Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

Bruce writes:
Cox announced today on their web site the upcoming launch of 6 more HD channels effective May 20th. The channels are: USA HD, Lifetime HD, CNBC HD, Bravo HD, Sci-FI HD, and Weather Channel HD.

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I was walking by a TV at work this morning and I noticed that KOCO had a crawl during Ellen that we had 315 days to go until the analog cut off. Anyone else see this?

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Any see the DTV Infomercial on KWTV Sunday morning around 11:30? I got to watch a little bit of bit but no enough to form an opinion. It looks like we are going to see a blitz of information for people to but converters if they need them.

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Barrett writes:
Cox got three new HD channels yesterday, Feb 12. Unfortunately, it looks like those of us using cablecards without Cox set-top boxes are not going to be able to get these new channels, nor will we get any additional channels added in the near future. I’m using a multistream card with my TivoHD and [...]

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Bobarino writes:

The People’s Art
“A tour of the art featured in the Oklahoma Capitol with Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Robert Henry, a Shawnee native who’s been integral in the beautification effort at the capitol building.”
I just watched this HD show on OETA.
It was excellent, first rate production.
It was about the sculpture and art of [...]

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OUSpark writes:
I was looking around on the Cox website and noticed that some areas are receiving Versus HD, Golf Channel HD, and NHL Network HD. Have you heard any talk of bringing any of these channels to the Tulsa/OKC market in the future?

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Matt writes:
Hey guys:
Can it possibly be true that KOKH-DT is <em>not</em> going to show the next-to-last new episode of <em>House</em> after the Super Bowl, to air their joke of a local newscast? They still can’t record and playback HD, as far as I know, so this means that with only two episodes of <em>House</em> [...]

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ggore writes,
KOMI-TV  24 in Woodward has announced that they will be turning their transmitter off all day on Sunday Feb 3 so that cable subscribers in Woodward, Weatherford, Clinton, Elk City, Alva, Taloga, Watonga, and others, and those with antennas, all in northwest Oklahoma, may watch the Super Bowl in HD.
From Kevin Sherrard
  This storyhas also [...]

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Tonight is a rare opportunity to really compare the picture quality between the local stations coming all from the same feed. The feed for the State of the Union Address is being produced by CBS in 1080i then the feed is pooled to the other networks. All conversions from 1080i to 720p are all done [...]

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I am seeking input from viewers who have lost the ability to view KOKH Digital in Western Oklahoma. As you know, KOMI was granted a STA to increase power from 160 watts ERP to 15kW ERP back in November 07. Since doing this, many viewers have lost the ability to view KOKH’s DTV signal. If [...]

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The analog television cut off is fast approaching so the FCC is letting everyone sign up to get $40 coupon to help pay for a DTV OTA converter box. The coupons will ship in February. You can go to https://www.dtv2009.gov/ to sign up. The boxes that you can use these coupons on are not even [...]

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Yancy writes:
Just received an e-mail response from Mark Norman, Deputy Director for OETA. I had written info@oeta.tv to ask about some bit error-induced artifacts that I was experiencing, and the fact that I could not find the OETA-HD channel despite its being listed on their digital television schedule page (after visiting [...]

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The NFL Network is going to simulcast its game tonight on NBC and CBS. This is the first the NFL has done this since Super Bowl 1. This would be a great time to see the PQ difference between the 3 networks. Now NBC and CBS are getting their feed from the NFL Network so [...]

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On Monday, PBS’ hour long newscast, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, became the second major network newscast to go HD after NBC, beating out ABC and CBS for the honor.
They have a transcript of of a story they did on the transition on their site:
The NewsHour Switches to High-Definition Broadcasting Format
I haven’t had a chance [...]

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You have seen the commercials for a few weeks now and on Nov 20th Cox released some new HD channels.
Here are the new channels…
NFL Network HD
Fox Sports HD
Discovery HD
TLC HD
Discovery Science HD
Animal Planet HD
CNN HD
Cinemax HD
You can see the entire HD list here.
http://www.cox.com/oklahoma/hdtv/hdchannels.asp 

Read: Cox Releases new HD Channels This Week »