Putting HDTV on the map in Oklahoma

OU is getting a new scoreboard that will have a 16 mm HD capable video system for the 2008 football season. They are also updating Soonervision cameras to HD as well. This presents some interesting questions if they are going to frame the shots for 16:9? How does this effect the Sooner Football replay shows and the Bob Stoops show?

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It was announced a few days ago that Warren Theaters is going to expand its presence in the OKC metro area. First the Warren Theater in Moore is going to get 6 more screen and 500 new parking spaces. The big plans it to build another theater at Rockwell and Memorial Road with 4 stadium style theaters. I imagine these will have the balcony/lounge feature. The new theater will not open until 2010. I have seen 5 or 6 movies in the new theater and I have loved every minute being in there. Be sure and check out the chocolate malts. They are yummy.

It’s never too early to post about college football! HDsportsguide.com has posted on its site that the Oklahoma State - Washington State game on FSN Saturday 8/30/2008 at 2:30 PM Central Time will be in HD 720p.

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Crown Media Holdings Announces Agreement with Cox Communications for Right to Carry Hallmark Movie Channel in HD

STUDIO CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Crown Media Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWN), owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, today announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Cox Communications for the right to distribute the High Definition version of Hallmark Movie Channel. Cox currently distributes Hallmark Channel and the Standard Definition version of Hallmark Movie Channel.
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I’ve converted the HDTVok.com forums based on XDForums, which was abandoned by its developer, to BBPress, which is maintained by the same people who do Wordpress.

Among the new features are:

1. RSS feeds for the main site, individual forums and individual posts
2. Tagging and a Tag Cloud showing the most popular subjects
3. A list of recent discussions and their “freshness”
4. Support for gravatars or globally recognized avatar. Your Wordpress.com gravatars should also work.

In theory, everything should be working now and you can add new topics or post to existing topics. The section labeled “Forums” in the far right sidebar will list the 10 most recent posts at any given time. It’s still a bit experimental so let us have your feedback.

Update: For anyone who might be interested in the process of doing this conversion, I’ve posted a long description of the process for converting XDForums to BBPress on fastpipe.com.

I have updated the Stillwater Suddenlink HD channel list. If you would like to add your Suddenlink area HD channel lineup, send an email to hidefsooner@yahoo.com.

I have updated the Cox OKC and Tulsa HD channel list today.

I was at Wal-Mart in Moore the other night and I saw this $300 Magnavox profile 1.1 Blu-Ray player. I like the idea of cheaper Blu-Ray players coming out to help drive down prices and push the format to consumers but why not just get a PS3 for $100 more.

Someone noted some changes with KFOR-DT last night and speculated that perhaps they were upgrading. Actually, that channel has technical difficulties now and is pretty much non-functional on both my Dish 811 and my EyeTV 500 tuners which probably means some sort of equipment failure. Hopefully, they’ll get it fixed soon…

Dennis

The FCC Application page has been updated with all filings to the FCC by Oklahoma DTV stations.

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KOCO-DT filed an application this week to operate their DTV channel from maximum directional effective radiated power of 34 kW with an antenna height at 430 meters to a non-directional effective radiated power of 48kW

The end is near. Today, I received a phone call from Dish Network saying that my Dish 811 receiver would have to be replaced or I would stop receiving HD programming. Online research shows that I probably have until sometime in August before I have to make the switch.

HDsportsguide.com is reporting that all ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNUHD live college football games will be in HD.

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Well, kind of complete. The upgrade is actually finished and might require you to log in again. If you run into any problems with that contact me.

As I noted in my earlier post, I’ve disabled the XD Forum software and will replace it with something that’s going to be supported in the future, but that’ll be sometime in June.

Also, if you have an iPhone, the site is now iPhone friendlier…

Dennis

David Moran writes:

I live in Norman and am interested in DXing. If I buy a DTV converter box, how likely is it that I would be able to pull in KTEN and/or KXII? Thanks.