HD Locals

[Poke]

Come On Dish lets get the rest of the cities added!!

http://ekb.dbstalk.com/hdlocal.htm

Updated 8/29/06

TV Market
(click for map) Network and Channel Satellite
Albuquerque
Available 3/1/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 129°
6324 6326 6327

Atlanta
Available 3/1/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 129°
6365 6366 6367 6368

Boston
Available 2/15/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 61.5°
6318 6319 6320 6321

Chicago
Available 2/15/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 129°
6312 6313 6314 6315

Dallas
Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 110°
6383 6384 6385 6386

Denver
Available 3/1/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 129°
6330 6331 6332 6333

Detroit
Available 7/5/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 118.75°
6459 6460 6461 6462

Houston
Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 110°
6389 6390 6391 6392


Indianapolis
Uplinked 5/31/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 118.75°

Kansas City
Available 3/8/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 129°
6377 6378 6379 6380

Los Angeles
Available 2/1/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 129°
6306 6307 6308 6309
Miami

Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 110°
ABC WPLG hidden in engineering mode on 6/29, returned 7/17
6401 6402 6403 6404

Minneapolis
Available 3/1/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 129°
6347 6348 6349 6350

Nashville
Available 2/15/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 129°
6340 6341 6342 6343

New York City
Available 2/1/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 61.5°
6300 6301 6302 6303

Philadelphia
Available 3/1/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 61.5°
6353 6354 6355 6356

Phoenix
Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox KTVK 110°
6446 6447 6448 6449

Portland, OR
Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 110°
6420 6421 6422 6423

Raleigh
Uplinked 5/31/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 118.75°

Sacramento
Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox WB 110°
6395 6396 6397 6399

Salt Lake City
Available 3/1/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 129°
6372 6373 6374

San Antonio
Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 110°
6426 6427 6429

San Diego
Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 110°
6407 6408 6409

San Francisco
Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox KICU KRON 119°, 129°
6438 6439 6440 6441 (test)

Seattle
Available 5/10/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 110°
6414 6415 6416

Spokane
Available 5/4/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 110°
6432 6433 6434 6435

St. Louis
Available 7/5/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 118.75°
6453 6454 6455 6456

Washington DC
Available 3/1/06 ABC CBS NBC Fox 61.5°
6359 6360 6361 6362

Future planned markets for 2006

Cleveland Memphis
Austin
Baltimore Milwaukee Pittsburgh
Greenville, SC
Buffalo New Orleans Providence Springfield, MO
Burlington Norfolk
Charlotte Jacksonville Tulsa
Cincinnati Oklahoma City
Louisville Orlando

 

[K4LK]

Hate to sound like a broken record, but I live in the 13th largest DMA and we're not even on the list Instead, smaller markets like Raleigh and San Diego are already active??? I don't understand. Sure would like to be able to record two or three HD locals simultaneously on my 622.

 

[Su Meri]

I'm with ya. I can't believe some of the cities that are on that list and here in Vegas nothing?
Come on...I am losing patience

 

[JPointerWI]

Hate to sound like a broken record, but I live in the 13th largest DMA and we're not even on the list Instead, smaller markets like Raleigh and San Diego are already active??? I don't understand. Sure would like to be able to record two or three HD locals simultaneously on my 622.

The decision to add HD locals was based on several factors.
1 - they can only uplink so many HD channels from a given region
2 - the availability of HD OTA in that market (ie in some areas the entire DMA or nearly the entire DMA can receive the OTA signal with a set top antenna, in other places like Milwaukee there are parts of the city that can not receive an OTA signal without a very large antenna)
3 - the ability for the stations in a DMA to give them a digital feed, not pick it up from an off air antenna
4 - got a quarter ?

 

[foghorn2]

I'm with ya. I can't believe some of the cities that are on that list and here in Vegas nothing?
Come on...I am losing patience

In Vegas it really easy to pick up HDs using some OTA antennas, indoor and outdoor.

 

[Fgsilva]

Why not Fox??

Not that I watch it that much anyway, but why in some areas like Sacramento we still don't get Fox for both Dish and Directtv? The fourth station with Dish is the WB and for direct is UPN (soon to become CW) and BOTH don't have Fox!

 

[BFG]

Poke do you think you could refrain from posting that every couple of weeks, tis quite annoying

Dish is only adding 3 more markets this year. Live with it.

 

[pajer]

what three?

 

[jcrash]

three? it says there are a lot more on that final list than 3.

 

[waltinvt]

Yea, let's see that list again Poke.

Just kidding

 

[redman042]

Yeah, something's wrong with the list for Sacramento. The only channels available in HD are ABC, CBS, NBC and WB. Fox and UPN (CW) are not, and I get the feeling that's WAY down at the bottom of Dish's priority list. They are more concerned with adding other cities than getting a few more Sac locals in HD. Plus I've read that Fox has not at all been cooperative in contract negotiations with Dish. They are not really interested in getting uplinked.

 

[Su Meri]

In Vegas it really easy to pick up HDs using some OTA antennas, indoor and outdoor.

Thanks foghorn, do you happen to know a good indoor antenna that picks up local hd's?
I have now tried a bunch of indoor and outdoor and cannot get a consitent signal. I refuse to put a big old fashion antenna on my roof. If there is something indoor that works I will give it a try.

 

[oggusfoo]

Su Meri,
I was worried about getting good reception so I bought a $80 Terk from Circuit City that would only pick up UHF stations. I was sacrificing ABC to pick up the others clearly, or so I thought. I found an old set of rabbit ears and swapped it out so I could see Dancing. These old pieces get a fairly strong ~68/100 and they are nothing special. It probably isn't correctly alligned and the station is 33 miles away in a dark blue area according to antennaweb.org . Both these antennas are indoors, but the one I bought has hardware to mount indoors or on a pole outside.

A question appended to this reply, can I set it up so both antennas are connected at the same time? They need to be pointed in slightly different directions (26 degrees for the new one and 57 for the ABC station). Thanks.

 

[osu1991]

I have now tried a bunch of indoor and outdoor and cannot get a consitent signal. I refuse to put a big old fashion antenna on my roof. If there is something indoor that works I will give it a try.

Get a small outdoor and put it in your attic if you don't want it on your roof. You will probably have to aim it between the the two towers since it appears the Vegas stations are in two slightly different directions. From your posts it sounds as if multipath is probably your problem and an indoor antenna just doesn't work very well in those conditions unless you want to constantly be adjusting it.