KOVR 13 - Sacramento, CA
This is our local CBS affiliate TV station. Many of the shows I watch happen to be on the CBS network, so this gives me the opportunity to be a guinea pig for KOVR's efforts to get up-to-speed on their digital transmissions. Whether I like it or not.
I have been receiving over-the-air (OTA) digital TV transmissions since January 2007, and KOVR happens to be one of the last local stations to completely convert. Hey, the equipment is expensive, so I understand. However, all too often I have witnessed problems with the quality of the KOVR transmissions. I ended up watching another TV program (or shutting off the TV) many nights over this past week due to the signal breaking up... badly. Video and audio are affected. Worse yet, it sometimes locks up my digital receiver, causing fine (green) vertical stridations and a high-pitched whistle. Talk about one powerful feedback! And if it is difficult to believe that this can be caused by a transmitted signal, I had the same thing happen on a different brand of digital receiver.
I would really like to know if anyone else has experienced similar problems tuning in to KOVR, or if a forum exists which tracks this. If for no other reason but to have a bit of company for my misery.
I have been receiving over-the-air (OTA) digital TV transmissions since January 2007, and KOVR happens to be one of the last local stations to completely convert. Hey, the equipment is expensive, so I understand. However, all too often I have witnessed problems with the quality of the KOVR transmissions. I ended up watching another TV program (or shutting off the TV) many nights over this past week due to the signal breaking up... badly. Video and audio are affected. Worse yet, it sometimes locks up my digital receiver, causing fine (green) vertical stridations and a high-pitched whistle. Talk about one powerful feedback! And if it is difficult to believe that this can be caused by a transmitted signal, I had the same thing happen on a different brand of digital receiver.
I would really like to know if anyone else has experienced similar problems tuning in to KOVR, or if a forum exists which tracks this. If for no other reason but to have a bit of company for my misery.
posted @ 8:05 PM
3 Comments:
I've had many problems with channel 13 since I got a digital converter. It has been primarily audio hiccups, but lately it has been very poor video/audio quality, loss of data, and really bad pixelation. Especially starting around October 12
Thanks for the feedback Mark! As I said, it is nice to know I am not alone in the experience. I wish them the best in overcoming their teething pains; perhaps they should create a section on their website that provides status info, or a forum which invites viewers to share their experiences. It's less than 4 months before the digital deadline!
I get Ch. 13 fine with my converter box, but I've COMPLETELY LOST Ch. 3 (KCRA). It's not on the digital converter menu, and I can't even access it with the remote. I'm the same way with NBC programming as you are with CBS. I want my NBC back!!!
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