Since the Red Tower thread was several hundred pages and two years old, I have started this new official thread. Please post all comments related to Birmingham, AL (and surrounding areas) digital television issues here.
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Originally Posted by Steve Gilbert /forum/post/18342914
If you live in Grenada, Mississippi, how do you receive Birmingham TV from 200 miles away?
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Originally Posted by digduggler /forum/post/18145504
For the gadget enthusiasts here, this tivo announcement could be intriguing:
Pretty boastful. March 2nd.
Edit: too boastful.
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Originally Posted by tigerfan33 /forum/post/18382423
Just heard Dunaway on WJOX saying this Wednesday is the day for the hd newscast for CBS 42. Great news!!
I think Dunaway is the best sportscaster on our local news. He brings news and tidbits that does not make the other stations a lot of the time........ this is coming from an Auburn fan too. lol
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Originally Posted by Tom Servo /forum/post/18414340
Musta been a snafu; I recorded the 5pm news and watched 10pm live and it was still SD. A lot of their taped segments/file footage/whatever it's called was apparently show in 16:9 and squeezed back to 4:3. NBC 13 let the same stuff slip right before their news went HD so hopefully it's just a matter of time. (ba da bump)
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Originally Posted by tigerfan33 /forum/post/18415150
I recorded it too. Don't know what happen. May be a technical issue. I will email Bill Ballard and see what's up.
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Originally Posted by stkrenegade /forum/post/0
is anyone having problems getting espn and espn 2 hd? i live in homewood and they used to come in over 75.3 and 77.5. now they are nowhere to be found.
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Originally Posted by Smacky /forum/post/18759430
Umatter I've been getting those ESPN's over QAM for several years.
I just found out Charter took the ESPN's off today. What a bummer.It was nice to get the 4 locals and 2 ESPN's on the QAM tuner. I'm not getting 2 more HD boxes, Charter is raping me in charges for the two I already have. I'm just gonna get a tree cut down and go with Direct. I've had it....
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Originally Posted by Tom Servo /forum/post/18760446
Not to hurt Umatter's feelings more but right now DirecTV has some sort of free HD for life for new signups who use auto bill pay.
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Originally Posted by Smacky /forum/post/18759430
Umatter I've been getting those ESPN's over QAM for several years.
I just found out Charter took the ESPN's off today. What a bummer.It was nice to get the 4 locals and 2 ESPN's on the QAM tuner. I'm not getting 2 more HD boxes, Charter is raping me in charges for the two I already have. I'm just gonna get a tree cut down and go with Direct. I've had it....
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Originally Posted by slowmo /forum/post/18761223
Quick question umatter,
If one were to sign up for expanded basic service, would one be able to receive / display the HD ESPN channels (and any other HD channel listed as expanded basic - digital) with only a QAM tuner or is a cable card (or rented stb) still required?
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Originally Posted by 4bama /forum/post/18760812
I don't know if this is true for DirecTV, but it is true for Dish Network.
Auto-pay and a 2 year commitment gets you HD for life and several other free perks from Dish. They also are releasing gadgets (sling receivers) later this summer that connect to other HD TV's that will work with one of their sling receivers, so HDTV anywhere is possible from one receiver.