Myrtle Beach, SC - HDTV - Page 63

Tech guy said all is fine, no reason why I have the CNA problems! Well there must be a reason and we will keep being a pest until we find out!

hey Bob, I know you work with fox and all. But do you have any connections to WBTW? It's been three months since they started the HD syndication migration. And they still have not re-enabled 5.1 yet.....

No, Sorry I don't.

Just got back from a visit to my folks in Myrtle Beach. They have basic analog cable and phone from TWC. I tried channel search on two LCD TVs and got no digital channels. One TV showed encrypted digital channels. In the past, TWC delivered clear QAM on locals in Greensboro. It's disappointing that they will get no HD without a cable box and digital service.

One good thing is the WMYF (NBC) comes in great with only the most basic indoor antenna. However, on the Visio 32" LCD, it ti three menus deep to switch from cable to OTA so the old folks will never do it.

WPDE is currently in the process of installing a new set. It will take two weeks to finish. I asked the general manager, if they will be HD. But sadly, it will be 16:9 SD only. He told me that they have the HD cameras, but are not yet ready for HD.

Some of the earlier HDTVs have 2 inputs like mine. One is the the analog tuner & the other is an hd digital tuner. If that was the case you could connect the analog tv cable to the analog port & the ota antenna to the digital. But My Dad's tv has only one port. So I guess eh will be turning off the tv cable because he does not like them any way & putting an dish with an hdmi port on his tv. Then putting the antenna to the antenna port on the tv. You would think the the tv cable would give a stb with an hdmi out put as the same price as their analog expanded pack. But since hate those who get their local stations over antenna & bypass the tv cable. They want you to get every thing from them. Dish let you get the OTA your self or they can bring them to you. But the TV cable get angry when get channels with out them. I guess they are being bypassed of a chance of Filthy Lucre.

For HDMI, they might want to soak you for a digital package. They will be threading their way thru the digital transition at least thru FEB 2012 and who knows what the transition path is. In Virginia, Comcast is giving folks a deal on a digital box for extended basic to wean folks off of analog (they are running analog cable channels in parallel on digital channels.

Time Warner is doing the same thing in SE North Carolina. Right now, customers can get a digital unit w/o cost for a year. Then they will sock it to them. Dirty thieves. By then, they may shut down analog.

Help! I am stuck in a condo with HTc basic cable. If I do a manual digital scan, will I at least pick up the local HD networks? CBS etc? Anyone know those for HTC down here at Pawleys Island? Thanks for any help.

If you have a window facing south west or an angle in the direction I would get a bow tie indoor antenna from Radio Shack. I would put it in the window & see if you can get WCSC CBS ota from Charleston. Try that.

Way back on April 20, 2010, WLOS-13 (Asheville) applied for FCC approval to modify its directional signal pattern. The cause was the need to install a new digital antenna on its tower to reduce the weight load. WLOS had discussed it with Media General, owner of WBTW-13, and stated in the application that WBTW would, in response, request permission to strengthen its non-directional signal from 31,600 watts to 54,700 watts. The FCC approved WLOS' request on July 20, 2010, but as of February 9, 2011 I have seen nothing at fcc.gov about any power increase for WBTW. It seems almost as if WBTW's power will not increase after all.

WBTW has finally after 8 months of going HD syndication. Re-enabled 5.1 audio, it took them way tooooo long.

I very seriously doubt you'd be able to get WCSC in MYB area with an inside antenna. HOWEVER, HTC, like all cable providers, is required by law to provide local over the air HD signals unscrambled at no cost to basic subscribers. The larger national providers (such as TWC) love to switch the channel positions for local HD around, but HTC is a local consumer owned company. If you do a scan on your HD TV you should find most or all of the locals in HD. The only problem is the distribution system in your condo may not pass the higher channels which HD channels usually occupy.

Wellll! I've been connected to TWC for one heck of a long time, with Road Runner too. After replacing my old"er" TV with a new Sony Internet TV and Sony Blu-ray player, I looked around the net for a DVR with an M-card to replace update my perfectly good older DVR. I must have been in "happy land" for too long, not keeping up with the tec boom, busy on my puter with Flight Simulator. This is where I found you folks and realized that buying a DVR into which to insert a TWC M-card is no longer possible. Sooo I went down to TWC and brought home a silver (they couldn't match my black units) DVR with an M-card installed and signed up for Digital.
Set it up to only to have it stop at E-13. Called TWC who is sending out a "tech", because resending a signal did not work, and with a replacement for the DVR because I noticed a scratch in the plastic front when I got home. If this does not work, I hope you folks will be available to assist a re"tired" old man.

We live just into Georgetown County, by the hospital in Murrels Inlet. Since we do we get only the Charleston NBC station. I was planning on watching the hockey game and the PGA this afternoon but the NBC station is having some kind of fund raiser so they will not show them. They said we could watch the sports on their CW station. We don't get the Charleston CW station, we get the MB station so there no way I can see the hockey or the golf. Thanks to TWC and the NBC Charleston station. We don't get the NBC MB station except for local news sometimes. This is really a bigger issue than just today but I needed to vent! Thanks for reading!

Living a half mile from you as the crow flies I could not agree with you more. This has happened before.

I also don't like the fact that the station in question has "TV" sound and no Dolby.

Of course, you do realize that since the WMBF-TV transmiter is your closest station (probably about 10 miles), you should be able to easily pick it up over the air, maybe with a bent paper clip, but certainly with a $4 bow tie. Look at it this way, you recieve all the Charleston stations, which is about 80 miles away, and the 2 Florence stations, which is also about 80 miles away, but neither of the MYB stations, which are less than 20 miles away. Yeah, it really is crazy!

My HD does not have a tuner and we live in a condo with no exclusive use area outside so I really am stuck.

One amazing thing about the Charleston stations -- if you watch their news they do not have any weather for our area. It really is a stupid set up but there is really nothing we can do except to get the FCC to change the DMA rules. Like that will happen!

Well, at least the good people of Laurinburg NC, which is about 100 miles from Myrtle Beach, recieve WMBF on cable and satelite, though they don't stand a chance of getting it OTA. But kjp, if you could get your hands on a ota converter box, you could surely get WMBF with an inside antenna, though of course it wouldn't be hd.

What's wrong with a OTA HD tuner STB? And write receive on the blackboard 100 times.

Do they still carry WIS-10 on cable in the Grand Strand areas like they used to? Used to be they would carry a wide variety of stations from Wilmington, Florence, Columbia and Charleston.

No, neither WIS nor WECT is carried anywhere in the Myrtle Beach/Florence DMA. Don't forget, WMBF, WIS, and WECT are all owned by Raycom, who obviously has a "deal" with Time Warner (Raycom also owns WCSC--talk about excessive media concentration). HTC also dropped WIS and WECT, though they may still carry WCSC. And, thanks Gary for your spelling lesson--hope it made you feel better.

Didn't Horry county used to get WWAY on cable for a long time? I think it got dropped when Raycom owned the station briefly for a period about 5 or 6 yrs ago. Time Warner and Raycom do not like offering out of market stations from the way it looks... If you don't get news or weather from the station you do get, I would complain to the station.

bdfox18doe : Are you associated with WOLO in Columbia SC? I saw that WOLO now has METV on the sub as 25-4. I wonder if there is a chance METV could be broadcast on WFXB 43.4 We sure would watch it if WFXB did show it.

David

Only a slight association with WOLO....And yes, MeTv is coming to WFXB..
When we get the installation completed that is..Sitting here now looking at a pile of servers and equipment for all 3 stations.

I'll look forward to seeing some MeTV! When the weather warms up a little again, I'm able to watch FOX 43 every evening and morning.

That is GREAT news.

We do watch WFXB a lot. I love the top 5 at 10 news & the not the news the follows. I wish the FOX news network had 30 minute national & world news in the evening.

WFXB whomps out the power in Myrtle Beach.& it is easy to receive WFXB with an indoor antenna like a bow tie.

We look forward to watching Me TV when it come on WFXB. You can forward this to your sales department to show those buying commercials.

In the Georgetown headend (where we live), TWC is still carrying WIS as a legacy analog channel on RF channel 10. And they are also carrying WIS-DT in the clear on QAM (maps to 10-1 on QAM-capable sets, and 11xx on their STB). BTW we ALSO still get ch 2 analog NBC from Charleston.

This situation is a pet peeve of mine; we get "distant" DT/HD affils but not the logical, closer locals. WMBF (Myrtle Beach) for example is a grade A signal here, their 2000 foot stick is less than 30 miles away, and can be received with a wet noodle on the OTA antenna input. TWC here does not carry either an analog or digital signal from WMBF! The ONLY HD NBC affil we get is WIS, which is over 140 miles away. Their local news and weather coverage is great for the midlands, but doesn't have anything to do with the Grand Strand area.

In addition, our only FOX HD channel is WTAT 24 from Charleston, while the much closer, WFXB 43, stick even closer than WMBF, is not carried in either SD analog or DT/HD.

Similarly, the ONLY ABC DT/HD we get is from WCIV (Charleston, over 60 miles away), while WPDE-15 (Florence/Myrtle Beach) is closer and also more relevant with the local news/weather. We do at least get the legacy analog version of WPDE on RF channel 9.

CBS is similarly screwed up. The ONLY DT/HD CBS channel carried is WCSC 5 (Charleston), while WWBT 13 (Florence/Myrtle Beach DMA) would be a better, more logical choice. We do still get WWBT analog on RF channel 13, as well as WCSC on 5. I find myself watching a lot of crappy SD analog channels just to get relevant news and weather...

It would seem that if we get 2 or more SD/analog legacy "local" channels, we should also be offered their DT/HD counterparts. But if only one is going to be carried, it should be the closest local, not something from an "over-the-horizon" station 140 miles away. I don't know how the "must carry" or similar rules apply in this new mix of SD analog and DT, but we are not getting the logical choices in our market.

WMBF news is in the clear.

Not here in Georgetown! WMBF is not on our head-end in either analog or digital form whatsoever.