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post #7801 of 9417
10/19/09 at 5:41pm
noticed that WOWT is back to a temporary set for a week for "technical reasons"... wonder if they are also converting to HD news since KOLN/KGIN already has and both stations are owned by the same company. anyone else notice it or know anything about it?!
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post #7802 of 9417
10/19/09 at 5:48pm
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Originally Posted by huskers4life View Post

noticed that WOWT is back to a temporary set for a week for "technical reasons"... wonder if they are also converting to HD news since KOLN/KGIN already has and both stations are owned by the same company. anyone else notice it or know anything about it?!

Do you know anthing about KPTM?
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post #7803 of 9417
10/19/09 at 5:51pm
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Do you know anthing about KPTM?

Looks fine here in Lincoln OTA.
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post #7804 of 9417
10/19/09 at 7:28pm
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Originally Posted by hellerbrewing View Post

Do you know anthing about KPTM?

looks fine on Time Warner Cable, however, i just check it at 930pm and the news definitely wasn't on (some kind of drama show)...interesting
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post #7805 of 9417
10/19/09 at 8:06pm
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looks fine on Time Warner Cable, however, i just check it at 930pm and the news definitely wasn't on (some kind of drama show)...interesting

Yeah...the baseball game this afternoon ran late, so everything was running about 45 minutes late. Unfortunately, that really screwed up my DVR of House...hope maybe they'll re-run it some other time this week?
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post #7806 of 9417
10/19/09 at 8:30pm
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Originally Posted by Opusnbill7 View Post

Yeah...the baseball game this afternoon ran late, so everything was running about 45 minutes late. Unfortunately, that really screwed up my DVR of House...hope maybe they'll re-run it some other time this week?

oh ok; didn't even know there was a game on earlier...don't follow baseball too much
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post #7807 of 9417
10/20/09 at 8:47am
Does anyone have any information on COX Omaha getting new HD channels in the near future. I have to say I've been disappointed with lack of additions recently. I don't understand why they aren't even able to keep up with the other COX markets. Thanks my rant is over now lol.
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post #7808 of 9417
10/20/09 at 9:34am
Cards66, DirecTV has tons of HD... just not Versus (where the Huskers will be playing on Halloween )
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post #7809 of 9417
10/20/09 at 6:30pm
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Does anyone have any information on COX Omaha getting new HD channels in the near future. I have to say I've been disappointed with lack of additions recently. I don't understand why they aren't even able to keep up with the other COX markets. Thanks my rant is over now lol.

the last time I asked the csr said by the end of the year.
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post #7810 of 9417
10/21/09 at 6:57pm
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Does anyone have any information on COX Omaha getting new HD channels in the near future. I have to say I've been disappointed with lack of additions recently. I don't understand why they aren't even able to keep up with the other COX markets. Thanks my rant is over now lol.

I have to agree with you that's its frustrating that Cox Omaha has only added 2 hd channels since the spring, its clear that with Cox being the only show in Omaha that Cox is not proactive in adding more hd channels, if Omaha had Fios,Cox would have 80 to 100 channels in Omaha. It time we all start calling Cox and the city council saying Cox needs to become a first tier hd provider or get out!! OMAHA DESERVES BETTER!!!!
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post #7811 of 9417
10/21/09 at 7:49pm
It could be a lot worse. I was out in the Denver area last month and the Comcast (suburbs - Aurora) digital cable system had significantly less HD offerings than Omaha. Time Warner in Lincoln is finally getting quite a few channels but for a while significantly lagged Omaha. We actually had it pretty good for a while; though now I admit we're losing some ground in comparison to other areas. I'm not a Cox apologist by any means; just from other areas I've seen, I still think Cox-Omaha is above average. But there's definitely still room for improvement.
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post #7812 of 9417
10/21/09 at 8:16pm
I noticed in one of the Topeka, KS threads that the COX Kansas area is to get more HD channels on Nov. 15? to bring their total to around 70. I realize that Omaha is not the worst place for HD offerings but when you compare other COX markets or other towns similar in size I really believe Omaha is a couple steps behind. I know if I don't like it I should switch, its just not that easy though.
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post #7813 of 9417
10/21/09 at 8:33pm
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I noticed in one of the Topeka, KS threads that the COX Kansas area is to get more HD channels on Nov. 15? to bring their total to around 70. I realize that Omaha is not the worst place for HD offerings but when you compare other COX markets or other towns similar in size I really believe Omaha is a couple steps behind. I know if I don't like it I should switch, its just not that easy though.

if you notice also other cox areas announce when they are adding channels sooner than Omaha does

by the looks of it December might be the earliest we see more channels since they have to give 30 days notice.
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post #7814 of 9417
10/24/09 at 1:40pm
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It could be a lot worse. I was out in the Denver area last month and the Comcast (suburbs - Aurora) digital cable system had significantly less HD offerings than Omaha. Time Warner in Lincoln is finally getting quite a few channels but for a while significantly lagged Omaha. We actually had it pretty good for a while; though now I admit we're losing some ground in comparison to other areas. I'm not a Cox apologist by any means; just from other areas I've seen, I still think Cox-Omaha is above average. But there's definitely still room for improvement.

yea time warner is up to 63 HD channels (includes two on demand channels and the premiums) with another 15-20 coming in the next month or so according to the paper. finally TWC is catching up and may even surpass cox here in a little bit which is finally some good news!
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post #7815 of 9417
10/25/09 at 7:10am
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Originally Posted by huskers4life View Post

yea time warner is up to 63 HD channels (includes two on demand channels and the premiums) with another 15-20 coming in the next month or so according to the paper. finally TWC is catching up and may even surpass cox here in a little bit which is finally some good news!

That's not surprising that TWC(Lincoln) has passed Cox (Omaha)in hd channel offerings, Cox for the most part is a second tier provider very slow to make changes,and additions. I'm really tired of hearing bandwidth is in short supply, Cox Omaha should have upgraded their system 5 years ago, Hd did not get here overnight! They promised 80 hd channels by the end of last year and we will not see 80 by the end of this year, at Cox's current pace of adding hd channels Omaha will get to a 100 by 2014 (Maybe) Does anyone know if Omaha will ever get Verizon Fios?
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post #7816 of 9417
10/25/09 at 2:12pm
They promised(said) 100 not 80 HD channels
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post #7817 of 9417
10/25/09 at 9:14pm
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That's not surprising that TWC(Lincoln) has passed Cox (Omaha)in hd channel offerings, Cox for the most part is a second tier provider very slow to make changes,and additions. I'm really tired of hearing bandwidth is in short supply, Cox Omaha should have upgraded their system 5 years ago, Hd did not get here overnight! They promised 80 hd channels by the end of last year and we will not see 80 by the end of this year, at Cox's current pace of adding hd channels Omaha will get to a 100 by 2014 (Maybe) Does anyone know if Omaha will ever get Verizon Fios?

Cox will add channels. As far as Verizon expanding that won't happen given that they won't go into the midwest and step on Qwest's toes.
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post #7818 of 9417
10/26/09 at 10:23am
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Originally Posted by OmahaTVAddict View Post

Cox will add channels. As far as Verizon expanding that won't happen given that they won't go into the midwest and step on Qwest's toes.

Unless Verizon decides to buy Qwest. But even that would require significant upgrades in fiber infrastructure...
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post #7819 of 9417
10/26/09 at 5:28pm
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cox finally droping HBO channel 15 on December 3 no premiums on analog.

Does anyone get the "free" HBO with digital cable? I'm thinking about making the jump to digital especially if they are pulling the analog hbo signal, but am curious of the "free" hbo was just the analog channel or if it also includes the digital or HD version.
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post #7820 of 9417
10/26/09 at 5:35pm
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Does anyone get the "free" HBO with digital cable? I'm thinking about making the jump to digital especially if they are pulling the analog hbo signal, but am curious of the "free" hbo was just the analog channel or if it also includes the digital or HD version.

it includes all HBO channels Latino and HD
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post #7821 of 9417
10/26/09 at 7:33pm
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Originally Posted by HuskerMike View Post

Unless Verizon decides to buy Qwest. But even that would require significant upgrades in fiber infrastructure...

Hmm Verizon buying Qwest. That would be a huge merger and not sure the Feds would sign off on that.
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post #7822 of 9417
10/26/09 at 8:10pm
WOWT has gone 16X9 as of the 10 p.m. newscast tonight. It looks to be HD, but I'm not positive. They are having huge technical issues (like losing the first 10 minutes) during the newscast though. Studio shots and weather are 16X9 all of the stories and anything from the field is still 4X3. Due to all of the issues no mention of said changes were mentioned on the broadcast.
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post #7823 of 9417
10/26/09 at 8:14pm
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it includes all HBO channels Latino and HD

Thanks aj. What is the current HD (non DVR) stb in Omaha?
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post #7824 of 9417
10/27/09 at 4:01am
Up at 6 am and watching Daybreak on WOWT and it is HD alright except for the field shots.
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post #7825 of 9417
10/27/09 at 9:52am
Is WOWT broadcasting true HD or just 16x9 (anamorphic) like KMTV? I can't tell for sure... it looks sharper than KMTV, but not quite as sharp as KOLN.
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post #7826 of 9417
10/27/09 at 10:37am
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Originally Posted by JoelWNelson View Post

Is WOWT broadcasting true HD or just 16x9 (anamorphic) like KMTV? I can't tell for sure... it looks sharper than KMTV, but not quite as sharp as KOLN.

Not on my TV. I swear channel 7 in SD looked sharper last night than WOWT in widescreen. Graphics frequently looked distorted, and the anchors looked fuzzy as well. This morning was slightly better on 6, but I think KMTV looks sharper overall.

Plus, all field reports are shot in SD; they haven't converted that equipment to 16:9 yet.
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post #7827 of 9417
10/27/09 at 11:14am
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Originally Posted by HuskerMike View Post

Not on my TV. I swear channel 7 in SD looked sharper last night than WOWT in widescreen. Graphics frequently looked distorted, and the anchors looked fuzzy as well. This morning was slightly better on 6, but I think KMTV looks sharper overall.

Plus, all field reports are shot in SD; they haven't converted that equipment to 16:9 yet.

Do you have an LCD or an interlaced/CRT set? I've noticed interlaced SD looks better on a CRT. On an LCD it's noticeably inferior (7 looks really bad on my LCD set). When in Lincoln, I've observed SD channels like 7 and 8 look sharper on HD CRTs than 10's HD, while of course on a progressive-scan LCD it's the other way around.
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post #7828 of 9417
10/27/09 at 1:36pm
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Originally Posted by JoelWNelson View Post

Is WOWT broadcasting true HD or just 16x9 (anamorphic) like KMTV? I can't tell for sure... it looks sharper than KMTV, but not quite as sharp as KOLN.

It is high definition per WOWT.
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post #7829 of 9417
10/28/09 at 1:13pm
I agree. WOWT is broadcasting in HD and dolby digital. Not sure why they would need that for a news channel, but it's there.
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post #7830 of 9417
10/28/09 at 2:28pm
Anybody else notice KLKN's new set and *some* new graphics? Wonder if they're thinking about making the switch? Anybody heard anything?
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