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Jay
Advanced Member
Username: Jay214128
Post Number: 258
Registered: 06-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 07:53 am: | 
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KTTV added a subchannel (11.2) that they are calling FOX SD. It is only a copy of their HD broadcast. Instead of either side cropping or letter boxing their HD broadcast into a SD (4:3) format, they did both -- left it letter boxed and stretched it to side crop it, distorting the aspect ratio. Yuck.
I hope SD copies of HD channels is not a trend that catches on. They are a complete waste of bandwidth. Set top converters can perform the side crop or letter box for viewing on a SD (4:3) TV and allows the viewer to choose. No need to waste bandwidth with duplicate copies of the same broadcast |
Jo
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Username: Sandog
Post Number: 218
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 15, 2010 - 02:42 pm: |
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According to some in the AVS forum (LA-ota) the KTTV SD sub-channel is actually coming from KCOP 13, but they mapped it 11.2
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=191672&page=223
Also, KTTV filed a request (pending) to raise power to 30Kw, using their existing antenna, until they can complete their construction of the 115Kw facility.
KTTV STA
(Message edited by sandog on January 15, 2010) |
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