HD Locals In Columbus, OH

[RIRWIN1983]

WBNS should be up tomarrow according to my e-mail.:

we shall see young one lol

 

[landlocked]

My PQ is pretty good. I had issues the first day or two with audio being out of sync on my H20 units. Haven't checked it in a couple of weeks tho.

 

[lbostons]

Do you all have CBS now?

 

[robbiee19]

Do you all have CBS now?

No I don't have CBS

 

[directvfreak]

WBNS (10) is ON!!!!! Columbus is all set and running! (And it is on time too... What a suprize!)

 

[shaun-ohio]

yep got everything now but pbs, wb and 51, the pic quality is awesome,

 

[robbiee19]

yep we need pbs, wb and 51. hopefully in the next year. WBNS looked good!

 

[jabroni]

I did a comparison yesterday between NBC Columbus and NBC New York during the afternoon hockey game and there was no contest. NBC Columus was bright, sharp, crisp and clean while the NY feed (channel 82) was dull, less colorful, less vibrant and seemingly muted. We really have been screwed by Direct's manipulation of the HD signal. I cannot measure the resolution of the HD l get for the Columbus HD locals, but I am pretty sure that I was seeing the difference in 1920x1080 versus 1280x1080 and the bandwisths constraints thereof.

Whenever I do comparisons of the 720p stations (Fox and ABC) I really do not see much difference, primarily because Direct is not altering those resolutions.

 

[landlocked]

I agree 100% - the CMH NBC primetime quality blows the NY NBC feed out of the water. I imagine that's because, in part, that channel is using MPEG-2?

 

[JAG72]

I agree 100% - the CMH NBC primetime quality blows the NY NBC feed out of the water. I imagine that's because, in part, that channel is using MPEG-2?

Being MPEG2 or MPEG4 should not make any difference. The difference would wether D* is sending a true HD signal or if they are sending it in HD Lite.

 

[robbiee19]

What I compared was my the D* signal to the OTA signal and they both looked the same to me. D*'s signal was to the OTA.