Columbus, OH - HDTV - Page 9

Appears to be working for me, and I see posts there as recently as today.

Mike

Just turned on my SA 8300hd and found channel 753 as FoxHD. The title is HD promo and programming is SMPTE color pattern. Anyone know when this channel will be available for viewing?

I am pretty sure the Columbus Dispatch yesterday had an advertisement that said channel 753 was Fox Sports HD. They also showed a listing of all the Bluejackets games that will be on.

Are any of the DTV stations in Columbus VHF? Can I get away with a "UHF only" antenna for all the local HD stations including PBS?

Thanks Mike.

So I'm reading the Channel Master 4228 is a good choice for DTV roof mounting. Here's a dumb question - if I mount the antenna on the roof, and run it to my LCD, what's keeping lightening from hitting the antenna and blowing out my LCD TV? I'm assuming a ground wire won't stop lightening to the LCD, right?

I have WOW! cable here in Columbus and am wondering a few things about the signal that i get.. (I'm not sure as to whether its a problem with my TV or my signal)

1.) NBC4 Columbus has a yellow line down the left side of my TV

2.) The HD channels, when not showing HD content, will have white blinking lines at the top of the screen..

could someone else that has WOW! in Columbus here give me any feedback on these two issues?

What type of set do you have? I have TMC and get the snow at the top of some screens, and a line down the left on others. I was thinking it was my Olevia set.

I have a Westinghouse LVM-42W2 (42" 1080p)... as I mentioned before, NBC 4 is the only channel which i have a problem with for the yellow line.. and i only get the "snow" on the HD channels when they're not showing HD content...

Got it. Can you adjust the horizontal aspect on your Westinghouse "left" to get rid of the line, or "crop" it? The Olevia sets allow that adjustment, but there's no memory, so every time you boot up the LCD, you have to readjust it. It's a pain in the neck. Those adjustments also get rid of the "snow."

no i don't have that option on my TV.. the only thing i've figured out to do is to switch it to fill mode which takes out a siginificant portion of the picture.. but thanks for the suggestion..

I spent two weekends putting up a $59 Lowes antenna on the roof, completely aimed at downtown Columbus for all the local HD stations. I've got TMC and was expecting to pick up Fox and ABC in HD, as well as numerous other stations with this massive eye sore. All I can say is, what a joke. Sure, I get ABC and Fox in HD, and it comes in pretty clear, but none of the other stations some in 100% (I know I need a rotator). The HD stations that come in are cropped, and my set won't allow me to stretch the HD stations (only the analog). So with most of the HD stations, I've got to watch them cropped on the sides. My picture was much better with SD on my 36" Cinema Series Toshiba than it is now on my Olevia 37" LCD. I've got 170 stations, and only 15 are in HD. Only one or two stations of the HD are even interesting at any given time. The others in SD 480i aren't as crisp as with my older set.

To top things off, after watching the Buckeyes play, as well as other action sports such as tennis and hockey, the 8ms response time in HD is terrible compared to a SD crt set.

Am I the only one who feels this way, and thinking that HD is still 3-4 years premature? Sheesh! What an expensive and time consuming project for such limited programming.

i have an 8ms response time and it doesnt look that bad on mine.. for some reason football on CBS looks horrible but NBC, ABC, FOX, and ESPN are ok

I was reading older posts on more HD programming for TWC. Does anyone know when we will get ABC,FOX,ESPN2 and other channels that some other Cable companies get?

Anyone know

The answer is, nobody knows. Time Warner Cable seems incapable in coming to agreement with The Sinclair Broadcasting Group which prevents you from having Fox and ABC on cable. Now it is hard to say who's at fault with these negotiations.

Time Warner also seems to have great difficulty in coming to agreement with Disney. It took a very long time to get ESPN-HD and I wouldn't expect to get ESPN2-HD anytime soon.

Hmm, that's awsome.

Your complaints seem mostly oriented toward your hardware. If you are in Gahanna and have your antenna pointed to downtown, then you should be able to get all broadcast stations with no problem without moving the antenna. From that far out, the difference in location between the towers is infintesimal (sp?). If you aren't getting acceptable reception for at least ABC, Fox, NBC, and CBS, then it is a problem with your antenna. I live in UA and have a unidirectional Terk squareshooter pointed at ABC/Fox, but still get NBC and CBS with no problem. And I am close enough that the directional setting might matter.

By the way, you will never, NEVER, N-E-V-E-R get all (or any of your stations in at 100%. You only really need it to be at 65%-70% to get a clear picture. If you are above 85% consistently, you should thank the HD gods.

If your ABC and Fox HD signals are getting cropped, it's a problem with the settings on your television. ABC and Fox do not send 4:3 HD signals. Period. Your television is making that mistake. You are tuning in to 6.1 and 28.1, I assume?

As for your SD viewing problems, again, it's the TV sets you've chosen. Some are better than others. As you note, there is not a lot of HD out there yet, so you have to chose your set wisely by judging the SD channels on it, since chances are thats what most of the stuff you will be watching will be.

Lastly, the 8ms response time is pretty typical for LCDs and Plasmas. Some handle it better than others. Me, I've stuck with an HD CRT (tube) for the time being, because I agree with you - LCD and Plasma probably have another year or so to go to match the quality of a good old fashioned tube. Sure, my neighbor's LCD is prettier and smaller and weighs a lot less than my TV, but the picture doesn't even come close.

No expert but I am guessing that your reception issue isn't related to antenna placement. I live in Hilliard and, before installing an exterior OTR antenna, I was able to pull in the Columbus stations on a pair of rabbit ears sitting in my BASEMENT WINDOW. I couldn't receive WOSU but the other stations (including 6.2 playing a seemingly continuous feed of the Addams Famly and The Munsters) came in great. Once I had the antenna mounted outside, I was able to pick up all of the local broadcasts including WOSU. Other friends in the city with simiiar Time Warner high def issues don't seem to have any difficulties pulling in over the air broadcasts from the major carriers. This is not to say that your situation may not be very different due to topography, distance, etc.

Sorry if this is off topic--

Coming down from Cleveland to take in the OSU-UM festivities. Any suggestions on sports bars, either near or (maybe better) a short drive away from campus, which will be showing the game in High Def? We aren't looking for the game just stretched over a 42 inch plasma!

Thanks for any help. Feel free to private message me if this is off topic.

Go Bucks!

Right now I have Time Warner. I'm going to move some time later. What cable/Satilite provider would you guys suggest.

I would highly suggest compiling a list of the channels you watch and a list of the channels you want. Find the provider that gives you the channels you watch/want for the price you can afford and go with that provider. My motto is all TV providers suck in their own way. It's up to you to find the one that sucks the least for you.

My wife and I just got a new HDTV, our first. The black friday deals were just too good to pass (37" Olevia for $699). I can't believe how easy it was to get HDTV. I just bought a $10 rabbit ears from radio shack and I got 4-1, 6-1, 10-1, 28-1 OTA. Is there a way to make sure I am getting the best signal? How do I know what the strength I am getting is.

Yeah I can tell you that if you see the image and hear it then you are getting a strong enough signal. When it comes to digital... you either get it (and it's clear) or you don't (and there will be no picture or sound). That's the great thing about digital.... no more crappy picture. I would add that you want to get the signal strong enough so that when there is bad weather you'll still receive a signal. But if you're thinking that you'll get a better picture if you have the strongest signal... well that just isn't the case.

I thought HD was an MPEG bitstream, therefore digital and therefore an all-or-nothing proposition. Am I wrong?

One other question. Doesn't time warner columbus have to send some broadcast channels as qam unencrypted? I just did a "digital search" with my sony kdl-40s2010 and it didn't find anything.

TWC vs. WOW QAM
Comparing channel lineups via ATSC tuner rather than STB's -
In my neighborhood (Far West) TWC sends out 4-1, 4-2, 10-1, 34-1, 34-2, 34-2, 53-1 and a couple up higher - like Travel channel I think. This is just with BASIC cable thru the TV

My neighbor says his WOW now tunes in a channel ID in the 200 range "showing" ABCHD, FOXHD, etc... but he has no picture or audio.

Does anyone know if WOW has started to unencrypt locals so that they can be picked up via the TV's QAM tuner now? Or is he just picking up a sign that they are still staying encrypted? WOW customer service says they should be open now?

I just set up my HDTV today (Using basic cable), I set up my television to use the digital setting, I looked everywhere online for a list of channels (uncluding the tv guide website) and I can't find a list, does anybody have a list of what channels they have for the HD channels?

I have Time Warner Cable

well, it is digital, but just like other digital video, it will sometimes cube up (break up in little cube shaped things), I have the same problem sometimes, i also had times when my sound cut out for a minute or two

Depending on your set - You should be picking up 4-1, 4-2 (WCMH), 10-1 (WBNS), 34-1. 34-2, 34-3 (WOSU), 53-1 (WWHO) and maybe a couple others. I get The Travel Channel DT - not HD. Until Warner and Sinclair learn to play nice, we'll never get WSYX or WTTE in HD. Could be worse - you could be in former Adelphia area, now Warner. Sounds like they're losing SD WSYX and WTTE too!

You may also have to do a "scan" for the channels.