Further bad news for Milwaukee HDTV

[borghe]

An article was just posted on www.tvinsite.com  talking about Sinclair fighting possible sanctions for missing DTV deadlines. I further went to Sinclair's site and they have a whole list of petitions up on why they hater DTV/8VSB/etc. Doesn't look good when it comes to getting 18 or 24 up anytime soon.

Finally, has anyone else noticed that on sites like www.hdpictures.com  Milwaukee stations all have a date of 11/02 (six month extension) except for 18 which has never had anything listed. hmm.. not a good sign. I wouldn't care except that WB has Smallville and Birds of Prey. sigh..

[Joseph S]

Give them a call. Their secretaries know nothing and the engineering department treats you like scum. Great company.  

Did you know they've spent millions of dollars and accomplished nothing? I think only the later is true. This whole thing stinks of "Faux 6" and the desire to use 9v battery for serving "the geographical boundaries of Milwaukee."

 

I further went to Sinclair's site and they have a whole list of petitions up on why they hater DTV/8VSB/etc.

Yep, they want to change a standard they can't even meet. When the industry leaders in DTV promote a switch I may give it a chance, but when the hardware is out and people like my parents can receive 3 different ABC HD broadcasts in the Boston Area I think the current standard is doing just fine.

Hearst-Argyle is doing their conference call at 5:45AM on 7/31. I wish I was available then to give them a call or two.

 

The ruling may pose a problem for Sinclair in St. Louis, the 22nd-ranked market. where the company operates ABC affiliate KDNL-DT under low-power temporary authority. KDNL is the market's fifth-rated station.

Doesn't this speak volumes about the quality of Sinclair broadcasting? They can't even crack the top 4 with an ABC affiliate.

[Matt Heebner]

I went to Sinclair's site....I was actually laughing out loud. Go to the DTV link...that whole page my friends is an exercise in futility. They actually still have explainations about why they support COFDM. Man, if I was in charge of the FCC, it would DEFINITELY be time to crack they whip on these guys. They are in total denial.
You cant fight the future forever!

Matt

[Kevin Arnold]

I have been watching Sinclair beat the drum for COFDM in various new stories and sites for over the past year. They persist in their attempts to stop 8VSB and actually expect broadcasters to put their new digital equipment in the GoodWill pile and switch to COFDM. I think their interest is not in HDTV but in profitable mobile data services they can piggyback on their system. In the usenet groups their is a fellow named "Bob" who has shilled for COFDM for years now despite constant ridicule. These people are persistant and completely out of touch with reality. There was even tald of Sinclair bidding on the spectrum auction to possibly put their own COFDM station on air in various cities. I can't wait to buy a converter box to watch channel 18's sitcoms in yet another format. If these broadcasters aren't careful HD DVD's will become common place and people will watch just the shows they want leaving the OTA guys with 24/7 Hogan's Heros and scintillating local news.

[Gregg Lengling]

Sinclair needs to get their Head out of their A**.  The FCC laid this to rest a couple years ago and stated with no room for misinterpretation that 8VSB is it and that's all there is.  1 fixed standard for OTA interface.


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
gregg@camelcomm.com

[Matt Heebner]

Yea, I've seen the rantings of  "Bob" in the newsgroups....and I dont even visit them that often anymore. Kinda reminds me of people who are still clinging to out-dated technology. (8-tracks, VCR for movie watching purposes, casette tapes)
The broadcast technology has been set, a deadline in place, and the spectrum usage for free....COME ON BROADCASTERS......JUST DO IT ALREADY!!!!!!

Matt

[MesaV]

Some people can NOT learn from the past, example Circuit City and Divx.  If you build it, they will come.  That sounds more like Miller Park.  

[Rafiki]

I sent the following e-mail to HD Pictures:


 You state that WITI channel 6 in Milwaukee is on the air. Technically it is true. No one can receive the signal.  The transmitter is only 200 feet in the air and there is very low power.  None of us who are able to receive their signal do receive it.  Check with our group hdtv.org for all the frustrations we are having. Please consider changing their
status on your listing. Thanks.

This was their response:

Thank you for your interest in HD Pictures and for the information regarding
WITI.

Due to your and other requests, we have changed the listing of WITI to
"silent."

Best regards,

HD Pictures www.hdpictures.com

AHHHHHHHHH the power of the e-pen!  

[Gregg Lengling]

Gee if only Faux were as responsive.

[Steve Mann]

Gee, if only HD Pictures could learn how to write code that would display in all browsers.

[Mike Sheahan]

I also have a problem viewing HD Pictures.  In the "HDTV On The Air" page, I get only CA thru HI.  After that it still scrolls, but there is nothing there.

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[MesaV]

Update your browser guys.  http://www.hdpictures.com/  works just fine in Netscape Communicator 4.79, Netscape 6.2.3 and IE 5.5 !  If you're using something else... WHY!