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Has anyone had the issue where you are watching an OTA channel and the sound cuts out for a split second every couple of seconds? Its hard to explain but its really annoying. Reception is 80+ % This was happening with FOX btw.

Also while I am on the subject of OTA, CBS comes in just fine during the day (70-80%) but at night it just freaks out jumping from like 40 to 19 or so back and forth.

I have an el cheapo RatShack antenna hooked up in my attic and aside from these 2 probs its all good! Very happy otherwise.

Thanks for any help guys!

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Yes, but it only seems to happen on the 480p wide screen shows. Thanks for letting me know that I'm not nuts after all and that its not my HD-TIVO having problems.

This issue has been going on for about a week now.

Dave

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What is Fox's Digital signal look like? I will be gettin my OTA in the next few weeks. I thought that Fox, UPN and WB were not in HD anywhere (including the LA & SD stations)? Supposedly Fox will start their HD feed in August or September. What's the deal?

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The official start date for FOX HD is September 12th. However, I'm told that a "testing" period will begin in early August, so it's possible that some HD may be passed along before that in some markets -- I would guess that LA would be one of them.

UPN and WB already have an HD feed for stations that want it, though their programming is limited (ie: I think "Enterprise" may be the one and only HD program on UPN right now). This isn't available in LA, as KCOP does not pass it along.

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What is Fox's Digital signal look like? I will be gettin my OTA in the next few weeks. I thought that Fox, UPN and WB were not in HD anywhere (including the LA & SD stations)? Supposedly Fox will start their HD feed in August or September. What's the deal?

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The info that your LG displays only tells you the format that the STATION is broadcasting, and doesn't necessarily have a direct correlation to the source material. Since the FOX *network* requires all digital affiliates to have a 720p stream to their transmitter (if the station plans to carry the HD programming this fall), many FOX stations are switching over to that now -- your tuner will see this and display "720p" or "HD" or whatever it's been programmed to display, but you're just looking at material that has been UPCONVERTED to that format.

--Bill R.

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WB has a bunch of shows in HD (e.g. Smallville).

UPN has only Enterprise that I know of, and in DC they don't broadcast an OTA HD signal (well, supposedly they broadcast at like 1kw, which is useless).

Fox has a fair amount of 16x9 480p content, like OC, Casino, 24, North Shore, and a few others. Looks TONS better than SD, but still not 720p/1080i HD quality. Even their SD shows like American Idol, The Swan, etc., look a lot better OTA than SD.

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The info that your LG displays only tells you the format that the STATION is broadcasting, and doesn't necessarily have a direct correlation to the source material. Since the FOX *network* requires all digital affiliates to have a 720p stream to their transmitter (if the station plans to carry the HD programming this fall), many FOX stations are switching over to that now -- your tuner will see this and display "720p" or "HD" or whatever it's been programmed to display, but you're just looking at material that has been UPCONVERTED to that format.

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Many of the digital broadcast stations here in SF fade in and out. Almost to the point of being unwatchable.

Its weird that the I get zero signal strength when I go to the signal strength settings menu for many of of my broadcast channels. Even ones that come in clear as a bell. Not sure what's going on there.

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Originally posted by ShiningBengal
Now, if they'd only put some decent programming on. Sports is fine, but I need more than that to make me happy with Fox programming.

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Originally posted by Castaa
Many of the digital broadcast stations here in SF fade in and out. Almost to the point of being unwatchable.

Its weird that the I get zero signal strength when I go to the signal strength settings menu for many of of my broadcast channels. Even ones that come in clear as a bell. Not sure what's going on there.

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The info that your LG displays only tells you the format that the STATION is broadcasting, and doesn't necessarily have a direct correlation to the source material. Since the FOX *network* requires all digital affiliates to have a 720p stream to their transmitter (if the station plans to carry the HD programming this fall), many FOX stations are switching over to that now -- your tuner will see this and display "720p" or "HD" or whatever it's been programmed to display, but you're just looking at material that has been UPCONVERTED to that format.

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