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Matt
All noise, no signal.
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12

reply to nixen

Re: I still don't understand the delay

said by nixen:

I mean, you're still going to have the idiots that *somehow* failed to get the message.

But, let's get serious: it's not like this falls into anything approaching a (hypothetical) change from "911" to "999". If people's TVs go dark, they're gonna call someone that's not got a clue. And, contrary to popular belief, it *is* possible to get through a day without TV (I frequently find that I'll look up from my laptop, my books (etc.) and realize, "Hmm... I never turned the TV on, today".

/me shrugs
The sad part is, there are some stations who still aren't ready, unless my local Fox affiliate is the only one. They've had a number of years to prepare and are STILL going to have to utilize a temporary DTV facility and are running broadcasts saying some people will lose their signal entirely until the new facilities are online.

ISurfTooMuch

join:2007-04-23
Tuscaloosa, AL

WCFT, part of the ABC33/40 duo in Birmingham, isn't ready. Looks like they won't be at full power until December, and their temporary DTV signal on channel 5 is so weak it can't even be received in Tuscaloosa, just a few miles from the tower.

Of course, this is also the station that broadcasts most non-network programming in 4:3 and goes 4:3 on network programs when they do a local overlay, so it looks like they're way behind the curve on this transition.



Matt
All noise, no signal.
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12

said by ISurfTooMuch:

Of course, this is also the station that broadcasts most non-network programming in 4:3 and goes 4:3 on network programs when they do a local overlay, so it looks like they're way behind the curve on this transition.
Yep, WGHP does that too.


shortyd999

join:2008-10-21
Birmingham, AL

reply to ISurfTooMuch
I wonder why non of the news cast are in HD Wide screen? The only one I knw that does is NBC 13HD news which is in HD Widescreen


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