What new Digital channels are you enjoying?

[Crow550]

If your DTV ready. What new channels are you enjoying and what area you in?

I'm around the Seattle area and enjoy 4-2 which is called This which is a Movie channel. There movies range from awful to good. But hey it's a movie channel over the air, for free. So not bad.

Also watch some of the new PBS channels....Which is nice. Yes PBS and there other digital channels have some excellent programs.

I miss 22-2 which was The Tube that offered 24 hours of music videos from 80's, 90's and now. It went down the tubes though. :C It had no ads at first then 1 or 2 once in a great while.

I need to get an outside antenna hooked up as having to move and fiddle with the indoor antenna to get certain channels in is a pain.

Check for a list of channels you should be getting: http://www.titantv.com Should keep you updated on new digital channels when they come out as well.

*Important* Now that the analog shut off has happened. Do a full channel rescan as some channels are changing frequencies.

You can also try doing add-on scans every 3-4 weeks to see if new channels pop up.

According to woodie1:

Some of the DTV stations around me are broadcasting at reduced power now so I have 3-4 stations that come and go. They say by the end of the month they'll have raised their DTV antennas to the top of their towers and be back up to full power. Glad most prime time shows are reruns.

So try doing another full channel scan next month.

 

[olds]

The Megan Fox channel is pretty cool. Seems like she would put clothes on some of the time though.

 

[woodie1]

Some of the DTV stations around me are broadcasting at reduced power now so I have 3-4 stations that come and go. They say by the end of the month they'll have raised their DTV antennas to the top of their towers and be back up to full power. Glad most prime time shows are reruns.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
The Megan Fox channel is pretty cool. Seems like she would put clothes on some of the time though.

Is that channel 69-1 or 69-2?

 

[I Saw OJ]

The rabbit ears im using suck so I'm not getting jack shit.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from...

 

[Shadowknight]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
The rabbit ears im using suck so I'm not getting jack shit.

My understanding is the rabbit ears only do VHF, and the digitals are all broadcasting on UHF, so give a UHF antenna a shot or build one yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw

 

[Bignate603]

I think I'm picking up 30 channels. There's a ton of spanish channels and some gospel ones though so those don't really count.

 

[IHAVEAQUESTION]

Well, let's see. I lost Channel 7 KABC and Channel 9 KCAL. Anyone in LA using the over the air signal experience the same thing?

 

[SilentZero]

A few new hunting channels

 

[silverpig]

I'm in Vancouver so I'm trying to reach down south to pick up a few. I managed to pull in KVOS 12-1 in SD and some dumbass shopping infomercial channel.

When I get out of the concrete jungle that is my neighbourhood I'd like to get a decent antenna setup to pull in the Seattle stations.

 

[Nik]

What new Digital channels are you enjoying?

None. I have Comcast and have experienced no change whatsoever.

 

[zinfamous]

I'm enjoying 5-26. It's called the grammar channel and it teaches me how to use English. You should try it, OP.

also, I've had a po-dunk 10 dollar antennae for 3 years that been picking up digital OTA HD channels through the ATSC tuner in my TV. Not sure why I'd need a "good outdoor antennae" for that. Please explain.

 

[Blayze]

Enjoying the same amount minus Fox. They switched signals at midnight and the new one is so low I can't pick it up anymore. It was great before the switch.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from...

I've got 70 channels or so on cable. I wish there were 13 of those that were "only" shit.

 

[lxskllr]

Same as my analog channels 0

 

[0roo0roo]

the secondary channels are sometimes useful, sometimes they play the news again at a later hour or reruns of pbs shows in case u missed something.

 

[BoomerD]

Haven't noticed any difference in my Dish Network reception...

 

[KK]

Is it normal for someone with just flat basic analog cable to pick up pretty much all the regular digital channels just from hooking the cable into a atsc/qam tuner?

 

[Fritzo]

I hate how digital channels skip. At least with the older format you could still see and hear the picture if the reception was bad. Now you hear "Wha.....do.......mor......I.......ups......doop......morp........gip.........lip......and that's the secret to earing 1 Million Dollars in 1 week!"

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
The rabbit ears im using suck so I'm not getting jack shit.

My understanding is the rabbit ears only do VHF, and the digitals are all broadcasting on UHF, so give a UHF antenna a shot or build one yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw

I thought digital is still using VHF as well. Just need a loop antenna to supplement the rabbit ears (which may need to be repositioned).

In Chicago, I seem to get CBS, 3 NBC channes (1 regular, 1 weather, 1 random sports thing), WGN, The U, Fox, ABC (regular + weather), random spanish channels, MeTV and MeToo, and a handful of others....

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I hate how digital channels skip. At least with the older format you could still see and hear the picture if the reception was bad. Now you hear "Wha.....do.......mor......I.......ups......doop......morp........gip.........lip......and that's the secret to earing 1 Million Dollars in 1 week!"

Digital anything is like that. A skipping record's bad, but livable. A skipping CD is the worst thing ever.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from...

I've got 70 channels or so on cable. I wish there were 13 of those that were "only" shit.

I can't believe nobody got the reference...:music:

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: KK
Is it normal for someone with just flat basic analog cable to pick up pretty much all the regular digital channels just from hooking the cable into a atsc/qam tuner?

Yes. I have been doing that for almost 2 years on my office and guest room TVs.

MotionMan

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
I got 13 channels of shit on the TV to choose from...

I've got 70 channels or so on cable. I wish there were 13 of those that were "only" shit.

I can't believe nobody got the reference...:music:

I got it. DTV gave me a strong urge to fly :^D