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#316
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / FAUX 6 Responds
Monday Nov 11, 2002, 01:59:00 PM
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Tom Snyder:
I'm still working on my response.. but in the meantime, be nice, or you won't get a reply from them.


This only further validates the point I made before, in the chat with Tim on Friday.  Put yourself in the enineeers shoes, how would you respond if you got a insulting, mean spirted message?  Would you want to respond to that?

Aside from passing the message on, these people have little power to do anything.  As with any big corporation, any kind of capital expenditure requires a lot of paperwork, time, waiting for budgets, a little luck, and a sacrifice here and there.

In my job, I run a helpdesk, and do phone support.  I have dealt with many angry customers.  The ones who yell the most, especially when its not justified, make my job so much harder, because as much as I'd like to, I cant hang up on them  

Tom displayed an example of a very well written message, that was short, to the point, and was not insulting.  As you can see, it yeilded the desired response.
#317
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / tower work
Tuesday Nov 05, 2002, 11:13:00 PM
You'll probably see very few stations move to digital radio.  From what I've heard, the technology is not all that great anyway.

Also, this is not an FCC mandate, stations only have to move if they want to.  They'd keep their existing frequency, and transmitter, I think they just need to add additonal equipment
#318
   
QuoteOriginally posted by mcq:
-->More pandering, and anybody with an antenna can pick up digital broadcasts, isn't that mass enough.


Anyone with a antena, and a STB or a digital TV, wich the vast majority don't have....yet.

Gosh..you people are just so critical of everything..  Relax..  DTV will come when its time, even if "Crispy" was as ardant of a supporter of DTV as you all are, that doesnt mean people are going to adopt it any quicker, there are certain realities that we have to face, the masses will find it hard to change something the've been doing for the past 60 years.

Lets face a reality THE CHANGE TO DIGITAL WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT stop expecting it to.

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#319
I'd accept being called a "Pioneer" as a complment.  In the past, I've crisized people in this group for beating up on the local stations, I've come to understand your fustration, at least from a theorical prospective.  I myself, have not made the leap yet, had I, I would be bitching just as much as you.

People in this forum are adopting a brand new format, this is completly re-inventing TV as we know it.  This is the first *MAJOR* change in television since the first "Pioneer" stations signed on in the early 40's.  I dont consider the switch to color in the 60's a major change, it was pretty big, but, it didnt require a viewing nation to ditch their old sets, or purchase additional eqipment in order to still be able to view tv.

Is what Tim saying helping to delay people from switching?  I don't know, maybe, maybe not.  Keep in mind though, many people are afraid of change, also, as I've said before, times are hard, I cringe every time I get my 401k statement in the mail, I'm glad I personally dont have any money invested in the stock market.

Whats so bad about being refered too as "pioneers"? It simpy menas you are the first to do something.  The FCC only mandated broadcasters go digital, they did not say viewers had to as well.  We still have the ability to watch analog signals, and will still be able to do so for years to come.  Thosr who are at the forefront of this emerging technology are "Pioneers"
#320
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / HD Local Programming
Friday Nov 01, 2002, 11:57:00 AM
The FCC mandated that stations merely provide a digital SIGNAL As far as I know, it said nothing of programming.

In the early days, stations NEEDED to spend the capial in order to put a product on the air.  The analog cameras and studio equipment they have will work fine, and will for years to come.  

So..unless you want to pay the bills....  Give the stations a chance to start generating ad revenue to purchase all the other stuff
#321
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / Digital 12 Picture Quality
Friday Oct 25, 2002, 11:06:00 AM
 
QuoteOriginally posted by wxndave:


According to the FCC they will be running lower power than their licensed for.  So how can they claim to be full power?
(ERP):              833.  kW ERP Licensed
(ERP):              570.  kW ERP STA


"Full Power" is an FCC term, meaning that if they are broadcasting at a power level above what the FCC considers a "low" power.  It does not mean they are at full licensed power.  
#322
 
QuoteOriginally posted by mcq:
I might be dating myself... but couldn't they use squirrels in a cage to power dem ampifryers...

Naw... Squirrels made too much of a mess from their "surpluses" the 9 volt is much more efficent, and could be used for a wide variety of purposes
#323
Unfortunatly for me, it is all about ecomonics.  My personal finances are no ones business, but... I am 27, my current job may not be there in a month due to company cutbacks.  Sure, I could cancel TW, which would save me about 60/mo, but its the initial startup cost that hurts.  There is also the fact that I rent, not own, so although the landlord is a friend of mine, there is no gaurntee I could put up an antenna on the roof if needed.

You're intitled to your opinion, I'm entitled to mine.  Because of my limited budget, I cant even afford the $400 for a PC card. Would I love to?  SURE..  If I win the powerball, the first thing I'm doing is paying off the sinful, evil credit card, and then buying the biggest best DTV system I can.  I am, personally, however making the decision to not spend the money now.  You, I imagine have a second income from your significant other, I, have a roomate who pays half the rent and the utilities, but its just barely enough for me to get buy month to month, but..well thats my problem.

I am merely trying to make the point that people here need to be a little more objective, and not assume so much without knowing the facts.

I can see how you would care, weather or not DTV is on the air fully in Milwaukee, because of my situation however, at this time, I do not.  You are more biased, because you've made the investment, I have not made the investment, so even if no one was on the air right now, it doesnt hurt me.

Others in this group have compaired this to the "Chicken and the Egg", I agree..  It is.  But with the economy going down the toilet, threats of war, uneasiness since 9/11/01, republicans in the whitehouse, and any of a number of any other reasons, there is a large of majority of people who cant afford the "luxury" of DTV, at least now.  I'm sorry, a $1500 tv set is a *LUXURY*.  Analog signals will be on the air untill 2007 at *LEAST*, and while the prospect sounds extremly interesting to me, at this time, its not a viable option
#324
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Tom Snyder:
Mystery Solved!

Selzer-Ornst Co., Wauwatosa, was awarded the WVTV/WCGV television station DTV remodeling project at the American Tower Building.

As far as I know, the stations are still programed from seperate locations, they only share administrative offices.  WCGV programing originates from their studio on N 27th st, and WVTV's originates from their studio on N. 40th st.  They have seperate towers as well, VTV's on Humboldt, and CGVs on N. Holton.  This remodel is probably to consolidate into one, on either 40th or 27th.  WCGV had an app to move their transmitter somewhere, probably to the same stick VTV is on, however I'm not certain about that last part

#325
 
QuoteOriginally posted by veyj:
Time for me to jump to a conclusion.  Techboywi IS Tim Cuprisin.  ROFL

Hahhahaa..  Um... NOT

I'm just hear to offer an objective point of view, since..at this point, I dont care if Sinclair is on the air or not.  It'll be several years before I can buy HDTV equipment, for some silly reason, I find, for me, paying rent and making my car payment is a tad more importnat than being able to watch ER in HiDef.

Anyway, It is that objectivity that is giving Sincliar the benefit of the doubt.

Oh, and comparing something as trivial and non-important like when a station will be on the air with HiDef to the situation in Iraq is very immature, and does little to prove your point.

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#326
 
QuoteOriginally posted by kjarnold:
So they have 4 weeks in which to remodel the transmitter room, install the transmitter, run the cable, hang the antenna, install the studio equipment, test the damn thing and get on the air. It becomes clear why they asked for another extension. Sinclair gives J.R. Ewing a bad name.


Or maybe....they are going to be in the air by Nov. 1st, on low power untill the remodel is complete, then go full power.  don't you think it would be fair to withhold judgement, and not jump to conclusions until Nov. 1st?
#327
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / 58 Reception in HD
Wednesday Sep 18, 2002, 11:02:00 AM
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Rafiki:
If we allow the stations to not give full power how will we convince people to invest in high def?


Maybe its just a lack of content.  People on this forum complain about multi-casting, so thats not an option, once the networks, program producers, etc, can generate something that will just WOW people, and TWC adds the local stations to the channel line up, advertising dollars will start flowing in to justify turning up the power.

If they just crnak up the power without the ad revenue, Ch. 58 would most likely loose money.  If I remember correctly, a full power UHF transmitter costs somewhere around a few thousand dollars a DAY in electrical costs, I could be wrong on that though.  

If you want to foot the bill, I'm sure Jim Hall would be more than happy to talk to you
#328
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / Letter to WVTV
Friday Sep 13, 2002, 08:32:00 AM
Channel 18 does not do their own website, all Sinclair O&O'd stations that I've seen use something called "SuperCast"  The webmaster email address probably goes to someone at the service that builds/maintains the website, and no one at the station.  

A snail mail letter would have a much better chance of actually getting to someone at the station, than an email that is most likely routed to /dev/null
#329
Milwaukee HDTV Programming / WISN-DT around Mid-October
Thursday Sep 05, 2002, 11:30:00 AM
 
QuoteOriginally posted by mcq:
What does this Tim clown do for a living?? You would think that someone with his job title would be our "Davy Crockett." What a dolt......


Or maybe he cant afford to dish out whatever it is to get something setup to see whatever is out there.   Its been noted in past messages that the Journal Communications wont pay for him to have a DTV rig.  

Im still looking for someone to donate a DTV rig to me, so I can get on the bandwagon