channel 58 on DTV

[chadwi]

I just tried it in active and it brings me to the standard def 58.  What do you think I'm missing?  I tried it on Central, National and Sports.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.

[vegasvic]

I did Active during the Syracuse game and got the HD feed.

[chadwi]

Darn, not sure what I'm doing wrong.  Better get the rabbit ears out.

[HDefinicktion]

Ever since the Quicktune was added to the HR series...its been awhile, I have had 58 in HD.  What I did is use the Active button, tune to one of the most popular channels, then once to the channel add it to the quicktune list by pressing the up arrow, then add new.  The only issue is that you cant program a recording...which sucks, but you can record once the show has started.

[chadwi]

Are you using the HR22?  I tried it on my H21 in another room and it works great using active.  I wonder if the HR22 is one of the receivers it won't work with.

[vegasvic]

I had forgot all about Quicktune until this thread.  Now I have CBS HD all the time without having to use the Active button or the Sportsmix channel.  It's sweet.  As said above you can't set it to record but that's not a big deal for me, I don't watch much on CBS anyway.

[HDefinicktion]

I have the HR20 still, and the Quicktune has been working fine I think about two firmwares ago.

[klwillis45]

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/41953522.html

[gb4fan92]

So is MeTV channel on Direct TV now?  I'm at work now and can't check it.

[vegasvic]

Yes it's on, channel 49.  I can't imagine why DirecTV would bother with another rerun channel unless a deal for 58 HD was close.

[vegasvic]

I just received word from a friend of mine who's brother works for 58.  A deal is in fact very very close.

[gb4fan92]

Are you using the HR22?  I tried it on my H21 in another room and it works great using active.  I wonder if the HR22 is one of the receivers it won't work with.

Works with the HR22 as well. Just received this receiver (did I day it has 2x the recording space as the HR21?)  this weekend as my HR21 died as slow death. For me it actually works better than the rabbit ears I use for ch58. Setup the quicktune today so live tv won't be a problem. And any recordings I do will be on 58-1

[russj]

:confused: The active button on my HR23 always takes me to the SD version of the channel that I select. I have the prefs. set to filter out the SD channels but get them anyway when using the active button. Am I doing something wrong, or is there no way to get 58 HD on the HR23? My R20 box works fine using the active button, but will only hold 58HD durring a sporting event. all other programs will not come in.

[russj]

Any new info on when CBS 58 HD might be carried by directv?

[vegasvic]

From what I hear it's still very close.  Getting Me-TV up (Channel 49) was the first step.  But nothing is ever easy with 58.