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That makes sense cause even the picture with black bars looked pretty ****** come to think of it. The stations HD equipment must be down.

Dangit FOX, get this fixed!!!

The Better get this fixed before 24 Starts Tonight!!!!

NOOOOOOO! Say it aint so!

Any one buying an HD TV today will never know what HD is truly like. Only those early adaptors who bought tvs years ago will remember the crystal clear, razor sharp pictures, of those early demo tapes shown on PBS.

The beancounters have won.... I surrender...

dickm
(already missing his favorite station.)

PBS 36 is on our Charter cable in clear QAM but it's also grouped with WMLW(SD), WDJT(HD) and WISN(HD)...talk about compressed....

When I got my first digital TV, I didn't have any HD programming at all (was buying with the thought of future use). As I climbed into the attic as part of my re-wiring project for the satellite, I discovered a large VHF/UHF combo antenna there, suspended by a few bits of string. I added an extra RG6 feed to the clump of cables I was feeding down to the basement, then connected one of them to the antenna at one end and fed the other end up to the family room behind the TV. I figured that if I could get free HD programming, then great; if not, I was only out a few bucks for the additional cabling.

By the time I finished fishing all my wires and getting everything hooked up, it was after 10 pm. I did a quick scan and locked all sorts of stuff, but nothing was in HD...until I hit 11-1.

11-1 was stunning. I sat in front of the TV, staring (and, if my wife is to be believed, drooling a bit). I don't remember what it was, but it was positively gorgeous.

The difference between then and now is immediately obvious to my eyes.

Is Anyone getting Audio Dropouts on Chicago HD Stations? I have Comcast, but im trying to find out if this is comcast or the Chicago Stations Themselves??

sebenste: in Oak Park, is there any hope of being able to receive WDJT or WIFR Thursday night? any signal will do (HD, Digital or analog). I don't know frequencies or strengths but they will have my beloved Spartans as their March Madness game (WBBM will too but I could be a victim of a live cutaway from the game) where the other 2 stations are locked for MSU-Marquette

WDJT - probably not. Maybe if you were in a more northern suburb.

But WIFR?....No way. Even people MUCH, much further out have trouble getting them because of the interference from analog channel 41 (WOCH-LP). Plus, they're way too low-powered anyway.

Anyone??

Chicago OTA all locals solid 38 miles from transmiters...

Comin' in like gangbusters here!

If you're getting them on ALL stations, it's more likely your equipment than anything else. But in any case...I occasionally get a dropout on WFLD-DT or WLS-DT, but other than that, no.

Gilbert, I am in Walworth, WI just north of Harvard, IL . I also have CM 4228 w/CM 7777 indoor 2nd floor 15 ft off from the ground with clear view to the south and I did have it pointed towards Chicago and also pointed to Madison and it locked WQRF good. That good now I have 2 Fox channel to choose from.


-Willie

Gilbert,

Do you know anybody over at WLS. I notice last night and still at this time, the channel/ guide the clock time is correct, but the programing is an hour behind. WLS is showing the news at 10 am when it should been 11 am today. The same thing happeing with Fox 32.

Thanks in advance.

-Willie

I concur!!!

Same thing here with all the channels. TVGOS has the right time in the guide, but when you tune to the channel, the channel banner has the wrong time with no program listed.

Time issue: I saw something like this with my Samsung H260F tuner. Time was one hour off until I changed the Samsung to Daylight Savings ON.

Actually yes there is: Ramapo Cable in Schaumburg. We found the only apartment complex in NW burbs that does not have Comcast. Instead we get a 3rd party Directv thing. Imagine a hotel TV environment severely compressed after being sent through 2 or 3 satellites and then having to be split dozens of times to separate buildings.

Do you remember that giddy feeling you got when you first saw HD? I get that giddy right now when I pop in a DVD and see 480p.

My only consolation is my indoor antenna does get WLS-HD and WMAQ-HD. If I move it from its present position, I can get WGN-HD and WFLD-HD.


tim

Tonight (3/14) WTTWD 11-1 is scheduled to show "The Magic Flute" from the Metropolitan Opera. It's a very visually interesting show with the production by Julie Taymor (of Lion King fame). Lots of good music too! If you happen to check it out, I'd be interested to hear what you thought about the quality of the show.

Is WTTW (or any channel in the Chicago area) still sending a time signal for use by VCR's and similar? I get my signals through Comcast, and had to set my VCR manually after the DST change (it's mainly just for backup and as a clock.) I set it to scan, and it eventually set itself to some bizarre time. When I tried the same thing at my parents house, that VCR set itself to channel 75, which is the Travel channel, and the time was also way off.

I believe their analog 11 still sends time signals. I used to pick it up on Comcast off channel 94, but I disconnected my antenna a while ago and haven't checked since the new year started.

I'm trying to find someone in the Bartlett/Elgin area to install an antenna. I will most likely have to purchase it from them also. I'm looking at the Winegard 7084.

Can anyone recommend someone in my area that will do a proper installation (grounding, wiring, etc.) of said antenna? We do get very high winds out here.

I will appreciate any guidance.

Thanks!

We've toyed with that idea on 26 as a techy thing.

I also tried the auto time scan on my JVC VCR using my antenna. It did not pick up any data. It has always worked in the past.

Could it be a daylight savings time issue? Since it started three weeks early this year, maybe something is broken?

I thought "The Magic Flute" looked and sounded great on 11-1 last night. I thought it was better on my home system than when shown live at the movie theaters. (I saw it on 12/30/06 at the Cinemark in Woodridge.)