Raleigh, NC - HDTV - Page 3

robertmee,
correct-A-mundo!

Anybody know if any of today's parades or football games will be in HDTV?

Well, I'll answer my own question

It appears the 4'oclock Dallas/Washington game was one of Fox's Widescreen games of the week.

What's going on with SWEP1 tonight??? I tuned into 250 TWC, and even though the splash at the bottom of the screen stated presented by FOX in Widescreen, I got the usual "movie has been formatted to fit your screen message", and the movie is Pan and Scan

Hey Guys,
I know I'm a bit outside the Triangle....but I was curious if there are any others on this thread from Fayetteville. I'm new to the area and looking to upgrade to HDTV. Just wanted to get an idea of what is available in this area.

According to antennaweb I should be able to receive Triangle stations (WRAL etc..) with just a "small omni-directional antenna". Not sure I believe this since it takes us 1+15 to drive to Raliegh from our house in South Fayetteville.

Just curious if anyone has any experience with over the air reception from down this way. (I currently have DirecTV had them install the oval dish at our new place so I know that I at least have those channels available.)

Thanks in Advance - John

PS - While I'm asking quesitons....Does anyone know of a good place in the Triangle to buy a new HDTV. (Fayetteville is pretty much BBuy or CCity). I'm considering the Toshiba 57HDX82 or Hitachi 57TWX20B. I appreciate any help you're willing to provide.

NOW! Audio - I wouldn't serious consider anyplace else. They have a website, and I think the closest store to you is in Cary.

And no - get a good sized directional antenna (see your other thread for a station summary).

Aggie86,

I'm just south of you in Pembroke. I'm located 77 miles from WRAL, WTVD, WNCN, WRAZ, WLFL & WRDC's towers. Luckily all of them are in the same general area so no need to constantly redirect the antenna. I use Channel Master Crossfire 3671 UHF/VHF rooftop antenna 25 feet high, a CM7777 ampllifier and CM rotator. At my distance I get WRAL 5(DT53), WTVD 11(DT52), WNCN 17(DT55) about 70% of the time and WRAZ ~45% of the time in mornings and the evenings. WLFL 22(DT57) & WRDC 28(DT27) are at low power so I can't pick them up any. WPAX 62(36) SD (from Lumber Bridge(between you and me) is live now.

Your less than 65 miles from their towers so with a medium to large antenna you should pickup WRAL, WTVD, WNCN all the time and most likely WRAZ & WPAX also. Hard to say about WLFL & WRDC.

South of you WBTW 13(DT56) out of Florence has SD live now. I get them at 100% all the time.WPDE 15(DT16) & WWMB 21(DT20) is suppose to go live tomorrow but the could be a week or two late.

Another alternative is Time Warner Cable of Fayetteville. They have HBOHD, SHOHD, PBSHD Demo Loop, WRAL, WTVD, WNCN in HD and WRAZ(480i/p national feed upconverted to 1080i by WRAZ) also they have WRAL, WTVD, WNCN & WRAZ's SD channel.

Thanks for all the Help!!

I don't know what how I survived prior to the internet. The salespeople I have asked the same questions to in Fayetteville are CLUELESS!

Daryl, sounds like you've got a great setup...think I'll look to buy something very similar. Unfortunately the subdivision that I live in does not allow external TV antennas..........(Sorry Scooper, I just couldn't resist...)

I have several very tall pine trees near my house. I was wondering if I could somehome use their height and attach an antenna. Anyone ever heard of this working or am I just being stupid?

Thanks Again, John

NOW! audio video website - http://www.nowaudiovideo.com/

As for using the pine trees - I've thought about that myself, but ... , trying to use a rotor would be difficult.

Aggie86,

The pine tree thing might work if you use an omni-directional antenna. You'd want it high as possible due to omni-direction antennas short ranges(~45 but usually actually farther). Height can improve that. I may be wrong but I don't think the tree branches will hinder the reception much.

Hey guys, long time no post.

Due to various factors (tree growth, dire need for upgraded OTA antenna, TWC conversion offer, etc.), my wife and I decided to take the plunge and go for Time Warner Cable after having been DirecTV customers for 5 years. We are scheduled for an install this Thursday. I'm curious whether people have done comparisons between WRAL's and others' OTA feeds and the TWC digital HD feeds... any disparity in quality? I know that when, by the grace of an extra kind God on a particular day, I actually get a well-dialed in signal on my DTC-100 to CBS or NBC for Leno/ER, the picture is stellar. I have some trepidations regarding the amount of bandwidth allocated by TWC for transmitting the HD signals compared with the OTA bandwidth. Founded or unfounded? Have you guys that are pulling HD over cable been happy with the results?

Many thanks, guys. I'm definitely looking forward to dropout-free viewing, that's for sure. Nothing quite as pathetic as settling in for a good 480p widescreen episode of 24 and having the joys of multipath and resorting to begging the neighbors to allow us to watch their 480i Tivo feed later .

WRAL, WTVD, WNCN & WRAZ's quality on TWC vs. OTA looks basicly identical to me. The only problem is the SA3100HD cable box adds a slight haze/foggyness to the HD images(many have commented on this haze or foggyness). I compensate for this by turning my contrast up 5 notches and brightness down 5 notches. After this readjustment I really can't tell any difference.

Am I the only one thats lost WTVD-DT 52.1, 52.2, 52.3 on OTA and TWC since the ice storm?

I didn't get power until this evening. But I was able to watch Alias on WTVD tonight at 9pm. My RCA DTC-100 picks it up on 11.1, I didn't try their other channels.

I was able to receive Alias last night in HD as well.

Yes, WTVD-DT came back on that following Saturday morning(7th).

I have TWC w/3100HD and WNCN (Ch 217) keeps momentarily dropping the picture... occasionally I will loose the picture and sound for several minutes.

Is anyone else seeing this problem?

I suspect it is the feed from NBC but no real conclusive evidence other than all other HD channels do not exhibit this problem.

Thanks....

I see the same thing with my TWC/3100HD setup. Can't remember specifically if it is NBC, but on occassion, I lose the signal for a brief few seconds....Haven't experienced a minute loss though. Also, I've been hearing static in my Front Right speaker every now and then....Seems there's an ongoing thread about static in the center channel on CBS on Sunday broadcasts, but this is the Front Right, not Center. If I switch channels or switch to DVD the static goes away. I'll have to remember next time which channel it is.

I do not know what has happened but I am receiving CBS and FOX50 with no drop outs at all. On the other hand, WTVD DT ABC was not there at all. I can not explain it but since the ice storm (if it is trees, I don't see them) or if they increased power. Also if when WTVD DT comes back my reception is bad again, I'll know why. I talked to the WRAL DT engineer last week and he said I was not the only one that was having bad reception. I just hope it last and also hope CBS doesn't drop HD.

Lastnight I also experienced occasional video loss for a second or two on WNCN-DT 17 on TWC channel 217 after 8pm thru sometime around 10:30pm then I had a black picture with the NBC bug showing and their SD channel(218 on TWC) had video but no audio. The popping started after 9pm. Odd though because I had more than enough signal strength to watch WNCN-DT 17(55.1 & 55.2) from OTA reception but it was black with no audio.

Tonight I decided to watch the UNC HD loop to verify that I was not seeing the same second or two drop on another HD channel. Unfortunatly, I saw a couple of drops in the video between 10:45-11:00pm. Although it was no where near as often as NBC. In 20 minutes the video dropped 2 times on UNC vs almost 1/minute on NBC when I've seen it at its worst.

Hi All,
WNCN NBC17 17-1 is now black with no audio and 100% signal strength on my SR-HD5. Is anyone else outthere experiancing problems with 17-1.

I call them yesterday and they reset there encoder and it work. But today its back out again. I wanted to watch SNL tonight.

I get a signal strength but no video or audio either this morning. My signal has dropped too low to check now on OTA but at this moment its working on TWC.

I just checked my OTA reception of WNCN NBC17 17-1. I have more than enough signal strength now to pick them up but no video or audio. But I am getting both their HD & SD channel on TWC.

I also could not receive NBC via antenna last night. I didn't try it any other time over the weekend.

I did email the station engineer this morning to ask if they knew of a problem or if something had changed.

I just noticed WNCN-DT 17.1(55.1) is being broadcast OTA again but 17.2(55.2) is not on. Hopefully their fixing the annoying lip-sync problem thats been on 17.2(55.2) for quite some time. The SD channel on TWC 218(55.2) is now off also.

WNCN replied to my email. Seems their ATSC encoder locked up over the weekend causing decoding problems for some receivers. They said the problem last week was similar, but different. I didn't ask what that means. Said they would be keeping an eye on it.

Its always good to see local stations like WRAL (CBS), WNCN (NBC), WTVD (ABC) and WRAZ (FOX) actively working on providing HD content for its viewers.

WRAZ is providing Durham Bull's baseball in HD - just a note.

WRDC-DT 28 & WLFL-DT 22 are to weak for me to pick up but I usually have some kind of signal strength from them. Lately I get no signal at all. Are they currently off?

Daryl,

I too used to get a signal from WRDC-DT (UPN), WLFL-DT (WB), & also WRPX-DT (PAX) but I'm getting nothing lately. I'm glad to see WNCN back however.

Is anyone else experiencing problems with WRAL-DT prime time shows recently? In the last 2-3 weeks shows like CSI, Hack, CSI: Miami have had problems with the video going black every 10 seconds or so for about 1 second. The audio is uninterrupted during the blackout. I've also had other drop-out problems too. The newscast afterwards was fine. All other local stations seem fine.