happy4yaPremium
join:2004-10-31
West Babylon, NY
kudos:1 Reviews:
 ·Cablevision
·Optimum Online
| [iO] HBO Sign Off?? WTF Anyone ever see this?
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIsWpyt_···&index=1 »www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxFl5ps5SdE
Is this the new "we are experiencing technical difficulties, please stand by" screen or do they really sign off for a couple of hours a day?
My wife has been home sick since Saturday and said she noticed this a bunch of times on different HBO channels. |
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| Yes, it happens, it was probably a transmission test, different things, satellite test, timing test ( daylight savings time), etc. |
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 IllIlIlllIllEliteDataPremium
join:2003-07-06
Hampton Bays, NY
kudos:7 | reply to happy4ya
they close and go home to rest for awhile...  |
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It is usually listed in the channel guide - Off The Air - and it is usually an hour or so. |
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Remember when most all channels used to go off the air from 2-4 am until 5 or 6? |
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| said by Fallen_Anjel:Remember when most all channels used to go off the air from 2-4 am until 5 or 6?
In the late 70s and early 80s, HBO wasn't a 24 hour a day service. It used to sign off in the early morning and sign on in the late afternoon. It began running 24 hours a day on weekends only in the early 80s, followed shortly by 24x7 thereafter. |
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| I remember when they use to play the national anthem just before the channel signed off for the night.
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 voipguy
join:2006-05-31
Forest Hills, NY | reply to happy4ya
HBO is very serious about providing the best quality signal to its subscribers. Much to the consternation of their programming department, their engineers still conduct a transmission test for 2 hours per MONTH.
Cable systems can use these tests to set their equipment up for best performance. Not as important with digital transmission as it was with analog. |
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dm145
join:2009-12-12
Clifton, NJ Reviews:
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| said by voipguy:HBO is very serious about providing the best quality signal to its subscribers. Much to the consternation of their programming department, their engineers still conduct a transmission test for 2 hours per MONTH.
Cable systems can use these tests to set their equipment up for best performance. Not as important with digital transmission as it was with analog.
Really, so why do crop and not show any new movies OAR? |
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IllIlIlllIllEliteDataPremium
join:2003-07-06
Hampton Bays, NY
kudos:7 | said by dm145:said by voipguy:HBO is very serious about providing the best quality signal to its subscribers. Much to the consternation of their programming department, their engineers still conduct a transmission test for 2 hours per MONTH.
Cable systems can use these tests to set their equipment up for best performance. Not as important with digital transmission as it was with analog.
Really, so why do crop and not show any new movies OAR? because a majority of viewers want their screen completely filled.
i agree, its annoying to watch a 2.40:1 movie pan/scanned for a 1.78:1 screen (16:9) although its not as bad as watching a 2.40:1 pan/scanned for a 1.33:1 screen (4:3).
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| I prefer the HBO style of full screen HD. And the HBO HD looks much better then the other HD movie channels. |
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dm145
join:2009-12-12
Clifton, NJ | reply to IllIlIlllIll
it was a rhetorical question
and if HBO truly cared about sending the best quality signal it would give us OAR |
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dm145
join:2009-12-12
Clifton, NJ | reply to rick0204
Think about how much better it would be if was not distorted |
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McSweede
join:2000-09-26
Port Jefferson Station, NY | reply to happy4ya
Definitely a transmission test. Each HBO network does that once a month, always in the middle of the night/real early morning. |
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 Subaru1-3-2-4Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT | reply to Fallen_Anjel
said by Fallen_Anjel:Remember when most all channels used to go off the air from 2-4 am until 5 or 6?
I was young enough to see this in the early 90's lol plus back when the Close caption text 1 used to work as well.. |
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