Local HD feeds in OKC now up and running

Wallydrag · 04-21-2007, 09:42 AM

KOCO 5 - ABC and KOKH 25 - Fox are now available in HD on DirecTV. I just noticed them today though apparently they've been up since Wed.

CBS and NBC should quickly follow.

____________________________

Press Release

DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming to Customers in Oklahoma City
ABC and FOX Now Available in DIRECTV HD Offering More Vivid Colors, Wider Images and Clearer, Crisper High-Resolution Images

DIRECTV, Inc.:

WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading satellite television
service provider, is now offering local HD programming to
customers in the Oklahoma City DMA. The following local
broadcast networks are available in HD: KOCO/ABC and KOKH/FOX.
DIRECTV is in discussions with the owners of KWTV/CBS and
KFOR/NBC and hopes that it will be able to add CBS and NBC to
the HD locals lineup. With the addition of Oklahoma City,
DIRECTV now offers local HD broadcast channels in 59 cities,
representing more than 70 percent of U.S. TV households.

DIRECTV’s roll out of local HD channels in Oklahoma City is
part of a nationwide expansion of HD programming that includes
plans to offer local HD channels in up to 75 markets and up to
100 national channels by year end. When DIRECTV’s capacity
expansion is completed next year, it will offer more than 1,500
local HD channels and more than 150 national HD channels,
establishing DIRECTV as the nation’s leading provider of HD
programming.

WHEN: Beginning today, Wednesday, April 18, 2007

HOW: To receive DIRECTV’s local HD programming, customers must have
an H20 HD receiver or an HR20 DIRECTV Plus(R) HD DVR and a
Ka/Ku band dish. DIRECTV is offering new customers a $100
mail-in rebate on all DIRECTV HD and HDDVR receivers.

hamdude1 · 04-21-2007, 12:46 PM

Anyone heard any dates for the Mobile-Pensacola area HD Locals. I keep getting very soon from the folks I talk to. Very Soon has been going on for close to a year.

hfk · 04-22-2007, 02:16 PM

Darn, thought I'd get here first with the story, but you beat me out. The addition of Channel 5 (ABC) is definitely nice, as Channel 5's OTA signal is VHF, and some of us out in the burbs have never been able to get it OTA (in my case my antenna and LNA are UHF-only, to maximize gain for the most prevalent frequency).

A quick comparison of some HD NASCar seemed to show that OTA Fox was sharper then DTV Fox. Have you noticed a difference?

BTW, DTV Fox looked great, but perhaps a bit less great than it's OTA equivalent.

04-21-2007, 09:42 AM	#1
Wallydrag My plasma is High Def. Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 9	Local HD feeds in OKC now up and running KOCO 5 - ABC and KOKH 25 - Fox are now available in HD on DirecTV. I just noticed them today though apparently they've been up since Wed. CBS and NBC should quickly follow. ____________________________ Press Release DIRECTV Delivers Local HD Programming to Customers in Oklahoma City ABC and FOX Now Available in DIRECTV HD Offering More Vivid Colors, Wider Images and Clearer, Crisper High-Resolution Images DIRECTV, Inc.: WHAT: DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading satellite television service provider, is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Oklahoma City DMA. The following local broadcast networks are available in HD: KOCO/ABC and KOKH/FOX. DIRECTV is in discussions with the owners of KWTV/CBS and KFOR/NBC and hopes that it will be able to add CBS and NBC to the HD locals lineup. With the addition of Oklahoma City, DIRECTV now offers local HD broadcast channels in 59 cities, representing more than 70 percent of U.S. TV households. DIRECTV’s roll out of local HD channels in Oklahoma City is part of a nationwide expansion of HD programming that includes plans to offer local HD channels in up to 75 markets and up to 100 national channels by year end. When DIRECTV’s capacity expansion is completed next year, it will offer more than 1,500 local HD channels and more than 150 national HD channels, establishing DIRECTV as the nation’s leading provider of HD programming. WHEN: Beginning today, Wednesday, April 18, 2007 HOW: To receive DIRECTV’s local HD programming, customers must have an H20 HD receiver or an HR20 DIRECTV Plus(R) HD DVR and a Ka/Ku band dish. DIRECTV is offering new customers a $100 mail-in rebate on all DIRECTV HD and HDDVR receivers.

04-21-2007, 12:46 PM	#2
hamdude1 High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 67	Local HD DTV IN MOBILE PESACOLA Anyone heard any dates for the Mobile-Pensacola area HD Locals. I keep getting very soon from the folks I talk to. Very Soon has been going on for close to a year.

04-22-2007, 02:16 PM	#3
hfk How can anyone watch standard def? Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 28	Darn, thought I'd get here first with the story, but you beat me out. The addition of Channel 5 (ABC) is definitely nice, as Channel 5's OTA signal is VHF, and some of us out in the burbs have never been able to get it OTA (in my case my antenna and LNA are UHF-only, to maximize gain for the most prevalent frequency). A quick comparison of some HD NASCar seemed to show that OTA Fox was sharper then DTV Fox. Have you noticed a difference? BTW, DTV Fox looked great, but perhaps a bit less great than it's OTA equivalent.