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15979
Multipath is a possibility. Not sure what you are using but directional UHF-only antennas mounted outdoors and properly aimed work best. It's worth noting...
Bob
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Feb 1, 2005
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15980
... You were seeing a letterboxed movie (hence the bars on the top and bottom), upconverted from a 4x3 picture to a 16x9 picture (hence the "pillar box" bars...
mhensley_sj
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Feb 1, 2005
8:20 am
15981
In other words, Dirty War was not shown in HD....
eric ullman
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Feb 1, 2005
2:30 pm
15982
Ditto. Bob recently took care of my 55" Mitsu and it has never looked better! Paul Bouchard, Castro Valley...
unwombat
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Feb 1, 2005
4:51 pm
15983
For those interested in Blu-ray and HD-DVD, these wikipedia.org links do an excellent job of summarizing the two HD disc formats: Blu-ray: ...
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Feb 1, 2005
5:13 pm
15984
Is there anyhting i can do to combat multipathing or the cliff edge effect? would some kind of amplifier do it or is the only option to get a new antenna (the...
crippe420
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Feb 1, 2005
5:24 pm
15985
... Not at all. 24 looked great in OTA HD down here in San Jose....
scottc6666
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Feb 1, 2005
5:47 pm
15986
... You need something with some directivity. The antenna you have is probably an omni-directional one, which is receiving signals from all directions....
Larry Kenney
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Feb 1, 2005
7:42 pm
15987
Well my crappy antenna just ain't cutting it. 5 days before the superbowl and I can't seem to get a good lock on KTVU-DT. Does anyone know of a place near...
crippe420
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Feb 1, 2005
7:54 pm
15988
You do not necessarily have to have direct line of sight. If you are far enough back from the mountain, it will still work. UHF just takes a large distance...
Chris Rempel
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Feb 1, 2005
8:58 pm
15989
... The antennas sold by Radio Shack seem to do a good job. Most of the local dealers carry a supply of antennas at their stores. Larry SF...
Larry Kenney
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Feb 1, 2005
9:02 pm
15990
Yes... "You were seeing a letterboxed movie ... upconverted from a 4x3 picture to a 16x9 picture" ... on ... and...
mhensley_sj
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Feb 1, 2005
9:38 pm
15991
I seem to have lost all signals from Sutro tower. 2,4,5,7 & 9 . Anyone else? Don...
Don May
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Feb 1, 2005
9:58 pm
15992
... I assume you mean the HD signals.... Sutro is doing maintenance on the Digital antenna system today... - Don...
Don Hackler
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Feb 1, 2005
10:01 pm
15993
Don, Yes, the HD signals, Thanks for letting me know. Don ... From: Don Hackler To: HDTV-in-SFbay@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:01 PM ...
Don May
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Feb 1, 2005
10:06 pm
15994
From Tina, one of the CSRs at Astound Cable: "Engineers are working hard to enable KTVU-HD by Sunday in time for the Superbowl. That is the hope, but there is...
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Feb 1, 2005
11:22 pm
15995
Quick question, does anyone on this forum have the Scientific Atlantic 8300HD (HD DVR) provided by Astound Cable? If so, have you tried connecting the box to...
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Feb 2, 2005
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15996
right now, only possibility is dumping the data onto a D-VHS machine via firewire... ... -- Leo G. Divinagracia III ldivinag@... zzzzz...
Leo G. Divinagracia III
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Feb 2, 2005
12:46 am
15997
Hi Blaine I just got Astound with the HD 8300 DVR, mainly for the superbowl While it does have HDMI, it is turned off. I have to say I compared the HD with...
kenneth leather
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Feb 2, 2005
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15998
Oh well I tried too Kenny considerate_guy@... wrote: From Tina, one of the CSRs at Astound Cable: "Engineers are working hard to enable KTVU-HD by Sunday...
kenneth leather
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Feb 2, 2005
1:09 am
15999
Thanks for the HDMI update. I've escalated it up the ladder at Astound because I already have all my component inputs populated with a DVD player and a game...
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Feb 2, 2005
1:27 am
16000
Dan, Larry is right. The antenna you are using is far from the best. I don't recall that you said what your location was but considering what you are able to...
Bob
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Feb 2, 2005
2:26 am
16001
All Sutro DTV transmitters will be off tomorrow, Wednesday, as well, starting around 8am until approximately 4pm-5pm. They will be back on the air earlier if...
Bob
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Feb 2, 2005
2:38 am
16002
Astound is working on signal delivery. Astound has service in Concord and Walnut Creek. Comcast might be an option if you live in Concord but if you live in...
Bob
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Feb 2, 2005
2:45 am
16003
I decided to make the switch from Directv to Comcast when I got my new HDTV in order to get the local channels in HD over cable. Today, the installation guy...
jeffkahn
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Feb 2, 2005
3:04 am
16004
Why don't you go Directv. I paid for the sunday ticket and got all the games in HD, except for the local teams. Next year they should have all local hd. ...
kenneth leather
kltazman
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Feb 2, 2005
3:05 am
16005
I have started to get Fox HD on channel 702 in Santa Clara, CA (zip 95051) since last Thursday (01/27). ... Systems ... as ... yahoo@m...>...
papillon_xcape
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Feb 2, 2005
3:11 am
16006
Richard, I am wondering why you expect coverage to be better once you move to Bruno. Are you going to increase power? I live in Fremont and am the same...
Larry and Martha Kree...
kreegers
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Feb 2, 2005
3:12 am
16007
Mike, I wrote to Tim Goodman at the SF Chronicle to see if he can bring some visibility and pressure to get this issue with FOX-HD resolved and he wrote back...
husson1
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Feb 2, 2005
3:12 am
16008
Now that comcast added FOX in its HD line up in Bay area i was wondering when they are planning to Add WB in HD? Anybody has any insight on this?...
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