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post #13021 of 13481
1/14/12 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by ahsan View Post

No sound out of my rears on FIOS 505 WTTG for the Saints Niners game. WTH

Same here; I have Directv.

So I would believe it is an issue with WTTG. This is nothing new for WTTG; also, bad picture. I have had the same problems all season long. You would think for one of the top viewing areas in the country they would have their act together...
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post #13022 of 13481
1/14/12 at 6:42pm
Same problems OTA. Video stuttering, too. Worst football digital broadcast since early NBC bit-starved Notre Dame broadcasts.
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post #13023 of 13481
1/15/12 at 3:03pm
Watching the Ravens-Texans game on WUSA was extremely trying. Not enough bandwidth for 9.1.
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post #13024 of 13481
1/15/12 at 3:58pm
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Originally Posted by effseesee View Post

Watching the Ravens-Texans game on WUSA was extremely trying. Not enough bandwidth for 9.1.

Stunning picture on WJZ-13.
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post #13025 of 13481
1/15/12 at 4:08pm
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Originally Posted by effseesee View Post

Watching the Ravens-Texans game on WUSA was extremely trying. Not enough bandwidth for 9.1.

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Originally Posted by Digital Rules View Post

Stunning picture on WJZ-13.

Same here in SE VA on a CBS that has no subchannels...
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post #13026 of 13481
1/15/12 at 4:21pm
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Originally Posted by skinsfan64 View Post

Same here; I have Directv.

So I would believe it is an issue with WTTG. This is nothing new for WTTG; also, bad picture. I have had the same problems all season long. You would think for one of the top viewing areas in the country they would have their act together...

Same issue for NYG @ GB. How long has this been going on? I seem to recall watching plenty of Skins games with DD 5.1 on FOX or maybe I just haven't been paying attention til this weekend???
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post #13027 of 13481
1/16/12 at 6:28pm
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Originally Posted by rustycruiser View Post

I just noticed during the Saints vs Lions playoff game that WBAL finally seems to have gone from 2.0 to 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. Not sure when it actually happened, as I usually watch WRC from DC due to the long history of WBAL only having 2.0 sound. Welcome to 10 years ago, WBAL!

I just noticed it today. A recording of Parenthood I had from last week kept noticeably switching from 2.0 to 5.1 which made me look at my receiver and notice it was Dolby. I had given up hope they'd ever switch. Hopefully the issues during Parenthood were kinks they now have ironed out.
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post #13028 of 13481
1/19/12 at 10:50pm
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Originally Posted by guadalupegrande4 View Post

So I checked TitanTV to see what was on TV tonight, and noticed new episodes of the CW shows on tonight.

Tuned to CW Baltimore (54-1) and see the MPSSAA State Football Championships.

So I check on CWBaltimore.com.....
Top of page shows Supernatural as being on tonight. No mention of pre-emption, though the top article on the page is for the MPSSAA State Football Championships.

Check on the Schedule page, and it shows that Nikita and Supernatural are on. Course, they aren't.

So I decide to check Zap2it. Zap2It correctly list what's on tonight. Still no mention of any pre-emption or schedule movement... But scrolling through the schedule pages, I wanted to see if those 2 shows will be aired.. Sunday at 8 and 9 pm, for anyone wondering.

The Vampire Diaries was pre-empted for high school basketball. Again. Will be shown on Saturday, probably in SD. Again.
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post #13029 of 13481
1/21/12 at 5:20pm
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The Vampire Diaries was pre-empted for high school basketball. Again. Will be shown on Saturday, probably in SD. Again.

HD this time, unlike the Nikita episode in December.
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post #13030 of 13481
1/28/12 at 8:58am
Last fall WWTD-ch 49 was running a 30 second loop transmitted on ch 14. Then one day I could no longer get a lock. In fact almost no signal for the last 2 or 3 months.
This morning they are back. FCC says they run 15kw. They are considered a low power station. Still they reach over 70 miles away west of Winchester,Va with a 75-80 signal strength. Anybody know what is going on?
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post #13031 of 13481
1/28/12 at 9:12am
WWTD-49 never went off the air, but has been running at very low power for quite some time. This is the first time it's been strong enough to decode here in Arlington since the summer. Maybe they are finally ready to start some programming????
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post #13032 of 13481
1/28/12 at 1:29pm
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Originally Posted by gary michaels View Post

This morning they are back. FCC says they run 15kw. They are considered a low power station. Still they reach over 70 miles away west of Winchester,Va with a 75-80 signal strength. Anybody know what is going on?

I wish I knew. For some reason, reception of DC and Baltimore stations around Winchester is reliably stronger than what is predicted. Enjoy what you have, as WWTD is, indeed, licensed for 15 kW.
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post #13033 of 13481
1/28/12 at 1:36pm
Longley-Rice doesn't deal well with knife-edge diffraction, which is likely what causes decent reception in Winchester and Hagerstown.

- Trip
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post #13034 of 13481
1/29/12 at 10:38pm
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Originally Posted by Digital Rules View Post

WWTD-49 never went off the air, but has been running at very low power for quite some time. This is the first time it's been strong enough to decode here in Arlington since the summer.

Same in Fairfax City. Glad to know there was nothing wrong with my equipment.
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post #13035 of 13481
2/2/12 at 5:25pm
So, I'm watching my DVR recording of this week's House, and at the return from commercial around the 25-minute mark, suddenly the My 20 bug pops up instead of the WTTG bug.

They seem to have a hell of a time with their feed at WTTG.
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post #13036 of 13481
2/12/12 at 8:05pm
Grammys are in glorious stereo on WUSA OTA. Grumble...
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post #13037 of 13481
2/13/12 at 7:07am
I could be completely wrong, but I'm not sure the Grammy Awards this year were mixed in surround. I know starting back in 1995 they were rolling two trucks, one truck just for 5.1 mixing, but I heard they've gone back to single-truck to save costs. Nor could I find any information this morning on line that this year was being mixed surround. I've received other 5.1 audio during shows out of WUSA while in network programming, so I'm unclear why the station would intentionally not pass the 5.1 audio if available.
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post #13038 of 13481
2/13/12 at 3:03pm
5.1 on WJZ.
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post #13039 of 13481
2/13/12 at 6:19pm
Justkelley, I also normally have WUSA decode in 5.1, with actual 5.1 content (unlike WTTG's performance of late.) I was surprised to see STEREO displayed on the receiver last night.

Was there real 5.1 sound on WJZ?
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post #13040 of 13481
2/14/12 at 5:44pm
Well, now. The problem may be on my end. All DC network affiliates are in stereo tonight. I'm routing HDMI from a Panasonic TV to a Pioneer receiver, which has been flawless to date. Before I go on a bug hunt, is everything really stereo?

EDIT----------------------

And now, this morning at 8, everything's back to normal.
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post #13041 of 13481
2/16/12 at 3:55am
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Originally Posted by Dave Loudin View Post

Well, now. The problem may be on my end. All DC network affiliates are in stereo tonight. I'm routing HDMI from a Panasonic TV to a Pioneer receiver, which has been flawless to date. Before I go on a bug hunt, is everything really stereo?

EDIT----------------------

And now, this morning at 8, everything's back to normal.

i have an Onkyo receiver and sometimes when there's a power failure, all of its settings go back to default. I went for a few weeks last year with out DD5.1 thinking it was the stations when actually, the receiver had reset itself and was only playing the front channels.
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post #13042 of 13481
2/17/12 at 3:55am
I discovered the problem. When going from the "Vieracast" apps to OTA, the sound stays stereo until I cycle power. This has to be a recent development.
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post #13043 of 13481
2/21/12 at 8:46am
Finally a steady signal for WUTB thanks to new location (Capitol Heights vs. Forestville). Wish they would increase the signal for WBAL and WJZ. Unfortunately had to say goodbye to WBOC.
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post #13044 of 13481
2/21/12 at 10:39am
Re: WBAL and WJZ, that's already been done.
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post #13045 of 13481
2/28/12 at 6:54am
Bounce TV To 24 - 2/28 - Baltimore's MyTV Channel 24/WUTB plans its first digital subchannel. African American-oriented Bounce TV will launch later this year, we're told. DC's Channel 9/WUSA added the network, which runs reruns of "Soul Train," via one of its digital subchannels in late 2011.....

http://www.dcrtv.com/index.html
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post #13046 of 13481
2/28/12 at 8:39am
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Originally Posted by Marcus Carr View Post

Bounce TV To 24 - 2/28 - Baltimore's MyTV Channel 24/WUTB plans its first digital subchannel. African American-oriented Bounce TV will launch later this year, we're told. DC's Channel 9/WUSA added the network, which runs reruns of "Soul Train," via one of its digital subchannels in late 2011.....

http://www.dcrtv.com/index.html

any news on when Verizon is adding this channel?
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post #13047 of 13481
2/28/12 at 9:00pm
WJLA and WUSA crapped out about 11:30. That means only one thing - tropo! Nice locks on WAVY, WWBT, WHRO, WBAL, and WRLH. WJLA and WUSA returned at midnight.
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post #13048 of 13481
2/29/12 at 9:23am
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Originally Posted by Marcus Carr View Post

Bounce TV To 24 - 2/28 - Baltimore's MyTV Channel 24/WUTB plans its first digital subchannel. African American-oriented Bounce TV will launch later this year, we're told. DC's Channel 9/WUSA added the network, which runs reruns of "Soul Train," via one of its digital subchannels in late 2011.....

http://www.dcrtv.com/index.html

I watched it last week on WUSA 9.2 It carried some pretty good "Blacksploitation" films, if you go for that kind of thing.
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any news on when Verizon is adding this channel?

FWIW, since you are in Capital Heights, you could probably get it on WUSA channel 9.2 by sticking a paper clip into what is likely the unused RF input on your TV set.

I'm still rooting for WDCA or whomever to add MeTV, which has the best 1970s reruns. Washington, DC is the only one of the top 14 DMAs that doesn't make it available. The nearest affiliates are in Red Lion, Pennsylvania and now Richmond, Virginia.
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post #13049 of 13481
2/29/12 at 9:50am
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Originally Posted by AntAltMike View Post

I watched it last week on WUSA 9.2 It carried some pretty good "Blacksploitation" films, if you go for that kind of thing.


FWIW, since you are in Capital Heights, you could probably get it on WUSA channel 9.2 by sticking a paper clip into what is likely the unused RF input on your TV set.

I'm still rooting for WDCA or whomever to add MeTV, which has the best 1970s reruns. Washington, DC is the only one of the top 14 DMAs that doesn't make it available. The nearest affiliates are in Red Lion, Pennsylvania and now Richmond, Virginia.

I get it OTA, just wondering when Verizon will add it to their lineup. Looking for more channels in the Extreme HD lineup. They're actually deleting channels like FUNimation even though I never watched.
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post #13050 of 13481
2/29/12 at 2:03pm
I have a couple of questions for anyone who can receive Azteca America WQAW-LD 20 OTA mapped to 69 from Lake Shore, MD. Is WQAW-LD 69-1 broadcasting a 720p or 1080i 16:9 HD picture or 4:3 480i SD? Are there any SD subchannels and what do they feature? Verizon FiOS does carry WQAW-LD 69-1 on FiOS Channel 27 as an SD channel. Thanks.
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