HD in Racine?

[Onanboy]

New to the group but I was wondering if anyone here lived south of Milwaukee.  I live in Racine and just got into HD.  I have a rooftop antenna but no STB.  I do get HD from TWC but I wondered if I would be able to get any of the HD via OTA this far south.

[ReesR]

Onanboy:

Welcome to the group.

I also live in Racine.  Here is what I receive:

    digital
Net ch call    status location   analog ch

NBC 29 WMAQ-DT On air Chicago same as Ch 5
ABC 52 WLS -DT On air Chicago same as Ch 7
WB  19 WGN -DT On air Chicago same as Ch 9
PBS 47 WTTW-DT On air Chicago same as Ch 11
UPN 31 WFLD-DT On air Chicago same as Ch 32

PBS  8 WMVS-DT On air Milw same as ch 10
NBC 28 WTMJ-DT On air Milw same as ch 4
CBS 46 WDJT-DT on air Milw same as ch 58
ABC 34 WISN-DT on air Milw same as ch 12
FOX 33 WITI-DT (who knows when) same as ch 6

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Rees Roberts
Racine, WI
reesr@wi.net

HDTV Receiver:  Sony KD-34XBR2 16X9
Bi-directional AntennaCraft VHF Yagi Model #2260P
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2 Winegard PR9022 UHF yagi's pointing N & S
Antennas at about 30 feet
Samsung SIR-TS160 HD Directv receiver

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[akitakoi]

Onanboy, What stations do you get in HD on TW Cable? Is channel 4 or 12 available yet?
Thanks

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[Gregg Lengling]

4 is coming in a few days, 12 will be in the next month.  Nice name....are you a DogFish??


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
HiDTV Pro 2 computer reciever card
glengling@ameritech.net

[akitakoi]

 Channel 4 in a few days! 12 Next month!
I guess I did it at the right time.
I was going to get Direct TV with the $500 box but I thought I would give TW a chance.
So I might be seeing ER in HD. I haven't watched it in a while but I will if it's in HDTV.
Actually I haven't seen anything in HDTV yet!
Are they going to be on the regular channels?

Sorry, Excited newbie!

[Onanboy]

Via TWC digital cable I only get

PBS HD
HBO
Showtime

The PBS stuff is pretty mind-blowing but tends to be pretty repetitive.  Watching "The Soprano's" in HD is a treat though.  

I want to take advantage of the OTA stuff because I have the attenna anyway but I just got the RPTV and it may be awhile before my wife allows the $600+ STB for OTA.  I may try to look for a used one but I wanted to check if the reception would be there if I did.  

Thanks everyone for the responses.  I have learned tons since I stumbled across this forum.

Paul

[Gregg Lengling]

They've annouced channel 4's digital will be on 704, so I'm guessing 12's will be on 712.
 

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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
HiDTV Pro 2 computer reciever card
glengling@ameritech.net

[kjnorman]

Akitakoi,

Do not forget, that in order to get HD from TWC you will need to get the Scientific Atlanta 3100HD box from TW.

If you have regular digital cable from TW now, them this box will simple replace your standard def box.  The cost of rental is the same.  

If you are currenly on analog cable, then you will need to move to the digital tier and get one of their set top boxes - all of which cost extra.

Kerry

[beirnead]

Actually, in my last cable bill, they stated channel 4 HD would be on 504.

[jeffbyk]

Onanboy,

Like Rees, I also live in the Racine area and get the same stations that he does with relatively few issues and very infrequent dropouts.  I also have a very similar antenna setup to Rees'.

Jeff

[akitakoi]

I'm getting Digital from TW today, with the HD box. I've had regular cable without a box for a few years.
OK so, channel 4 is on either 504 or 704
how about PBS, Showtime and HBO HD?

Do the HD channels appear on the guide channel?

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Toshiba 57HDX82
XBox

[Onanboy]

PBS HD  is on 710
HBO HD is on 721
SHOW HD is on 731  (I may have mixed up HBO and Showtime)  

All the channels are on the channel guide.

Anyone here have a Hitachi SWX20B  RPTV?

[akitakoi]

Thanks Onanboy!
I can't wait till tonight! I'm even takeing tommarow off work, maybe I'll go pick up a surround sound system. Anyone have any comments on  Yamahas?
 Also can anyone recomend a good ISF calibrator in the area?

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[StarvingForHDTV]

I have this Yamaha:

 http://yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/DsplyModel/?gAVR00010HTR-5280

I like it quite a bit.  I got it last year at Best Buy.  So far it has had enough digital audio inputs for me, and I also like the fact that it could provide an extra component video input for me if necessary.  The power seems adequate, as I have never found a volume level that would stress it out.  The natural sound is nice, and requires no equalization in my opinion.  The D/A converter seems nice too.  It even works good for taking the digital audio signal from my Panasonic DVD-Audio player.  I also like the 6.1 decoding for Dolby Digital and DTS.  The phantom rear center speaker works well.

I can't comment on their speakers or anything.  I use Klipsch speakers and a Velodyne subwoofer, no Yamaha on that end.

Good luck,

Starving

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[akitakoi]

Well, The cable guy said all the HD box's were gone, more came in today. I will go swap box's tonight.
I ended up with a JVC receiver RX-9010UBK, a JVC XV-s500BK PS DVD, HTM MX500 Remote and Acoustic Research 6 speaker system.
Got everything set up except the rear speakers (gota run some wire).
The front L&R are the large towers, very good sound.

The remote is supposed to come in next day air, all preprogrammed, except for the cable box.

Its going to take some time learning everything, but isn't that the fun part?

The sales guy at American said channel 4 and 12 both going HD tomorrow, is this correct?


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Toshiba 57HDX82
XBox

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