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KFOR Weather Channel

Posted By: pogopogo on March 10, 2004

KFOR (Channel 4 in OKC) just had a brief piece on the noon news about their all weather digital subchannel, 4.2. They are calling it the 4Warn Forecast Channel and they plan to discuss some of their plans for the channel on the 6:00 PM newscast in case any of you are interested. They claim [...]

Categorized as: Oklahoma City | 4 Comments

Cox Install

Posted By: pogopogo on November 11, 2003

The tech just completed my Cox HD installation. Things went fairly smooth but they’re not going to integrate the STB with your complete system, of course. After the tech left I hooked up the component video to switch through my receiver. Also, I added my TiVo to the video chain. There was nothing special about [...]

Categorized as: Oklahoma City | 30 Comments

Cox to sell HD cable boxes?

Posted By: pogopogo on September 26, 2002

I ran across the following article on the Cox site about their rollout of HDTV in Phoenix. It looks like they are selling the set-top boxes for $500 to those who sign up for the service. “Cox is selling Scientific Atlanta 3100 HD converters for $499.95 and is installing the boxes for a one-time charge [...]

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College Football on KSBI

Posted By: pogopogo on September 24, 2002

When I turned on my HD receiver to check out Crossing Jordan is was shocked to see the Northwestern vs. Navy game on the KSBI feed of HDNet. While not really two teams I am interested in seeing, the picture quality makes HDTV the only way to watch sporting events. Is this something we can [...]

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Triple Crown in HD

Posted By: pogopogo on May 1, 2002

Just saw over on the AVS Forum that the VISA Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Horse Racing will be broadcast in HD by HDNet and NBC affiliates. The first race is Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. Anyone know if KFOR (and/or KJRH) plan to broadcast? I’m not a big horse racing fan, but if it’s in HD I’m [...]

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More HD Programming On The Way?

Posted By: pogopogo on April 4, 2002

FCC Chief Proposes Moves to Speed Digital TV Rollout (Yahoo) (FCC Chairman) Powell urged the four major broadcast networks and two premium movie channels to offer high-definition or other digital programming during at least half of their prime-time schedules starting this fall. Now if we can just get the local stations to broadcast the signal.

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