Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, FL - HDTV - Page 216

Here it is, Google is your friend! ;-)

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/acti...l?storylink=pd

Oh I don't need it. I have D* but thanks for posting that.

Looks like WFOR intends to produce preseason Fins games in HD.

That's great news if it happens. I'm still waiting for WFOR to produce their news in HD.

Hopefully in HD. I hope next year they axe Bolanger and use some of our local talent.

Dolphins pregame is in HD on WFOR.

Dolphins game is in HD. Very ugly scorebar.

The WFOR scorestrip is minimal. I took this from WXCW in Fort Myers.

They should just take the HD cams from the game into the studio and shoot the news that way. It'd probably be better than the lousy SD they've got now...

In the interest of covering all the bases on hurricane prep, can anyone in Weston comment on the current state of clear QAM on Advanced Cable please ? I am considering a portable TV and want to know if I should bother with the clear QAM feature or just stick with ATSC to connect to my attic antenna.

I don't live in Weston, but I think you should stick with an antenna. I'm not a big fan of clear QAM having tried it and getting frustrated with trying to find channels only to have the channels you found get moved by the cable company.

Well, with our three DVR's, HD, Digital Preferred Plus with two premiums, our Comcast bill is now $180. I'm looking for alternatives.

I'm looking at some of the D** packages and they look pretty good but I am worried about the OnDemand stuff. We find ourselves using Comcast's OnDemand services quite a bit and I heard that D** requires an Internet connection for OnDemand and that the offerings are pretty bad.

Can anyone confirm this and relay your experiences with the D** on demand features?

D* does require an internet connection for on Demand. And when using on Demand, you're really downloading the program, and have to let the buffer build up (especially with HD) before you start watching.

While the offerings aren't as extensive as Comcasts, there are quite a number of them. Personally, I don't use On Demand, preferring to use Netflix and Netflix streaming for my movies.

D* FREE on Demand is pretty poor for HD. Only SHO has some programs in HD. Paid On Demand has much more choices in HD including some 1080P but who wants to pay per movie when Netflix can give you Bluray at much lower cost ? I think Directv is MUCH better than Concast or any cable, though.

Thanks for the feedback. My wife told me they are offering special deals for Sam's Club members. I think I will stop by and see what they have to offer.

Thanks!

Thanks for the info BDCat. I know this post is almost 2 months old... but have you (or anyone else) heard whether any of the new bandwidth will be used by Comcast to improve their HD video quality (and not only to increase their number of HD channels)?

I find that Comcast's HD video quality is unacceptable with unacceptable levels of compression. I notice this when comparing with the clear-QAM versions of the same (7) HD stations through the same cable (bypassing the cable box). Also noticable to me when comparing Comcast HD programming with Directv HD. It has me looking to Directv or maybe Dish in search of near-clear-QAM levels of HD video quality but with the increase in HD channels.

Has anyone in the Miami area using the newer DCX3400 series of HDDVR noticed PQ improvements on comcast?

Caution. The receivers for D*'s HDDVR's do not have wireless cards. If you want to connect it to the internet you have 3 options. Ethernet wired, powerline adapter wired, or wirelessly via a bridge. A bridge runs you $50+ unless you know how to convert a router via 3rd party firmware.

Finally WSVN, last but certainly not least!

 

WSVN 9-3-09.zip 2.0595703125k . file

Thanks!

- Trip

Is anyone having trouble viewing Channel 39 FSN?

Its showing nothing but a black screen.

Well, Its working now.

Is WHDTV working in Miami? I am getting no signal in the Weston area. Used to get channel 9-1 fine in Miami. Just wondering if the station is broadcasting and I'm just too far from the antenna.

9.1 is also dead here in Sunny Isles .

9.1 was broadcasting last night - don't know when they actually came back on..

There is a problem with 7-1's audio stuttering every few seconds.

We are in Broward County, Comcast is the provider.

Since last week we have been having problems with 103 channels - they either have checker screens or frozen up or no signal at all.

They are CNBC, MSNBC, Fox, Speed, and a couple others.

We were not able to clean it up by simply doing delete / add the channels.

One auto-scan seemed to solve the problem, or so we thought, because it worked well for a couple days. However, the checker screen / no signal issue returns this morning.

The HDTV is hooked to 1) direct input from the wall, 2) the digital box.

Can anyone offer some inputs / guess, whether this is related to Comcast signals or the TV?

Neither the direct input nor the ones thru digital box work.

You might have more luck with responses if your let us in on your supplier!!!!!

Ooops, I thought Comcast has 98% of the market in our town, except for a small area in Weston, the rest of Broward county is Comcast, no?

So is it Comcast problem or the TV's problem?

I suspect it is Comcast issue as when I googled, someone from Broward county posted a similar issue on DSL report site, that he was not able to pick up NBC when doing auto scan on his new TV, back in mid August.

Our problem started about 2 or 3 weeks ago and getting worse.

BTW, we are in Lauderhill / Sunrise area

In all likelyhood you are correct so far as cable subscribers go, but what about DirecTV and Dish Network subscribers? There are quite a few of those here!

I also have Comcast here in Plantation but cannot help address your issue. I use everything as-is right now! (HD-DVR, Digital box and out-the-wall analog). But that may very well change before too long so I am interested in the responses!

My car radio locked onto "AlmaVision Radio" on 87.7 MHz. It must be that new channel 6 LPTV masquerading as a radio station. It was suspiciously strong in North Broward and much louder than WTVJ ever was, however, there was no stereo pilot. Is anybody getting video from this station?