Additional Seattle HD locals?

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hmss007

Discussion Starter · Jul 28, 2008

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this - if not, please direct me to the right place.

Has there been any information on adding HD locals with the new satellite going live soon? Specifically, I'd love to see the following Seattle station go HD (so I can get rid of my OTA antenna). I'm in zip code 98012 - Snohomish, County.

Ch. 11 (The CW) - Smallville, Supernatural, etc.

Thanks

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litzdog911

· #2 · Jul 29, 2008

Nothing has been announced. But I think it's a safe bet we see it added eventually. I think that KCTS9 will likely be our next addition.

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pecocus

· #3 · Jul 29, 2008

Based on the rumblings about PBS, I think you're right about the order of things. But as we've seen CW being added around the country, I would assume 11 is in the plans.

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skyboysea

· #4 · Jul 29, 2008

We might see something new after 9/1 when Directv switches the locals from analog to digital.

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bobnielsen

· #5 · Jul 29, 2008

litzdog911 said:
Nothing has been announced. But I think it's a safe bet we see it added eventually. I think that KCTS9 will likely be our next addition.

I'd like to see KBTC (28) carried in HD also, but I recall seeing something earlier about only one PBS HD station per DMA.

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bobnielsen

· #6 · Jul 29, 2008

skyboysea said:
We might see something new after 9/1 when Directv switches the locals from analog to digital.

That will hopefully improve the SD quality a bit, although compression will still be an issue. I doubt it would involve subchannels, because it should have no impact on bandwidth.

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skyboysea

· #7 · Jul 29, 2008

bobnielsen said:
That will hopefully improve the SD quality a bit, although compression will still be an issue.

I sure hope so. I have not watched PBS for over one year because the picture quality is so bad.

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bobnielsen

· #8 · Jul 29, 2008

skyboysea said:
I sure hope so. I have not watched PBS for over one year because the picture quality is so bad.

Yeah. I can get 9-1 OTA, but 28 is really poor.

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