Honolulu, HI - HDTV - Page 175

Originally Posted by bueller555

I have the same setup with Tivo and cablecards. To lower costs, I tried removing the Digital Variety Pak and HD Entertainment Pak and only keep standard digital. According to the OTW channel guide, standard digital should still give me some HD channels. Not so. I lost all HD channels when removing those services, so I had to add back the HD Entertainment Pak to restore my HD channels. I haven't gotten around yet to writing a complaint that their channel guide is misleading.

Originally Posted by bueller555

I lost everything that was switched digital. Network channels from 1003 to 1010 were fine. All other HD channels, even though they are listed as part of the standard digital package, were lost until I restored one of the add-on services.

Thanks guys for your quick and informative responses. I just check the setup and it has already been set to filter out the sd and only show hd programing. i just tuned to ellen on KITV and its sd so I guess my signal strength is no up high enough. I think i'll fiddle around some more. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by swyman18

I don't believe there are SD/HD duplicates for the local channels.

Check KHON and KITV during prime time programming, you should see some shows in HD.

Originally Posted by Andrewg@16paws

All of the locals (with the exception of independents like KIKU, KBFD, KWHE, KALO, and KWBN) are broadcasting in HD. Because Oceanic must provide these streams to their "analog customers", they ALSO send a digital SD version of every HD program, so their boxes don't have to be smart enough to perform the down conversion itself. OTW multiplexes them all onto one channel, I believe it is currently 118.

Check titantv.com for a program guide that indicates HD programming, though from a quick check, it is incomplete. For example, all the network national news programming is HD, as is all the "Hawaii News Now" programming. Sadly, the CW is only on OTW and only SD - it is HD in most mainland markets but not here. Maybe in 10 to 20 years.

Originally Posted by Charles O

The Tivo HD basically replaces the Digital Cable box from Oceanic, so in theory Oceanic's HD channels that are part of "Standard" cable service are "available"...but it comes with a couple of gotchas.

With the exception of the local channels all of Oceanic HD channels are sent via SDV which means you need a CableCARD plus tuning adapter to receive them.
You can get the local channels in HD with a TivoHD without a CableCARD but will not have any program guide with the channels, adding solely a CableCARD will give you the guide for the locals in HD but not the other HD channels. You may want to give a tech at Oceanic a call about the cost and options that using a CableCARD and tuning adapter will give you.

Originally Posted by hikai007

Thank you for the help. So if I read what you are writing correctly, my TiVo can broadcast the HD channels, but without a "guide" I will not be able to set it up to record the HD channels?

Originally Posted by snakpak

I believe you can do a manual recording (define the channel, day, and time) like an old school VCR to record without the guide info. But that negates all of the beauty of a DVR, and of Tivo in particular.

Originally Posted by Charles O

I have bad news for you, first all of the stations no longer transmit on Haleakala..the state and feds forced them off as part of the DTV switchover. The stations on Maui now transmits from a mountain ridge in Upcountry Maui and severely reduced reception on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island...so much that you will likely need an outdoor aerial antenna to receive the signals. Second and probably more importantly, KGMB the local CBS station switched frequencies with the MyNetwork station KFVE. The effect of this is that CBS on Maui is a analog low power repeater...there are reports that CBS may be available as a sub-channel on either the MyNet station or KHNL the NBC station by the time of the SuperBowl but I wouldn't expect it to be in HD.

There are always sportsbars in Kona to watch a game at.

Originally Posted by Charles O

Good to hear that the signals can be picked up on the Kohala Coast better than expected from the Maui transmitters. The FOX station on Maui is on VHF Ch.7 and even people on Maui itself have had issues with reception....part of an ongoing problem with VHF DT stations nationwide.

Originally Posted by Lindakoy

Errrr, first 30 minutes of the Academy Awards on the HD channel had no picture, then no picture or sound. Good going KITV!

Originally Posted by likerice

Does anyone know what happened to KHON and CW? I am using a digital tuner and they are no longer on 46-3 and 46-4. OTW's web page doesnt note anything different.

Originally Posted by RobertCEO

I've been watching the new NHK World HD channel and think it's great. Does anyone know if this is a pay channel and they are just giving us a preview? Seems like a pay channel since there are no commercials (i understand NHK is like the PBS of Japan so they don't run much commercials anyway) and the channel is clumped in with the pay channels. And for some reason it's labeled NGN4 in the guide, and the other NGN channels are pay.

Originally Posted by swyman18

Still no HD for KHNL and KFVE, unfortunately.

Last time I checked, Hawaii News Now is in HD on KGMB.

A lot of the DirecTV national channels (like USA) are the east coast feed, so that's why the 6 hour difference. No tape delays that I know of, but I could be wrong.

A bunch of new HD channels are starting next month. Check out the directv.com website for the list.

Originally Posted by snakpak

I tried tuning in the HD channels directly for the first time in several months, using the channel numbers provided by the link, but none of them worked. Anyone out there able to tune in the HD stations?