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post #3361 of 13478
10/9/07 at 3:47pm
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Originally Posted by huesmann View Post

Well, I wasn't using a pre-amp previously, but I was unable to get anything other than a very weak signal out of WETA, so I got a proper UHF antenna and a pre-amp, and I'm now able to get a medium-good signal for WETA. Previously I was using a cheap-o un-amped Radio Shack TV antenna.

What do you pull in on 47 and 49?

It is possible that the move of the channel 27 transmitter from Arlington to Wisconsin Ave. roughly coincided with your installation of a preamp.

Channel 47 is Spanish, channel 49 is MTV3. As analog stations, they are virtualy unwatchable because of the adjacent, powerful digital chaannel 48, but when they "flash cut" to digital, they will become clear as a bell for half a million to a million viewers. Someone told me they might wind up qualifying for Must Carry status in DC, but I don't have the defninitive word on that possibility.
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post #3362 of 13478
10/9/07 at 4:46pm
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Originally Posted by carltonrice View Post

I'm a DirecTV subscriber. Haven't upgraded yet to the 5 LNB dish and BBCs. My question has to do with their over-the-air channels as I receive them on my HR20. Last night, when I wanted to watch Everybody Hates Chris on Baltimore's CW affil, I noted that the guide no longer had 54-1; only 54-2. It seemed to show the guide info correctly for what would be CW54, but I wasn't getting any signal on 54-2, so I couldn't watch or DVR anything. I assume that when The Tube folded, they would lose 54-2 and just go back to 54-1. I live in the Washington DC area, so that is the primary location. Baltimore is my secondary location.

Has anyone else experienced this problem on 54? How do I get the channel back on the DirecTV guide as 54-1? Is it just a matter of doing a re-scan?

And by the way, WHUT-DT comes in clear as a bell with my indoor antenna out here in Laurel.

I've seen this on three different HR20s (two of them mine) and none at the same time.

Go into the Satellite and Antenna settings and rerun the setup. Tell it your zip code again. That will fix it.
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post #3363 of 13478
10/9/07 at 5:26pm
Why aren't the Capitals games in HD? Comcast is in HD, but the games themselves aren't. Does Comcast have HD strictly for SportsNite????
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post #3364 of 13478
10/9/07 at 6:18pm
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Originally Posted by sullender View Post

Why aren't the Capitals games in HD? Comcast is in HD, but the games themselves aren't. Does Comcast have HD strictly for SportsNite????

??? They are in HD, but only the home games. See http://midatlantic.comcastsportsnet.com/hd_schedule.asp -- although this list is not always so accurate, it's pretty close.
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post #3365 of 13478
10/9/07 at 7:59pm
does anyone else's CBS-HD feed look like garbage? i am on cox if it makes a difference..
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post #3366 of 13478
10/10/07 at 12:00am
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Originally Posted by bucnasty View Post

does anyone else's CBS-HD feed look like garbage? i am on cox if it makes a difference..

The WUSA CBS feed doesn't look that great to begin with at around 15.5Mbps. If your cable company (COX) applies additional compression, it will look even worse.

The best picture in DC/VA/MD area is obtained from the Baltimore affiliate (WJZ) with an off-air antenna, or from FiOS if they offer it in your market. WJZ allocates every bit to their HD feed (18+Mbps video).
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post #3367 of 13478
10/10/07 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by sullender View Post

Why aren't the Capitals games in HD? Comcast is in HD, but the games themselves aren't. Does Comcast have HD strictly for SportsNite????

There are exceptions, but for the most part, only the local games are in HD. The Caps have only played one game at home so far.
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post #3368 of 13478
10/10/07 at 4:55am
Last night I recorded Bones on Comcast (SA8300) and watched it. At least 3-4 times the audio stopped for a few seconds, then came macroblocking and then back to normal. We were very upset as we aren't good lip readers.

We continually have freezes for a second or two during DVR playback (we watch almost everything from the DVR to avoid commercials).

Did anyone else have this problem?

Thanks,

Rich N.
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post #3369 of 13478
10/10/07 at 6:15am
DirectTV adds four more HD channels. CNBC HD+, Food-HD, NatGeo-HD, & MGM-HD.
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post #3370 of 13478
10/10/07 at 7:46am
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Originally Posted by bfdtv View Post

The WUSA CBS feed doesn't look that great to begin with at around 15.5Mbps. If your cable company (COX) applies additional compression, it will look even worse.

Although perhaps a very very very few of us from our own experience totally agree with you, you do know there are networks and people on this board who say close to 15 Mbps is too absolutely as fully good HD PQ-wise as full BW and our eyes can't tell the difference!
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post #3371 of 13478
10/10/07 at 9:30am
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Originally Posted by jcole66 View Post

Did you get a resolution to your two missing channels?
I just got my TivoHD and had no CableCard problems at all. (feared the worst!)
And all of my premium channels work fine except for National Geo HD and TBS-HD. They show up in my Tivo Guides but when I go to them they are just blank video and no audio.

I'm in Arlington, VA (Crystal City) and have had the same problem since the channels (TBSHD & Nat Geo HD) were added. Called Comcast no less than five times over the last week as I watched the Yanks bumble around in SD. Technician came to my place just now and basically couldn't do anything. (CSRs had tried resetting the box last week to no avail and finally decided it might be a problem with the box, so sent out a tech.) The tech called in to dispatch: they couldn't help him. He then called customer service, who first claimed the channels weren't in my package, though CSRs had told me last week they were. Customer service then "sent new rate codes" to the box to try to alleviate the problem. They told me it should be working within 24 hours. 20 minutes later I got a call from somebody at Comcast checking in on the appointment. She told me to check it in 4 hours and see if it had taken. Incredibly, a week after the addition, nobody at Comcast seems to have reliable info on where TBSHD fits in the programming tiers.

So the saga continues. I hope at least some of you have been able to watch the playoffs in HD. I'm pretty furious myself, considering my brother in another part of Arlington (Ballston) received the channel without any problem. At least baseball superstition allows me to now blame Comcast for the Yanks' flameout.
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post #3372 of 13478
10/10/07 at 9:55am
I received a flyer in the mail yesterday saying that A&E HD and NFL HD would be added to Comcast's Arlington lineup in October. There were also some useless SD multicast channels added and some shuffling of the public access channels.

I'm slightly interested in A&E, since their lineup isn't just old SD sitcoms and Law and Order.
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post #3373 of 13478
10/10/07 at 10:49am
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Originally Posted by raidbuck View Post

Last night I recorded Bones on Comcast (SA8300) and watched it. At least 3-4 times the audio stopped for a few seconds, then came macroblocking and then back to normal. We were very upset as we aren't good lip readers.

We continually have freezes for a second or two during DVR playback (we watch almost everything from the DVR to avoid commercials).

Did anyone else have this problem?

Thanks,

Rich N.

Rich,

I had this problem a while back. My surge protector was getting old and it was degrading the signal. Stopped running the cable through it and no more problems. Signal came back to where it was suppose to be.
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post #3374 of 13478
10/10/07 at 11:16am
Manassas VA gets 223 A&E HD, 246 NFL Network HD and 250 Universal HD 10/29. off HD but Fox Business 106 and NHL Network 276 also 10/29 no HD for those that I know.

That said new line up is from letter in mail

210 ABC HD
211 NBC HD
212 CBS HD
213 FOX HD
214 CW HD
215 MY Network HD
220 PBS HD
223 A&E HD
224 Nat Geo HD
225 Disc HD Theater
226 Mojo
227 MHD
228 HBO HD
230 HD On Demand
232 TBS HD
233 Cinemax HD
238 Showtime HD
246 NFL Network HD
248 Starz HD
249 TNT HD
250 Universal HD
251 Comcast Sports Net Mid Atlantic HD
252 ESPN HD
253 ESPN 2 HD
254 Versus/Golf Channel HD

I went from 10 HD in August of 07 to now 25! I'm happy

Missing 229 Food HD
Missing 231 HGTV HD
Missing ??? CNN HD

still 2 months of 07 left.... who knows
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post #3375 of 13478
10/10/07 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by Belcherwm View Post

Rich,

I had this problem a while back. My surge protector was getting old and it was degrading the signal. Stopped running the cable through it and no more problems. Signal came back to where it was suppose to be.

Belcherwm, thanks for the suggestion. Now that thunderstorms are over I'll try that.

Rich N.
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post #3376 of 13478
10/10/07 at 11:41am
So for the Baltimore region, we've gotten the first new wave of HD (NGHD,A&EHD,FOODHD,TBSHD).

So now I guess NHLNETWORK HD, USA-HD, CNN-HD and HistoryHD are on the clock.

Pretty good rate of HD additions in our area, even if it doesn't match D* or E*.

Off topic, I do wish Comcast and ESPN could reach agreement on ESPNU. Some good games there, even if SD.

Rich N.
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post #3377 of 13478
10/10/07 at 12:32pm
hello all,

I'm an avid Tivo user... and have used them for years... I also subscribe to Comcast (UG!) but never had a box... just used the Tivo.... which worked great!! Now I've gone and got an HDTV and put in a TiVO Series 3 HD.... OMG talk about a GREAT picture!!!!

Unfortunately I live in Shrewsbury, PA, which is about 30 miles due N of Baltimore, MD.... and as Comcast would have it, I get ONE FOX affiliate on my cable channel map... which favors showing Philadelphia Eagles games instead of my Ravens!! The Tivo has both a cable in (I have two cablecards in for digital channels) and a OTA/ANT in... according to Antennaweb, I should be able to pull in the majority of the Baltimore stations (none of them broadcast in Digital or HD??) with the main tower being 30.1 miles away at 187 deg... after poking around the HDTV antenna forums, I ordered a Terk HDTVo for mounting on a 10' staff off the corner roof which should easily be able to pull these stations in..... I can't have anything too huge as my better half isn't too happy about big things seen from the road....

Is there anything I should watch for? I've never put up an antenna before though it looks easy enough.... anyone else near me who has been able to pull in OTA Baltimore channels?

Thanks....

I'll let everyone know my experience and what signal quality I get... it should be here tomorrow
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post #3378 of 13478
10/10/07 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by chrisherbert View Post

I received a flyer in the mail yesterday saying that A&E HD and NFL HD would be added to Comcast's Arlington lineup in October. There were also some useless SD multicast channels added and some shuffling of the public access channels.

I'm slightly interested in A&E, since their lineup isn't just old SD sitcoms and Law and Order.

Same here in Alexandria. Just got a letter today (dated September 21....c'mon Comcast) saying NFL HD and A&E HD will be added October 29. Also, this might be old news, but the NHL Network will be on 276.
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post #3379 of 13478
10/10/07 at 6:46pm
Slightly off-topic, but is there any way that the current Tivo HD boxes will ever support Video On Demand and PPV? That is the one thing that keeps me from ditching the cable box and buying a Tivo.
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post #3380 of 13478
10/10/07 at 7:21pm
I really doubt that the current boxes will ever change. Besides, Comcast is supposed to launch TiVO in the near future.
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post #3381 of 13478
10/11/07 at 10:15am
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Originally Posted by DVDO+WESTY=1080p View Post

Manassas VA gets 223 A&E HD, 246 NFL Network HD and 250 Universal HD 10/29. off HD but Fox Business 106 and NHL Network 276 also 10/29 no HD for those that I know.

That said new line up is from letter in mail

210 ABC HD
211 NBC HD
212 CBS HD
213 FOX HD
214 CW HD
215 MY Network HD
220 PBS HD
223 A&E HD
224 Nat Geo HD
225 Disc HD Theater
226 Mojo
227 MHD
228 HBO HD
230 HD On Demand
232 TBS HD
233 Cinemax HD
238 Showtime HD
246 NFL Network HD
248 Starz HD
249 TNT HD
250 Universal HD
251 Comcast Sports Net Mid Atlantic HD
252 ESPN HD
253 ESPN 2 HD
254 Versus/Golf Channel HD

I went from 10 HD in August of 07 to now 25! I'm happy

Missing 229 Food HD
Missing 231 HGTV HD
Missing ??? CNN HD

still 2 months of 07 left.... who knows

you know, looking at that, its pretty impressive, but I still want more..
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post #3382 of 13478
10/11/07 at 11:25am
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Originally Posted by wolverine9827 View Post

hello all,

I'm an avid Tivo user... and have used them for years... I also subscribe to Comcast (UG!) but never had a box... just used the Tivo.... which worked great!! Now I've gone and got an HDTV and put in a TiVO Series 3 HD.... OMG talk about a GREAT picture!!!!

Unfortunately I live in Shrewsbury, PA, which is about 30 miles due N of Baltimore, MD.... and as Comcast would have it, I get ONE FOX affiliate on my cable channel map... which favors showing Philadelphia Eagles games instead of my Ravens!! The Tivo has both a cable in (I have two cablecards in for digital channels) and a OTA/ANT in... according to Antennaweb, I should be able to pull in the majority of the Baltimore stations (none of them broadcast in Digital or HD??) with the main tower being 30.1 miles away at 187 deg... after poking around the HDTV antenna forums, I ordered a Terk HDTVo for mounting on a 10' staff off the corner roof which should easily be able to pull these stations in..... I can't have anything too huge as my better half isn't too happy about big things seen from the road....

Is there anything I should watch for? I've never put up an antenna before though it looks easy enough.... anyone else near me who has been able to pull in OTA Baltimore channels?

Thanks....

I'll let everyone know my experience and what signal quality I get... it should be here tomorrow

I live just north of you between Shrewsbury and Loganville. I have a Channel Master far fringe antenna on a tower just above my roof. It's about 10 years old. I get alot of digital Baltimore and Washington stations: 2.4.7.9,11,13, 22 sometimes, 45, 54 and 67, so you should be able to get them. Not sure what you mean by 'none of them broadcast in Digital or HD??'. They are all digital and HD when there is something on in HD.
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post #3383 of 13478
10/11/07 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by dvwtwo View Post

I'm in Arlington, VA (Crystal City) and have had the same problem since the channels (TBSHD & Nat Geo HD) were added. Called Comcast no less than five times over the last week as I watched the Yanks bumble around in SD. Technician came to my place just now and basically couldn't do anything. (CSRs had tried resetting the box last week to no avail and finally decided it might be a problem with the box, so sent out a tech.) The tech called in to dispatch: they couldn't help him. He then called customer service, who first claimed the channels weren't in my package, though CSRs had told me last week they were. Customer service then "sent new rate codes" to the box to try to alleviate the problem. They told me it should be working within 24 hours. 20 minutes later I got a call from somebody at Comcast checking in on the appointment. She told me to check it in 4 hours and see if it had taken. Incredibly, a week after the addition, nobody at Comcast seems to have reliable info on where TBSHD fits in the programming tiers.

So the saga continues. I hope at least some of you have been able to watch the playoffs in HD. I'm pretty furious myself, considering my brother in another part of Arlington (Ballston) received the channel without any problem. At least baseball superstition allows me to now blame Comcast for the Yanks' flameout.

Well, I now have resolution! Called Comcast again (yesterday's attempts by the tech were fruitless) and got a very professional, coherent (and informed) CSR who asked me a new question: are you using an HD-DVR box or a regular HD box? Mine is the SA Explorer 8300HD DVR box (though we don't pay for DVR). Got it because I wanted HDMI out for my new Panasonic. Evidently our account records were wrong. The CSR corrected it and presto! TBS HD instantly came on. WOW. A week and a half later, such a simple fix. So now I can watch the Rockies and D-Backs (yay, I guess?) in HD. Also turned on were National Geographic HD and MHD. Hallelujah. If Comcast does indeed add the rumored newest channels in our area perhaps they'll actually work right away now!

So the moral to this story: if you still can't get resolution on TBS HD, ask Comcast if your cable box record is correct....

Meanwhile, anybody know what tier NFL HD is supposed to be on?
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post #3384 of 13478
10/12/07 at 4:00am
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Originally Posted by dvwtwo View Post

Well, I now have resolution! Called Comcast again (yesterday's attempts by the tech were fruitless) and got a very professional, coherent (and informed) CSR who asked me a new question: are you using an HD-DVR box or a regular HD box? Mine is the SA Explorer 8300HD DVR box (though we don't pay for DVR). Got it because I wanted HDMI out for my new Panasonic. Evidently our account records were wrong. The CSR corrected it and presto! TBS HD instantly came on. WOW. A week and a half later, such a simple fix. So now I can watch the Rockies and D-Backs (yay, I guess?) in HD. Also turned on were National Geographic HD and MHD. Hallelujah. If Comcast does indeed add the rumored newest channels in our area perhaps they'll actually work right away now!

So the moral to this story: if you still can't get resolution on TBS HD, ask Comcast if your cable box record is correct....

Meanwhile, anybody know what tier NFL HD is supposed to be on?

Sports Tier.
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post #3385 of 13478
10/12/07 at 10:11am
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Originally Posted by JoeInNVa View Post

Sports Tier.

Nuts. Oh well.
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post #3386 of 13478
10/12/07 at 7:34pm
What is up with this station?

They had Women's Murder Club and Men In Trees in non-HD tonight but they are in HD on WMAR 2 in Baltimore.

Are they really that disorganized that they can't manage to "flip the switch"?
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post #3387 of 13478
10/12/07 at 9:20pm
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Originally Posted by davidjplatt View Post

What is up with this station?

They had Women's Murder Club and Men In Trees in non-HD tonight but they are in HD on WMAR 2 in Baltimore.

Add a snarl from me, too! I PVR'd "Trees" so I'm stuck with WJLA's resolution.
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post #3388 of 13478
10/13/07 at 6:55pm
Well, poop.

WRC cut off the first half of "The Redskins Report" and dropped "The Joe Gibbs Show" completely.
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post #3389 of 13478
10/13/07 at 8:22pm
paula- where is northern md. generally that means pylesville.
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post #3390 of 13478
10/14/07 at 10:08am
WBAL seems to have stopped stretching.
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