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Channels 34′s lame Big 12 Coverage

Earlier this year I noticed KOCB carrying an OU basketball game in HD and I was encouraged that they might have purchased the equipment to carry the Big 12 Network package in HD. Apparently, that is not the case and it’s actually worse than last year when the picture quality of the 4×3 SD images was just terrible. This year, at least for this game, they’re taking the HD feed from ESPN and converting it to standard definition so that the picture is window boxed with black bars on all four sides.

I hope this is just a one-time glitch, but if not, then I’m not sure why they wasted their money buying the rights for these games.

Categorized as: Oklahoma City | 5 Comments

Jeopardy in HD on KFOR-DT

Not being much of a Jeopardy fan, I didn’t notice that it is now being broadcast in HD at 3:30 p.m. weekdays on KFOR-DT

Categorized as: Oklahoma City, Programming | 4 Comments

KTUL news goes HD

doublej reported over the weekend:

KTUL finally made the switch this morning to HD for their news and studio programming. Looks like the field reporters are still using SD equipment.

How many stations does that make in Tulsa that now do news in HD?

Categorized as: News, Tulsa | 5 Comments

Updates

Matt’s post last night in the forums prompted me to give this site a little long overdue love. While I’m sure he was probably just ranting, I appreciate his sentiments and wanted them to be seen.

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Categorized as: Administration | 1 Comment

Which ATT U-verse LCD TV pkg has Fashion TV?

On March 21, 2011, Richard Ruffin wrote:

Which ATT U-verse LCD TV pkg has Fashion TV?
I need that channel on yhe u-Verse service

Categorized as: Programming, Tulsa | 2 Comments

Tulsa DTV Stations Out of Date

On April 13, 2011, Stephen Balch wrote:

The station information for DTV Stations Tulsa, OK is way out of date. For instance, WB and UPN no longer even exist. How complicated can it be to update the station information for Tulsa once a year or so? Here is some information to get you stared.

Tulsa DTV (Those I can currently receive (almost)!)

Network   Station    DTV(RF)    Channel        Other Sub channels
NBC       KJRH-DT     8         2.1(KJRH)       2.2(KJRH-SD, Weather)
CBS       KOTV-DT     45        6.1(KOTV-HD)    6.2(KOTV-CW)    6.3(Newson6)
ABC       KTUL-DT     10        8.1(KTUL-HD)    8.2(KTUL-WX, Weather)    8.3(RTV Net)
PBS       KOED-DT     11        11.1(KOEDDT1)   11.2(KOEDDT2, OKLA)
RelFrk    KDOR-D1     17        17.1(KDOR-D1)   17.2(KDOR-D2)    17.3(KDOR-D)    17.4(KDOR-D4)    17.5(KDOR-D5)
CW        KQCW HD     20        19.1(KQCD HD)   19.2(ThisTV)
FOX       KOKI-DT     22        23.1(KOKIDT)    22.4(?, "KOKI DT 23.2")
RSU       KRSC        36        35.1(KRSC-SD)   35.2(KRSC-HD)
RelFrk    K40KC-D     40        40.1(K40KC-D)   40.2(3ABN-PR)    40.3(3ABN-ES)    40.4(3ABN-RD, Audio Only)
MyTV      KMYT        42        41.1(KMYTDT)    41.2(KMYTDT)
ION       KTPX-DT     28        44.1(ION)       44.2(qubo)    44.3(IONLife)
RelFrk    KWHB        47        47.1(KWHB-DT)   47.2(KWHB-D2)
RelFrk    KXAP        51        51.1(KXAP-ID)    ---
RelFrk    KGEB        49        53.1(KGEB-DT)    ---

RSU (KRSC) is Rogers State University, Claremore, OK, another PBS-like channel with a lot of Canadian (CBC) and BBC programming.

UPN KTFO-DT NO LONGER EXISTS, now KQCW.
WB KWBT-DT NO LONGER EXISTS, now KMYT.

RelFrk = Religious Freaks/SCAM Artists networks

Reception depends VERY MUCH on the current weather! ABC, KTUL-DT, 10/8.1 is poor most of the time and always has been. RSU, KRSC, 36/35.1(KRSC-SD)/35.2(KRSC-HD) fades in and out but is especially bad in wet weather. I have blocked the RelFrk/SCAM Artists channels so I don’t care how poor their reception is.

Thanks to Stephen for the update. Kevin and I have never really had anyone in Tulsa to confirm station changes. We’ll try to get the information from Tulsa updated soon…

Categorized as: Tulsa | 2 Comments

Cox Distributing Whole Home DVR

On March 23, 2011, Jay Newton Wrote:

Cox is distributing the Whole Home DVR in OKC now. It costs an extra $5.95 a month with a $80 install fee. The wait right now is 1 month. They won’t allow self-installs. Link follows.

http://ww2.cox.com/residential/oklahomacity/tv/plus-package.cox?campcode=xl_tv_1_wholehomedvr_1210

I believe that Dish and DirecTV both offer similar functionality in their offerings.

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TV Programming Guide

On January 29, 2011, Joe Seaton asked:

Where can i find a television guide for the local over-the-air channels?

Personally, I use TitanTV to program my EyeTV box that I use for recording. The EyeTV software no longer officially supports TitanTV and recommends a subscription to TV Guide, which I’m too cheap to purchase, but since the EyeTV software still unofficially supports TitanTV record documents I can still manually use it.

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Moore Warren Theater to get I-MAX 3D

I am a big fan of the Moore Warren Theater. It is the only movie theater I go to anymore. So I was excited to learn that the Moore Warren Theater is going to build 4000 square foot IMAX 3D theater in the north end of the theater. Bill Warren in a news conference today said it will be the largest in Oklahoma. The new theater will open December 2011 with new Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol movie.

newsok.com

Warren Theater Press Release

Categorized as: 3D, News, Oklahoma City, Programming | Leave a comment

KFOR-DT Off Air Tonight for Maintenance

KFOR-DT on Dish, DirecTV and over the air will be off air starting at 10:30 PM tonight for maintenance on their transmitter. They hope to be back up by 5:00 AM tomorrow morning. If you are on Cox or AT&T Uverse you will be still be able to KFOR-DT.

Categorized as: Cable TV, News, Oklahoma City, Programming, Satellite, U-Verse | 2 Comments

KWTV to repurpose News Now 53

On April 1, Griffin Communications will take over operation of NewsNow 53 from Cox Communications, and will re-brand it as News 9 Now, placing it on digital broadcast channel 9.2 as part of their off-air signal. This will allow all cable operators to take advantage of the NewsNow concept, and allow all off-air viewers to see it as well. This will also give KWTV an additional outlet for weather coverage, taking pressure off their main 9.1 signal in times of severe weather coverage, according to information from Griffin Television.

Update April 1, 2011: Channel 9.2 has be renamed to News 9 Now. Can anyone tell a difference in the picture quality of 9.1?

Categorized as: Programming | 28 Comments

Blizzard of 2011 – HD Weather Closings

One of the problems with being first to market is that your gear gets old before the stations that waited to buy their equipment. Perhaps it’s just me, but I find KFOR’s weather graphics offensive because they take up half the screen with big ugly blue graphics. I recorded The Cape last night and am going to have to try and track down that episode on the internet because it’s not watchable with that much blue on the screen.

KOCO is better with it’s blue crawl at the bottom of the screen, but I like the more subtle approach that KWTV took with white letters on black that don’t overpower what you’re trying to watch.

What about stations in other parts of the state? Does Tulsa have it together?

Categorized as: Oklahoma City, Opinion, Production | 17 Comments

KOKI HD Newscast

I have seen posts on AVSForum and Twitter that KOKI-DT’s newscast will go HD tonight. No word yet on syndicated programming.

Categorized as: Cable TV, Programming, Tulsa, U-Verse | 2 Comments

ESPN 3D Going All Day

ESPN 3D is going to be a 24/7 network starting February 14 with repeats of 3D in between live events. The national championship game will be in 3D as well as a special edition of College Football Live from the CES show floor Jan 7th.

Press Release

Categorized as: 3D, Programming, Satellite | 1 Comment

2011

In September 2011, this site will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Who would have thought that less than 10 years later, Wheel of Fortune would be in HD on KOCO-DT, along with a number of other syndicated shows, including Seinfeld on KWTV-DT.

Categorized as: Oklahoma City, Programming | 24 Comments
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