Topic 'Re: hooray' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22552843 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:29:55 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:29:55 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22571727 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22571727 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:23:27 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22555311
There, it's fixed now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22555311 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:52:16 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22554830
unfortunately, it's the channel that comes in the weakest, so until they axe that one channel, it's still going to be a tad iffy.

I'll be glad when the only analog channel still broadcasting are the two low power stations I can pick up.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22554830 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:32:36 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22554617 said by tschmidt:

There are a lot of "nightlight" services. Some broadcaster's did not shut off analog cold turkey. As of Saturday analog channel is dedicated about programs about DTV conversion. I think that is a nice touch. Rather then get a blank screen viewer gets information about conversion.Yeah, the stations around here are doing that. If that's a voluntary measure, it's kind of surprising that they wouldn't have mandated it.
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I thought there was no "poor digital" not like weak analog. Either you get a signal or not.
With analog, a poor signal may result in ghosting, speckles, color issues, etc with the further you go away the worse it gets.

With digital, you really don't have those issues. If the signal is strong enough to get a picture, it should look the same and not suffer from the analog issues. However if the signal isn't strong enough, you have new issues that show up. A weak signal may be able to get there some of the time, but not always. This would be indicated by jerkyness of the video or a "no signal" type of message depending on how the TV handles it. You could also have tiling where just portions of the screen become garbled.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553712 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:52:38 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553650
I lost a few fringe channels and 2 there were solid on analog. One station we were supposed to lose, the other is supposed to be in the "moderate" signal range for me. That station didn't start broadcasting digital until they had to, and I think they're having difficulties now. They also switched towers with the conversion. Wouldn't it make sense to do that BEFORE the deadline so you can ensure it works?
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Poorly as in not able to anticipate the broadcast audience that no longer gets the channel due to poor signal strength, usually the case when the channel came in weak in analog to begin with. No way of telling how many can't get it now, or if anyone gives a shit.
I meant the quote from "getting poor digital reception. " implying one can have marginal signal. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553502 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:17:21 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553397 said by joetaxpayer:

said by pnh102:

said by alg:

Now our local stations are running crawlers with phone numbers/websites if you are getting poor digital reception.
I see nothing wrong with that. Many broadcasters had no way of knowing how well or how poorly things would work out until after the switch.
I thought there was no "poor digital" not like weak analog. Either you get a signal or not.
Poorly as in not able to anticipate the broadcast audience that no longer gets the channel due to poor signal strength, usually the case when the channel came in weak in analog to begin with. No way of telling how many can't get it now, or if anyone gives a shit.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553397 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:16 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553396 said by sonicmerlin:

Most of the people who weren't prepared were the elderly. It's kind of hard to blame them for not being up to date with the technology world.
Sorry, but that wasn't true.

Here are the real numbers on unpreparedness:
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553396 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:15 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553303 said by pnh102:

said by alg:

Now our local stations are running crawlers with phone numbers/websites if you are getting poor digital reception.
I see nothing wrong with that. Many broadcasters had no way of knowing how well or how poorly things would work out until after the switch.
I thought there was no "poor digital" not like weak analog. Either you get a signal or not. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553303 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:42:39 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553279 said by sonicmerlin:

Most of the people who weren't prepared were the elderly. It's kind of hard to blame them for not being up to date with the technology world.

Most of them probably don't even care.
Some of those people weren't elderly when they first heard about the digital transition 10 years ago.
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Most of the people who weren't prepared were the elderly. As Da Man See Profile posted that is an unwarranted prejudice. The over 65 crowd was very well prepared.

/tom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22553043 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:42:42 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22552967 The elderly were the most ready.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22552967 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:24:56 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22552926
»www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/82376

All in all seems to have gone pretty well. Being in a fringe area we lost several stations that had been snowy in analog that only come in once and a while on digital. This is with a high quality outdoor antenna.

/tom

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Most of them probably don't even care.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22552901 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:05:30 EDT Re: hooray http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-hooray-22552870 said by alg:

Now our local stations are running crawlers with phone numbers/websites if you are getting poor digital reception. I see nothing wrong with that. Many broadcasters had no way of knowing how well or how poorly things would work out until after the switch.
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no more advertisements for the transition. Now our local stations are running crawlers with phone numbers/websites if you are getting poor digital reception. It just doesn't end. :p
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I can't believe how many people still lined up though and we're clueless when they didn't have TV Saturday morning.
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