Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

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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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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Shelly writes:
What’s the deal with FOX 23 in Tulsa? I have a Samsung FREE OTA receiver for HDTV, hooked up to a JVC HD TV which has my old huge antenna in the attic hooked up to the Samsung OTA set top box. I am using the same HDMI cable. I’ve had it since May. [...]

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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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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 

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Phillip writes:
KOTV will be having a DTV “Q and A” on Saturday.
http://www.kotv.com/special/dtv/
Someone should ask them when they will finally add Dolby 5.1 audio since everyone else in Tulsa has had it for some time now.

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According to HD Sports Guide, Oklahoma State’s game hosting the Texas Longhorns in Stillwater and Oklahoma’s game in Norman against the Texas A&M Aggies will both be in HD this weekend.
OSU’s game against Texas will kick off around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday while OU’s game against Texas A&M will kick off around 7 p.m. Both [...]

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Al writes:
Cox in the OKC and Tulsa markets is adding the following HD channels effective 20 November. Note that some existing HD channels are moving, ie. HD Theater (from the Discovery Channel) for example, so check the complete guide…
721 Fox Sports Net HD
722 NFL Network HD
735 Discovery HD Simulcast
736 TLC HD
738 Discovery Science
739 Animal Planet
767 [...]

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Daniel writes:
When will DISH NETWORK have local HD channels available in Tulsa??? (channels 2, 8, 6, 23, 41, etc) I see several posts about DirectTV and Oklahoma City but no mention of Tulsa.

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Philip writes:
<blockquote>Engadget HD reports that Cox is going to add CNN HD.  Commenters say that it is already on in some markets.</blockquote>

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Gary writes:
Audio’s missing on KJRH, usually during Jay Leno show.
Most the the programs in the evening have audio, but most of the commercials are silent. Actually a pretty nice feature.
I have a Zenith STB and a MyHD card in my pc (both tuners are OTA with large antenna) and they both are missing [...]

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Sooner Al writes:
TBS HD is now live on Cox Channel 731 in the OKC market. As of this morning here is the current Cox HD lineup…

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