Author Archives: cisco

Directv HD Receiver Question

Posted By: cisco on April 22, 2006

I’ve got an old Directv HD reciever…a Hughes E86…has an off-air tuner for locals in HD…and I just sold my Panasonic 53 inch rear projection to my buddy…no tuner…He does not have Directv but can we use the old receiver to get locals? Cisco

Categorized as: Equipment | 2 Comments

DirecTV???

Posted By: cisco on April 13, 2006

So i’m finally moving in a few weeks to the new casa north of Edmond! I’ve got Directv and called them to install the new dish and move service. I pre-wired my house so all they have to do is slap the new dish on the roof. I asked for the new 5 LNB dish [...]

Categorized as: Oklahoma City | 7 Comments

Signal Question???

Posted By: cisco on September 13, 2005

Hello all…I’m building a new home about 2 miles north of the intersection of Waterloo & Sooner Rd. just north of Edmond. The house will sit west of I-35 off of Sooner Rd. Should I be worried about signal issues with any of the OKC digital signals? I know this forum is for HDTV talk [...]

Categorized as: Sightings | 3 Comments

Monday Night Football

Posted By: cisco on September 13, 2005

Did anyone notice the dropouts last night on KOCO during MNF. The picture would freeze then switch to a SD picture…then about 10 seconds later it would switch back to HD…is this at a local level or is this from the network? I’m at NW 63rd & Rockwell and lately I’ve had audio dropouts from [...]

Categorized as: Oklahoma City | 4 Comments

KWTV Sunday NFL Coverage

Posted By: cisco on October 24, 2004

I have the NFL Sunday Ticket and was looking forward to watching the Colts/Jags game Sunday…It was being shown in OKC on KWTV which has shown CBS NFL coverage in HD before. I’m curious why they didn’t broadcast the game in HD…It was being offered on the Sunday Ticket HD coverage. I called KWTV and [...]

Categorized as: Oklahoma City | 2 Comments

TIVO ?

Posted By: cisco on September 22, 2004

Not HD related but was wondering if anyone has an answer! I’ve got 2 Directv Tivo’s at home and was wondering if anyone has heard when or if Directv will let us network them like the stand alone Tivo Series2…I think it’s BS that they are so behind on this…Maybe someone knows a fix. Hit [...]

Categorized as: Equipment | 5 Comments

Directv HD Lineup

Posted By: cisco on July 1, 2004

What’s the latest with Directv and the addition of more HD channels like TNT-HD, StarzHD, Cinemax HD, Encore HD, Bravo HD and others? I know they launched a satellite recently, but nothing yet. I think they could really step it up and lead the HDTV push! Sunday Ticket is gonna be hot this season with [...]

Categorized as: Programming | 7 Comments

OKC Fox 25 & WB

Posted By: cisco on April 8, 2004

I heard from some of the sales dept. at Fox/WB OKC that they are going TRUE digital in a few weeks, maybe a month…Don’t know for sure but that’s just what I heard…I work at Citadel Broadcasting in OKC…so I try to get as much info as I can on HD stuff from local TV [...]

Categorized as: Oklahoma City | 2 Comments

Help

Posted By: cisco on December 2, 2003

Is it just me, but I cannot get KOCB-DT WB OKC, KOKH-DT FOX, and KFOR-DT second channel…i was getting FOX at one time but it since has disappeared…i have the hughes directv reciever and the long TERK antenna…I have moved that thing everywhere to get the signals…I live close to Rockwell & Expressway in OKC…i [...]

Categorized as: Oklahoma City | 2 Comments