Lubbock, TX - HDTV - Page 19

Well, "Shark" is in HD this evening.

WTF?! I musta missed the memo.

I thought it was "Waahahaaa, we got no money." Tough ****, you've had a decade to come up with it.

Crap, now I gotta go buy another HD tuner. Anybody else love the Hauppauge HVR-950? How can you cram an NTSC(non-encoding) and ATSC tuners into something the size of your thumb? Anyone tried the HVR-1600?

Spoke to someone thes am who does engineering for several LP's in the area.

He says KLBK-DT has the equipment in place now that they will use from now on so hopefully HD is with us on KLBK-DT for a lo-o-o-ong time!!

Current equipment is not rented.

Any word on dates for abc, or cw going hd?

The last I heard was KAMC-DT was scheduled for upgrade late summer/fall.

CW will probably flash cut analog to digital in Feb 2009 - HD is questionable.

what is the deal with mylubbock tv last few years they have shown the astros games that fsn doesn't show. Apparently this year they are not airing these games. Anyone know what gives?

back to doing ota research for my parents. I picked up pbs in hd in hobbs with rabit ears. I think it is based out of Portales. I am still trying to find info on Midland hd channels and if they would reach to Hobbs?

Reception might be possible on some days with the right antenna setup. Take note. The PBS out of Portales is using low power DTV transmitters to cover their area. They are already up in Portales 1st on air (32), Roswell 2nd on air (31) and now Hobbs 3rd on air (guessing 47?) LP DTV. KENW is going with a distributed network of digital transmitters instead of one large transmitter in the center. (but that is not completely true now) Their current Ch.3 trans. is located north of Caprock and has limited coverage from its 1150ft tower. Unfortunately having a Ch. 3 allotment has not helped much. Impulse noise is only getting worse as the years go by, along with the power grid demanding 2% more each year only worsens reception on low channel V's. Back when you only had one or two channels you could pick up, 3 was great, it got out. People did not mind reception being nosy at times. But today with DVD's and satellite, people expect perfect pictures now. Or at least pictures with limited amount of noise in them, even if they are soft and low in resolution. VHS tape proved that.

It appears now, wherever KENW has setup a low power DTV that got licensed, they have applied to increase power to one megawatt and increased height. It looks like in Hobbs with one megawatt and a 1190ft tower they may reach pretty far into west Texas. (though I don't know if they have the funding to do this kind of upgrade, but it's in the FCC records) Lubbock may have a chance at getting a signal with the right antenna and on the west side. I've heard of people getting regular reception from 90 miles out in the midwest, and that's not as flat as West Texas.

Less then two years to go, it should get rather interesting when everyone is on digital and reception reports come in, along with DXing DTV from far away. Though it might be harder to know when distant signals are coming in, you won't be able to see sync bars anymore!

Marcus

I think you are right I think with the right antenna my parents could receive some of the midland odessa hd channels considering they are 60 miles away as I figure. It would just be nice if I could find someone in hobbs who has tried and what their results were first.

I would look at a Winegard HD8200P antenna. It is a BIG thing, but appears to be one of the best, if not the best UHF/VHF combo antennas. you will need a combo because KOSA-DT and KWES-DT are moving back to channels 7 and 9 in February 2009.

Another option (probably less expensive) would be to get an antenna tuned for VHF - high frequencies , like a Wade-Delhi vhf-high band http://www.wade-antenna.com/Wade/cutchannel.pdf and combine that with an Antennas Direct 91-XG (one of the best UHF antennas) using a Channel Master 7777 pre-amp. the 7777 has descrete UHF and VHF inputs and about 30dB of amplification.

And mount that baby as high up as you can - I'd try for 100 ft.

Hopefully the CW/My Lubbock TV/ Telemundo will go HD by the end of 2007. The goal is to put them on channel 43. CW and KMYL in 720P and Telemundo in 480i. If the transmitter comes in on time.

KMYL is in digital in Hobbs to protect the full power analog station. The reason KJTV is not in HD or digital is that Hobbs is in the ABQ DMA. Not Lubbock. You can probably still pick up 34-1 in Hobbs with a tall antenna.

Hey guys....new to this thread, and VERY new to HDTV....I have a couple of questions. I really am very interested in HD, but a few things are still confusing me.

I am looking at getting a Samsung LCD that has the "hd receiver/antenna...thing" built in. Does this mean I will be able to receive the local channels over the air without having to purchase other receivers? What type of channels will I receive with that already capable from the tv. I'm not planning on getting HD over the dish...yet...as right now I am only really interested in the networks...fox,abc,cbs etc. Do I need to buy something else so I can get the channels?

Sorry for the lack of more technical terms, but I am still very unsure about this whole HD business.

I think that's all for now. Thanks for the help!

BTW, I live on the southern side of lubbock near 82nd and Univerersity

juicy living where you live all you would probably need is a set of rabbit ears to hook up to the samsung to recieve nbc, fox, pbs, and cbs in hd. Cbs is the weakest of the full power hd feeds in Lubbock, so for most an outdoor anntenna is required to recieve klbk. In your situation being so close to their tower it probably wouldn't be a problem.

KAMC is planning to go HD on Suddenlink on June 4. OTA will be later this summer when both they and KLBK go full power.

Interesting well just my opinion Suddenlink is over priced and crappy service. I don't really watch anything on abc any way but It will be nice.

I hope KAMC goes HD before the British Open in July. Guess I'll have to wait until next year for HD NBA playoffs, since I'm OTA only.

Do you know the channel number for KAMC using a QAM tuner and analog cable?

Thanks,
John

No, But as soon as it is detected I'll publish it.

I tried to get this info from Suddenkink for their other HD locals via QAM tuner, but they kept giving me their tuner virtual channels instead of the QAM channel.

Man that is outstanding news!!
Are Channel 11 and 34 already at full power? What is full power?

KTXT-DT (5.1 & 5.3) Ch39 are at fullpower - 890kW
KCBD-DT (11.1,11.2 & 11.3) Ch09 are at 15kW
KLBK-DT (13.1) Ch40 is at 0.96kW will be 1000kW
KAMC-DT (28.1) Ch27 is at 0.98kW will be 1000kW
KJTV-DT (34.1) Ch35 is at 58kW app to go to 5000kW

Source: FCC database through www.TVRadioWorld.com

I'm not seeing KMAC on the suddenlink channel guide. Did they delay it?

Maybe Wed or Thu.

Maybe next Tuesday.

Why the delays?

Suddenlink hardware changes.

I am new to HDTV and wondering how the antennas work and what I can pick up in Lubbock. I was looking at antennaweb. and it shows that I am no more then 5 miles away from the Towers. Can I get the Terk HDTVi VHF/UHF HDTV Indoor Antenna and beable to get all the main stations (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC)?
Also how does the Terk Antenna conenct to the TV? Is it throught component, HDMI??? The TV I am looking at is the Sharp LC-37GP1U.
Do I need any special cables or anything to plug the TV into the cable outlet in the wall to reveive Standard Def. and plug in the HDTV antenna to get HD channels??

Right now KAMC (ABC) and KLBK (CBS) are both broadcasting at less than 1kW. I live at 28th and Chicaco and I have to use a CM4228 to receive those two with any regularity.

After both go to full power later this summer, an indoor antenna MIGHT work, but I would still advise against it. Indoor antennas are more prone to multi-path (reflections) and you loose at least 1/2 of your signal being inside rather than outside.

A small outdoor antenna can be hidden on the back side of your house and will give you more reliable reception.

I have a Radio Shack U75-R in my attic with a Winegard HDP-269 preamp on it that also is reliable in pulling in ABC and CBS.

If the TV you are looking at does not have an integrated ATSC HDTV tuner, you will have to buy an ATSC set-top box to decode the digital signals.

A TV with a digital tuner will have a coaxal cable connection on the back for the antenna to connect to.

Most of the digital signals in Lubbock come from the southwest quadrant of town. The only exception is KTXT-DT PBS which is near 19th and Marsha Sharp Fwy.

Thanks for the reply. The TV I am looking at has ATSC / QAM / NTSC tuner. If the antenna plugs into the coax on the back of the TV, then were would regular cable be plugged into? The TV seems to only have 1 coax plug. By looking at the pictures I cant see any other. I will be living in a apartment and there will be a cable outlet in my room. How would I also plug this SD cable into the TV?
Ill see what other options I have for antennas. I will be in a apartment so not sure if I can do an outdoor antenna.

Everything comes in through that one RF input.

If you have a QAM tuner and Suddenlink cable, you may not need an antenna, Suddenlink carries all local HD digital signals free on QAM. the channel numbers are wierd, like 94.1 and 111.8, etc. but they are there and KAMC is to join them soon (as soom as Suddenlink gets their act in order).

Most ,if not all, local cable systems carry OTA digital signals unenchrypted.

Did KLBK-DT stop their OTA transmission? I've been away a few weeks and upon my return 13.1 showed 'No Signal' on my TV. I rescanned for new digital signals, but didn't find a new channel for the CBS feed.

I do still receive the QAM channel in HD over Suddenlink, but I rely on OTA for one of my TVs.