Greenville, NC - HDTV - Page 54

Howdy!

I'm on vacation in Topsail Beach and I brought my tuner with me.

And boy am I disappointed. I must compliment the two ABC stations, WWAY and WCTI, as well as UNC and WPXU. Other than that, it's a mess! WNCT is not receivable with the Silver Sensor and WILM-LP is analog-only. WYDO and WFXI... I don't even need to comment, and the digital of WSFX is so weak that even with tropo I had only about 15% signal (need 33% on my Zenith HDV420).

NBC is somewhat better, with WITN being almost receivable much of the time, but WECT being extremely difficult to receive. When I do get it, I get just 6-1, with a blank 6-2. I thought that 'The Tube' and 'Weather Plus' were supposed to be on WECT-DT, but I haven't seen either one. Shame, too, because I wanted to check out 'The Tube.'

In addition, I've had some tropo, though not terribly impressive. Just the Raleigh stations, which I get at home anyway.

Any thoughts, particularly about WECT?

- Trip

WECT stinks digitally, at least the signal output. I also get a blank screen on 6-2. I would suggest going to ilmhd.com and post your findings there. Seems I am the only one saying anything, and it would be great if you would back me up.

I think WNCT is at a reduced pwr, 28kw or something, I use a pretty big antenna to get it. WFXI/WYDO reek thats all I can say about them...

WITN is pwrful, but lacks shows I like for the most part.

WWAY WPXU and WCTI are the best in this general area for reception.

ENJOY your time in the area!

The August 1st thing on WITN is some kind of better way to shop for a car on their we-site.

Directv better be glad I don't subscribe to locals or I would be on the phone until they fixed those antennas.

Thanx for the head's up, jspENC! I was sooooo hoping it was the promo I'd been waiting for! *LOL*

No he is at Topsail Beach about 15 miles from the distance I am in Jacksonville.

I aimed my VHF antenna at WFXI tonight to see a dance shw, and that pointed my UHF toward Raleigh, as a Result WTVD dt is coning in strong! Still no WRAL or raz, but I keep playing! lol

This news On WTVD is yesterdays!

Hmm... Usually, WTVD shows same days news rebroadcasts...

I missed the Vipir cast on the news, but saw it looping last night on 9-2
It's a neat tool!

Between the VIPIRcasts on 7 and 9, I think I like WNCT's a little bit better. It's more animated and not so dull as WITN's. VIPIR radar-wise, I prefer WITN's rendering to WNCT's. I'm torn between the two...

I am split down the middle a little, but what hits me is WNCT was immitated, after the product was claimed to be unreliable.

Well, in fairness to WITN, I doubt it was the mets who made that claim. I mean, I'm sure they had some input, but I think it's more likely that the marketing dept. came up with that promo, etc... Still, it does kind of leave a bit of egg on WITN's face. I dropped by some forum for Eastern NC residents just this week where someone commented that WITN got VIPIR after they went on the attack with WNCT for using it. People tend to remember things like that...

Ken12,

Bringing it up here since you mentioned no problems recently... *LOL*

Why is WCTI's volume so low? I have to turn my tv up so high to hear the audio. Then when I channel surf to other stations here and there, I have to turn my volume way down. For a while, WCTI's audio was coming in loud and clear. Now, it's very, very low.

I am still waiting for WNCT to reset their PSIP machine. I mean really, data's been off all week!

WNCT has corrected their PSIP information; all is well on the program guide front! 9.2, however, is gone!!! No more radar unless they are working on the problem...

I want 9.2 VIPIR radar! Today we really needed the most readable radar to go by. Unless they are going to put lots of maps on in sequence?

Witn weather still on for tomorrow I guess.

Remember, WITN has only said equipment installed late July for debut early August. Hopefully, it's tomorrow; TitanTV doesn't have anything listed 2 weeks into August for WITN 7.2.

I think we would have seen some experimentation like you did with WWAY; we'll see though...

Maybe we will see some change in the near future, I just cant see the radar clearly on 7-2. Too zoomed out, It should be aimed at the viewing area IMO

I agree on both counts!

Titan TV says WFXI is supposed to be wide open tomorrow! What a joke.

jspENC, looks like somebody saw your comment about Live Doppler 7; it's zoomed into the viewing area now. Glad to know they care what we think!

Thanks J. Arnold! Now I can tell about where I live.

!!!!!!!!!!WNCT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am having problems holding onto a signal! My box finds channel 10 and then just dumps it. I cannot get anything...

WNCT is working on psip again... CBS and Live VIPIR 9 are back on the air, but at 10.1 and 10.2. I'm sure engineering is working out the kinks in their system.

jspENC,

My box picks up 10, drops it, then picks it up... Once you tune to 10, give it about 30 seconds, then you should see the channel...

Nope, when I get 10 my box just jumps over to WWAY 3-1

I cannot view digital 9 at all.

Try a rescan on your box... I did that but manually had to had 10.1 and 10.2... Failing that, go to WNCT.com and send an e-mail to Bertie to let him know the difficulties you are having. He actually called me to help me out one day. I'm sure he's trying to get digital 9 back up and running...

OK, I will try a re-scan. If that doesn't work I will e-mail Bertie, but I will give him a bit longer just in case he is still working on things. lol

Re-scan failed too, the box says channel 10 found, but no call letters or display of anykind. I will give Bertie about a half hour then e-mail him. I wonder if he works in the studio or at the tower?