Local HD PBS vs. Everyone

[jjallou]

IIRC, didn't MPTV also sign a contract with TWC so that they wouldn't compress or alter their signal in any way?  (Besides re-modulating it in QAM that is.)

You also have to look at how many subchannels that 36.1 has...  NONE.

Compressing 1.5Gbps down to 19.4Mbps is an incredible feat done with extremely powerful and expensive compressors.  When the local news stations go and take a great looking network feed, decompress and recompress it with cheap hardware, AND strip off data only to insert their crappy weather channel...  Thats why everyone but PBS looks like crap.

I really wish that the locals would broadcast just the primary feed during primetime.

Just my $0.02

Later,
         BP

So 6-1, 12-1, 18-1, & 24-1 look like crap? They don't have subchannels either.

[John L]

I read that on September 1st, Ch. 10-1 will no longer be 3 hour delayed. It will be at real-time along with the Ch. 10 analog.  I believe that was in Tim's column a week ago or so.  This is to be done because Ch. 10 analog will be going off the air soon and no longer available.

Same with ch. 36.  Not sure what they will do there. Perhaps dump the spanish channel on 10-2 or turn 36-1 into the real time of ch. 36.

They will probably use HD on both the main channels of 10 and 36.  I never have seen a HD signal on 10-1 yet.  But with advanced technology, I guess today stations can offer HD in the main channel and several additional channels without any problems. WDJT-58 was an example of the latest technology.

-John L.