Fresno, CA - HDTV - Page 45

Aargh! I tried calling KSEE 24, and all you can do is leave a message! I want to watch the NFL playoff's! DirecTV has a message up on that channel, so I hooked up an antenna this afternoon, and NO signal! What is going on with 24?

wow...go shopping, come back at halftime and its back...


i still don't get 30 ota though....lol

24 digital is finally back on as of 3:30 pm. I am glad I can get the Bakersfield stations too . I can get all the Fresno digital stations but KAIL 53 when I have my antenna rotated toward Bakersfield. I guess I will leave it pointed toward Bakersfield for now in case 24 goes off again. Here in Exeter I am 66 miles from Bakersfield transmitters and 56 miles from Fresno transmitters.

Just finished watching the Hawks versus Skins on 24--it came back in time for the second half. 30 OTA is still out, but is fine on DirecTV? Strange.

KSEE /24 digital off air......fiber to comcast SD only ??
this station ran commerical break in middle of national anthem (NHL game) and doesn't
insert local weather during NBC weather breaks ?? (leaving random network audio up for all to hear) ........

thank god for "bay area affliates" (what a professional difference)

Yeah--the digital went out again in the second quarter of the Jaguars/Steelers playoff game. I was recording it, and it caused me to miss two and a half quarters of the game. Had to finish watching it on the SD channel via DirecTV since I have no analog receivers anymore! At the very least, they should have posted a message on their web site.

Did the HD feed go out nationally for the Jaguars/Steelers game?
Also, is it usual for college football games on ABC-HD to lose sharpness all over the picture whenever there is a high amount of motion?

I dusted off my Samsung T431 and connected it to the family's huge HD CRT rear-projection TV after much frustration over crappy picture and sound quality for QAM tuning last year. To my surprise, the glitches and sound skips are now almost non-existent.

QAM and digital cable users, has the quality of digital cable gotten better in the last year?

Bump with some info.

Clear QAM:
Comcast/TWC WeatherScan moved from 81 to 104.
The Weather Channel without local info that was found on 78 is gone/scrambled.
If you enjoy watching hockey, there is a free preview of NHL Center Ice on 106.

Are we comcast users effected by this:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/C...per-Bowl-91545

I am hoping not!

Anybody from the Lemoore area getting ABC 30 KFSN-DT (30.1) OTA? If so, what antenna are you using? That is the only channel that I can't get that I really want.

No, our local Fox affiliate and Comcast have already kissed and made up so we're fine

Channel 30 is the hardest for me to get in OTA. I think because they are broadcasting VHF?? Not sure though.

Correct. KFSN's digital channel is broadcast on channel 9. Only that channel and KAIL's digital channel, found on ch. 7, are on VHF.

Are you able to get signal at all? Which antenna are you using?

Yes, Ch 30 is VHF. I use Radioshack 80" Boom Length, 32-Element Antenna
Model: VU-90 XR, placed in the attic of a one-story house. I receive about 80-85% reception from Clovis 93619 zipcode. Antennaweb said I'm about 18 miles away from the transmitter.

Question regarding ABC 30's HD signal.

Does anyone else experience adio dropouts w/ ABC a lot?

Noticed this in the past, but really only became concerned last week during the LOST premiere. Several points where audio dropped out momentarily. Ended up firing up the CC option on the D* DVR, just in case I lost (no pun intended) any crucial dialog.

Am getting ABC 30 via D*, not OTA. But any source info from others would be appreciated.

ABC-HD is the only QAM channel that still glitches up occasionally on my old Samsung STB HD tuner.

On my bedroom TV with a QAM tuner, the channel comes in okay with no problems.

via cable qam, kfsn is for me the best quality hd channel (i just wish it also had quality programing to match)... ksee is really starting to annoy me.. expecially during american gladiators.. Is it just me or cable or is it also noticable ota, whenever ksee has high motion during hd broadcasts, it gets pixalated for me......... Gettin really tired of friends saying that if this is what digital is, they dont want it....


KSEE also only aried 11 of the 13 Chuck eps

Hi guys. I just got my first lcd tv and am also new to the area. basically, the hd channels were great OTA, especially ABC. Got Comcast connected yesterday, and the SD looks much better, but the HD is softer that it was in OTA. Is that normal? I also don't have a HDMI cable yet (comes tomorrow). Does that make a huge difference with PQ for watching television? Like i said, i am a newbie, so plz be kind.

I am trying to decide if I want to switch to DTV when i move next month or stick with Comcast. Is there a general consensus as to which one is better in this area? and finally, I have watched a few NBC shows and there is some weird white staticy line that runs across the top edge and the PQ can be pretty sucky. that only happens on NBC though. Is that a NBC local channel problem u think? Any comments would be welcomed. thanks!!

The white line has been there for a while. It's probably KSEE's(nbc) fault.

Regarding the softness issue, have you checked the menu to make sure your set top box is displaying 1080i? When comcast installed the box in my home, it was set to 480p. I had to physically change it after the cable guy left. Also, i have tried component and hdmi hookups and couldn't tell a difference. But that might be because I only have a small 34" widescreen crt.

Although I haven't compared it OTA, I think Comcast HD is pretty sharp. The only thing that beats the picture quality of cable is my HD DVD player.

Thanks for the reply. I looked on the box to check to make sure it is set to 1080 but could not find it anywhere. Is it a setting that you have to set via remote, or is it actually on the box???

You have to use the remote to access the info.

1) Press the "cable" button on your remote.
2) Press "power" (it will turn off the cable and you will see a blank screen)
3) Press "Menu", scroll to where it says "ypbpr output" and push ok/select or left and right arrow keys to change resolution.

Oh, wow. Yeah, that would have taken me about 5 days to finally figure out. Thanks. Yeah, it was totally set on the lower setting. And man, it sure makes quite a difference now. Pretty sweet actually. I can see hairs on david lettermans fingers. that part is not so sweet. So now the stan def channels are minimalized. I assume that is because of the change. So if I wanted to watch them on full screen, I would have to go back to the menu and switch it back right? thanks again! It is like I just bought a new tv all over again.

... oh nevermind. I guess I can just zoom in once on the SD channels. Not sure if the PQ is much different that way or if I change the settings back through the cable box. oh well. Now the bigger question. Ok, I guess I am happy with comcast now. Well at least the PQ. It took the service guys about 8 hours to get out here.. Thanks again!!

What do you mean by minimalized?

Leave the HD output at 1080i. You do not have to change this at all.

If you want your SD channels to fill the screen you have to go into the menu and fool around with 4:3 Override.

The options are:
1) Off---This will keep the SD channels in 4:3 format. Options 2,3, and 4 will fill the screen. Experiment to see what you like best.
2) 480i
3) 480p
4) Stretch---This seems to work best for me. When I switch from an HD channel to an SD channel(or vice versa) there is no delay/weird breakup that seems to show up with options 2 and 3.

Ok, got it figured out. I just added on an edit to my last reply before i read ur response. Now, can you give Comcast a call and get them to add on Comedy Central and about 8 other channels of HD?? That would be great. Thanks again!

Hmm strange.. my Dish receiver scans in all the OTA channels including 30.1, 30.2, etc. with no problem. Actually, I'm using a UHF antenna (only). A silver sensor but I guess I am close enough (East Clovis) to get a strong enough signal that any 'metal' sticking up in the air will give me some reception.
I did notice the Ch. 9 designation at antennaweb.org but not on KFSN's website. And my Dish receiver scans it in as 30.1 not '9'. And also scans in '7.1'. so I am at loss to explain why no 9. But everything works great!

The "white line" is KSEE's doing. When doing SD on the HD channel (as in local news, daytime & 7-8 pm programming or when someone forgets to hit the HD switch after primetime commercial breaks), it appears that the image is not centered properly. The lines that are seen are actually part of all broadcasts, but normally are unseen (overscanned). Have noticed that the time/temp info also sits lower on the HD channel during the KSEE news than it does on the SD ("analog" if you will) version.

Biggest issue with KSEE's SD on the HD channel seems to be that the image is vertically "squished" a bit as well as sitting lower in frame. Pre-WGA strike, I had set my D* DVR to record SCRUBS (the only non-HD primetime show we watch) on KSEE's SD channel to avoid the lines/squish.

All of this seems to have coincided w/ KSEE's HD "upgrade" (when they went DD 5.1 for audio) around mid-year 2007.

Comcast HD always looked fine in Fresno. Compared to what folks in other cable markets say, it sounds like Fresno has one of the better cable markets in terms of bandwith available.

Really, HD PQ stayed basically the same when I went w/ D*. It was my growing Comcast bill & lack of several desired HD channels that led me to dump them for D*.

Biggest plus, though, is that much of D*'s new HD (& local HD from what I hear) are in MPEG-4 format. While I can't say it's a marked improvement in PQ, shows do eat up less DVR space & can be rewound "live" much farther back.

With Comcast, I had about a 15 minute "rewind" memory buffer with all HD channels. Via D*, I get around 60 minutes.

This is the work of virtual channels. I forgot how it exactly works, but the digital signal can tell the digital tuner to display the broadcast on another channel, such as their old channel. In that case, the signal and real digital channel is 9, but the virtual channel is 30. Switching the tuner to either channels 9 or 30 will give you the same channel as long as the tuner knows that the real siginal is coming from 9.

I don't know why digital ch. 7 isn't giving a virtual channel to you.

Anybody know when Dish Network will start providing local HD channels in Fresno?

I'm not sure whether this had been addressed yet but has anyone noticed that PBS HD 18.2's sounds are way loud and there are popping noises? Just wondering if it's just my receiver not setup correctly or if this is common for everyone.