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ace check out the hdtv programming page for NFL in HD info.

the browns will be in HD on WOIO next weekend as it is the main game on CBS against the 49ers. Right now the Patriots/Eagles game is in HD and looks awesome. The Browns will be in HD on MNF later this year against the Rams.

I like my Samsung, but I believe they have a new model that you may want to check out. Check the HDTV Hardware thread for that.

Oh, thought of something else I noticed while watching the Brownies. There is a ford commercial where the Truck goes on the screen from left to right. The audio from the truck goes from the right to left. I have always suspected that 19's audio is reversed, this is just another example of it. I first noticed it during the final four in March. Players would go to the right half of the court, and the sound would go to the left speaker, very annoying. Does anyone know this, has it been discussed before???

Ace

I bought my SIR-T-151 at Ebay for $220 plus $ 20 shipping ( Reconditioned unit , packaged by Samsung , looks brand new and works very well). I have a "Silver Sensor" indoor antenna but have it outside on top of my sunroom and I get ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.

Monday night football is always on HDTV and only one ( so called national ) game out of seven every Sunday on CBS is HDTV, so Browns usually are not. Today it was the New England vs Eagles. Seems the Saturday College football game on CBS is also HDTV.

Fox ( NFC games ) is digital widescreen but not HDTV.

However, with the new season of TV shows, many will be in HD including " Law and order ","CSI'. " Judjing Amy " and the various CBS primetime shows.

Even without HD, the local channels are much better as Digital thru the SIR-T-151 than through Cable.

If you have a widescreen, HD ready TV, it is well worth to spend the money for the digital box.

Best wishes

Hello all, I'm totally new to HDTV and just hooked up my Samsung 151 this weekend and I bought the Radio Shack HDTV antena with the amplifier. I've got it in my attic. I have the Sony HS10 pj. My wife and I are now totally spoiled with the great picture. I'm in Brunswick and get the 3, 5, 8, etc. that most everyone else gets. My signal strength is about 50% for most channels. I think I could boost this by messing with the position of the antena or putting it outside (which I would rather not due.

Anyway, where can I look to get a listing of all shows that are broadcast in HD? Is there a web site. I couldn't find one.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dstarlin/hdtv/Fall.htm

Moving Target

I too get 50 % , but with digital, you get an excellent picture or none, so you cannot improve the picture quality by adjusting your antenna. 75 % will be no better than 50 %.

Try:
www.titantv.com

You customize it to your local area.

Stan,
I PM'd you.
I also wanted to get this thread back to the top.
Ray

Ya that's the way I understand it too but I mounted the thing on a snow scrapper that is connected to my rafter with a C clamp and I used crimp on ends that I applied with a pair of pliers.

I'm pretty sure that I can get one more station based on the angle that I mounted it so I'd like to give that another shot too.

I'm pretty sure I can do a better job mounting it but I was so anxious to get things going that I was mostly interested in getting it put together.

Has anyone lost WJW channel 8 digital signal power recently? I didn't change anything and for some reason it dropped down pretty low, but all the other channels are nice and strong... I don't get it..

Terrible audio on the Georgia/LSU game!!!!!!

Get your heads out of your a$$es CBS

Ya what the (*#$@(#$*&!!!

Can't we call them or something

Audio is fine now, better not be screwed up tomorrow for the HD Browns game.

Cactus Matt I got 100% of Channel 8 here in Westlake.

The Browns game reception was excellent. I only got to see the fourth quarter in HD though. I watched the first half at a friends house in SD and left to watch the rest at home at half time.

Ray

wow, this is great, now i won't have to do a search for "cleveland" i can just bookmark this thread. the browns game looked great yesterday after i finally got it in. for some reason i used to be able to get a very strong signal on cbs and for a little while now i've been getting no signal. i had to actually turn the antenna on it's side to get the signal to come in and i only got around 50% but it was good enough to watch. my biggest beef with cleveland hdtv is no 5.1 sound on abc or cbs. i feel like i'm missing out.

the Browns game looked great! Funny story: I invited my neighbor over to watch the game but he had already invited some buddys over to his house. He has a HD ready Mitsu, but no HD receiver (what a waste!). Rather than miss the free beer and burgers, I ran a 50 foot RG-6 over to his place and brought over my Zenith reciever. Before the game, they were all saying things like "no big dea, HDTV is overrated" and "I wont be able to tell the difference". HA! When the game started I spent the first quarter listening to them rave about the picture. It was pretty funny.

Is any else not able to get ABC? I haven't been able to pick it up for the last couple of days. If you're getting it let me know, that means I need to make a trip to the attic.

Coming in here in Mentor, even with Silver Sensor in my 2nd floor office.

Didn't you just make a trip to the attic?

Yes but back I go. I still have the snow scrapper installation. Maybe I should do it right this trip...

Just bought the HDV420 and the new indoor Radio Shack amplified antenna. I'm only getting the UHF stations (WEWS, WJW, WUAB) and they are not holding their signal strength. The signal meter keeps moving from Bad to Good and the pictures constantly drop out. I can't get either WKYC or WOIO. I live in an apartment and have to use an indoor antenna, so I may have to give up and wait on cable, unless someone has a suggestion. Thanks in advance.

See Peter Putman's site:

www.hdtvexpert.com/

for benefit of his great knowledge and experience.

In addition, I find that the Silver Sensor antenna is superior to any other UHF antenna that I've tried. And it was the least expensive. I don't know who carries them now, but a search on this forum or on Google should tell you.

Well, I was able to improve the reception for the UHF stations. Of course, the only HD station this includes currently is WEWS. Anyone hear anything new about WVIZ? The information on their website hasn't been updated for awhile.

Of course, from reading here, it looks like the VHF stations are running at pretty low power. I may test another antenna, just to see what results I get.

I'm glad there's a spot that those of us from Cleveland can compare notes.

Joel

I upgraded my system over the weekend to include a Dish 6000u with the OTA module. I was thinking, based on comments found elsewhere, that I would need to buy a new antenna at it would be a while before I would be watching network TV in HD. Well, Friday night I hooked up my old Terk TV50 and it was able to pull in a couple of stations while laying on the basement floor. Sunday I mounted outside about 10 feet off the ground facing closer to 90 degrees where 47 degrees is the angle to the towers 15 miles away. With this setup I was able to lock in on all the digital locals. This was just too easy.

The only (very) minor problem I have seen, the system won't display 03-03. I can watch 03-01 and 03-02 fine, but 03-03 only flashes up for a brief instant when changing channels and then goes black. Has anyone seen this before?

-Jeff

Sunday's News-Herald had an article by Jim Collins in which he 'interviewed' the local Comcast honcho. She says they'll have a demo the first week of October of HDTV. Then they'll begin to activate their Mentor and Elyria services.

You're not missing anything on 03-03, it's just constantly displaying their rather low resolution (and stretched) weather radar. On my SIR-T165 I find 03-03 very annoying while channel surfing as the tuner takes an extra couple seconds to lock onto the channel and display it. The tuner only gets the hiccup when passing 03-03.

-- Paul

Jeff,

I also have the 6000 and 3-03 does the same for me. I have removed 3-02 and 3-03 from the 6000 in the local HDTV section so I don't need to scan through these needless channels while surfing.

Ray

I get 3-1 and 3-3, but only a blank screen on 3-2. What are you seeing on 3-2?

Ben Music

3-2 is the digital version of analog Channel 3.

Thanks Ray...I will just drop those channels as well.

BTW, how do you jump from 9421 to 05-01? So far, I have had to go from 9421 to 100 then scroll down to 05-01 (or any other DTV channel). Is there a way to directly enter these channels in the 6000's remote? Maybe I need to open up that instructions.

-Jeff

Stan Z,
Thanks for your reply. I have a Toshiba STB-3000 and I don't see a listing in my channel set up for 3-2. Only 3-1 and 3-3 which both come in fine. Even if I punch in 3-2 directly into the remote, it says channel unavailiable. I wonder why.

On a side note, you must be right about Comcast HDTV. I got a postcard in the mail today that said "Catch the debut of Sunday Night Football (Browns vs Pittsburgh) on Comcast HDTV October 5,2003." They went on to say that you can get two months of Comcast Digital plus and HBO for free. They also will toss in a ESPN nerf football.

Just thought you might be interested.

Ben Music