Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

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   spata
   Member

   OMG DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THAT? They were broadcasting their news(6p) in not crap res sd 16/9 or hd

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   sheltrk
   Member

   Cool. I hardly ever watch KFOR news. Did they do it again at 10:00? I'll have to check them out tonight.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   spata
   Member

   i dont know 10p is past my bed time :(

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   Kevin Sherrard
   Administrator

   The 10 PM broadcast was in 4:3.

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   sheltrk
   Member

   Recorded the Tuesday night (2/3/9) 6 PM and 10 PM broadcasts. Both were in 4:3. Actually looked pretty bad, IMO.

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   Dennis Whiteman
   Key Master

   Are you sure you didn't have you set or box set to stretch or crop mode? I've looked a few times and it's always been in really bad 4x3 SD.

   Dennis

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   gbutler23
   Member

   I've been meaning to comment on this but could not remember my old username. Anyway, I caught part of this broadcast on Mon. night during the 6:30 p.m. broadcast. It began as the normal washed out 4:3 picture then went to commercial break around 6:40. When they came back from commercial break they were in studio in HD and introduced the "Great State or What" segment which was also completely in HD. When this concluded they returned to the studio in HD then broke for another commercial. This time they returned in the old ugly 4:3. Needless to say I was shocked at what I saw so I rewound the dvr and watched it again. I'm positive that it was HD and the picture was on par with that of the Tonight Show. Now I have not seen any more local HD on kfor since then. Hopefully they were testing and are close to being ready to broadcast the news in HD full-time.

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 

   sheltrk
   Member

   Sounds like a test to me (or possibly a mistake...). Maybe they were thinking to start broadcasting the news in HD on or after the DTV transition. It sounds like all the OKC stations are still going to shut-down analog on Feb. 17th anyway, regardless of the new June deadline.

   Posted 1 year ago #
9. 

   spata
   Member

   thank god someone else saw it, i thought i was nuts

   Posted 1 year ago #
10. 

    bsmall
    Member

    The "Great State or What" segment at 6:40pm on 2/09/09 was also in HD.

    Posted 1 year ago #
11. 

    gbutler23
    Member

    Yep, I saw it too. It was just like last Monday's segment.

    Posted 1 year ago #
12. 

    spata
    Member

    so, they can broadcast their news in hd, they just choose not to? makes no sense.

    Posted 1 year ago #
13. 

    bsmall
    Member

    Maybe its the on-air talent that doesn't want them to go HD. That washed out SD signal can hide a lot of wrinkles ;)

    Posted 1 year ago #
14. 

    Dennis Whiteman
    Key Master

    It also kind of sounds like the stuff they've shown in HD were things that were produced and shot in HD. They had storm coverage on all day and clearly don't have the infrastructure to do live remotes and/or in studio stuff. But at least they're getting ready...

    Dennis

    Posted 1 year ago #
15. 

    spata
    Member

    its probably linda's wrinkles holding up the show

    Posted 1 year ago #
16. 

    dgibb93
    Member

    The "Great State" segment on 2/9 was definately HD, as was the shot of Linda and Kevin, back in the studio after. The anchors seemed to be really stiff and had extra big smiles. They just sat there smiled and said "we'll be right back." None of the normal witty banter that they normally have. So I think that they definatly knew that they were still being shot in HD.

    Posted 1 year ago #
17. 

    puck2009
    Member

    Well, they did it again...I really think these are tests to make sure everything is right before going full HD.

    Posted 1 year ago #
18. 

    kenny9966
    Member

    I think Puck is right i saw that they replayed it on their sunday morning broadcast(go figure) and although it was not shown in it full hd glory it was def shot with a 16*9 camera as there were bars at the top and bottom of the screen. KFOR may not be the garbage channel after all. i thought someone said kwtv was gonna switch first but after reading this kfor is gonna win this battle of first beisdes oeta. i really really cant count oeta as a major network. they have beautiful hd shows like nova but not my first choice in news.(which i cant see now since then went to vhf in stillwater, booo!)my only hope for pbs in HD is for dish to add it to the locals package which i dont see anytime soon grrr. btw my setup is a dish 211k reciever with a decent indoor/outdoor antenna i love that thing.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    bsmall
    Member

    The "Great State" segment was in HD again today. I've uploaded it to youtube for anyone who hasn't seen their HD broadcast yet.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYxMO0CS6JQ&fmt=22

    Posted 1 year ago #
20. 

    kenny9966
    Member

    Ok we can no longer call kfor the garbage channel. i never would of thought kfor would be the first to pull it off. kwtv/koco must be getting a little weary about these.im not sure why there waiting to go full blown hd all the time though but very very nice hd and thanks bsmall for the youtube clip. i love the cheesy grins at the end.lol there must be some huge promotional behind the scenes stuff happening there before there ready to go full time hd.

    Posted 1 year ago #
21. 

    mscott
    Member

    Wow, thanks for posting the Youtube video, bsmall. I keep trying to catch the segment but haven't had any luck.

    Since they obviously have the HD cameras and broadcast capability, I'm guessing they're waiting on upgrades to the computers/software they use for the overlay graphics. The Great State segment didn't show any of those.

    It'd be so nice to have local news in HD, OETA not withstanding...

    Posted 1 year ago #
22. 

    puck2009
    Member

    Okay, this thing is imminent - Nightly News just came on, and they have a NewsChannel 4 logo on the Nightly News HD feed...looks good, IMO (albeit somewhat out of place)

    Posted 1 year ago #
23. 

    kenny9966
    Member

    my only guess is on why they are waiting is either computer software or lack of multiple HD cameras for weather/sports guys in studio.surely peeps from kwtv and koco knows about this.Im just thankful kfor is staying on uhf.

    Posted 1 year ago #
24. 

    puck2009
    Member

    Update (4 March): Well, they attempted to do the Great State segment in HD today, but there were audio issues, so they switched it to the ol' SD signal...

    Posted 1 year ago #
25. 

    Sooner Al
    Member

    I saw that too last night. The HD feed certainly did look good though while it lasted...:-)

    Posted 1 year ago #
26. 

    TVinsider
    Member

    Not the juiciest tidbit but if you are interested in the graphics vendor KFOR went with

    http://www.vizrt.com/

    Posted 1 year ago #

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