Author Archives: 1984Poke

I’m getting serious sound problems with KWTV (OKC’s CBS affiliate) tonight while trying to watch opening tease for Navy CIS. The picture is OK but the sound is terrible–LOTS of breakups. I thought KWTV’s engineers were to have received some new equipment and gotten this sound problem resolved by now. Is it taking longer than [...]

I’m really frustrated. I’ve tried unplugging and plugging (i.e., “rebooting”) my Dish 6000 receiver twice tonight, letting it re-acquire satellite signal, etc.

I turned on my TV shortly before The West Wing tonight but was unable to get any signal at all on KFOR DT (4-01), the NBC affiliate in Okla City. I was able to get some signal from the NBC affiliate in Tulsa but it was not very strong (52-56%) and I kept losing the [...]

Does anyone else experience abnormally loud local commercials on KFOR DT (channel 4) in Oklahoma City? It seems to me that the national commercials that come directly from the NBC network are at about the same volume level as NBC’s network programming. However, the volume level of the local commercials on KFOR seem to be [...]

I’ve read so much on this topic that I’ve lost track of what to expect with KWTV so I’m asking for soemone in the know to set me straight.

After about 10 days of trading emails and playing phone tag with customer service reps from Cox Cable, I finally heard from a person in the Oklahoma Cox operation authorized to speak to me regarding when Cox Cable’s Stillwater operation would commence HD service. Answer: It’s not even on the radar screen. (That’s close to [...]

The following link will take you to an article on CableWorld’s online magazine. In today’s (10 Feb 03) issue, there is an article about Cox Cable’s operation in Oklahoma City (mostly) and in Oklahoma in general. About 1/3 of the way into the article, there are a few paragraphs about HDTV service via Cox Cable. [...]

Question for those of you in Oklahoma City using Cox: Are you limited only to using one brand and model of set top box (STB)? I believe I’ve read that what is available to you for purchase is the SA3100HD. If that’s true, is that the only unit that will work with Cox? Or may [...]