Colorado Springs, CO - HDTV - Page 11

I've never seen burn in on a direct view, and I've left DVD on menu screens for over 24 hours sometimes etc(and games on pause for a long period of time too)... I think that's very rare. I don't worry about burn-in on direct view.

I have no idea what the signal strength is. As I mentioned before, I know how to see the signal strength of the D* dish, but I have no idea how to measure the signal strength with the OTA on the Panny HDS20.

Also, it looks like the TV55 is a newer version of the TV50, so maybe they have improved it since then. It was $99 from SoundTrack though.

I just got home and turned on the HT. Now, I'm still new to this CBS HD schedule, but isn't CSI supposed to be in HD? I'm getting the stretched 4:3 picture.

OK, this is really creepy. CSI magically fixed itself. It's in HD now. Someone at KTTV must be watching this forum thread.

Them upconverting to 720p is fine by me. Better then 480p to 1080i :-)

I see.
I meant if they only had the current equipment that is ready to do1080i.

"Proponents say this format, which sends a complete picture 60 times a second, does a better job of reproducing the fast movements of sports. Both NBC and CBS transmit their HDTV programs using the interlaced 1080i format, which alternates sending odd and even lines, and thus sends a complete picture 30 times a second."

More like sends a complete picture 30 times a second, and 1080i sends half a complete, higher resolution picture 60 times a second.

Do any of you get program information (like the name and description of the show) on KKTV-DT? The guide screen for my Samsung receiver just says "Regular Programming" and I want to make sure that reason for the lack of info is on KKTV's end. If so, hopefully KKTV will add that to the digital signal later.

No guide data is a pain. I noticed channel 51 local was somehow on my channel list and it has guide data. I had never seen the channel before, but it was analog local.

I tested Sunday and today for Fox digital, and got nothing. Anyone else try yet?

No Fox -- but I just activated the new DirecTV package of HD channels. $10.99 a month gets HDNet (again but for 24 hours a day this time), HDNet Movies, Discovery HD, and ESPN-HD. Does not include HBO-HD or Showtime-HD. This morning early they're not showing anything too exciting - will have to check back tonight. SportsCenter does not appear to be stretched too much, maybe a little. Of course the sources for their clips have to be 4:3.

We're gradually getting choices in HD in Colorado Springs.

I just tested fox at 3:30 and it was in on 21-1! My signal strength is 93-100 for KKTV, and a constant 100 for channel local 22 which is Fox. They are upconverting Judge Mathis without stretching it currently.

and BTW: There is no signal for UPN.

Interesting. My antenna, which is not in an optimum location in my lower level, picks up KKTV at only 69% but no Fox signal at all as of 3:55 this afternoon. Guess I'm going to have to work on moving the antenna up to the space over the garage on one of these 100 degree days!

Vaggeto, what part of town are you in?

South Carefree and Murray, or Maizeland and Murray.

Up the hill on the other side of Academy from Palmer Park.

The only thing in the view of the antenna from my roof is a good sized tree about 3 houses down from me.

I'll go recheck my signal.

You might want to try moving the antenna by hand. When using old bunny ears, I would get 0 or 100 signal strength from my living room depending on the position of it.

I'm now getting a 65-72 on both stations.

I have no idea why my signal occasionally drops like this on KKTV.

I rescanned with my integra tuner. It easily picks up all analog channels and KKTV-DT. Anybody else getting getting Fox digital?

Roy

The Hurricane looks to be is 16:9. It fills the whole screen, and doesn't look stretched compared to the regular Fox, but the camera changes so much it is hard to have a good comparison yet. I didn't see an "available in Fox Enhanced Definition" logo or anything.

I'm having trouble seeing if it's wider. It's pretty good quality, about DVD.

OK, I think I figured it out... there is definently top and bottom information missing, and it doesn't appear to be any wider the the 4x3 version.

So they cropped the 4x3 version into widescreen, so you lose top and bottom, but get a full widescreen picture.

The fox logo is towards the middle compared to the analog station, and they put thier own FOX21 logo on it for a few seconds occasionally.

Well, I am getting it now. I had to program that channel in specifically. It does look quite good, very clean and clear but not as sharp as CSI. It is nice to be able to compare two digital stations in Colorado Springs.

Roy

Yah, but remember... CSI is true HD. This is 480i/480p. I'm not sure what format they're sending in, but for me it's upconvrted to 1080i.

I would say it's the quality of a DVD that was zoomed as this movie is. If it was 1.85, or 2.35, it would be much clearer.

One thing I'll mention... The upconverted regular programming didn't have much of an improvement over the analog like KKTV does. The colors didn't improve etc like they do for me when comparing KKTV analog vs. digital.
They have been Very good at not taking it back to SD during the movie though. Commericals are all 4x3 non-stretched, and the movie is always 16x9.

EDIT:

Anyone else seeing the sync problem with audio? It's off by a little bit, just enough to bother me.

They are on again today. They are not stretching 4x3 material. I also like that they are being honest in lableing their channel KXRM-SD!. On the downside, I am experiencing lip sync being off.

Does anyone know where there is a list of which Fox shows are in widescreen 480p?

Roy

The audio was off a bit Thursday too.

I figure they didn't come back on until today because Friday was July 4th, and then the weekend with possibly different workers.

I'm getting KXRM tonight here near Norad (channel 22). But I'm not getting anything from KTTV...just a black screen. I don't have any way to measure signal strength, so I can't tell if they are off the air, or if I'm just not receiving. Probably time to move my TV55 antenna outside instead of it's below-par basement location.

I just got my Sat-C kit and need to hook that up to get the D* HD package. Wow, it's like Christmas with all of these new channels!