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Anyone get a letter from Brighthouse regarding WFLA?
Hi,
Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve |
I got the letter too. Good move by Brighthouse from a PR point of view -
covering themselves by sending out the letter. Lots of people are annoyed by lack of Olympics in HD. I'm not sure what the deal is, but I'm going to call WFLA tomorrow to get more info. Since all the other major networks worked out agreements with Brighthouse and since WFLA resisted even a short term deal to bring the Olympics in HD on cable, that makes me think that WFLA is probably acting overly stubborn. But I'm going to look into it further. I wonder what's the deal with ESPN HD too, Brighthouse has been working on that for a while too, and there was no mention of that in the letter. If they were about to offer ESPN in HD you'd think they would have mentioned that in the letter. So it looks like there's a disappointment ESPN too. "Steve" wrote in message om... Hi, Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve |
I got the letter too. Good move by Brighthouse from a PR point of view -
covering themselves by sending out the letter. Lots of people are annoyed by lack of Olympics in HD. I'm not sure what the deal is, but I'm going to call WFLA tomorrow to get more info. Since all the other major networks worked out agreements with Brighthouse and since WFLA resisted even a short term deal to bring the Olympics in HD on cable, that makes me think that WFLA is probably acting overly stubborn. But I'm going to look into it further. I wonder what's the deal with ESPN HD too, Brighthouse has been working on that for a while too, and there was no mention of that in the letter. If they were about to offer ESPN in HD you'd think they would have mentioned that in the letter. So it looks like there's a disappointment ESPN too. "Steve" wrote in message om... Hi, Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve |
"Steve" wrote in message om... Hi, Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve Have you seen what WFLA (8) is broadcasting? Or any of the other digital stations in our area. Cable companys want to limit the station to one SD channel or slightly higher bandwidth HD channel. They would eliminate 8.2 and 8.3. WUSF has 4 digital stations and ch 40 has two, ch 40 proper and a 24 hr news program. WEDU (3) has 3, Ch 66 has 4, WFLA wants the cable company to broadcast the entire 6 MHZ bandwidth as IS. In the future I believe there are many uses for the full bandwidth. The channels that Brighthouse and Comcast are offering below 79 are 6 mhz analog channels. The OTA stations might even give cable some competion. Just imagine that each station can broadcast 4 channels of super clean digital picture quality. That's 10 times 4 channels. That doesn't include the two religious and two spanish digital channels. Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20 digital channels from Tampa. |
"Steve" wrote in message om... Hi, Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve Have you seen what WFLA (8) is broadcasting? Or any of the other digital stations in our area. Cable companys want to limit the station to one SD channel or slightly higher bandwidth HD channel. They would eliminate 8.2 and 8.3. WUSF has 4 digital stations and ch 40 has two, ch 40 proper and a 24 hr news program. WEDU (3) has 3, Ch 66 has 4, WFLA wants the cable company to broadcast the entire 6 MHZ bandwidth as IS. In the future I believe there are many uses for the full bandwidth. The channels that Brighthouse and Comcast are offering below 79 are 6 mhz analog channels. The OTA stations might even give cable some competion. Just imagine that each station can broadcast 4 channels of super clean digital picture quality. That's 10 times 4 channels. That doesn't include the two religious and two spanish digital channels. Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20 digital channels from Tampa. |
I did try an antenna -- a Zenith ZHDTV1 HDTV, which seemed to get excellent
reviews from where I looked. Channel 8 comes in very weak, and it's the strongest signal. I live in an apartment and am limited to indoor antennas. My TV (Sony KF42WE610) manual says don't use indoor antennas - there's too much interference. Despite that I tried the Zenith antenna and it doesn't work well. So antennas don't work for me. I'm limited to cable. Bright House and WFLA need to work something out. If Brighthouse gets WFLA and also ESPN in HD, with all else they have, I will be very happy with the service, and cable will suit my needs perfectly. "Jeff Rigby" wrote in message ... "Steve" wrote in message om... Hi, Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve Have you seen what WFLA (8) is broadcasting? Or any of the other digital stations in our area. Cable companys want to limit the station to one SD channel or slightly higher bandwidth HD channel. They would eliminate 8.2 and 8.3. WUSF has 4 digital stations and ch 40 has two, ch 40 proper and a 24 hr news program. WEDU (3) has 3, Ch 66 has 4, WFLA wants the cable company to broadcast the entire 6 MHZ bandwidth as IS. In the future I believe there are many uses for the full bandwidth. The channels that Brighthouse and Comcast are offering below 79 are 6 mhz analog channels. The OTA stations might even give cable some competion. Just imagine that each station can broadcast 4 channels of super clean digital picture quality. That's 10 times 4 channels. That doesn't include the two religious and two spanish digital channels. Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20 digital channels from Tampa. |
I did try an antenna -- a Zenith ZHDTV1 HDTV, which seemed to get excellent
reviews from where I looked. Channel 8 comes in very weak, and it's the strongest signal. I live in an apartment and am limited to indoor antennas. My TV (Sony KF42WE610) manual says don't use indoor antennas - there's too much interference. Despite that I tried the Zenith antenna and it doesn't work well. So antennas don't work for me. I'm limited to cable. Bright House and WFLA need to work something out. If Brighthouse gets WFLA and also ESPN in HD, with all else they have, I will be very happy with the service, and cable will suit my needs perfectly. "Jeff Rigby" wrote in message ... "Steve" wrote in message om... Hi, Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve Have you seen what WFLA (8) is broadcasting? Or any of the other digital stations in our area. Cable companys want to limit the station to one SD channel or slightly higher bandwidth HD channel. They would eliminate 8.2 and 8.3. WUSF has 4 digital stations and ch 40 has two, ch 40 proper and a 24 hr news program. WEDU (3) has 3, Ch 66 has 4, WFLA wants the cable company to broadcast the entire 6 MHZ bandwidth as IS. In the future I believe there are many uses for the full bandwidth. The channels that Brighthouse and Comcast are offering below 79 are 6 mhz analog channels. The OTA stations might even give cable some competion. Just imagine that each station can broadcast 4 channels of super clean digital picture quality. That's 10 times 4 channels. That doesn't include the two religious and two spanish digital channels. Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20 digital channels from Tampa. |
Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20
digital channels from Tampa. I don't have an OTA converter. I have a box from Brighhouse. I'm not going to buy one just to get a few more stations. If WFLA wants to act like a child having a tantrum then I will treat it like one: Ignore the outburst and take away a treat (sponsor) or two. Does anyone know who're WFLA's top ten sponsors? If they get enough heat from the money side maybe things will change... -Steve |
Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20
digital channels from Tampa. I don't have an OTA converter. I have a box from Brighhouse. I'm not going to buy one just to get a few more stations. If WFLA wants to act like a child having a tantrum then I will treat it like one: Ignore the outburst and take away a treat (sponsor) or two. Does anyone know who're WFLA's top ten sponsors? If they get enough heat from the money side maybe things will change... -Steve |
"Steve" wrote in message om... Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20 digital channels from Tampa. I don't have an OTA converter. I have a box from Brighhouse. I'm not going to buy one just to get a few more stations. If WFLA wants to act like a child having a tantrum then I will treat it like one: Ignore the outburst and take away a treat (sponsor) or two. Does anyone know who're WFLA's top ten sponsors? If they get enough heat from the money side maybe things will change... -Steve It seems to me that you are mad at the wrong company! You can get WFLA (8) as an analog channel. If you want HD then you should be able to get all of HD not a truncated HD channel. What happens if CH 8 decides to transmit in FULL HD using the entire 19 mega bits/sec 6 Mhz bandwidth. This would eliminate the pixilization of fast moving objects and give you a much higher resolution. The cable company would have to downconvert (truncate and reduce the resolution) to keep it in the 1.5 mhz bandwidth that they seem to want all OTA channels presented on cable. The flexability of the HD standard is in the ability of the station to change the resolution/bandwidth to meet the needs of the content. For Example; they can transmit 4 digital channels with various content or for the olympics they can eliminate two channels have a higher bandwidth on one (the Olympics) and broadcast their normal content on another with SD quality. If the content is slow moving they can reduce bandwidth, and show highlights of yesterdays Olympic events on a third channel. This can all be done on the fly without advance notice. Your receiver automatically receives them, no need to memorize channels again. The Guide function has the options updated automatically from the station. THIS IS WHAT WFLA IS DOING NOW! On cable with the current business policy this can't be done. So YOU LOOSE. Get an antenna! I can't stress enough that the TV stations are in a NEW race new game with HD TV. They now have more flexability and tools to capture your attention and fill your needs. This is great for us! You want them, thru cables business policy, to eliminate all of HD's features except a slightly better picture 1/3 of a HD quality picture (1.5 Mhz vs 6 Mhz) Steve, you purchased a 2K television receiver and now don't want to pay $250 for antenna and receiver. Think about it! |
"Steve" wrote in message om... Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20 digital channels from Tampa. I don't have an OTA converter. I have a box from Brighhouse. I'm not going to buy one just to get a few more stations. If WFLA wants to act like a child having a tantrum then I will treat it like one: Ignore the outburst and take away a treat (sponsor) or two. Does anyone know who're WFLA's top ten sponsors? If they get enough heat from the money side maybe things will change... -Steve It seems to me that you are mad at the wrong company! You can get WFLA (8) as an analog channel. If you want HD then you should be able to get all of HD not a truncated HD channel. What happens if CH 8 decides to transmit in FULL HD using the entire 19 mega bits/sec 6 Mhz bandwidth. This would eliminate the pixilization of fast moving objects and give you a much higher resolution. The cable company would have to downconvert (truncate and reduce the resolution) to keep it in the 1.5 mhz bandwidth that they seem to want all OTA channels presented on cable. The flexability of the HD standard is in the ability of the station to change the resolution/bandwidth to meet the needs of the content. For Example; they can transmit 4 digital channels with various content or for the olympics they can eliminate two channels have a higher bandwidth on one (the Olympics) and broadcast their normal content on another with SD quality. If the content is slow moving they can reduce bandwidth, and show highlights of yesterdays Olympic events on a third channel. This can all be done on the fly without advance notice. Your receiver automatically receives them, no need to memorize channels again. The Guide function has the options updated automatically from the station. THIS IS WHAT WFLA IS DOING NOW! On cable with the current business policy this can't be done. So YOU LOOSE. Get an antenna! I can't stress enough that the TV stations are in a NEW race new game with HD TV. They now have more flexability and tools to capture your attention and fill your needs. This is great for us! You want them, thru cables business policy, to eliminate all of HD's features except a slightly better picture 1/3 of a HD quality picture (1.5 Mhz vs 6 Mhz) Steve, you purchased a 2K television receiver and now don't want to pay $250 for antenna and receiver. Think about it! |
Jeff,
What I want right now are nice pictures on my TV. Channels 10, 13 and 28 are on my Brighthouse HD Box. Their HD comes in great, anyone down here see the Patriot a couple of months back? I see no reason what so ever why WFLA shouldn't enter into a short term agreement with Brighthouse 'just to test things out'. The Olympics would have been the best time. If there was any reduction in image quality then WFLA could have taken out space in a few of Tampa's upscale magazines with a: "This is what you got:" - "This is what you could have had:" -Steve PS: -Reality Check- We're here having a fun debate over TV of all things while folks about 70 miles south (St. Pete here) are stuck in the 19th century waiting for the Water and Ice Man to come... "Jeff Rigby" wrote in message ... "Steve" wrote in message om... Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20 digital channels from Tampa. I don't have an OTA converter. I have a box from Brighhouse. I'm not going to buy one just to get a few more stations. If WFLA wants to act like a child having a tantrum then I will treat it like one: Ignore the outburst and take away a treat (sponsor) or two. Does anyone know who're WFLA's top ten sponsors? If they get enough heat from the money side maybe things will change... -Steve It seems to me that you are mad at the wrong company! You can get WFLA (8) as an analog channel. If you want HD then you should be able to get all of HD not a truncated HD channel. What happens if CH 8 decides to transmit in FULL HD using the entire 19 mega bits/sec 6 Mhz bandwidth. This would eliminate the pixilization of fast moving objects and give you a much higher resolution. The cable company would have to downconvert (truncate and reduce the resolution) to keep it in the 1.5 mhz bandwidth that they seem to want all OTA channels presented on cable. The flexability of the HD standard is in the ability of the station to change the resolution/bandwidth to meet the needs of the content. For Example; they can transmit 4 digital channels with various content or for the olympics they can eliminate two channels have a higher bandwidth on one (the Olympics) and broadcast their normal content on another with SD quality. If the content is slow moving they can reduce bandwidth, and show highlights of yesterdays Olympic events on a third channel. This can all be done on the fly without advance notice. Your receiver automatically receives them, no need to memorize channels again. The Guide function has the options updated automatically from the station. THIS IS WHAT WFLA IS DOING NOW! On cable with the current business policy this can't be done. So YOU LOOSE. Get an antenna! I can't stress enough that the TV stations are in a NEW race new game with HD TV. They now have more flexability and tools to capture your attention and fill your needs. This is great for us! You want them, thru cables business policy, to eliminate all of HD's features except a slightly better picture 1/3 of a HD quality picture (1.5 Mhz vs 6 Mhz) Steve, you purchased a 2K television receiver and now don't want to pay $250 for antenna and receiver. Think about it! |
Jeff,
What I want right now are nice pictures on my TV. Channels 10, 13 and 28 are on my Brighthouse HD Box. Their HD comes in great, anyone down here see the Patriot a couple of months back? I see no reason what so ever why WFLA shouldn't enter into a short term agreement with Brighthouse 'just to test things out'. The Olympics would have been the best time. If there was any reduction in image quality then WFLA could have taken out space in a few of Tampa's upscale magazines with a: "This is what you got:" - "This is what you could have had:" -Steve PS: -Reality Check- We're here having a fun debate over TV of all things while folks about 70 miles south (St. Pete here) are stuck in the 19th century waiting for the Water and Ice Man to come... "Jeff Rigby" wrote in message ... "Steve" wrote in message om... Get an antenna, a cheapy antenna $50.00 is more than enough to get 20 digital channels from Tampa. I don't have an OTA converter. I have a box from Brighhouse. I'm not going to buy one just to get a few more stations. If WFLA wants to act like a child having a tantrum then I will treat it like one: Ignore the outburst and take away a treat (sponsor) or two. Does anyone know who're WFLA's top ten sponsors? If they get enough heat from the money side maybe things will change... -Steve It seems to me that you are mad at the wrong company! You can get WFLA (8) as an analog channel. If you want HD then you should be able to get all of HD not a truncated HD channel. What happens if CH 8 decides to transmit in FULL HD using the entire 19 mega bits/sec 6 Mhz bandwidth. This would eliminate the pixilization of fast moving objects and give you a much higher resolution. The cable company would have to downconvert (truncate and reduce the resolution) to keep it in the 1.5 mhz bandwidth that they seem to want all OTA channels presented on cable. The flexability of the HD standard is in the ability of the station to change the resolution/bandwidth to meet the needs of the content. For Example; they can transmit 4 digital channels with various content or for the olympics they can eliminate two channels have a higher bandwidth on one (the Olympics) and broadcast their normal content on another with SD quality. If the content is slow moving they can reduce bandwidth, and show highlights of yesterdays Olympic events on a third channel. This can all be done on the fly without advance notice. Your receiver automatically receives them, no need to memorize channels again. The Guide function has the options updated automatically from the station. THIS IS WHAT WFLA IS DOING NOW! On cable with the current business policy this can't be done. So YOU LOOSE. Get an antenna! I can't stress enough that the TV stations are in a NEW race new game with HD TV. They now have more flexability and tools to capture your attention and fill your needs. This is great for us! You want them, thru cables business policy, to eliminate all of HD's features except a slightly better picture 1/3 of a HD quality picture (1.5 Mhz vs 6 Mhz) Steve, you purchased a 2K television receiver and now don't want to pay $250 for antenna and receiver. Think about it! |
WFLA is apparently under the impression that OTA TV is of some kind of
importance now, or will be in the future. They should really be advised that MUST CARRY WILL DIE!!!! OTA is NOT important. Their stations are on the TIVO buggy-whip To DO list.... someday NBC (and other networks) are going to realize that between satellite and cable they can cover 85% of the nation without paying the local stations a penny.... and the local stations will die. RIP ! On 18 Aug 2004 14:45:19 -0700, (Steve) wrote: Hi, Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve |
"Steve" wrote in message m... Jeff, What I want right now are nice pictures on my TV. Channels 10, 13 and 28 are on my Brighthouse HD Box. Their HD comes in great, anyone down here see the Patriot a couple of months back? I see no reason what so ever why WFLA shouldn't enter into a short term agreement with Brighthouse 'just to test things out'. The Olympics would have been the best time. If there was any reduction in image quality then WFLA could have taken out space in a few of Tampa's upscale magazines with a: "This is what you got:" - "This is what you could have had:" The channels you list are not broadcasting multiple channnels. I wonder why? They are also not setting aside their normal programming and broadcasting large blocks of time for special events like the Olympics. WFLA IS because they can carry their normal programming on another channel they broadcast. So we are in the position where the stations that broadcast multiple channels (except PBS and I believe one other) don't get carried on Cable. IE: Ch 20, 26 & 46 (Fort Meyers/Cape Coral), Ch 66 (Tampa), Ch 16 (Tampa), Ch 40 (Sarasota) Also What happened to 32, 38, 44? There are duplications in networks in the above channels but there are large blocks of time where local content is broadcast and is different between the channels. News was very interesting from the Fort Meyers stations during the Hurricane event. If the cable companys were smart they would cede ch 2-6 (the full 6mhz bandwidth) and a couple of mid band channels to HD TV as those channels are usually snowy because of bad connections in the cable. Digital channels would be snow free even in the low VHF. Also, channels above 63 seem to suffer from noise due to loss in cable runs. That's why cable generally uses channels above 71 for digital TV. -Steve PS: -Reality Check- We're here having a fun debate over TV of all things while folks about 70 miles south (St. Pete here) are stuck in the 19th century waiting for the Water and Ice Man to come... Yes I wonder how many antennas made it thru the storm one in ten? I wonder how much better cable fared? I don't have an OTA converter. I have a box from Brighhouse. I'm not going to buy one just to get a few more stations. If WFLA wants to act like a child having a tantrum then I will treat it like one: Ignore the outburst and take away a treat (sponsor) or two. Does anyone know who're WFLA's top ten sponsors? If they get enough heat from the money side maybe things will change... -Steve It seems to me that you are mad at the wrong company! You can get WFLA (8) as an analog channel. If you want HD then you should be able to get all of HD not a truncated HD channel. What happens if CH 8 decides to transmit in FULL HD using the entire 19 mega bits/sec 6 Mhz bandwidth. This would eliminate the pixilization of fast moving objects and give you a much higher resolution. The cable company would have to downconvert (truncate and reduce the resolution) to keep it in the 1.5 mhz bandwidth that they seem to want all OTA channels presented on cable. The flexability of the HD standard is in the ability of the station to change the resolution/bandwidth to meet the needs of the content. For Example; they can transmit 4 digital channels with various content or for the olympics they can eliminate two channels have a higher bandwidth on one (the Olympics) and broadcast their normal content on another with SD quality. If the content is slow moving they can reduce bandwidth, and show highlights of yesterdays Olympic events on a third channel. This can all be done on the fly without advance notice. Your receiver automatically receives them, no need to memorize channels again. The Guide function has the options updated automatically from the station. THIS IS WHAT WFLA IS DOING NOW! On cable with the current business policy this can't be done. So YOU LOOSE. Get an antenna! I can't stress enough that the TV stations are in a NEW race new game with HD TV. They now have more flexability and tools to capture your attention and fill your needs. This is great for us! You want them, thru cables business policy, to eliminate all of HD's features except a slightly better picture 1/3 of a HD quality picture (1.5 Mhz vs 6 Mhz) Steve, you purchased a 2K television receiver and now don't want to pay $250 for antenna and receiver. Think about it! |
"Steve" wrote in message m... Jeff, What I want right now are nice pictures on my TV. Channels 10, 13 and 28 are on my Brighthouse HD Box. Their HD comes in great, anyone down here see the Patriot a couple of months back? I see no reason what so ever why WFLA shouldn't enter into a short term agreement with Brighthouse 'just to test things out'. The Olympics would have been the best time. If there was any reduction in image quality then WFLA could have taken out space in a few of Tampa's upscale magazines with a: "This is what you got:" - "This is what you could have had:" The channels you list are not broadcasting multiple channnels. I wonder why? They are also not setting aside their normal programming and broadcasting large blocks of time for special events like the Olympics. WFLA IS because they can carry their normal programming on another channel they broadcast. So we are in the position where the stations that broadcast multiple channels (except PBS and I believe one other) don't get carried on Cable. IE: Ch 20, 26 & 46 (Fort Meyers/Cape Coral), Ch 66 (Tampa), Ch 16 (Tampa), Ch 40 (Sarasota) Also What happened to 32, 38, 44? There are duplications in networks in the above channels but there are large blocks of time where local content is broadcast and is different between the channels. News was very interesting from the Fort Meyers stations during the Hurricane event. If the cable companys were smart they would cede ch 2-6 (the full 6mhz bandwidth) and a couple of mid band channels to HD TV as those channels are usually snowy because of bad connections in the cable. Digital channels would be snow free even in the low VHF. Also, channels above 63 seem to suffer from noise due to loss in cable runs. That's why cable generally uses channels above 71 for digital TV. -Steve PS: -Reality Check- We're here having a fun debate over TV of all things while folks about 70 miles south (St. Pete here) are stuck in the 19th century waiting for the Water and Ice Man to come... Yes I wonder how many antennas made it thru the storm one in ten? I wonder how much better cable fared? I don't have an OTA converter. I have a box from Brighhouse. I'm not going to buy one just to get a few more stations. If WFLA wants to act like a child having a tantrum then I will treat it like one: Ignore the outburst and take away a treat (sponsor) or two. Does anyone know who're WFLA's top ten sponsors? If they get enough heat from the money side maybe things will change... -Steve It seems to me that you are mad at the wrong company! You can get WFLA (8) as an analog channel. If you want HD then you should be able to get all of HD not a truncated HD channel. What happens if CH 8 decides to transmit in FULL HD using the entire 19 mega bits/sec 6 Mhz bandwidth. This would eliminate the pixilization of fast moving objects and give you a much higher resolution. The cable company would have to downconvert (truncate and reduce the resolution) to keep it in the 1.5 mhz bandwidth that they seem to want all OTA channels presented on cable. The flexability of the HD standard is in the ability of the station to change the resolution/bandwidth to meet the needs of the content. For Example; they can transmit 4 digital channels with various content or for the olympics they can eliminate two channels have a higher bandwidth on one (the Olympics) and broadcast their normal content on another with SD quality. If the content is slow moving they can reduce bandwidth, and show highlights of yesterdays Olympic events on a third channel. This can all be done on the fly without advance notice. Your receiver automatically receives them, no need to memorize channels again. The Guide function has the options updated automatically from the station. THIS IS WHAT WFLA IS DOING NOW! On cable with the current business policy this can't be done. So YOU LOOSE. Get an antenna! I can't stress enough that the TV stations are in a NEW race new game with HD TV. They now have more flexability and tools to capture your attention and fill your needs. This is great for us! You want them, thru cables business policy, to eliminate all of HD's features except a slightly better picture 1/3 of a HD quality picture (1.5 Mhz vs 6 Mhz) Steve, you purchased a 2K television receiver and now don't want to pay $250 for antenna and receiver. Think about it! |
I called WFLA and as I understand it, WFLA offered Brighthouse one HD
channel - the main, regular NBC channel. But Brighthouse insists on carrying all of the WFLA digital channels. That's where the log jam is. Sort of the opposite of what one would have thought. Now I need to inquire of Brighthouse why don't they settle for the single MAIN NBC channel in HD. Maybe there will be some inconsistency in the reception as WFLA regulates the bandwidth between its various channels. But I'm sure that many, such as me, are mainly interested in getting the prime time programming, sports events, and Jay Leno in HD. The one channel solution seems like it should be workable - it should at least get these main NBC programs to us in HD. Seems like Brighthouse should go for it. But like I said, I'm going to touch base with Brighthouse on this. "Steve" wrote in message om... Hi, Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve |
I called WFLA and as I understand it, WFLA offered Brighthouse one HD
channel - the main, regular NBC channel. But Brighthouse insists on carrying all of the WFLA digital channels. That's where the log jam is. Sort of the opposite of what one would have thought. Now I need to inquire of Brighthouse why don't they settle for the single MAIN NBC channel in HD. Maybe there will be some inconsistency in the reception as WFLA regulates the bandwidth between its various channels. But I'm sure that many, such as me, are mainly interested in getting the prime time programming, sports events, and Jay Leno in HD. The one channel solution seems like it should be workable - it should at least get these main NBC programs to us in HD. Seems like Brighthouse should go for it. But like I said, I'm going to touch base with Brighthouse on this. "Steve" wrote in message om... Hi, Got a letter from Brighhouse today stating that WFLA (Channel 8, NBC Tampa Bay)would not agree to even a short term agreement to carry the Olympics in HD. Would someone please explain why WFLA (or is it NBC?)is acting in such a mannor? Who is at fault? Our local ABC, CBS and FOX are in Brighthouse's lineup. If it turns out that its WFLA that is the bad one maybe its time to start sending email to their major sponsors: Please run your spots somewhere else, I and many others no longer tune to that station... -Steve |
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