Comet TV

[HoTat2]

Getting 16x9 commercials but programming that is 16x9 is actually picture framed in the 4x3 area on KTUL 8.2 in Tulsa

Just can't understand why it's so difficult for broadcasters to get the formatting correct for 16:9 SD if that's the format the broadcaster chooses ....

If the scan is 16:9 and the active format is somewhere below this at usually 4:3, you use pillar-box with matte bars on the sides. If the scan and the active format are both 16:9, then the image is shown full screen. If the active format is greater than 16:9 like say a 2.37:1 aspect ratio presentation, you letter-box with matte bars on the top and bottom.

What's with all these wierd formatting combinations of a 16:9 active format anamorphically squeezed into a 4:3 scan. Or as in your case, a 16:9 active format letter-boxed into 4:3 which is in turn pillar-boxed into a 16:9 scan?

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[harshness]

I also have Dish, but they refuse to carry sub channels. At least now, as well as Direct.

Does Charter carry any subchannels? I don't think Lincoln City gets any.

 

[robk299]

Does Charter carry any subchannels? I don't think Lincoln City gets any.

In St. Louis, they do carry them.

 

[localclassictvfan]

So How is the newest Subchannel.......Do you like or Dislike

 

[Mr Tony]

Does Charter carry any subchannels? I don't think Lincoln City gets any.

in northern MN (Minneapolis DMA) Charter carries all the subs from Minneapolis stations except Buzzr formerly Bounce and also they dont carry FNX (First Nations Experience). Its a sub on the local PBS (but they do carry the other four subs)

 

[ejb1980]

well you'd hate Minneapolis then. Most of the subs are in 16:9 widescreen (Me, This, Antenna, H&I, Justice) so you get black bars most of the time (commercials are in 16:9)

As it should be! With the exception of MeTV, all my subs are 16:9 SD. Most of the content is 16:9 so there are no bars but I have seen traditionally 4:3 channels (Antenna TV in NC for example) broadcast 16:9 and it looks great. I will NEVER understand how people can watch a distorted image. Can't they tell everyone is fat???

 

[primestar31]

Can't they tell everyone is fat???

Why, doesn't that mean it's just HD for SURE? lol

My 84 year old father is convinced he's watching HD, and he doesn't even have an HD tv, and I can't convince him otherwise no matter what. Some people are just clueless.

 

[mdavej]

Does Charter carry any subchannels?

They carry about 10 local subchannels in my neck of the woods, including Comet as of a few days ago.

 

[harshness]

They carry about 10 local subchannels in my neck of the woods, including Comet as of a few days ago.

I was thinking primarily of Astoria where mwdxer lives. He's all about subchannels and other things he doesn't have access to (largely because of the Oregon Coast Range).

In Oregon, most of the Charter service areas are not very active in seeking out new channels and services. Most were purchased from small community cable systems.

 

[Mr Tony]

I was thinking primarily of Astoria where mwdxer lives. He's all about subchannels and other things he doesn't have access to (largely because of the Oregon Coast Range).

subs carried on Charter in Astoria (per the charter site)

182 KGW - Estrella TV
183 KGW - TJN
184 KATU - MeTV
185 KOPB - OPB Plus
186 KOPB - OPB FM
187 KATU - Get TV
188 KUNP - Grit TV
189 KPTV 2 - Cozi TV

So they do carry some but not all of them

 

[waylew]

My 84 year old father is convinced he's watching HD, and he doesn't even have an HD tv, and I can't convince him otherwise no matter what. Some people are just clueless.

Arguing with anyone over 80 is utterly pointless,you will never win,,,whippersnapper .

 

[harshness]

So they do carry some but not all of them

...out over 40 subchannels in and around the Portland market. That said, other options are pretty much nonexistent.

Lincoln City, just a few dozen miles south, has no subchannels. Depoe Bay is a few miles south from there and they have no subchannels either.

 

[mdavej]

Most of those are probably redundant anyway. How many re-runs from the 60s and 70s can anyone stand to watch?

 

[fred555]

How many re-runs from the 60s and 70s can anyone stand to watch?

That's ALL I watch. New shows? Yukk!

 

[Mr Tony]

...out over 40 subchannels in and around the Portland market. That said, other options are pretty much nonexistent.
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I dont know where you are getting "over 40"
The only subs I see according to Rabbitears that arent on Charter are Escape, This, Antenna and Laff. Most cable companies dont carry the Ion subs and the rest look like stations that dont qualify for "must carry"

 

[Mr Tony]

but anywho..back to the topic at hand (CometTV)

The question would be come Jan 1 will more Sinclair affiliates drop GetTV for Comet?

 

[harshness]

The question would be come Jan 1 will more Sinclair affiliates drop GetTV for Comet?

I believe there is still a question of if.

 

[localclassictvfan]

I would like to see if anymore media owners add comet to their stations by Jan 1., well except for that 6 letter word that does not subchannel.

 

[Mr Tony]

I'm sure some smaller stations will add it. As for the 6 letter word??? It's 7 by the way
N-E-X-S-T-A-R

 

[danristheman]

Expect for wfft that has bounce.