBS-HD has good concerts (I'm 35).

I guess MHD found the perfect formula. At 34 I have finally found MTV worth just sitting down to watch. The Picture quality is awesome. Where I barely watched anything on INHD2 Ive been watchin plenty of MHD.

Comcrap is now only -99 in my book.

Looks like our local KNME PBS station is on the fore-front again. Kudos to Jim Gale at KNME.

http://broadcastengineering.com/news/highlights/KNME-Memphis-HD-20060823/

Looks like our local KNME PBS station is on the fore-front again. Kudos to Jim Gale at KNME.

http://broadcastengineering.com/news/highlights/KNME-Memphis-HD-20060823/

as long as the HD is at 15.5 Mbps, I'm happy with that. :D

what I'd really like to see at PBS is how the new NGIS is going to be. I wonder if it'll be easy and convenient for the station staff or just a big pain if there are issues galore getting good copies of the files and tying it into an automation playout system.

Fred, how on earth did you find that story??
JR

jerrich and all,

a great site that gives a lot of great news relating to audio-video stuff is... (I check it daily)

http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6274

What I'd like to see at PBS is for them to actually pay for themselves, instead of dipping into MY pockets....:rolleyes:

What I'd like to see at PBS is for them to actually pay for themselves, instead of dipping into MY pockets....:rolleyes:


the laws are going to have to be rewritten to accomplish that (as PBS would have to go to a commercial service, not the way they do things now with commercials masquerading as sponsorship messages, other types of sponsor announcements and pledge drives.

I personally would not have a problem with PBS if they were allowed to air shows commercial-free and then have 5 minutes of commercials per hour in one confined segment of time at the end of a show (for a one hour show, having ads from xx:55:00 to xx:00:00), or for a 30 min shows back-to-back in one hours' time running ads at xx:27:30 to xx:30:00 and again at xx:57:30 to xx:00:00). IMHO, the commercials should be able to pay for the programming (and costs per show should be reduced with CPB or other beneficiaries/trusts kicking in money for show production).

Anybody but me....

i was at the home show at the nm fairgrounds and visited with the dish rep john mcgill. he is a real nice guy. i mentioned to him my hot button on getting no pbs-hd on the dish. he said he would put up an antenna for free and guaranteed i would get pbs-hb (did not ask about cbs-hd but assume it would come in also). he said on the dish program guide it had 3 pbs-hd channels so i assume one could record on the 622 off of the guide. could anyone with a 622 with an antenna tell me if this is possible to record pbs-hd and cbs-hd for that matter off of the dish e-guide. if this is ok and it is easy to do off the guide i will drop comcast and return to dish. i still am concerned about the tivo lawsuit on dish's dvr's and might wait for some more news but your info will be a huge help in preventing a mistake in changing and getting what i want. thanks in advance

i was at the home show at the nm fairgrounds and visited with the dish rep john mcgill. he is a real nice guy. i mentioned to him my hot button on getting no pbs-hd on the dish. he said he would put up an antenna for free and guaranteed i would get pbs-hb (did not ask about cbs-hd but assume it would come in also). he said on the dish program guide it had 3 pbs-hd channels so i assume one could record on the 622 off of the guide. could anyone with a 622 with an antenna tell me if this is possible to record pbs-hd and cbs-hd for that matter off of the dish e-guide. if this is ok and it is easy to do off the guide i will drop comcast and return to dish. i still am concerned about the tivo lawsuit on dish's dvr's and might wait for some more news but your info will be a huge help in preventing a mistake in changing and getting what i want. thanks in advance

I have a Dish 921 HD PVR. I have never seen any program guide info for PBS-HD on dish network, even when I use the all channels program guide. You can pick up the local PBS-HD channel (KNME channel 5.1) OTA with any Dish HD receiver, but you will have to go online to get the program guide. You can then schedule a manual recording of the PBS HD channel with a Dish HD PVR, but it will not properly label the program or give any useful info about what you've recorded.

Recording the local CBS station (KRQE channel 13.1) OTA with a Dish HD PVR receiver is easy, because guide info is provided by Dish network as long as you subscribe to local channels. Hope this is the info you were looking for.

What I'd like to see at PBS is for them to actually pay for themselves, instead of dipping into MY pockets....:rolleyes:

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has a whopping $480 million dollar budget from the federal government. Of all the money the government takes and (questionably) spends, I can't see why so many people are upset about Big Bird taking a $1.60 out of their pocket.

Huge OTA PVR night tonight folks!

6:00PM Fox is airing Star Wars Episode II and ABC is airing Pirates of the Caribbean. Lets hope our local affiliates can remember to flip the switch and give us the good stuff!

rob: thanks for the info. it is good to know at least cbs-hd is available on the dish e-guide. i was pretty certain that pbs-hd was not available on the dish e-guide. i know i could go to the web-site and get the info and record a "time frame" with no info on dish but i am lazy and don't want to do a two stage process. am i missing something? i will go down to the dish dealer to see his version of this story before i sign up. stilll am wondering about the tivo lawsuit against dish and if all your dvr folks will one day wake up and have your dvr shut off?

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has a whopping $480 million dollar budget from the federal government. Of all the money the government takes and (questionably) spends, I can't see why so many people are upset about Big Bird taking a $1.60 out of their pocket.

Because I could buy a beer with the money instead...which I would actually put to good use, as opposed to what I, personally speaking, get out of PBS.

As far as what else the Gov spends our money on, one battle at a time....:rolleyes:

Speaking of PBS, :) Good news for Farmigton TV veiwers, now has a new digital channel 40 relaying from KNME-DT.

I just found out on FCC's website databse K40FI has cover their CP. :)

The specs, on K40FI.....

They run at 403 watts ERP of power so that's means get a good antenna and point to S.E. of Farmigton if want to get PBS HDTV badly! :D

Post any reception reports and have fun TV DXing! :)

As for any news here in Albuquerque not much going on.... so just hang out and keep on TV DXing!

8-28-06

Speaking of PBS, :) Good news for Farmigton TV veiwers, now has a new digital channel 40 relaying from KNME-DT.

I just found out on FCC's website databse K40FI has cover their CP. :)

The specs, on K40FI.....

They run at 403 watts ERP of power so that's means get a good antenna and point to S.E. of Farmigton if want to get PBS HDTV badly! :D

Post any reception reports and have fun TV DXing! :)

As for any news here in Albuquerque not much going on.... so just hang out and keep on TV DXing!

8-28-06


I'm from Farmington and we only have local KOB in HD and I think that is it. I wish we could get ALbq. OTA's. Dish locals are great but football season is fixing to start and CBS is part of the Sunday NFL package. I won't buy an antanea until I can get more than 1 channel in HD, not even worth the PBSHD if the signal will be as weak as you mentioned.
Mikey

Does anyone have any recent info on timing for Local HD service from Directv. I know it's been announced but haven't heard when it will launch.

DirectTV is out of any free bandwidth at the moment. Nothing will be added until the new sats go up and get checked out. Your looking at 6mo's to 1 year.

Anyone have any idea which station in town had the broadcast rights to the original Trek syndication?

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/23775.html

The Star Trek episodes will begin airing on the more than 200 stations that own the rights to the weekend broadcast syndication window starting September 16. (As always, please check your local listings for station and dates.)

Bigglare,

I just e-mailed, every local stations here in Albuquerque TV market on the lastest original Star Trek being remastered in HDTV and I asked them do they plan to carry the feed on 9-16-06. :)

I am still waiting for the responds from them.

If the station does plan to carry them, I will let you guys know what channel it will be on.

So just hang tight!!! :D

8-31-06

Breaking News!!!,

I got a e-mail from KASY-DT, saying they will broadcast the classic Star Trek from the 60's will be in true HDTV at 1080i format!!

The show will start on 9-16-06 but did not say what time it will be on, so keep eye on your TV guide for the latest information.

As of right now they as sending in upconverted 1080i format as they are trying to install a HDTV satellite receiver from My Network TV and sidnycated feeds at this time....

Looking forward to this Star Trek in HDTV!! :) :) :)

8-31-06

N5XZS,

I heard that the Star Trek series was going to be remastered in HD but was wondering who was going to carry it here in ABQ. I can't believe our UPN station here (KASY) is finally upgrading its signal to full HD quality. I am still skeptical after all these years but I guess we will soon find out in September. Hope it happens.

Open note to KASY:

Turn off your scaler! It's not working (the cowboy games look like %^&*$).

at least the cowboy preseason is over.

thanks for having such a bad digital signal that I watched the game off satellite in glorious analog.

guruka: i don't think us folks in albuquerque can get the cbs-hd feed? i think it requires some kind of waiver that we can't obtain. anyone in albuq that gets cbs-hd somehow? still lack of pbs-hd is a deal breaker for me at this stage. the latest court case tivo vs. echostar puts dish in a tight spot for new subscribers as we don't know if the hd-dvr will be allowed to keep operating. i think dish or tivo will settle their differences but i hope it happens fast.Been in the UK for a couple of weeks. Back now. I was referring to KCBS and WCBS (L.A. and NYC CBS distants) in HD. If you are grandfathered with E* to receive the SD, you get the HD as well on channels 9482 and 9483. Luckily, I am in that category, so even though I get KRQE just fine OTA, I have the E* HD CBS feeds for backup.

.....G

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Not USDTV plagued KASY!!!!!

I want to see these in full HD. Enterprise was hurt by UPN stations not being all HD. This Star Trek revitalization will be hurt if it goes to non-hd stations. Hopefully by some grace of God KASY will really show these in true HD but as long as USDTV is around I dont see how it will be possible.

I will be hooking up my Firewire to start recording the shows to my PC. Hopefully find a way to easily put the TS streams to hd-dvd or bluray

Hey Wait AMINUTE......KASY-HD!!! Just flipping through the channels. KASY is now listed as KASY-HD. King of the Hill is 16x9 format!!!!

Hey Wait AMINUTE......KASY-HD!!! Just flipping through the channels. KASY is now listed as KASY-HD. King of the Hill is 16x9 format!!!!

King of the Hill is NOT 16x9 format, you've got strech-o-vision! Contact the station asap and tell them to present upconverted programming in the proper 4:3 aspect ratio.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Not USDTV plagued KASY!!!!!

I want to see these in full HD. Enterprise was hurt by UPN stations not being all HD. This Star Trek revitalization will be hurt if it goes to non-hd stations. Hopefully by some grace of God KASY will really show these in true HD but as long as USDTV is around I dont see how it will be possible.

I will be hooking up my Firewire to start recording the shows to my PC. Hopefully find a way to easily put the TS streams to hd-dvd or bluray


I have heard that USDTV is going out of business. I would not expect them to be broadcasting much longer.

King of the Hill is NOT 16x9 format, you've got strech-o-vision! Contact the station asap and tell them to present upconverted programming in the proper 4:3 aspect ratio.

yes, make them turn off the scaler. that, combined with their small bandwidth for the signal, yields horrible results.

I'm sure the cowboy game the other night would have been somewhat better if they doubled the bandwidth from 4 to 8mbps.

stretched or not it was good to see a full picture. I usually keep my cable box on stretch since I hate the side bars.

I sent this to our KOB NBC station today (programming department):

I really enjoy watching Jay Leno in high-definition and really hate it when you insert your "Game Day" on Friday nights which causes you to NOT play Jay Leno in HD after the show (due to time shifting).

I have a suggestion. Please pass through your high-def version of Jay Leno uninterrupted by Game Day and only play your Game Day on your standard def channel. Since there is just a small minority of viewers on your digital channel right now there would not be any big ratings impact for you by not playing it on your digital channel. And most viewers that have HD if they really wanted to see Game Day they could watch it on their SD channel. Most viewers with HD also have SD channel availability. That way you could satisfy everyone.

Thanks, Fred Jerina.

Holding your breath?

Not to rain on your parade, but I think they're confused enough already. :rolleyes:

I sent this to our KOB NBC station today (programming department):




how about recording it to a video server and playing it out after gameday on the HD channel?

I'm sure they have a video server and used it before (what else would they have done before NBC launched a MTN time zone HD feed on satellite? I bet they recorded the East/Central HD feed and played it out after the late news at Leno's normal time.)

They can't play something different on analog and digital channel.

More update news on KASY-DT on Star Trek! :)

It will be on Saturday at 9 PM, 9-16-06 and keep your finger crossed if they pass through HDTV feed at that time ;)

As for other news not much else is going on around here in Albuquerque's TV market.

9-3-06

More update news on KASY-DT on Star Trek! :)

It will be on Saturday at 9 PM, 9-16-06 and keep your finger crossed if they pass through HDTV feed at that time ;)

As for other news not much else is going on around here in Albuquerque's TV market.

9-3-06
Too bad the Hdtv versions do not make it down this far... this is the HD TOS version right?

I guess I'm going to have to get a SATA card for my PC so I can pull files off my 622.

I guess I'm going to have to get a SATA card for my PC so I can pull files off my 622. That won't do it. The files are encrypted and keyed to the receiver ID. Later on this year the 622 is scheduled to get software support for external USB hard drives natively so you can have unlimited storage capacity.

.....G

guruka, I really hope the enabling of external hard drives for archiving programs on the 622 happens. That would be sooo cool. I am loving my 622; much more stable OTA reception and really enjoying the Food Network HD channel. Hope your trip to England was an enjoyable one.

The UK trip was fantastic and I'm off to Sweden and then Germany next week again to teach there. I've set up Dish passes for the new Fall shows to record the premieres whilst I'm away. Glad to hear you're enjoying your 622. I've found it to be a very reliable box. Took me a while to understand the timer logic, but I've figured it out now. It's quite well programmed.

.....G

That won't do it. The files are encrypted and keyed to the receiver ID. Later on this year the 622 is scheduled to get software support for external USB hard drives natively so you can have unlimited storage capacity.

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Files are readable. See PVRExplorer Yahoo group .

No HDTV tennis in Albuquerque, thanks to KRQE-DT's poor planning not using the digital sub channel one for telethon and for tennis fans! :(

Only luck few can get out of town station from KCBS-DT with a broadcast waiver from Directv and Dish network.

I feel sorry for the tennis fans have no way of getting the games.

Maybe next year KRQE-DT should plan ahead in order keep everyones happy by splitting the feeds as I mentoned up there. :rolleyes:

9-4-06

^^ Are you sure? Las Vegas is hosting the national event and we're showing Tennis.

GeorgeLV,

Some stations around the country goes for telethon, instead of live tennis sadly Albuquerque is one of them. :(

You are very lucky to have live tennis in Las Vegas TV market. :)

I do have a broadcast waiver, but I feel sorry for the rest of tennis TV fans can't get this live game.

9-4-06

Does anyone know if reception for KASY is possible in Rio Rancho, by Bernalillo? I've tried to tune it in anticipation of the Star Trek syndication, and I can't get anything.

WHoops, resolved. Sorry.

More update news on KASY-DT on Star Trek! :)

It will be on Saturday at 9 PM, 9-16-06 and keep your finger crossed if they pass through HDTV feed at that time ;)

As for other news not much else is going on around here in Albuquerque's TV market.

9-3-06

ww1.titantv.com shows "Star Trek" on KASY at 9:00pm on the 16th but no HD tied to it. Can "Star Trek" even be shown in HD since it was not even filmed using HD cameras (technology)?

It was shot on film, just like the movies.
JR

I beleive even todays top shows are shot first on film and transfered to video. Just as with hogans heros on HDnet, you wont necessarily get a HIGH DEFINITION picture like say American Chopper or Trading Spaces on Discovery HD. This will still give us an incredibly clean picture on an HD set. Where the analog channels like G4 or Sci Fi looks grainy and such when displayed on an HD set, these will look much nicer. Along with the new Digital effects that will look equally stunning on big sets.

Im hoping that KASY is able to get their HD equipment online in time for Star Trek. Anyone know if they are ready for MyNetwork tonight? Im a tad curious about FashionHouse. Mogan Fairchild and Bo Derek, hmmmm. HAve they held up good after all these years? Enquiring minds want to know....

It will be interesting to see the new shows on My Network TV since there lots of good looking babes out there. :)

Don't expect to see any topless on TV thanks to FCC censorships, and I would not be suprised though in Europe, will show more stuff on over the air!! :eek:

Anyway moving on to other stuff.....

I found a interesting story by the Broadcast Engineering's website telling about KNME-DT datacasting plans.

Here's the website http://www.broadcastengineering.com/newsletters/t2d/knme_mempis_reencode_20060903/

I hope the links work okay.

9-5-06

Breaking News!!!!

Weather Plus is now on KOB-DT on 4.2 or 26.2!! :)

Enjoy the free weather channel!

9-5-06

I loved the Weather plus when I lived in San Diego. Its a great little service channel. Better than the sd version of nbc on the subchannel.

Breaking News!!!!

Weather Plus is now on KOB-DT on 4.2 or 26.2!! :)

Enjoy the free weather channel!

9-5-06

Awesome!

now if we can get ABC News One on KOAT's subchannel, then I can free up my 3' ku-band satellite dish for other things. ;)


btw, MNTV fed in HD over big-dish satellite (I forgot to check KASY for true HD so I don't know if they used stretched SD or actual HD).

Anyone else notice KOB is now showing Weather Plus on 4-2 this AM? Looks like they may have decided to finally dump the repition of showing a 480i version of 4-1. Looks like a 24 hour ABQ radar map along with local forecast as well.

Definitely an improvement, especially this Summer with all the rain we had going on.

Do I need to do a re-scan to get this new weather channel?

It's not showing up on the program guide on my Dish 622.

If 4-2 is not showing in your guide I would suspect so. make sure you don't have the channel blocked by some other means (favorites list, etc.)

Do I need to do a re-scan to get this new weather channel?

It's not showing up on the program guide on my Dish 622.

You can also add it manually on the 622 by adding channel 26-2. I think the digital channel is 26 for KOB, right?

Thanks guys....

I'll try it later--seems like it may actually be a useful side channel for a change.

I wonder why our local KOAT station is not presenting "The View" in high-def as it is in other cities??? It is supposed to be.

The View in HD? I hadn't heard 'bout that one. I'll have to make a few calls...

The guy at the switch is asleep as he often is. Thus he is unable to actually fire up the HD feed.

I left a message for Dan Brown at KOAT on why they are not presenting "The View" in HD and hope to hear back from him. It would be nice to have everything the networks present in HD be presented to us here in little old Albuquerque.

Is not Regis in HD also? I thought I heard that awhile back... also I read somewhere that all stations that were showing Enterprise in syndication would be showing the revamped HD TOS, if that is so does not KASA show Enterprise now? that would be cool thing to see the TOS in HD...

Anyone else notice KOB is now showing Weather Plus on 4-2 this AM? Looks like they may have decided to finally dump the repition of showing a 480i version of 4-1. Looks like a 24 hour ABQ radar map along with local forecast as well.

Definitely an improvement, especially this Summer with all the rain we had going on.

I added 4-2 yesterday evening and don't see what the big deal is? It appears that it's not local to NM. It was providing weather for other parts of the country. I would like one that is specific to Alb. or NM. I'm thinking about removing it just like I do all the other sub-channels.

I added 4-2 yesterday evening and don't see what the big deal is? It appears that it's not local to NM. It was providing weather for other parts of the country. I would like one that is specific to Alb. or NM. I'm thinking about removing it just like I do all the other sub-channels.

What Weather+Plus station are you dx'ing and watching?

From the Weather+Plus I've seen on 4.2, it's been mostly NM weather (graphics are dominantly new mexican - local weather conditins, 5 day forecasts for a lot of cities in NM, etc). NM radar about every 5 minutes or so. true there are national weather updates and occasional U.S. regional city 5 day on-screen graphic forecasts, but I'd have to say KOB's Weather+Plus feed is very New Mexican in nature from a radar and on-screen graphics point of view.

I left a message for Dan Brown at KOAT on why they are not presenting "The View" in HD and hope to hear back from him. It would be nice to have everything the networks present in HD be presented to us here in little old Albuquerque.


Does KOAT have video server capability? KOAT would have to record THE VIEW HD and later air it at it's normal local airing time for us to have any change of seeing THE VIEW HD from satellite.

I haven't been up early enough any day this week to check out THE VIEW in HD directly off the bird. Maybe it's a good thing after seeing how Rosie has done in her first week on THE VIEW.

What Weather+Plus station are you dx'ing and watching?

From the Weather+Plus I've seen on 4.2, it's been mostly NM weather (graphics are dominantly new mexican - local weather conditins, 5 day forecasts for a lot of cities in NM, etc). NM radar about every 5 minutes or so. true there are national weather updates and occasional U.S. regional city 5 day on-screen graphic forecasts, but I'd have to say KOB's Weather+Plus feed is very New Mexican in nature from a radar and on-screen graphics point of view.

I must have been (un)lucky enough to have been watching it when they were doing the national weather (in other parts of the country). I only spent a few minutes on this station so I'll have to check again.

Im hoping that KASY is able to get their HD equipment online in time for Star Trek. Enquiring minds want to know....

Some news of Trek HD..

Trek Revamp Will Not Air in HD
Show Gets HD Facelift, But No HD Distribution
Episodes of the original "Star Trek" series won't be available in high definition anytime soon, a delay that has all parties involved pointing fingers in different directions. CBS Paramount Domestic Television, which owns the show, is blaming stations for not being ready to handle HD. Some stations say Paramount's content relay service is slowing them down. Full Story>

http://www.tvweek.com/page.cms?pageId=284

Is not Regis in HD also? I thought I heard that awhile back...

I don't believe Regis is HD. There isn't any show in syndication that's fed in HD, yet. And I'm still pretty sure the View isn't either. i haven't seen any sort of announcement. Is it possible the "other cities" airing it in HD are just upconverting it?

It's George W Bush's fault stupid. lol. Sorry hanging around UNM too much.

The delay isn't really anyone entity's fault, but rather the transition to HD as a whole.

These three are the Chicken-before-the-egg/If-you-build-it-they-will-come scenarios. No one makes HD show because not enough viewers, not enough viewers because not enough HD shows.- Networks slow converting all their programming to HD.
-Syndicators REALLY slow converting to HD.
-Local stations not stepping up to get the proper HD equipment to transition from Analog to Digital.

-Retailers for failing to properly warn/educate buyers of analog equipment.
Best Buy, walmart and other stores don't care if you buy an analog TV or video recorder that will be phased out in march. Infact they would hope you did..

-Consumers for not buying enough digital equipment.
-Digital owners for not seducing their friends into digital sooner.

-Consumer Electronic companies for continuing to make analog DVD-Recorders/VCRS/Televisions. Would it kill them to put an SDTV tuner in them before March 1 2007?-FCC for flip flopping over deadlines and cut offs.

Update: The View is in HD, we just don't have it here in ABQ yet. Not sure what's going on...will try to find out more.

We're always picking on KOAT for being "asleep", but what about KOB's crappy presentation of the NFL...or was it Comcrap's fault.

Only watched the second half, but picture was great OTA....

We're always picking on KOAT for being "asleep", but what about KOB's crappy presentation of the NFL...or was it Comcrap's fault.

I didn't watch it in HD tonight, but if it wasn't in HD, i'm betting on part rain, part sleeping operator.

NBC"s HD distribution comes down on Ku-band (prone to rain-fade). If it was raining hard enough at some point tonight, KOB could have lost their Ku-band HD signal (like the other week, when one of the preseason games went to heck as a heavy shower was over downtown and KOB had to switch to NBC's SD c-band not-prone-to-rainfade backup feed to get their NBC network feed).

I"m guessing KOB might have had to use the c-band feed tonight momentarily and an operator probably forgot to switch back to the HD feed when the shower passed.

Some news of Trek HD..

i'm putting more of the blame on CBS Paramount. The same issue exists with JEOPARDY/WHEEL of DISASTER so they are using traditonal satellite feeds to deliver the HD versions to stations until the IP based content delivery system can be updated or fixed or whatever needs to be done to transmit HD IP files over satellite to stations' servers.

If King World can deliver HD syndicated shows to stations by alternate means until the IP-based content distribution system can be updated handle the content, why can't CBS Paramount? :rolleyes:

Update: The View is in HD, we just don't have it here in ABQ yet. Not sure what's going on...will try to find out more.

I bet all the station staff that know what they are doing only work evenings.

How else would you explain that we didn't get GOOD MORNING AMERICA in HD locally until ABC Network set up a new distribution feed for GMA in HD for Mountain Time Zone stations?

The View is going HD on 9/12 when Rosie joins the show. Not sure if it will be shown locally in HD or not.

I missed the first half of the football game last night but I saw the second half and it looked great OTA. I even switched over to the Dish HD local feed from 129 and it looked pretty darn good as well. No smearing or tearing. Definitely a good picture.

Is NBC 720p or 1080i?

Thanks

1080i

Is NBC 720p or 1080i?

Thanks

Thank you

I have a 720p Sammy--HLN series__ and the picture was great for the game.

The View is going HD on 9/12 when Rosie joins the show. Not sure if it will be shown locally in HD or not.

I missed the first half of the football game last night but I saw the second half and it looked great OTA. I even switched over to the Dish HD local feed from 129 and it looked pretty darn good as well. No smearing or tearing. Definitely a good picture.

Rosie joined the show this week, Tuesday, I think.

The game never went to SD, but I had tons of breakup, including audio dropouts and the loss of digital audio, throughout the game. There were periods that the game was crisp and clean for sure, just that 1/2 the game wasn't.

Did it rain Thursday night? Don't think so. And since OTA was clear (I don't have OTA...dang I need to step up) I'm figuring it was cable's fault.

If I understand things right, the mountain feed for HD GMA still runs on delay, just like the SD feed. They didn't air the initial HD GMA feed because it was already 2 hours old. Where the SD is inly 1. I'm sure (ok not sure ) that the morning crew can "flip the switch" too. There has to be another reason. Keep pressing for the HD View...even though Rosie in HD, ughhh!

Did it rain Thursday night? Don't think so. And since OTA was clear (I don't have OTA...dang I need to step up) I'm figuring it was cable's fault.

If I understand things right, the mountain feed for HD GMA still runs on delay, just like the SD feed. They didn't air the initial HD GMA feed because it was already 2 hours old. Where the SD is inly 1. I'm sure (ok not sure ) that the morning crew can "flip the switch" too. There has to be another reason. Keep pressing for the HD View...even though Rosie in HD, ughhh!

It rained Thursday night. Not enough that I'd think KOB would lose Ku signal, but you never know...

as for GMA, the mountain feed is direct from new york (NYC HD control delays it the 2 hours and then sends it over the bird for stations to take straight to air).

btw, is your wife pressing for the View to be in HD and ticked that it is not? :D

Minor news....

Albuquerque TV market has moved up to 45 from 46 in the country! :)

Very embarsing for KRQE-DT to lose the Lobos football feed in the 2nd half of the game and adding to insult to poor tennis TV fans were deprived of live feed. :(

When will they ever try to learn to fix the goofs up error prone KRQE-DT? :eek:

Time for the pro football!!

9-10-06

What's up with the NFL on NBC game tonight? All I'm seeing is a fuzzy dark image with what looks like the Mona Lisa in the background...

First off, I'm not an HDTV expert by any means. Can anyone tell me why channel 4 has moved to 26 on my Samsung T451 STB?

First off, I'm not an HDTV expert by any means. Can anyone tell me why channel 4 has moved to 26 on my Samsung T451 STB?
Sounds like their PSIP server is on the fritz and you are seeing the real channel instead of their virtual channel.

For Abq area Star Trek fans: KASY said it may consider moving the new (old) syndicated Trek at a time that's not 1:00AM (to be its regular time) if they get enough demand. So, I'd urge all of you to send an email if you want to watch it a different time.

Very embarsing for KRQE-DT to lose the Lobos football feed in the 2nd half of the game and adding to insult to poor tennis TV fans were deprived of live feed. :(

When will they ever try to learn to fix the goofs up error prone KRQE-DT? :eek:


It's a good thing KRQE only has a game a season on the air this year (let "the mtn." handle getting complete broadcasts produced and aired).

I guess the college kids running the KRQE truck got too drunk in las cruces - the satellite feed left the air about the same time the lobos game left the free airwaves. It wasn't a downlink problem, it was a satellite uplink (or production truck, not sure) error.

I emailed KRQE to ask them when they would reair the lobos and aggies game in its entirety. They wrote back that they weren't. They didn't roll tape for awhile after the satellite feed went away and missed a lot of gameplay and audio was missing into the fourth quarter. :eek: They did apologogize for the technical difficulties.


btw, any work going on up there on the crest? KOB 4-0 was out for quite awhile in the overnight hours of saturday going into sunday (and 4-1 and 4-2 suffered sporadic outages too). 4-0 was still off the air when I went to bed. are we closer to getting 10-1 lit up from the crest and KOB had to power down or go off the air to protect workers?

What's up with the NFL on NBC game tonight? All I'm seeing is a fuzzy dark image with what looks like the Mona Lisa in the background...

off-air looked fine to me - i watched most of FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA and most of the game in HD using my off-air antenna since I don't do satellite locals here.

NainMichael, is Star Trek being presented in HD by KASY at the 1 am time slot???

yeah I looked up titan TV. It's scheduled for 1am on sunday the 24th. So this week we get it at 9pm as a tease. Then they slam us in the face with their formerly USDTV check stained fingers and put it on at 1am.

Unfortunately, by all indications, CBS is only providing a SD version of the show. So the best we can hope for, at the moment, is an upconvert (a stretched one at that). Hopefully, that will change, but apparently there has been some miscommunication between CBS and the syndicating stations. I really hope they get this sorted out, I've heard of people buying plasmas and such because they thought it was going to be in HD.

Hello sthscan,

Where did you get the information on KCHF-DT channel 10.1 going full power on the crest?

Also can you do me a favor to see analog K56FB channel 56, is really on the air, since I was picking up a very weak signal here in Four Hills and not a false signal on my part.

Also what kind of programings whatever they are showing?

Will find out on the FCC's database on KCHF-DT. "btw their website is very sluggish after you put search on NM stations"

9-12-06

Where did you get the information on KCHF-DT channel 10.1 going full power on the crest?

Also can you do me a favor to see analog K56FB channel 56, is really on the air, since I was picking up a very weak signal here in Four Hills and not a false signal on my part.

KCHF - I thought you posted at some point in this forum that KCHF would be moving their DT transmitter to the crest and go on the air from there.

as for K56FB, I am getting it fairly good but not perfect and it's airing Jewelry Television.

Hello sthscan,

Yes I did posted about on KCHF-DT going to the Sandia Crest, per say from Jim Gail of KNMD-DT was telling me at that time, But I was wondering if you had heard the latest news on them. :)

I finally got through the sluggish FCC's database website and still no news update on KCHF-DT so far however I just sent a e-mail to KCHF-DT but I am very doubtful if they ever will respond back about the digital transmitter's move to the Crest. :confused:

Church stations tends not to don't respond to anyones on e-mail, except for KAZQ-DT which is pretty rare for them to respond on e-mail from what I remembered.

Thanks for the information on K56FB channel 56 and it's a bummer they still showing homeshopping crap, they used to broadcast MTV2 in the mid 90's somewere about back then. :)

I thought they were moving to channel 39 but I guess they are footdragging on converting to digital or it's something else on other issues, they have to contend with.

9-12-06

Maybe I missed something but... I noticed Mark Roncetti back in Alb.(late of Koat) on Krqe awhile back, now I see David Hernadez is joining the morning team and watching tonight Mark is the weather dude... whats up?

Maybe I missed something but... I noticed Mark Roncetti back in Alb.(late of Koat) on Krqe awhile back, now I see David Hernadez is joining the morning team and watching tonight Mark is the weather dude... whats up?

who knows what's going on at that station that makes you think they're #1 at 10 because they've earned your trust (reality check: it's the powerhouse CBS 9pm show lead-in that makes them #1, not their on-air "talent").

maybe they are trying to be competitive in the morning with KOB and KOAT. I'd say who cares as I believe I read it's the 10pm news that brings in the ad revenue (so put all your good talent on at 10pm, not in the mornings when i'm not awake or others may be rushing off to work and getting the uncooperative kids ready for school and don't have much time to watch the news).

I forget which one -- I know I'm going to watch it, anyway -- but Mark Cuban's HDNet will be carrying an HD version of one of the series starting in October.

I forget which one -- I know I'm going to watch it, anyway -- but Mark Cuban's HDNet will be carrying an HD version of one of the series starting in October.

"Star Trek Enterprise" will begin on HDNet on September 18th at 9:00pm. I plan on watching it. I've never seen it but if it's in HD, it ought to be great.

Today show in HD today, a bonus... looks good. As for the news, I usually watch Kob for news and weather in the morning and evening with a stop at Krqe for weather when Geraldo is on...

lujan, thanks for letting us know about Star Trek Enterprise on HDNet. I will setup my DVR right now to record it. Also, the Today show looks pretty good in HD. I will be watching Good Morning America in HD for the first 2 hours then the last hour of the Today Show. HD all over the place. I love it.

lujan, thanks for letting us know about Star Trek Enterprise on HDNet. I will setup my DVR right now to record it. Also, the Today show looks pretty good in HD. I will be watching Good Morning America in HD for the first 2 hours then the last hour of the Today Show. HD all over the place. I love it.

No problem, all we need now is the local and national news in HD and I will be watching 100% HD.

Now the Nightly news is HD, Kob must have missed that memo...

Now the Nightly news is HD, Kob must have missed that memo...

Are you saying that the Nightly News is being broadcast in HD but that KOB is not passing it through?

Are you saying that the Nightly News is being broadcast in HD but that KOB is not passing it through?

There are no network evening newscasts in HD.

I was watching WNBC channel 4 (SD) before the Nightly news, they went HD today and said that following there news report would be Brian Williams also in HD... have to check with some another SatGuys Staff member Sean Mota to be sure...(he lives in NY City)

I was watching WNBC channel 4 (SD) before the Nightly news, they went HD today and said that following there news report would be Brian Williams also in HD... have to check with some another SatGuys Staff member Sean Mota to be sure...(he lives in NY City)

I'm not finding any news article saying NBC NIGHTLY NEWS is in HD (just tons of articles about the TODAY SHOW starting in HD, so maybe you are confusing the two shows).

I'm sure it's imminent that the NIGHT NEWS will be in HD, considering NBC built their HD control room to share among various shows in the Rock complex and that they are upgrading some of their significant news bureaus to deliver content in HD to reduce the number of times they have to use sidebars due to 4:3 material.


BTW, I watched Jeopardy tonight. I say it's not in HD (the commercials fit the whole screen and the show itself didn't seem very HD-like - the graphics not very crisp at all). I bet we have another stretch-o-vision going on (just like KASY's MNTV). Time to watch WHEEL and JEOPARDY off the bird and watch it in no-doubt-about-it HD glory.

Anybody know if the new station that carries lobos games is available on Dishnetwork?

Thanks

Wheel and Jeopardy are HD in some markets, waiting on an answer from Sean...

Answer was No, I was just going by the newscaster's on Wnbc ( should have known )

Anybody know if the new station that carries lobos games is available on Dishnetwork?

nope, the mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network is not available on DISH Network (and not DIRECTV for that matter).

I do believe CSTV and Versus is, so any Lobos games farmed out to CSTV or Versus should be on DISH Network.

nope, the mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network is not available on DISH Network (and not DIRECTV for that matter).

I do believe CSTV and Versus is, so any Lobos games farmed out to CSTV or Versus should be on DISH Network.

How about OTA, or is it only cable?

Thanks for the reply...

Cable only, sadly.

CSTV is on Directv as well too, and also sadly, no Mountain channel on Directv so it's mixed bage.

3rd option it get a FTA satellite dish, and try to hunt down the raw feed. :cool:

7-15-06

As of right now only 2 Lobo football games will be available to Directv & Dish subs, since CSTV will carry just 2. The mountain west network is reporting that they are very close to a deal with Directv while talks with dish have been less promising. Comcast subscribers will have to have the basic digital package in order to recieve the mtn.
Hopefully DTV will add it soon, If anyone else has any questions (about the mtn. or lobos) let me know.

What was KRQE's excuse for not showing Jeopardy and WOF (my wife's favorite show) in HD?
For crying out loud!
JR

As of right now only 2 Lobo football games will be available to Directv & Dish subs, since CSTV will carry just 2. The mountain west network is reporting that they are very close to a deal with Directv while talks with dish have been less promising. Comcast subscribers will have to have the basic digital package in order to recieve the mtn.
Hopefully DTV will add it soon, If anyone else has any questions (about the mtn. or lobos) let me know.

Just keep us posted if you get any new info...you seem to know what you're talking about....thanks

Just keep us posted if you get any new info...you seem to know what you're talking about....thanks

Lobo Basketball preliminary TV schedule just came out - 15 on the mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network, 3 on CSTV and 1 on ESPN2 (Jan 1 against Texas Tech and Bobby Knight).

Dec 5 Lobos/Aggies telecast rightsholder still be worked on - it's very likely KRQE will have that telecast to mess up but I'll give them extra credit points if they hire a HDTV production truck and do it in HD for us.

Cable only, sadly.

say your nightly prayers that the mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network - bombs.

But considering it's a joint-venture between CSTV and Comcrap, don't bet on it.

The days of more than 1-2 games on free TV are long over!

say your nightly prayers that the mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network - bombs.

But considering it's a joint-venture between CSTV and Comcrap, don't bet on it.

The days of more than 1-2 games on free TV are long over!

At least you have access to all of the Lobos games if you pay for them. Cox is holding out on CSTV and the mtn. so UNLV fans will only be able to see the one game scheduled on Versus (Aztecs fans are in the same situation).

Engineers were working on the transmitter on the crest Saturday. KOB went dark right after SNL, for maintenance.

I must have been (un)lucky enough to have been watching it when they were doing the national weather (in other parts of the country). I only spent a few minutes on this station so I'll have to check again.

We are in the process of gearing up to add several presentations by our KOB weather staff to the WeatherPLUS feed you now have available on KOB 4.2 (26-2). This is a partnership with NBC so half of the time you will see their "national" presentation, and their commercials. ;)

Since this is a well read forum that caters to New Mexico HDTV afficianados, I would entertain any suggestions on how to make our NEW KOB WEATHER CHANNEL more "user friendly". Unfortunately the feed is only standard 4:3 screen ratio. :(

Larry Rice KOB-TV :cool:

Since this is a well read forum that caters to New Mexico HDTV afficianados, I would entertain any suggestions on how to make our NEW KOB WEATHER CHANNEL more "user friendly". Unfortunately the feed is only standard 4:3 screen ratio. :(

Some things I can think of (and I know some if not all may be impossible due to technology capability or the configuration of the WEATHER+PLUS system).

1) L-BAR (the bottom has rotating 5 day forecats, the left top has the rotating city conditions. Can the L-bar lower left below the Weather+PLUS logo and in-line with the forecast section of the L-bar be used to give additional information? I'm thinking a text overlay changing with info such as Sun Rise/Set times, Moon Rise/Set times, rotating NM city info with rainfall received today, this month, and this year, etc?

2) Is there ability on the upper part of the left hand L-BAR to add additional current condition info such as dew point and pressure? there seems to be enough room to add 2 or 3 more current condition items using the same size font as "Humidity" and "Winds" figures.

3) DopplerMax - I think I recall on the first night I tuned into 4-2 that DopplerMax live radar drop-ins would show the state as a whole, and then zoom in to various places around the state such as the various regions and even at one time zoomed into Albuquerque city-street level radar. Another night I watched, the radar drop-in seemed fixed the whole state without any zooming. Is the radar drop-in able to be automated to do the pattern of starting out with a statewide shot, then zoom in on each quadrant of NM and maybe finishing up with a street-level zoom in of Santa Fe and Albuquerque? Or is the radar view not automatable through interfacing with the Weather+PLUS computer and only controllable by someone with a mouse sitting in the KOB WeatherCenter?

I like the service a lot! The radar view and a look at the forecast/current conditions displayed often enough that I don't have to watch very long to get any info I want!

At least you have access to all of the Lobos games if you pay for them. Cox is holding out on CSTV and the mtn. so UNLV fans will only be able to see the one game scheduled on Versus (Aztecs fans are in the same situation).

exactly the reason I thought the new network might bomb (lacking big-time MWC cities such as San Diego and Las Vegas) plus lacking national satellite coverage.

I'd also thought the channel might bomb if MWC schools see a hit in the pocketbook (poor gate revenue from fans upset that they can't get to know their local teams very well and thus are not motivated to go to the games and see their team in person). In a case of poor gates, I'd have to think the mtn. would allow one off-air station in each city to simulcast half of that that local team's road games rather than have to fold the channel because it's hurting MWC economics.

I think CSTV/Comcast are too strong of media power to allow the channel to fold despite very limited cable coverage/viewership.

... Sun Rise/Set times, Moon Rise/Set times, rotating NM city info with rainfall received today, this month, and this year, etc?

2) Is there ability on the upper part of the left hand L-BAR to add additional current condition info such as dew point and pressure? ...



How about the pollen count for those of us that suffer from allergies?

Anyone know what's up with KNME digital?

Actually, We can't see all lobo games if we live in an area--as do I--where comcast is unavailable...

I hope they work out a deal with Dish, and SOON.

We are in the process of gearing up to add several presentations by our KOB weather staff to the WeatherPLUS feed you now have available on KOB 4.2 (26-2). This is a partnership with NBC so half of the time you will see their "national" presentation, and their commercials. ;)

Since this is a well read forum that caters to New Mexico HDTV afficianados, I would entertain any suggestions on how to make our NEW KOB WEATHER CHANNEL more "user friendly". Unfortunately the feed is only standard 4:3 screen ratio. :(

Larry Rice KOB-TV :cool:

Welcome to the Forum, Larry. :)

Larry -- ditto from Santa Fe.

Hello Larry, Of KOB-DT,

Welcome to my thread, and looking forward hearing more good stuff from KOB-DT!! :)

Again welcome, and have fun here!! :D

9-16-06

As for the Lobos, I am starting to TV DX the feeds as long they are in the clear and using analog FM video or QPSK MPEG-2 4:2:0 formats on 10.7 to 12.2 GHz KU FSS band.

If they are using MPEG-2 or 4 with a 4:2:2 format then I am out of luck getting the backhaul feed. :(

The satellite and the freq, location will not be made to the public, unless the informations released into the news media for FTA dish TV viewers telling how to get the feed.

Good luck finding the raw feeds and happy TV DXing!

9-16-06

All right, here we go again. Trying to watch KOB NFL and 4.1 is dead, then I get the "4.1 is on 26.1" message from the tuner. Fine go to 26.1 and within a few minutes...blank screen with mesage "26 is on 4". Back to 4 and no signal with "back to 26"! This is VERY annoying and I cant watch the game! Or at least moere than a few minutes at a shot. What's happening over there? I didn't see the probelm earlier when I flipped thru the channels. My guide still had 26.1 for KOB, so I selected and it remapped to 4.1 as it should. But during this week's, and last week's games back-and-forth.

Anyone?

UPDATE: during the local break it remaps back to 4.1 and is fine throughout. WIthin 30seconds of getting back into network, back to 26...and back to 4 and back!

I subscribed to Comcast last week just to get KOBHD(can't get all the digital signals in the Canyon here in Carnuel). It's unwatchable; continuous picture and sound breakups. On hold now with Comcast. Anyone else with this experience; is it comcast or KOB?

I had that same problem last week on Comcast watching the game. I not able to check the Comcast signal, but I would lay bet it has to do with the issues I am seeing through an off-air antenna.

jmcferrin did you have this problem during the week, primetime, when they are on delay? I believe it to be something with the live feeds.

I've only had the cable box for 2 days; but the ND-Mich game yesterday had the same prob. Comcast CSR said "It's the Headend" But she didn't even know what a headend is or how they get the KOB signal. Problem went away for about a quarter but its back now. I don't care who's fault it is; if they can't fixit within a week or so, I'll just return the box.

As for me I am getting KOB-DT just fine on over the air, now however has anyone still getting The Tube Music Channel on KASA-DT on 2.2 since I am getting a blank video and at the sametime 2.1 doing just fine on HD football?

I hope not that new owner has taken the The Tube Music channel down since they brought KASA-DT' from Raycom Broadcasting Company :(

Don't forget to watch Star Trek tonight "MIRI" at 11 PM on KASY-DT! :)

9-17-06

I'm not sure where the problem is, but I've had to switch to ota for all of the football games. Also, the headend is the central point where comcast recieves the signals from the stations, processes them, and then sends them on to us. I believe comcast recieves the hd version of kob via antenna.

...

Don't forget to watch Star Trek tonight "MIRI" at 11 PM on KASY-DT! :)

9-17-06

I'm not going to watch because I don't think it will be in HD, but probably in the wierd stretch SD that they do. Let us know if you believe it to be in true HD. I'd rather watch "Star Trek Enterprise" on HDNet which I know to be true HD.

I watched a few shows yesterday (Sun) afternoon and it looked just fine. What seemed to be the problem?

Anyone know what's up with KNME digital?

I watched a few shows yesterday (Sun) afternoon and it looked just fine. What seemed to be the problem?

It's very obvious when you compare what KASY is broadcasting against a true HD show. KASY is stretching the picture to fit in a 16X9 TV but the clarity is more like an SD broadcast. Anyone else noticing this?

I thought we were talking about KNME. I won't watch KASY until they cease and desist the 480i stretchovision. PQ is crap.

It's very obvious when you compare what KASY is broadcasting against a true HD show. KASY is stretching the picture to fit in a 16X9 TV but the clarity is more like an SD broadcast. Anyone else noticing this?

The Cowboys game was crap on Comcast, with almost continuous break up. OTA HD was fine though, so Comcast needs to get their act together or lose a lot of hd subscribers. Picture quality was better ota also.
JR

Why is it that NBC (KOB) cannot provide a good HDTV signal? Their quality is almost unwatchably bad. I base this in watching football, as I have not watched any other NBC show for years.

Why is it that NBC (KOB) cannot provide a good HDTV signal? Their quality is almost unwatchably bad. I base this in watching football, as I have not watched any other NBC show for years.

Is this the HDTV signal over cable? I'm getting it fine over satellite and OTA.

I'm not going to watch because I don't think it will be in HD, but probably in the wierd stretch SD that they do. Let us know if you believe it to be in true HD. I'd rather watch "Star Trek Enterprise" on HDNet which I know to be true HD.

Yup..stretchy-vision. At first glance, it did not seem as distorted as I would have expcted, but sure enough, anyone viewed in profile that is on either edge of the image has a very, very long head!

I clearly do not see why they are doing this. Just send the signal out as 4:3, and let the user stretch it if they want to.

Brian

I watched a few shows yesterday (Sun) afternoon and it looked just fine. What seemed to be the problem?
I was getting a good signal, however since Saturday the signal is gone. I'm not even getting a weak signal message, it just seems to be gone.

Dvr'd Studio 60 last night, Kob switchman didn't wake up as it was SD the whole broadcast...(ff'd through it) probably wont watch now...

Dvr'd Studio 60 last night, Kob switchman didn't wake up as it was SD the whole broadcast...(ff'd through it) probably wont watch now...

I watched the first 5 or 10 minutes and didn't care for it anyway, so I will not be watching whether in HD or not. It will probably be nixed soon as well.

Holy Crap. Comcrap now has NFH-HD although it seems like its a temp channel. Listed as IDHD3 or something. And theres just an InHD logo on it at night.

Thats like the third channel in a month. Now if only they would pull their head out of their ass and give us CBS CW and MyNetwork in HD.

Holy Crap. Comcrap now has NFH-HD although it seems like its a temp channel. Listed as IDHD3 or something. And theres just an InHD logo on it at night.

Thats like the third channel in a month. Now if only they would pull their head out of their ass and give us CBS CW and MyNetwork in HD.

some of those Comcrap channels are probably because they just had a price increase (using some of the new cash flow to add additional cable HD channels).

It wouldn't surprise me if NFL-HD is another teaser channel since I read somewhere that comcast and NFL Network are heading towards a likely dispute since Comcast is moving NFL Network to a sports tier for additional $$$ (and means less viewers for NFL network).

I didn't realize CW/MNTV wasn't on comcrap in HD (for CBS, KRQE is obviously not seeing the money from comcrap). MNTV won't be in HD on comcrap even if a carriage agreement was reached (since KASY doesn't offer it in HD) and I'm sure CW is held up because of a lack of a carriage agreement too.

(...) now however has anyone still getting The Tube Music Channel on KASA-DT on 2.2

yep, still a black screen (and has been for days). I think LIN doesn't have an agreement with THE TUBE like Raycom did.

Does anyone know what LIN stations have on digital multicast (if anything) in other markets?

OK,

I know the answer is about 20 pages back but I searched and the results were not good. What is the reason that KRQE is not passing 5.1 audio anymore? I know they used to because I can remember watching CSI and cranking up the surround sound. Is something broke and their too cheap to fix it or is their equipment old and obselete and needs replacing??

It's time to start calling and emailing them on my end.

OK,

I know the answer is about 20 pages back but I searched and the results were not good. What is the reason that KRQE is not passing 5.1 audio anymore? I know they used to because I can remember watching CSI and cranking up the surround sound. Is something broke and their too cheap to fix it or is their equipment old and obselete and needs replacing??

It's time to start calling and emailing them on my end.

To the best of my knowledge, KRQE (at least via OTA) has NEVER been DD 5.1 enabled. Their station does not have the gear to do it.

FWIW, the SQ on KRQE has been quite good when properly decoded with Dolby PLIIx. My wife is addicted to the crime scene shows, and I was pleasantly surprised at the SQ, but it has never been 5.1.

Brian

Hmmm.....

Could have sworn but who knows. I just called Frank Lilly @ KRQE and left a voice mail and I sent an email to krqesoundoff@krqe.com so guess well see if anyone has the courtesy to reply one way or the other.

To the best of my knowledge, KRQE (at least via OTA) has NEVER been DD 5.1 enabled. Their station does not have the gear to do it.

While you're talking to Frank, ask him why they can't transmit Wheel of Fortune in HD? Why would it cost any more than their present digital signal??
JR

OK Here is the answer straight from Frank Lilly @ KRQE

They have never had the capability/equipement to do 5.1. They are building a whole new digital media control center as we speak. Completion should be hopefully by the end of this year (2006). They will then have to bring it online and extensively test it out so realistically were looking at probably February 2007 timeframe before its up and fully operational.

As far as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy in HD. They currently have only the capability and storage facility to timeshift CBS HD programming. No syndicated programming. This will all be fixed with the new digital media control center as well. Remember everything in primetime has to be recorded and stored for 2 hours each night as CBS only sends out a single HD feed for the east coast. Everyone else else to store it and play it back in its regular time slot.

So looks like things are coming albeit not as fast as we would like it for sure (Fall programming!)

I sent a letter to KASY over the Stretch-o-vision for Star Trek:

Star Trek looks great. But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop the stretch. Digital Televisions of all types have the ability to stretch a 4:3 picture to fill out the screen. Star trek isnt in a 16X9 format and looks worse than it could be if not stretched. Please until you get HD equipment and an HD feed of Star Trek, Just say NO STRETCH.


heres the response I got.


Hi Lawrence,

I forwarded your message to our Engineer. He jumped right on it and says it’s all fixed. Let me know what it looks like this weekend.

Chris Iller

Creative Services Director


If Trek isnt stretched this weekend Chis is the new BMOC! KASY is my new favorite channel.

Oh and another BS canned response from Comcrap when asked about missing HD networks.

Comcast is committed to deploying HDTV service. We are working to provide as
many high definition channel broadcasters as possible. Here are some of the
factors involved with expanding our high definition lineup:

-the negotiation and contract process required to obtain the rights to carry a
specific high definition broadcast, such as TNT-HD and HD-Net.

-the increased bandwidth resources which are required

-the relatively low number of subscribers (currently only a small minority of
customers have high definition compatible television sets)

We will continue to explore additional HD programming opportunities as more
content providers make plans to offer their programming in HD format.

We appreciate the fact that you took the time to let us know what is important
to you. We hope to expand our high definition channel lineup as fast as we can.
Unfortunately we are unable to provide specific details regarding the launch of
new channels at this time, please keep an eye on your monthly billing statement
as the announcement of any channel additions will appear on those statements.


Thank you for choosing Comcast.

Sincerely,

Comcast Customer Care Specialist

I sent a letter to KASY over the Stretch-o-vision for Star Trek:

Star Trek looks great. But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop the stretch. Digital Televisions of all types have the ability to stretch a 4:3 picture to fill out the screen. Star trek isnt in a 16X9 format and looks worse than it could be if not stretched. Please until you get HD equipment and an HD feed of Star Trek, Just say NO STRETCH.


heres the response I got.


Hi Lawrence,

I forwarded your message to our Engineer. He jumped right on it and says it’s all fixed. Let me know what it looks like this weekend.

Chris Iller

Creative Services Director


If Trek isnt stretched this weekend Chis is the new BMOC! KASY is my new favorite channel.

That would be sweet! I canceled my Tivo Season Pass to ST because of the stretch. I wish they would quit using it for everything. My wife loves Veronica Mars, and the PQ when streched is horrendous.

Good on you for your efforts!

Brian

Remember everything in primetime has to be recorded and stored for 2 hours each night as CBS only sends out a single HD feed for the east coast. Everyone else else to store it and play it back in its regular time slot.

The east coast feed from all nets begins at 6pm (8 eastern), therefore it's only a 1 hour delay. On delay things are not recorded into a system but rather timeslipped by 60min.

Today I picked up an SA8300HD DVR and asked the Comcast rep about CBS, CW and MY50. She said they are waiting for 13's contract with another carrier (CableOne?) to expire before they can (hopefully) contract it. AS far as CW and MY50, she had no idea.

Ya know what Comcast should do is provide the HD boxes with built-in tuners for OTA HD. I would be happy with that since I rely on Comcast for a majority of my local channel HD viewing.

And finally, I was checking out KOB on a Sony with built-in tuner last night (Wed) and I had the same problem as Sun football: jumping from 26-to-4-to-26. It would stay on 26 for only a few minutes before redirecting to 4 which would be "no signal" then back to 26. But when I checked using a Samsung SIR-T451 tuner it locked on KOB as 26 and never remapped to 4. And watching Earl/Office tonight (Thur) on Comcast in HD there was NO break-up or intermitent signal. I still wonder about the live broadcasts though.

(whew) done!

That would be sweet! I canceled my Tivo Season Pass to ST because of the stretch. I wish they would quit using it for everything. My wife loves Veronica Mars, and the PQ when streched is horrendous.

Good on you for your efforts!

Brian

Veronica Mars won't be on KASY this season. It has moved to the new CW network which is on KWBQ.

Veronica Mars won't be on KASY this season. It has moved to the new CW network which is on KWBQ.

Thanks! Fortunately, Tivo's SP feature should catch the change.

FWIW, the last couple VM shows my wife watched were repeats from last season. They were stretched, and looked horrible.

I did not notice the network, but if it is CW, then its times to ask them to stop the stretching too.

Brian

FWIW, the last couple VM shows my wife watched were repeats from last season. They were stretched, and looked horrible.

I did not notice the network, but if it is CW, then its times to ask them to stop the stretching too.

yes, the last couple VM's were on UPN as UPN had the rights to the show until the network went away. CW has the right now.

KWBQ should be in true HD format and not stretch-stench-o-vision (about 12.5 mbps of hd resolution goodness the last time I looked) plus CW sends out a true HD feed to their affiliates.

i noticed ind-hd 3 on comcrap's program guide this morning. currently all that is being played is a ind-hd logo. does anyone know what this channel will broadcast and when we will get a picture and guide?

i noticed ind-hd 3 on comcrap's program guide this morning. currently all that is being played is a ind-hd logo. does anyone know what this channel will broadcast and when we will get a picture and guide?

I think it is being used for NFL HD programing. I've caught replays of a couple of NFL games on there. Later this year they will have games on Thursday nights(saturdays too maybe?) on the nfl channel and I'm guessing that's what it's about.

Anyone else lose KASY-DT tonight? Went to watch startrek and I dont have any signal from KASY-DT. Analog signal is there. YUCK. but no DT.

Anyone else lose KASY-DT tonight? Went to watch startrek and I dont have any signal from KASY-DT. Analog signal is there. YUCK. but no DT.

It appeared to be down most of the day.

Brian

It's must be some kind of transmitter problem, or they must shut down the transmitter off to do some work on theirs stuff or for someones else next tower that is working on.

Manly is RF safetly more than anything else! :)

I sure the get back on the air sooner the better so I can watch my favorite Star Trek shows.

9-24-06

I thought UPN and The WB merged into the new CW network. If so, why would KASY stay on the air?

.....G

I thought UPN and The WB merged into the new CW network. If so, why would KASY stay on the air?

.....G

because KASY is the local My Network TV station in Albuquerque (while KWBQ got CW). Even if there wasn't a MNTV, KASY would have become an independent (and aired tons of syndies, or more sports, or maybe even latched on to i, america one, or yet another shopping channel, etc).

MNTV feeds to affiliates in SD and HD, but KASY doesn't pass it on to us in true HD (only SD stretcho-stencho-vision format).

Actually KASY seems to have dropped the stretch-o-vision after I wrote to them on thursday asking them to stop. Gee and now they are off the air. I'm sorry everyone. I'll stick to harrassing Comcrap.

MNTV feeds to affiliates in SD and HD, but KASY doesn't pass it on to us in true HD (only SD stretcho-stencho-vision format).

Thats pretty odd, judging from the fact that they did in fact broadcast Star Trek in 4:3 with black window box bars added at the station. That suggests that they can in fact send out a 16:9 signal.

Having said that, I do not know what resolution they are using, but even if it is 480p or 480i, I have to think that real HD stuff would still look better down rez'd but maintaining the proper aspect ration.

Oh well, I have to say, other than the gigantic MYTV station logo, Trek looked pretty good.

Brian

KASY is on the air this evening. Good ATSC signal here in Espanola.

.....G

.....has anyone still getting The Tube Music Channel on KASA-DT on 2.2 since I am getting a blank video and at the sametime 2.1 doing just fine on HD football?

I hope not that new owner has taken the The Tube Music channel down since they brought KASA-DT' from Raycom Broadcasting Company :(

9-17-06

Here's what I found out. The "Tube" was a RAYCOM Corporate deal. Raycom contracted with "THE TUBE" to carry its programming on all of its owned stations. :p

When Raycom sold KASA to LIN Broadcasting (aka KRQE's Parent Company) the TUBE channel had to go away. LIN Broadcasting doesn't have the rights to broadcast The Tube Music channel. :(

I am interested in getting all available albuquerque HD channels OTA. I live in the heights. I was wondering what type of antenna I need (UHF only or UHF/VHF) and whether or not I need a multidirectional antenna? Do all of the local HD stations broadcast from Sandia Peak or are they spread out across the city? I dont care about SD TV at all...HD only. Any recomended antenna's?

Hello Jahjahjones,

Most 1089i and 720p HDTV modes are 100% percent from the Sandia Crest mountain, and the rest of other stations are plain old 480i from the Crest and elsewhere.

You will need to use the VHF and UHF antenna sinces the 2 stations plan's to go digital after the analog shutdown on 2-17-09 or sooner the better because they want to retain the channel 7 and 13 "KOAT and KRQE".

Here's the informations on the stations now broadcastings..... :)

KASA-DT 2.1, FOX, 720p real channel number is 27.1.

KOB-DT 4.1 and 4.2, NBC, 1080i HDTV and 480i for Weather Plus, 26.1 and 2.

KNME-DT 5.1 and 5.2, PBS 1080i HDTV and simacast of analog 480i, KNME-TV, 35.1 and 2.

KOAT-DT 7.1 ABC, 720p, 21.1

KNMD-DT 9.1 to .3, PBS, 480i, "Note that are running low power at 200 watts ERP from the Sandia Crest mountain at this time"

KRQE-DT 13.1, CBS, 1080i, 16.1

KWBQ-DT 19.1, CW, 1080i, 29.1

KASY-DT 50.1, MNTV, 1080i, 45.1

The rest of other stations are mostly church stuff, and spanish channels you may have scanned on are 480i with subchannels on or not.

Hopes that's helps!!

9-25-06

Hello Jahjahjones,

Most 1089i and 720p HDTV modes are 100% percent from the Sandia Crest mountain, and the rest of other stations are plain old 480i from the Crest and elsewhere.

You will need to use the VHF and UHF antenna sinces the 2 stations plan's to go digital after the analog shutdown on 2-17-09 or sooner the better because they want to retain the channel 7 and 13 "KOAT and KRQE".

Here's the informations on the stations now broadcastings..... :)


Thank you for all the info!!!

Most designs of UHF antenna do an acceptable job for VHF channels 7-13. You only really need a VHF antenna if you live in a market like Las Vegas where a station has elected to stay on channel 2.

Anyone heard anything about KWBQ transmitting CW shows in HDTV? So far, ever show I have looked at has just been in SD (upconverted).

John

Yeah, KWBQ passed through available HD primetime feeds last season, why not now? The network is feeding HD. KWBQ is not passing it through.

.....G

I called Tony from KWBQ on Friday and left a message to ask this question. I called again on Monday and left a message. I then called yesterday (Tuesday) and they asked me if I wanted to leave a message and I said "No". I don't know whay this Tony guy from engineering will not return any calls. I wanted to be able to watch "Smallville" and "Supernatual" in HD on Thursday.

UPDATE: I just spoke with "Dan" at KWBQ and he said that the digital transmitter on the crest had blown up and that they had to order a part for it. He said they're hoping to be up by Monday (10/2/06) but not to quote him on this so it's not for sure. Too bad, I wanted to see "Smallville" and "Supernatural" in HD tomorrow night...

That sucks. They should have a spare on hand. I cant stand watching Smallville in SD.

Anyone heard any recent news on KRQE HD. Are they still talking or is it in limbo. I live in Farmington and I don't get any OTA's and the super bowl this year is on CBS and I am really crossing my fingers I will see it in HD. Who at KRQE do you call?
Mikey

You mean about a Farmington area repeater?

KRQE 13
Frank Lilley
Director of Engineering
frank.lilley@krqe.com

We get KRQE OTA in HD here in Espanola and points south.

.....G

Score another one for digital television!

KNME analog 5 will be going off the air from 8am-6pm on Thursday and Friday for transmitter maintenance. KNME says digital 35 and digital 9 will not be affected (as well as those watching on comcast, directv, or dish network, as those sources have a feed to them from the station not involving off-air analog reception).

Sound like a warm up exercise for a analog shut down!! :D :D :D

Just pretend you are in Feb, 17 2009 or sooner depending on a broadcaster's budget on shuting down the old analog transmitter. :)

The old analog transmiter is very wastful, and takes more transmitting power than digital transmitter.

So to me I think it's a start to a new era IMHO. :)

Now back to my TV Dxings!!

9-27-06

When I spoke to Frank Lilly about DD5.1 I also asked him about any progress on a retrans agreement with E*. No news other than their still in negotiations. Which means both parties are waiting for the other to blink. Could be awhile.

Anyone heard any recent news on KRQE HD. Are they still talking or is it in limbo. I live in Farmington and I don't get any OTA's and the super bowl this year is on CBS and I am really crossing my fingers I will see it in HD. Who at KRQE do you call?
Mikey

I got a E-mail, from KRQE-DT saying they will not carry The Tube Music channel since they brought KASA-DT from Raycom, however they plan to replace it with somthing else on KASA-DT's sub channel.

As for what kind of programing it will be?

No one knows what it is will be maybe a 24/7 local news channel or or 24/7 weather radar or may even be better to have a Sandia Crest cam! :D

Now I am hoping the The Tube Music Channel will have to find a new home maybe like KASY-DT and KWBQ-DT or maybe KOAT-DT.

So please bug your local stations to carry the Tube Music Channel on their digital sub channel! :)

9-28-06

So please bug your local stations to carry the Tube Music Channel on their digital sub channel! :)
No, all sub-channels must be eliminated.

Tried to watch "Smallville." CW didn't have HD; is that what I should expect from them, or did they just foul up tonight?

I sent a somewhat nasty email over to KASY/KWBQ just now.

I was greatly disappointed in The CW this week. I was so greatly used to watching Smallville in HD over the years on The WB. Now that you are CW you’re not broadcasting HD only SD. YUCK. BRING BACK THE HD! Don’t make me wait for the Season 6 Box set next fall.

If I was paying for KASY and KWBQ I would be demanding my money back after this week. Rumors over on htt://www.avsforum.com in the local ABQ thread says you had some transmitter problems up on the crest. While I could buy this excuse for the outage on the weekend, I can’t think of a reason that would cover the lack of proper HD Digital Television support. If you had problems with an Analog Transmitter you would have spare parts on hand to get it up ASAP. DTV is the future. Networks have had almost 9 years now to bring up their DTV side to standards of service on the analog side. But that is clearly not the case. With less than 3 years until the analog is shut off in February of 2009 how much more problems with those of us in the digtal age suffer at the hands unconcerned station engineers and managers?



On a side thought, Superbowl on CBS this year? Woot. Even more Fuel to Blackmail Comcrap for more Free Service to keep me as a customer. I am so looking forward to my house being built more everyday. To be able to call comcast and tell them Im moving and they can't come with until they offer ALL the local DTV stations.

As for what kind of programing it will be?

No one knows what it is will be maybe a 24/7 local news channel or or 24/7 weather radar or may even be better to have a Sandia Crest cam! :D



I would like to see America One (if it has to be a non-local thing).

If it has to be local, a breaking news channel would be nice (local breaking news would take priority - something like NewsMax on KNBC in Los Angeles that you can watch over the web if you aren't in the L.A. area with a digital tuner). For filler, breaking national events would be cool.

I am a breaking news nut and my home satellite dish gets a workout following the events of the day (it would be nice for a local channel to use their network resources to compile the national breaking news events when there is no significant local breaking news all into one easy to watch digital multicast channel -- such as Terrell owens overdose, Lakeland Florida deputy killed, the school shooting in Bailey, Colorado or the homocide suspect car chase in Los Angeles, all in the last day as examples).

Breaking news: Wilson loves Bush!

lol. I saw that written with chalk on the sidewalk on UNM yesterday.

I love the digital sub channels. It is nice to have a much wider selection of programming if you are not a cable slave. Imagine a Station that had 3 or 4 subchannels. All Sitcoms on one, Scifi Action shows, and an infomercial one. Maybe a drama show channel like Matlock or murder she wrote type.

An independant station could corner the syndication market.

Subchannels steal bandwidth from the HD signal; they are therefore evil, and must be eliminated.

So, is the CW going to be HD or am I going to have to continue to never watch it, and wait a year for the DVD set of the one program on that network which has my interest?

Just got a Tivo Series 3 last night and still setting it up. NO video inputs, so no recording of dvds, drat. I'll post my observations after I've lived with it a while. I expect it will displace my LG3410 stand alone ota hd recorder if anyone is interested in it. I think Baillios still have at least one left at $500, mine will be less.
JR

What does a Tivo S3 do? HD tuner built in, I assume? But what about satellite? Just curious, mind you, in case someone asks me about it.

Just got a Tivo Series 3 last night and still setting it up. NO video inputs, so no recording of dvds, drat. I'll post my observations after I've lived with it a while. I expect it will displace my LG3410 stand alone ota hd recorder if anyone is interested in it. I think Baillios still have at least one left at $500, mine will be less.JR

JR,

Are you going cable card? The S3 Tivo is my fallback for the day D* finally tells me I can't have my HD-Tivo anymore. I am reading various things that imply that getting a cableco to give you a CC for something other than a TV is like talking to the wall.

Side note: That's a great price. I think Tivo wants $800 if you go direct to them.

Alimental...No Sat Inputs on these boxes, IIRC. Its strictly an OTA/Cable/Digital Cable solution.

Brian

Yes the tivo is $800 plus a couple hundred more to rollover your lifetime sub, if you have one.
That price I quoted was for a new LG. I told Comcast I had a couple of new tvs that needed cable cards but they wanted $7 a month apiece for them, so I'm forgoing the digital channels for now since I have a SA8300 for them.
JR

Yes the tivo is $800 plus a couple hundred more to rollover your lifetime sub, if you have one.
That price I quoted was for a new LG. I told Comcast I had a couple of new tvs that needed cable cards but they wanted $7 a month apiece for them, so I'm forgoing the digital channels for now since I have a SA8300 for them.
JR

JR,

Do you have any links for info on the LG S3 Tivo?

I did some Googling and I am not finding squat.

Brian

They are two separate units. The tivo is made by them and you can read about them on the tivo site. The LG3410a is just a standalone hd ota recorder that isn't made anymore (ideal for ch13-1,CBS HD), same as the two Sonys that were out for a while. When they are all gone, they're gone for good.
JR

Does the S3 support QAM? Comcrap has a lot of crap along with Showtime skinfest-ondemand in the clear. If someone is watching something near you you will see it.

Now and then theres one of showtimes skinfest flics on. you can watch it fastforward to the nude scenes.

Only with the cable cards I believe. Comcast wants $7/month each. I get ota hd and cable analog channels now with the tivo and the cable hd digitals with a SA8300.
JR

I sent a somewhat nasty email over to KASY/KWBQ just now.

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Any response or is it like my phone messages, they've all been ignored? I also wrote my50tv a nasty email stating my dissatisfaction with the fact that they are now doing scrolling advertisements on the bottom of the screen during some shows. We already have to sit through almost 20 minutes worth of commercials during a one hour show and now they're advertising on the bottom of the screen DURING the show? This is ridiculous.

How about trying polite and intelligent e-mails instead of "nasty" ones?

Flies with honey and all that....:)

How about trying polite and intelligent e-mails instead of "nasty" ones?

Flies with honey and all that....:)

You sound like you're defending the increase in advertisements even if they are DURING the broadcast of the shows.

I just wish the FCC would ban pop up ads on over the air TV shows, and beside the ads has gone out of controls on time limits, and of related not to the ad's program content's as of itself. :rolleyes:

10-1-06

You sound like you're defending the increase in advertisements even if they are DURING the broadcast of the shows.

And you arrive at that conclusion how, exactly? :rolleyes:

and beside the ads has gone out of controls on time limits, and of related not to the ad's program content's as of itself. :rolleyes:

10-1-06

Say what????

And you arrive at that conclusion how, exactly? :rolleyes:

This was my email to MY50TV:

Why are you now putting advertisements on the bottom of the TV screen during the show? On Saturday, I was watching "Farscape" and all of a sudden there was a scrolling advertisement for a car dealership I think. We already have enough commercials that take almost 20 minutes for an hour show and now you're doing more advertisements at the bottom of the screen during the show? I will stop watching my50 TV if this continues. This is no way to run a TV station and it sure doesn't sound like it's my50 TV but the advertisers 50 TV.

Now to me, the above email is not nasty but to others, it may be?

Lujan

You and another poster described YOUR OWN emails as nasty....hence my suggestion.

(posts #3737 and 3725)

Moonhawk,

What I meant to say FCC used to tell the network how many ads they can put on the airwaves back in the 1960's. :)

I would like to see FCC restore the ads rule's that they imposed back in the 60's.

And as for content's must be free from FCC on taste's of humor restrictions. Do you remember the the beer ads showing horse's farting during the super bowl game? :D

I though that was very funny IMHO, and it's good for your heart on humor anyway! :)

Reason why I don't want the ads to be boring and as long they don't pop up right in middle of TV show programs.

That's all. :)

10-2-06

Can anyone tell me what QAV signals can be picked up in Albuquerque? I believe my TV (Samsung with built in digital tuner) needs a firmware upgrade to receive QAV and wondered if this might be worthwhile. I can detect all the USD-TV channels over the air but cannot receive them. Is there any way to do this? Thanks for any help regarding QAV for a relative noob.

I'm guessing you really mean QAM which is modulation scheme used by cable. OTA uses 8vsb, and all the locals are available in hd. USD the bandwidth cancer, is scrambled and only works with their receiver. I think they went/going broke.
JR

thank you jerrich i did indeed mean QAM. are there any unscrambled QAM channels in ABQ and if so how does one receive them?

Some things I can think of (and I know some if not all may be impossible due to technology capability or the configuration of the WEATHER+PLUS system).

1) L-BAR (the bottom has rotating 5 day forecats, the left top has the rotating city conditions. Can the L-bar lower left below the Weather+PLUS logo and in-line with the forecast section of the L-bar be used to give additional information? I'm thinking a text overlay changing with info such as Sun Rise/Set times, Moon Rise/Set times, rotating NM city info with rainfall received today, this month, and this year, etc?

2) Is there ability on the upper part of the left hand L-BAR to add additional current condition info such as dew point and pressure? there seems to be enough room to add 2 or 3 more current condition items using the same size font as "Humidity" and "Winds" figures.

3) DopplerMax - I think I recall on the first night I tuned into 4-2 that DopplerMax live radar drop-ins would show the state as a whole, and then zoom in to various places around the state such as the various regions and even at one time zoomed into Albuquerque city-street level radar. Another night I watched, the radar drop-in seemed fixed the whole state without any zooming. Is the radar drop-in able to be automated to do the pattern of starting out with a statewide shot, then zoom in on each quadrant of NM and maybe finishing up with a street-level zoom in of Santa Fe and Albuquerque? Or is the radar view not automatable through interfacing with the Weather+PLUS computer and only controllable by someone with a mouse sitting in the KOB WeatherCenter?

I like the service a lot! The radar view and a look at the forecast/current conditions displayed often enough that I don't have to watch very long to get any info I want!

The format on the "L" bar is determined by NBC WeatherPLus, so we're limited on what we can display. The extra spaces you see right now, are going to be used for sponsor logos. Right now we're running our LOCAL segments commercial free, but in order to keep this as a "free" service for our viewers, we will eventually have to put in advertising. I can however add more local cities to the "L" Bar.

The radar display is determined by the weather of the day. I have set up a sectored display sequence for the days when the weather is different all over New Mexico. Some days when there is nothing going on, it's left in single statewide coverage mode. It is up to the individuals on duty in our office to "launch" the sectored display. Of course it will also be showing exactly what you see in the newscast, when we're on the air.

Eventually we'll have short local taped inserts, with Steve, Rick, Shar and me presenting a local weathercast, followed by a quick advertisment.

Eventually we'll have short local taped inserts, with Steve, Rick, Shar and me presenting a local weathercast, followed by a quick advertisment.

thanks for the reply. What better way to launch short local taped inserts than do a "Ballooncast" of wind forecast, cloud layer forecast, POP, "BOX" expected availability, etc. for each flying event of the fiesta! That would definitely be local and desired in this area over the next couple weeks or so (and give my relatives/visiting friends a good chance to see what the weather is going to be like when we head out to the park - and for me to show off 4-2 :D ).

Robert