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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9945 on: March 10, 2009, 10:21:42 PM »
some news stations never cease to amaze me...

back in February KSAT 12 claimed to be in HD, but became obvious to everyone that they were broadcasting in 16x9 SD, however they still claimed to be in HD.

KSAT gave no warning of their so called "HD" transition and thought it would be a great idea to just flip the switch on any random day. They're graphics didn't change much, and parts that were changed looked horrific. they didn't get a studio upgrade, something they've had for over 7 years...it's not even a studio! its a freakin' desk with an oversized chroma key wall behind it.

mind you, ever since they're little "transition" a lot of viewers have been complaining about KSAT's newscast being fuzzy on both SD and HD channels, ultimately leading viewers their huge competitor KENS 5 whom went HD many moons before KSAT. KSAT used to be San Antonio's number 1 newscast, claming the 5, 6, and 10 o'clock newscast. rumor has it, that they're ratings will not be as impressive as they use to be.

did mention i hate ksat?  :bleh: competitor to both KSAT and KENS -- WOAI has plans to launch HD sometime this year -- the station turns 60 on Dec 11, and that is my forecast date of their full and complete HD transition. i honestly think i might be impressive if they're gonna do what I think they're gonna do.  :D

if WOAI does go HD this would be San Antonio's 2nd (or 3rd if you count the station "claiming" to be in HD) newscast to broadcast live in HD. KABB (FOX 29), not a competitor, does not have any plans to broadcast in HD in the near future, which is good cause their newscasts suck. lol

blahhh! that was my rant for today. lol

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9946 on: March 10, 2009, 10:38:57 PM »
some news stations never cease to amaze me...

back in February KSAT 12 claimed to be in HD, but became obvious to everyone that they were broadcasting in 16x9 SD, however they still claimed to be in HD.

KSAT gave no warning of their so called "HD" transition and thought it would be a great idea to just flip the switch on any random day. They're graphics didn't change much, and parts that were changed looked horrific. they didn't get a studio upgrade, something they've had for over 7 years...it's not even a studio! its a freakin' desk with an oversized chroma key wall behind it.

mind you, ever since they're little "transition" a lot of viewers have been complaining about KSAT's newscast being fuzzy on both SD and HD channels, ultimately leading viewers their huge competitor KENS 5 whom went HD many moons before KSAT. KSAT used to be San Antonio's number 1 newscast, claming the 5, 6, and 10 o'clock newscast. rumor has it, that they're ratings will not be as impressive as they use to be.

did mention i hate ksat?  :bleh: competitor to both KSAT and KENS -- WOAI has plans to launch HD sometime this year -- the station turns 60 on Dec 11, and that is my forecast date of their full and complete HD transition. i honestly think i might be impressive if they're gonna do what I think they're gonna do.  :D

if WOAI does go HD this would be San Antonio's 2nd (or 3rd if you count the station "claiming" to be in HD) newscast to broadcast live in HD. KABB (FOX 29), not a competitor, does not have any plans to broadcast in HD in the near future, which is good cause their newscasts suck. lol

blahhh! that was my rant for today. lol
heh you have a Fox 29 too! :D Noticing they haven't transitioned to the newer Fox logo that most other stations have...

KABB current logo:


Old WTXF Fox 29 logo:


Current WTXF Fox 29 logo:
« Last Edit: March 10, 2009, 10:42:29 PM by jtmal0723 »

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9947 on: March 10, 2009, 10:48:07 PM »
$150?? We're paying about $61 after taxes and stuff for satellite and DVR, obviously no HD or special stuff.
Yes $150. I don't know why DirecTV is charging so much.  :hmm:

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9948 on: March 10, 2009, 10:57:03 PM »
some news stations never cease to amaze me...

back in February KSAT 12 claimed to be in HD, but became obvious to everyone that they were broadcasting in 16x9 SD, however they still claimed to be in HD.

KSAT gave no warning of their so called "HD" transition and thought it would be a great idea to just flip the switch on any random day. They're graphics didn't change much, and parts that were changed looked horrific. they didn't get a studio upgrade, something they've had for over 7 years...it's not even a studio! its a freakin' desk with an oversized chroma key wall behind it.

mind you, ever since they're little "transition" a lot of viewers have been complaining about KSAT's newscast being fuzzy on both SD and HD channels, ultimately leading viewers their huge competitor KENS 5 whom went HD many moons before KSAT. KSAT used to be San Antonio's number 1 newscast, claming the 5, 6, and 10 o'clock newscast. rumor has it, that they're ratings will not be as impressive as they use to be.

did mention i hate ksat?  :bleh: competitor to both KSAT and KENS -- WOAI has plans to launch HD sometime this year -- the station turns 60 on Dec 11, and that is my forecast date of their full and complete HD transition. i honestly think i might be impressive if they're gonna do what I think they're gonna do.  :D

if WOAI does go HD this would be San Antonio's 2nd (or 3rd if you count the station "claiming" to be in HD) newscast to broadcast live in HD. KABB (FOX 29), not a competitor, does not have any plans to broadcast in HD in the near future, which is good cause their newscasts suck. lol

blahhh! that was my rant for today. lol
heh you have a Fox 29 too! :D Noticing they haven't transitioned to the newer Fox logo that most other stations have...

KABB current logo:


Old WTXF Fox 29 logo:


Current WTXF Fox 29 logo:



i think it's because you're FOX 29 is FOX O&O.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9949 on: March 10, 2009, 10:58:43 PM »
i think it's because you're FOX 29 is FOX O&O.
Correct. All FOX affiliates owned by FOX use same logos and very similar graphics.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9950 on: March 10, 2009, 11:42:35 PM »
$150?? We're paying about $61 after taxes and stuff for satellite and DVR, obviously no HD or special stuff.
Yes $150. I don't know why DirecTV is charging so much.  :hmm:

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9951 on: March 11, 2009, 07:45:52 AM »
My fox afilliate recently changed their logo, but not to the O&O logo.  They use a simple logo.  Graphics are in-house, except for the "coming up next" graphics.  And their regular gfx are in-house, and they suck!

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9952 on: March 11, 2009, 09:04:30 AM »
$330 on my parent's comcast monthly bill  :pinch:

4 HD-DVR Box rentals, Digital Premier Tier on all boxes, HD Tier (43 bland Channels) and On-Demand.

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9953 on: March 11, 2009, 09:54:00 AM »
$330 on my parent's comcast monthly bill  :pinch:

4 HD-DVR Box rentals, Digital Premier Tier on all boxes, HD Tier (43 bland Channels) and On-Demand.
But you got all the bells and whistles. We only get: Cable in 4 rooms, no HBO, No Cinemax, No Digital Cable, No HD, 78 Channels, 1 Spanish channel, 3 ESPN channels, VH1 Classics, 2 C-SPAN channels, and 5, if not more, Religious channels. No one in our family watches News 14 Carolina. The only one who watches The Weather Channel throughout the day is me, Noggin, and Food Network. My mum loves the Food Network, I don't. If the Weather Channel was on the DTV lineup, I would not need cable. $275 for just rubbish.  :thumbdown:






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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9954 on: March 11, 2009, 01:09:02 PM »
$330 on my parent's comcast monthly bill  :pinch:

4 HD-DVR Box rentals, Digital Premier Tier on all boxes, HD Tier (43 bland Channels) and On-Demand.
But you got all the bells and whistles. We only get: Cable in 4 rooms, no HBO, No Cinemax, No Digital Cable, No HD, 78 Channels, 1 Spanish channel, 3 ESPN channels, VH1 Classics, 2 C-SPAN channels, and 5, if not more, Religious channels. No one in our family watches News 14 Carolina. The only one who watches The Weather Channel throughout the day is me, Noggin, and Food Network. My mum loves the Food Network, I don't. If the Weather Channel was on the DTV lineup, I would not need cable. $275 for just rubbish.  :thumbdown:
It shouldn't be that much for non digital cable service....

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9955 on: March 11, 2009, 01:09:27 PM »
$330 on my parent's comcast monthly bill  :pinch:

4 HD-DVR Box rentals, Digital Premier Tier on all boxes, HD Tier (43 bland Channels) and On-Demand.

That is so much!!!!  :blink:
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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9956 on: March 11, 2009, 03:07:34 PM »
Will Comcast lower their digital cable prices once they discontinue their expanded analog cable service?

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9957 on: March 11, 2009, 03:12:23 PM »
Will Comcast lower their digital cable prices once they discontinue their expanded analog cable service?
Don't count on it...

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9958 on: March 11, 2009, 04:17:08 PM »
$330 on my parent's comcast monthly bill  :pinch:

4 HD-DVR Box rentals, Digital Premier Tier on all boxes, HD Tier (43 bland Channels) and On-Demand.
the HD-DVR boxes alone are almost $20 a month each... Maybe you should drop your package down if you really don't need all of those premium channels.... the package for just one premium package should be ~$90 a month. the HD tier in my area is about $6 a box, which for me, if I had 4 HD-DVR boxes, would be an extra $24 a month... I'm telling you, all of this adds up...

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Re: The Pot Belly Stove
« Reply #9959 on: March 11, 2009, 04:29:43 PM »
I got my blood drawn today and it hurts so much!!  :wacko:
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