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WGNDT? Comcast 352

Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 17, 2024, 8:12 pm

Anyone have any idea what this is? I can’t find solid info except it carries sports? Right now it’s Diffrent Strokes and coming up is Welcome Back Kotter.

Z

Re: WGNDT? Comcast 352

Posted by PhilJSmith <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=PhilJSmith' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 17, 2024, 11:48 pm, in reply to "WGNDT? Comcast 352"

I’m going to guess it’s 9.4 RewindTV.

According to my program guide in Emby for 9.4, for the next 12h…

23:30 Welcome Back, Kotter
00:00 Family Ties
00:30 Family Ties
01:00 Family Ties
01:30 Family Ties
02:00 Head Of The Class
02:30 Head Of The Class
03:00 Infomercial
03:30 Infomercial
04:00 Infomercial
04:30 Infomercial
05:00 Head Of The Class
05:30 Head Of The Class
06:00 227
06:30 227
07:00 227
07:30 227
08:00 Tomorrow’s World (Christian)
08:30 In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley (Christian)
09:00 Newsradio
09:30 Newsradio
10:00 Wings
10:30 Wings
11:00 Wings
11:30 Wings
12:00 Becker

Re: WGNDT? Comcast 352

Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 18, 2024, 9:42 am, in reply to "Re: WGNDT? Comcast 352"

Hi Phil,

Thank you! That looks like what it is. There was no watermark in the lower right hand corner to indicate the feed.

Side note, the picture quality was terrible on an older 52in flat screen. I realize the original feed is not good to begin with and a lot of these series were not recorded in HD, but wow, end result over cable adding on compression and other shenanigans to stretch out their bandwidth for other feeds, was horrid.

Z

Re: WGNDT? Comcast 352

Posted by PhilJSmith <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=PhilJSmith' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on February 18, 2024, 12:18 pm, in reply to "Re: WGNDT? Comcast 352"

Cramming CBS-2, a second 1080i subchannel, into the existing WGN RF 19 signal is really taking its toll on the PQ for all of the subchannels. They’re trying to minimize the unavoidable degradation of both 2.1 and 9.1, so the 480i subchannels get compressed to death.

https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WGN&sorting=physical

Meanwhile, those of us who invested hundreds of dollars in ATSC 3.0 tuning equipment are left in the cold because of very strict DRM restrictions (actually, extortionist costs to the vendors) which are baked into the baseline of the spec. Translation: I can’t watch the new CBS-2 signal on RF 12 because my tuner vendor refuses to pay an alleged high-6-figure amount for a DRM cert key that sets a longer artificial obsolescence date within their devices. I agree with the vendor’s choice on this.

Re: WGNDT? Comcast 352

Every use of DRM is nasty from your application to video games to HDMI.

Since when has it become so expensive to watch "free" TV? I digress.

As time goes by and there is more reliable broadband, more and more legit apps will allow alacarte entertainment offerings including, OTA local signals.

Z

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