CBS HD sports on Directv!

[RLJSlick]

Man I was getting excited for a minute. Oh well.

[tunce]

CBS 58's Parent company whats to much money from Directv for it to be financially feasible for Directv to agree to.  Well this is what a rep from Weigel Broadcasting Co. told me.  Although they did not spin it the way I just did, as you can imagine.

Take this with a grain of salt!

[Joel S]

I am currently watching the LSU - Alabama game in HD on local 58 with Direct TV.  Here is how it works for me and this is the only way it works.

Go to channel 205 (sports mix) and select the CBS feed for the game and enjoy.  The station info says WDJT (not ML58).  I can only tune to HD58 buy going through the back door, channel 205 first.  I cannot tune to it otherwise.

Note:  This only works on my HR-21's (HD-DVR's).  It does not work on my HD non-DVR box.  This is not the national CBS feed because the commercials include the local spots.  Just thought I would let people aware.

[WITI6fan]

I've been told that WDJT is not sending a HD signal to DirecTV, so something's up here.

[chadwi]

Well, it is happening again.  Colts/Steeler in HD on 58.  What happens is I go to sunday ticket channel.  It says this is blacked out and will find the game.  Then it says its on 58 do you want to tune in.  Then when it goes to the game on 58 its in HD.  I have no clue why...but I'm not complaining.

[basshive]

Go to channel 205 (sports mix) and select the CBS feed for the game and enjoy. The station info says WDJT (not ML58). I can only tune to HD58 buy going through the back door, channel 205 first. I cannot tune to it otherwise.

I have been on channel 205 many many times and I have never seen anything but National channels like ESPN, etc on there. So you are saying they put up the local CBS channel on the mix that you could click?

[vegasvic]

The title of this thread needs to be edited I think.

[basshive]

The title of this thread needs to be edited I think.

yes, it still tricks me each time I see it!

[Tom Snyder]

The title of this thread needs to be edited I think.

I fixed it.

[Joel S]

I have been on channel 205 many many times and I have never seen anything but National channels like ESPN, etc on there. So you are saying they put up the local CBS channel on the mix that you could click?

There must be a national sports broadcast on CBS in order for it to show up on the Sports Mix channel.  It does not work for the NFL but I suppose it would work for the playoffs.

Another thing, I left the box tuned to 58HD on Saturday and it continued to let me watch 58HD all evening.  Once I flipped channels and the CBS feed was no longer a option on 205, I could then no longer watch 58 in HD or find a way to tune to it.  Try it next Saturday (2:30) for the SEC game and see if it works.

[RonH]

We should erase this thread before someone sees this and fixes it!

[Blitz68]

Use a Illinois service address and keep your wisconsin address as the billing address and you will not only have CBS HD but WGN  

[basshive]

I've been told that WDJT is not sending a HD signal to DirecTV, so something's up here.

It is there. Just hidden away

635 WDJT 58 18 SW1 @103W cbshd.ch
635 ML58 58 28 4 Sats @101W cbs.ch

[RonH]

That's an interesting list.  Not only does it show WDJT on directV, but some sort of test for 36-1 as well.  However since the HD PBS has moved from 36-1 to 10-1, they should probably update that.  Perhaps they are preparing to bring PBS online too in the future.

[Blitz68]

It is there. Just hidden away

635 WDJT 58 18 SW1 @103W cbshd.ch
635 ML58 58 28 4 Sats @101W cbs.ch

Please put this in english for me.

Are we getting CBS in Milwaukee in HD?