Philadelphia, PA - OTA - Page 4

I can definitely attest to the WHYY problems. Its very cold tonight and the signal is barely trickling in. Oh well, I guess its time to wait for some warmer months ahead.

I didn't realize that they have started using the HD chopper already, but I was watching the 6 o'clock news tonight and when they switched to chopper shots, it was in HD. I think they still have some kinks to work out. There was no sound they showed the image from the chopper. The transition to 16x9 also seemed a bit abrupt.

But overall, I'm really happy that they have started the HD transition. The PQ was great. Can't wait for the full transition to take place.

Hdtivo: isolated incident or signs of failing tuner?

Turned to 6-1 philly abc and said no signal (ditto 6-2 6-3). Meter said 85 strength. All the other OTA channels came in fine and had great signals. Of course rebooted as first line of defense and waited for the painful time out since I can't get 119. Had a grey screen which did nothing. Rebooted again. Now everything is working fine.

One other note, when I first went to check the signal, channel 64 said 64-3 on the signal meter. I can't swear to it, but I'm pretty sure that when it's functioning correctly that it doesn't say 64-3 on the signal meter. So did that mean anything either?

edit: it does say only 6-1 HD on the meter now, weird to see 64-3 on there

i get ota using ati hdtv wonder. but WPVI-HD shows black screen but has sound. signal level is good. anyone has the same problem?


update:
now it's back to normal. they must have messed up their signals.

I am using a RadioShack HDTV OTA receiver in Chester County PA . WPVI-HD 6-1 6-2 6-3 are showing a black screen/no sound but a strong 85 signal level. I did a "update channels" thinking that maybe they switched to a different freq, but no luck. Tried unpluging the unit, but the same problem.

WPVI was working great up until Friday 3/3/06

***NEW INFO***

Just did a "Rescan Channels" and found it at 64-1 64-2 64-3 .

Strange

Just checked mine, it now says WPVI is 640.1?????????

OTA via Fusion card in HTPC. I didn't rescan at all, it just changed. I think 3.1 may be under a new number as well.

So they moved 6.1 to some new channel? Guess I'll rescan today. Last night there was no signal sent to 6.1 but the signal strenght was at 98% (All my channels are 95 - 98 %).

It's back to 6 now.

You also have to upgrade to there new MPEG4 reciever $$

Anyone have problems with Law and order OTA philly 10 on 4/4/06? First few minutes had no video, just sound..of course commercials were ok. Then there was no video, just sound...then the rest was boxed on all sides....Seems to happen on law/order and no other shows for me. Should the station fire the tuesday night guy?

That's helpful information! I noticed the last part of Saturday Night Live did the same thing when they came back from a commercial break but it was late so I opted to just go to sleep. Thanks for the number for future screw-ups.

Is anyone have problems with WYBE 35.1 (34 UHF)? I used to get a signal but its been days and I'm receiving nothing. Is it me or them?

Chopper 6 HD is finaly its namesake...i was watchin it in SD and there are horozontal black bars

I can probably confirm your problems. I live in Delaware near Dover and I was getting ready to buy a CM4228 and double checked with antennaweb today and I now have no Digital channels available. Yesterday I had like 5. I think they decreased there output because of the satellite news about hd locals.Just my opinion.Take care,Rick

I saw it on 6.1 in HD finally. Now I wish they'd do the whole news in HD!

I live in Chester County PA and WYBE would come in great. In fact it was one of only two stations that I could receive before going with my CM4228. Around two weeks ago it disappeared and I have not seen it since. I did a rescan several times and nothing.

anyone had problems over the past 2 weeks with 6 abc audio dropouts? I've had dropouts on Lost OTA and my wife also had dropouts on her soap (watched on the directv SD feed). Since it's on both feeds i'm assuming it's the station itself. Stinks not to hear 10 seconds of important dialogue.

Not only drop outs but Alias was broadcast in SD on Wednesday while it was HD on D* New York's feed.

Yes,

I had it too on Lost and Alias had even worse problems.

But, I certainly love HD (other than that!)

geez even happend on invasion...they gotta clean up their act

Is anyone getting channel 10.1 or 10.2 tonight?