Las Vegas, NV - HDTV - Page 114

According to MHD's website, http://www.mhd.tv/, it will be added to Cox Las Vegas by 12/30/06.

That's the static date that means that it will be added here sometime this year. We discussed this several months back when it launched in other Cox markets. Locally, Cox has said that they will add a great deal of HD content before the end of the year as network expansion continues. What exactly that means is still a guess, but there are some finished contracts.

vegggas

George,

Are you referring to the analog or digital signals of KINC, and KBLR? I live near Decatur and 95, and have completely lost any trace of the digital signals of those two stations. Which is why I came to the determination in my last post. I have two HD Tivos in two different buidings. Each has it's own outdoor antenna. Channels 16 and 40 DT show zero signal strength, and pull in no subchannels at this time.

In case anyone missed it...this was in the last bill from Cox:


I'm not sure why MORE customers will now get CSPAN1, CSPAN2, and TV Guide Channel with these moves. But Cox is certainly moving things around for future services, I suppose.

I get KINC-DT at 86% and KBLR-DT at 63% on my D* H10 with a little indoor UHF loop antenna. I live in Mountain's Edge by Blue Diamond and Durango.

They were moved so they will fall within the trap used for lifeline basic. Channels 95-99 come after channel 6 frequency-wise.

http://www.jneuhaus.com/fccindex/cablech.html

Ok George,

That makes sense. They don't have enough power to reach my area via the crappy ATSC tuner the 10-250 has. I checked today and get an occasional blip on the signal meter just enough to show they are there, but not enough to be of any use.

USDTV IS BANKRUPT!!!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&&#post7985252

I currently get all HD channels with rabbit ears but would like to get them out of my living room. I tried to hook up an antenna myself outside but I'm not getting very good reception. Can anyone point me in the direction of a reputable company in Las Vegas that can come to my house and install the most appropriate antenna? I've been tinkering with it for a few days now and I'm waving my white flag. Thanks for the help.

Yeahh!!!!!!

I always thought all they were doing was robbing bandwidth on purpose, we will never know I guess. Most of those channels they show should just be broadcast free since they have commercials anyway. There should never be scrambled OTA. I wish the FCC would be on our side.

Before spending any money, might I suggest going to www.antennaweb.org and seeing what kind of advice they can give? The biggest Vegas issues are usually related to antenna direction and the (non) use of a VHF type antenna. Overal, HD is usually on UHF, but Vegas instead, has a lot of VHF stations.

vegggas

Maybe Embarq can buy USDTV and offer USDTV shows on their Embarq/Sprint/ Cox/Nextel phones

Just opened my Embarq phone bill - They are pushing Dish Network right now. Maybe you can get your dish programming on your Embarq phone in the near future with Pocket Dish phones? http://pocketdish.com/dvr_compatibilty.jsp
USDTV, however is not going to be giving up any bandwidth even after being liqidated. It's already earmarked for use for the long term. There are also rumors that have been around for a long time that phone companies would like to use this traffic to provide a basic TV package to be a multi-service provider with voice, video, data and wireless.

vegggas

The pocket dishes are not phones at all. They are dedicated mp3 like video players that that have their own hard drive and real video lcd screens. No slow cell phone packets needed to view shows downloaded from a Dish Dvr via usb port. This is truly innovative technology that is light years ahead of the Sprint/Cox scheme.

Someone will buy USDTV I think and knowing how business works now days, its all planned out already and its us taxpayers who subsidize these schemes. Bankrupcy for corporations . Right! More socialism I'd say.

There are lots of reports than INHD2 is going away on 8/1/06 (to be combined with INHD1). Since Cox is also rearranging their analog lineup on 8/1, it could be a huge day for HD additions.

I have not heard that report, but then again who knows. I would rather keep INHD2 than have MTVHD.
I got a letter saying they are upgrading my area and may notice a few issues during the upgrade process during the late nightor early morning hours. Further investgation found that they are upgrading my neighborhood from 750MHz to 860MHz. Also this is going to be a valley wide upgrade that will take some time to complete.

vegggas

You may have missed my point. Dish would like to go the phone route, but needs local phone support to make it work. The goal is to be untethered from wires. BTW, downloading to an MP3 player has been around for a long time. Downloading directly to a phone is the next generation operator usage without wires. Dish or Direct could even buy USDTV and use the data as an internet serivce channel to provide video and data in certain markets.
Reading the news release about USDTV, it mentions that Lasa Vegas only had about 2000 users after a year of service.

vegggas

Ok, I read some posts about INHD2 possibly going dark on Aug 1st, but nothing concerning Cox. With a channel lineup change coming on Aug 1st, it does sound reasonable that MHD, which is already contracted to Cox would take it's place.

As for other channels, There is no news on the wires about finished agreements, but negotiations are on-going.

vegggas

I wouldn't hold my breath.

The FCC opened up applications for low power digital companion channels. Look for these stations to show up on a digital tuner near you...sometime before 2009

KVPX-LP 28 (Multimedios) has applied for channel 6 at 0.1 kW [MAKO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC]
KLVD-LP 23 (Daystar) has applied for channel 14 at 15 kW [WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.]
KTUD-CA 25 (UPN->ind.) has applied for channel 20 at 8.9 kW [LAS VEGAS TV PARTNERS, LLC]
KEGS-LP 63 (Retro Television Network) has applied for channel 24 at 15 kW [NEVADA CHANNEL 3, INC.]
K43FO 43 (3ABN) has applied for channel 36 at 15 kW [THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.]
KHDF-CA 19 (Azteca) has applied for channel 38 at 15 kW [UNA VEZ MAS LAS VEGAS LICENSE, LLC]
K41IO 41 (TBN) has applied for channel 41 at 15 kW [TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK]
KGNG-LP 47 (HSN) has applied for channel 48 at 11.8 kW [KING KONG BROADCASTING, INC.]
KLSV-LP 50 (Jewelry TV) has applied for channel 49 at 8 kW [BILTMORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION]
KEEN-LP 17 (Total Living Network) has applied for channel 51 at 11 kW [CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS OF CHICAGOLAND, INC]
KNBX-CA 31 (TeleForumula??) has applied for channel 51 at 15 kW [NEVADA CHANNEL 6, INC.]

Gee, I can't wait for the CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATIONS OF CHICAGOLAND in Digital! Just think of the picture quality of your favorite Teleavengelist on your large flat screen.

The will make HIM proud

Actually a good portion of their lineup is classic tv. http://www.keentv.com/

Too bad they don't have Leave it to Beaver. That a program with a lifestyle that the very people who promote that lifestyle, are the ones who make it harder for us to all achieve every day!

They also have the Jim Baker Show! Wonderfull! I can't wait

Many of those channels already exist as low power analog stations in and around the Las Vegas area. Many are just applying to get digital licenses. Here are some low power analog examples:
There are probably more, as some pop up and dissapear on antennaweb as you move you zipcode around the valley

Yeah, I put which LPTV analog they correspond to in my post. Obviously at least one of these won't be approved (two are applying for channel 51). Every LPTV in Vegas applied except for KELV 27 (TFT), which is already carried on 15-2, and KVTE-LP 35 (ind. "Vegas 35").

I'm guessing the first ones that will go on air are KTUD and KHDF since I'm guessing they're the best funded. (because they have Cox Cable and DirecTV carriage) However, depending on how well selling sub-channels pays, we could see these pop up as soon as the FCC approves their applications.

I tried adding a Seagate 400GB SATA II drive I had in an Adaptec eSATA enclosure to the 8300HD. After adding it, the video would pixelate about every 5 minutes and if there was any sound at the time, it would sound garbled while watching any of the HD channels. SD was not affected. I unhooked it, and the sound and picture is great once again. Is there any place in town to pick up one of the Maxtor Quickview expander drives? I would think they would work better since they were made to work with the 8300HD.

Huh?!?

The Elephants! (Off topic).
Just listen to Dina Titus on local OTA (now we are on topic ).

So this means no or very little new programming on digital OTA. Just more of the same.

I wonder if the Poor Rump channels will be picked up in Vegas? Can you imagine their news channels?

darwin838,
Check the link in my sig for external drives. Quickview expanders are available from weakknees and buy.com.

foghorn, others et el,
More of the same... Many low power stations (and low profit) will basically take their analog signal, encode it to digital, and transmit the converted signal on a few Mbps of space, until it's feasible to use digital mixing equipment in the future. Then they will mix in digital instead of analog. Still there is no reason to upgrade equipment unless they can sell off their bandwidth to pay for their transmitter. With digital, they may be able to keep their main SD signal on the air and make a profit off the excess bandwidth given by the license. Many business technologists would like to use the excessive bandwidth for specialized datacasting, a la USDTV, broadband use, or other services. With multiple digital transmitters, such a service is more feasible as an umbrella type of service for OTA receivers with specialized data decryption methods (like USDTV). Don't think for a moment that this will bring more video services to anyone, but more business opportunities to specalized datacasters.

vegggas