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Viewer demand worked at alleviating a frustrating situation for Me-TV fans in NE Upstate New York and Vermont. Last year, WPTZ shoehorned the CW network on to subchannel 5.2, where Me-TV had been going solo for only a few months since it had launched on the station. Viewers were NOT happy. Well, WPTZ listened. Beginning September 15th, Me-TV will be available solely on 5.3. It should be noted that WPTZ and other Burlington-Plattsburgh stations get significant viewership from nearby Montreal, Canada's second largest TV market.

YOU SPOKE, WE LISTENED. WPTZ is excited to announce that starting on September 15, MeTV will be on channel 5.3. That's right, folks! MeTV will be it's own channel with expanded programming.

And for all you CW fans, the network will remain on 5.2 and also offer expanded programming!
http://www.wptz.com/entertainment/w...-programming-of-two-popular-networks/27644264
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Kraven
Scanned in the new channels. Unfortunately CW is a "sweet" 480i 4x3
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I am glad to hear this. I am moving here in two days. There is no logical reason why WPTZ doesn't put CW on WNNE 31-1 and put NBC on 31-2 and add MeTV to the WNNE signal. It is a complete waste to have the exact same thing twice on satellite...

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If you have the AM21 tuner with DirecTV, add secondary zip as Brownsville TX and you'll get accurate guide info and MeTV on 5-3.

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Scanned in the new channels. Unfortunately CW is a "sweet" 480i 4x3

It doesn't look that bad. And CW 5-2 is SD 16:9.

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Kraven
Ok guys, here's the deal:

WPTZ 5.1
reported resolution: 1920x1080 (16:9)
effective resolution: 1920x1080 (16:9)
audio stream 1: ac3 5chan 384kbps
audio stream 2: AC3 stereo, 192 kbps
4 subtitle streams
WPTZ 5.2
reported resolution: 720x480 (3:2)
effective resolution: 854x480 (16:9)
audio stream 1: AC3 stereo, 192 kbps
4 subtitle streams
WPTZ 5.3
reported resolution: 720x480 (3:2)
effective resolution: 720x540 (4:3)
audio stream 1: AC3 stereo, 192 kbps
4 subtitle streams

Depending on how smart your gear is, the displayed picture format ratio may either be determined based on the resolution reported in the video stream or based on the effective resolution (the actual size of the picture). In the case of the CW, the actual picture is 854x480, which can be scaled to fully fill an HDTV screen horizontally and vertically, without distorting the picture.

For what it's worth, this means that the picture of Me TV 5.3 is actually sharper (more lines of resolution) than the CW 5.2.
Scott Greczkowski
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Show and Tell - Al Wilson
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On with the Show - The Rolling Stones
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The Show Must Go On - Pink Floyd
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Bobby
If Love Must Go - Dobie Gray
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Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Van
Van
Last reply · posted in What's Cooking?
Who says dinner or lunch has to be the only good meals of the day?

Honey butter grits with scrambled eggs and grilled boneless pork ribs on flakey biscuits washed down with cranberry juice.
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dfergie
Dos cackleberrys over easy on top of 2 corned beef hash patties fried in skillet... Chocolate milk.
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Cold morning today, only 32 degrees. Fired up the oven and made cinnamon rolls (from a tube) and a pot of coffee.
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2 egg burrito with bacon and a side of hashbrowns. Coffee.

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TRG
Breakfast Quesadillas. Grilled flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, hash browns, chopped green chile, cheddar & Jack cheese and bacon. Coffee.

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Bobby
Taco omelette. 3 eggs, taco meat from yesterday, diced green chilis, cheddar cheese, chopped red onion, avocado, black olives, chopped tomato, La Victoria Salsa Brava.

This one was really, really good!
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osu1991
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
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sdfntx
Sorry to hear this. R.I.P.
FTA4PA
R.I.P.
dishstaller
My Mom was a huge McMillan & Wife fan.

RIP
dfergie
Mcmillan and wife was where I remember her from, R.I.P. ...
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R.I.P.
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Some of the channels start next week.

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comfortably_numb
My favorite is probably Holiday Pops.
TRG
TRG
It's not even Halloween yet.
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I like the Jimmy Fallon channel. This will be its third year. I like that it's all fresh each year. Also fun when he pops on live from time to time.
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

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Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.