I don't know what is going on where you are but here in florida I hit 2-1 on the remote and get what is on analog 2 but in digital. I hit 2-2 and get the NBC local weather.
I don't know what all of the stress is over this. I think digital tv is great and this should have been done a long time ago. My father-in-law refuses to get cable or anything like that so we gave him money towards a new TV a few months ago for his birthday. He went from getting 3 stations that were OK to watch and maybe 8 more that either were things that people don't want to watch or so fuzzy that I would rather have a root canal than try to watch it, to 31 stations and growing that are crystal clear. Top that off with the fact that he loves PBS and now has 5 PBS stations. So no matter what happens to the spectrum the overall result is going to be good for everyone. I personally think that the whole issue of making sure that everyone has time to get new TVs or set top boxes and the possibility of subsidies to help people pay for set top boxes is bogus. No one gave me a free CD player when they stopped making tapes. No one gave out free FM radios when 90% of the content moved off of AM. You can get a SD 13" TV with a digital tuner for $99 and I for one would rather watch that than a 20" fuzzy analog tuner. That is what I put in my daughter's room because I didn't want to pay for another DirecTV box for her room and she is happy with it. Also guess what she is 9 and has no problems working the 2-1 style tuner. Vern On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:47:11 -0500 MCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Along those lines... > > If they are broadcasting one HDTV channel, can they have >only two other > SD channels? > > The translation doesn't do any good since you need to >know the real > channel number before you can see their 'alias'. But, as >I said - > confusion since Channel 2 is transmitting on Channel 25. >People will > have to know to enter 25 initially to get channel 2. > > Kinda like taking my 440 repeater and calling it >"frequency 146.97" > > Joe M. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Stations want to identify by their old channel #. They >>have spent >> years telling you to tune to Channel 4 or what ever. >> The computer in your television set reading the digital >>code from the >> stations will take the channel 4 information and >>translate it to the >> correct UHF channel such as in Tucson Channel 23. This >>special code >> is called the PSIP code and contains other information >>such as program >> playing and a TV guide for that channel. Also a lot >>other info. It >> also tells the set if there is more than one program >>stream such as >> 4-2 might be weather, 4-3 traffic cam etc. Current >>equipment will >> allow up to 4 std def channels in one Hi Def space. >> Ralph >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >> From: MCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Many of my local channels are using tags that have the >>ANALOG >> channel >> > name. For example, while KDKA TV-2 DTV is on channel >>25, the tag is >> 2-1 >> > which is what you enter to see that channel. Either >>they are going >> to >> > move back to channel 2 or things are going to get even >>more >> confusing if >> > you have a channel 25 station you have to enter 2-1 >>when there is no >> > channel 2. What happens when a DTV channel 2 comes >>along (if that >> should >> > ever happen)? >> > >> > 4 (I forget their DTV channel) is using 4-1 and 4-2. >>11 is using >> 11-1, >> > 11-2, and 11-3. >> > >> > Joe M. >> > >> > Ben wrote: >> > > >> > > Here is a good list of what the channels will be >>like when the >> analog >> > > shuts off: >> > > http://www.w9wi.com/dtvch/dtvch.html >> > > Many are going back to their original VHF channel. >>Here in >> Bowling >> > > Green, KY it looks like channel 13 will turn off >>their digital >> that >> > > is on 33 now and stay on the old analog channel 13 >>as DTV. In >> > > Nashville channels 4,5 & 8 will stay on VHF. >> > > >> > > If you haven't tried to rx DTV yet it's time you >>did. I can watch >> > > channels now in studio quality that in analog are >>almost >> unwatchable >> > > by todays standards. HD signals are very nice too! >>It's easy to >> pick >> > > these channels up with the antenna you have up now >>and the cost is >> > > just going to do down from here. All TV's sold today >>are required >> to >> > > have DTV tuners. Go to Walmart and look. >> > > >> > > Several channels in Nashville are running up to 4 or >>more services >> on >> > > one channel. Here in Bowling Green Channel 40-1 is >>NBC, 40-2 is >> CBS, >> > > 13-1 is ABC, 13-2 is FOX, 13-3 is UPN(or what ever >>they call >> > > theirselves today), 53-1 to 53-6 are Kentucky >>Educational >> Television >> > > channels. They run PBS HD on 53-4...so many stations >>are >> broadcasting >> > > more than one service in that 6 MHz. >> > > >> > > Ben >> > > W4WSM >> > > >> > > >> > > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Off Topic (but with >>on topic questions):NTIA propaganda >> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:12:02 +0000 >> From: MCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Many of my local channels are using tags that have the >>ANALOG channel >> name. For example, while KDKA TV-2 DTV is on channel 25, >>the tag is >> 2-1 >> which is what you enter to see that channel. Either they >>are going to >> move back to channel 2 or things are going to get even >>more confusing >> if >> you have a channel 25 station you have to enter 2-1 when >>there is no >> channel 2. What happens when a DTV channel 2 comes along >>(if that >> should >> ever happen)? >> >> 4 (I forget their DTV channel) is using 4-1 and 4-2. 11 >>is using 11-1, >> 11-2, and 11-3. >> >> Joe M. >> >> Ben wrote: >> > >> > Here is a good list of what the channels will be like >>when the >> analog >> > shuts off: >> > http://www.w9wi.com/dtvch/dtvch.html >> > Many are going back to their original VHF channel. >>Here in Bowling >> > Green, KY it looks like channel 13 will turn off their >>digital that >> > is on 33 now and stay on the old analog channel 13 as >>DTV. In >> > Nashville channels 4,5 & 8 will stay on VHF. >> > >> > If you haven't tried to rx DTV yet it's time you did. >>I can watch >> > channels now in studio quality that in analog are >>almost unwatchable >> > by todays standards. HD signals are very nice too! >>It's easy to pick >> > these channels up with the antenna you have up now and >>the cost is >> > just going to do down from here. All TV's sold today >>are required to >> > have DTV tuners. Go to Walmart and look. >> > >> > Several channels in Nashville are running up to 4 or >>more services >> on >> > one channel. Here in Bowling Green Channel 40-1 is >>NBC, 40-2 is CBS, >> > 13-1 is ABC, 13-2 is FOX, 13-3 is UPN(or what ever >>they call >> > theirselves today), 53-1 to 53-6 are Kentucky >>Educational Television >> > channels. They run PBS HD on 53-4...so many stations >>are >> broadcasting >> > more than one service in that 6 MHz. >> > >> > Ben >> > W4WSM >> > >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> >
