I wonder if DirecTV doesn't decide itself but instead runs whatever version the local station wants.
Here in L.A. (one of the mostly O&O markets), almost all the local stations are running cropped, but the noticeable exception is the primary PBS station, KCET, which runs letterboxed on the SD feed. That was actually annoying because they reran some of their "evergreen" local pledge break specials last month (like the Ralph Story pair of "things that aren't there anymore" shows) and they were in a box surrounded by black crop bars. I actually had to switch to my off-air converter to watch them. Personally, I think I would prefer that DirecTV run the locals cropped on their SD channels. On Feb 2, 1:16 am, David Bruggeman <bru...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Add Washington to the list of NBC signals behaving badly. It is noticeable > during SNL, but not during local news or syndicated programming. Can't say > it's come up during other programs, as I've not watched much of the peacock > lately. > > I have DirecTV, so it sounds like I'm screwed. > > David > > ________________________________ > From: Bradford <bradfo...@dwx.com> > > DirecTV does that with the local stations in my market as well. I have > tried to explain to them what the problem is and they keep trying to tell > me that I need to adjust the settings for DirecTV. I told them that it's > already > set up exactly the way they are describing and then they say that my set > isn't set up to receive widescreen. Since I have one of those decoder > boxes and the over-the-air locals are coming in wide-screen, it's got > to be their retransmission that is the problem. But, of course, nothing > is ever their fault... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Ellwanger" <train...@ellwanger.tv> > To: <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 11:19 PM > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: SNL not going to phone it in tomorrow night... > > > On Feb 1, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Brad Beam wrote: > > >> I wonder if that re-appearance during the second half counts as: > >> (1)A network ad > >> (2)A full-cost Pepsi ad > >> (3)A discount-rate Pepsi ad > > > I was watching the Super Bowl at the home of friends who are still on > > SD. The graphics were cut off on the edge of the screen on the > > "MacGruber" ad, and suddenly I realized -- ohhh, their cable company > > is providing NBC in SD by "center-cutting" the digital signal of the > > affiliate. It was more noticeable on "The Office," where a lot of > > characters were halfway off the screen while they were talking. > > > -- > > Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> > > <http://www.ellwanger.tv> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
