Topeka, KS - HDTV - Page 51

You'd be more likely to watch the Super Bowl in HD on KSAS out of Salina. Ain't no way KTMJ is broadcasting digitally by Feb.

The $10 per month for HD access from DirecTV is WELL worth it, especially if you have an MPEG4-capable receiver. And there would be no extra charge for the Fox-DNS out of NY if you qualify.

KTMJ is in HD right now on Cox, I watched the cowboys last night in HD. It is a great bitrate as well, I'm getting about 15mbps 720p video, and 448kbps 5.1 AC3 audio. The 448kbps is higher than all the other locals that are 384kbps.

EDIT: Sorry I missed on the previous page where you said you don't have cox and you have to be with DTV for sunday ticket.

I just called and asked the the distant fox and they said I didn't qualify, I live in Emporia.

This is what I meant to reply to... I just called and they said I wasn't eligible in Emporia....

I'm getting the "Audio in a Tunnel" effect on WIBW-DT 13.1 here at noon on the CBS show "NFL Championship Chase"

Anybody else getting that or do I have some kind of problem?

Edit: It appears to have fixed itself.

You have to get a waiver from the local stations (in my case I had to get one from KTMJ and WDAF in KC) in order to receive the chanel out of New York. I was able to get the waiver from both by sending an email to each station and letting them know that a waiver request would be coming from DirecTV and then explaining that I couldn't receive HD from either channel over the air. This was over a year ago however and since KTMJ is planning on putting the ATSC up soon I'm thinking you might be out of luck with getting that waiver.

Directv sent in for one about a year ago also and they turned me down. Do I need to do something special? How did you get them to do the waiver? How would I find out who to email? I get my HD from Topeka. Thanks!

Send an email to Dave Walters who is the general manager at KTMJ. Explain your situation and mention that as soon as KTMJ provides OTA HD programming, you will be cancelling the Directv national feed. You will NOT need a waiver from WDAF as they are an O+O station. You may have to mention this to Directv as many of the customer service reps don't understand the difference.
Bish

WDAF has been sold to Oak Hill Capital and will be managed by Local TV LLC. WDAF will no longer be a FOX O&O. However, the sale will not be finalized until 3rd Quarter of 2008 according to the Kansas City Biz Journal. I'm not sure how this will impact any waiver requests.

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascit...l?ana=from_rss

I need some help please. I live in Manhattan KS I have alot of problems with my OTA - I can get CBS no problem ABC & NBC are spotty - sometimes yes sometimes no. FOX never. I have been able to get FOX out of Salina which is Digital for HD (Superbowl & Daytona are my main concerns).
I am using a DirecTV STB as the tuner. How can I add or get the Salina channel into the "Scan" for channnels? Do I list this as a secondary market?
I really wish this were easier, I have about 300.00 worth of antenna amps preamos etc. Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated.

It kept throwing me off because I couldn't think what Wichita station was on 13... forgot about the Western Kansas satellites.

KUPK 13 is the ABC Affiliate for Garden City. Part of the KAKE family of stations.

I have had spotty reception for KTKA, but I did adjust my set-top antenna a while back. I record the 10pm news every night, and some nights it's really spotty, others it's fine the whole evening.

Winter is the worst time for reception... the warm, humid air of summer transmits the waves a lot better.

Well on cable the reception last night was perfect, no audio or video drops.

Can someone get me up to speed with Fox 43? I have Dish Network and use an antenna to pick up OTA. I was at my parents last night and they have Cox. The guide showed KTMJ HD and the logo on the program did say Fox 43, indicating that they are not feeding in another city's Fox. Is Fox doing what ABC did and giving the feed to Cox exclusively for a short amount of time? Any help would be appreciated.

KTMJ provides Cox Communications with an HD feed, however since KTMJ is a low power station they are not required to transmit in digital yet. They have until February 17, 2009 to make a 'flash cut' (Turning their analog transmitter off, and turning on a digital signal)

If you look back in this forum 4 pages or so you'll see a post by user "FOX 43" that says they hope to be broadcasting in digital in Topeka later this year, and will eventually roll it out over their other repeater stations in Manhattan, Junction City, and Emporia.

The only option for FOX HD over the air right now is either WDAF-DT from Kansas City or KAAS-DT from Salina.

DirecTV had/has the Super Bowl up on channel 701 in HD for anybody across the country to view. It is the WNYW-DT feed, but available nationally. You must have one of the new DirecTV HD Receivers to see the feed. This is awesome for Topeka, with no local HD access OTA.

hey everyone, first time posting here and have a question. searched for the answer but didnt find anything so here's the question.

just got a 61" hdtv (samsung led dlp) and live in manhattan, ks. i was wondering if anyone on here lived in manhattan and knew if you could pick up over-the-air hdtv channels and if so what kind of antenna would i need. i was hoping to at least be able to use one of the indoor "rabbit ear type" hdtv antennas as i cant put up an outdoor one at my house. thanks for the help.

With an indoor you can probably only get CBS (WIBW)

If you have Cox just get the HD from them. You will get all the locals plus many more HD channels for free.

thanks to ajp and timmy. figured they were just too far away. i was really hoping to get NBC for whenever Heroes comes back on. dont really watch much local tv anyway. thanks again.

What other HD channels do you get? Are you talking about their unencrypted QAM stuff? The only HD stuff I've gotten through QAM is the ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Fox and maybe occasionally CW, though I never watch it.

QAM you will only get the locals. I have digital cable and I get a whole slew of HD channels.

Gotcha, so free is relative . Thanks for the info.

They don't charge more for HD like many companies.