Anyone else in the Bathurst/Lakeshore area? We just moved there from Yonge and Eglinton. The reception is terrible! At Y and E, we had a clear south-southwest view, and I could receive all Buffalo and Toronto channels in solid HDTV. We are on a high floor at the new place, with a more southwesterly view (but still a clear shot across the lake). However, we can only receive CFTO, and if lucky, Fox 29. The CN Tower is 'behind' us, so I think it's a combination of a directional issue from the tower, and the amount of concrete between. However, not sure why I can't get any Buffalo. Oh, I can receive the Toronto stations, but only in analog (CFTO is the exception). If I can receive the analog broadcast, why not the digital? Anyone else in the same boat?

You're almost certainly overloading the receiver with the strong signals from the CN Tower. A 20dB attenuator at the rx input may help.

I found the Rogers CJMT channel 44 digital application on the CRTC site.
The last pages of one of the PDFs show a coverage map with interfering signals. Channel 45 Hamilton's pattern is shown. It goes towards the southwest. Maybe 15 is the same. I can't see either one in Toronto.
[Link: crtc.gc.ca]

This one is for CFMT 64 also with coverage maps.
[Link: crtc.gc.ca]

More license applications with coverage maps from the CRTC website.
Some compare digital and analog coverage.

CHCH 18
[Link: crtc.gc.ca]

[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
CKXT 66 and 15 (Toronto and Hamilton maps. Hamilton is directional)

[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
CBLT 20

[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
CBLFT 24

[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
CFTO 40

[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
Non Toronto Bonus CIVT 33 Vancouver (CTV)

[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
CITS 21 Hamilton. Original channel applied for. Has lots of technical info.

[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
CITS 35 Application for channel change with no other changes from above.


[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
CITY 53 application. Map shows a very sharp null towards Buffalo but good coverage to St Catherines and further west.

[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
CITY approval notice requiring a power increase within one year

[Link: crtc.gc.ca]
CIII 65 Global application.

That null for city-dt is towards the "i" channel transmitter,half way between Buffalo and Rochester .Buffalo is in signal coverage direction.It's a very sharp null for proposed WPXJ-dt on 53 but they could not get approval.They have applied for 23 after USA analog shut down.

hey guys

great thread!

had a couple questions...

I just got my HDPVR from Rogers and I plugged it in to my LG plasma via HDMI. HD channels look great but my problem is with the analog channels. they look HORRIBLE! It looks very pixelated

Also, when I flip through channels or go to the guide, the screen goes blank for a while and then after about 5 6 secs it comes back. Is this a receiver or a tv problem? I cant really tell. I have a regular cable box (not HD nor PVR) connected to another TV and i dont experience that problem

thanks in advance!

Analog...pixelated...doesn't sound likely? Possibly SD digitals?

Sounds like poor signal strength on your cable.

hey,

actually i fixed the pixel problem! the cable box was set to manual configuration and not auto HDMI

once I fixed that all the channels have generally improved

and I figured out that the TV was the reason the screen goes blank. Apparently, if I change a channel which has an output resolution of 1080i to a channel that is 480p, the TV has to adjust itself

I just didn't know it took that long

Kind of a let down - does anyone have a fix to this?!? do you think I should use component cables rather that HDMI or will not change anything?

thanks

Yeah, most TVs take a while to "figure out" the new resolution. When channel surfing between 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i it can become a real pain. I just lock my 8300HD into 1080i mode (you need to run the HDTV setup wizard to tell the box what resolutions you want to support - say "no" to everything but 1080i).

Yesterday I was watching Global News and they referred to thier first HD broadcast that day. Did anybody see this? Was it over air or on cable?

Is it just Me or is WNGS-SD 7.2 missing... last night I was channel surfing & found that it was missing? Still gone Monday 01/01/07

re: WNGS-SD 7.2, it's the same for me, markrpopp. I definitely have signal, and get program name and rating information displayed, but no picture or sound, as at the time of this post.

Do you have a link or documentation to that? It may help those of us in Niagara understand why getting CITY is hit and miss.

Global has been doing cable for quite a while... maybe they mean first in-studio HDTV broadcast, such as the news? At any rate I'll do a scan tonight (I did one on the 28th with no new stuff).

jbracing, that whole thing doesn't make any sense to me, because there are two people that i know of in the lockport area that CAN receieve city-dt. meanwhile we got and dspredator with nothing between the CN Tower and his CM4228 but a nice lake breeze, and nothing.

either way, City-dt needs to increase power