Hi
I live in East York and put up a radioshack RCA
antenna on my balcony, which is one flight up.
But I pretty much have an unobstructed path to
the CN tower, located south/west and the lake
to the south. So I am pointing my anenna between
the two points.
I get 20 channels
29-1
29-2
29-3
5-1
25-1
23-3
23-1
2-1
2-2
7-1
39-1
9-1**********
43-1
43-2
43-3
53-1
66-1
4-3
4-1
OKay 3 are SDTV and 1 EDTV, but the rest are HDTV...when
they have HDTV content.
And I have to say that I have no use for the French
CBC.
So that is 19 usuable digital channels, make that
18, which is the reason for this post, and I will
elaborate on in a moment. I have seen what other
people in the GTA post, and I must say I am doing
prretty good comapred to the number of channels
I get.
I have an older pentium 4 2.8Ghz box running XP
Pro
An ATI 9600 128mb and all ATI drivers and such
are the current versions, but I had to backdown
a version for MMC due to that Scheduler bug.
I have to say I love HDTV. I am waiting for more
stations to start broadcasting - like Global and
OMNI
Now this is my problem. CFTO-DT 9-1....
I get a very strong signal. Infact it may be the
strongest signal of all the channels I pick up.
And I think I pick up all you can from Toronto
and Buffalo....I can't get Rochester, and Hamilton
is not started yet.
But CFTO is the strongest signal. I get the audio.
It is very clear, rich and loud. But I get absolutely
NO video.
It's like I am picking up a radio station, not
a digital TV station. But the audio is the audio
for the video. I confirmed it on a TV hooked up
to cable.
So has anybody else had this problem?
Can anybody confirm CFTO is sending is vidoe over
the air, and not just audio?
If I couldn't get every single channel you can
in Toronto over the air. I might suspect myself
bumbling things up, or maybe the signal. But I
thought there was no forgiveness with digital
TV. Either you get a signal or you don't. No fade,
no loss. Either you have it or not.
The audio seems to confirm I have the signal.
But no video appears on my system. Every other
channel comes in crystal clear...and when it's
HD content, I am still in that flabbergasted stage.
Only CFTO-DT which my system senses as 9-1 on
the dial gives me this audio and no video.
So I need to confirm other people can get video.
And if they do, if they have the slightest clue
as to why only this channel has audio, but no
video, yet 19 other channels are coming in perfectly.
So that is my question.
Oh, I just want to comment. I cannot believe how
much cleaner, more detailed, more vibrant the
colors are on over the air digital signals compared
to what Roger's sells you. It is so dramatic that
I thought I was getting HDTV...until I realized
the content was not HD, because I have now have
opportunities to watch HD content and can't believe
it. Okay, it's not quite like looking through
a window. I am pretty sure real life resolution
is 4000x4000 pixels per sq inch. So still a long
way from having people confuse what is in TV for
reality, but it's the level of detail that is
so dramatically increased I find my self hungry
for HD content. So I want the picture on CFTO-DT.
Who knows what is up with this channel, or what
I might be doing that cause it?
Thank you very kindly, for you are smarter and
wiser than I!