KFOR in HD?

[kimard]

Did anyone else notice during Joleen Chaney's live reports of the man trapped in Lawton that the microphone flag said "HD" above the 4 logo? Could KFOR be making the HD transition?

[TaoMaas]

It's going to be interesting to see what the local stations do as the federal deadline for going digital approaches. There's actually nothing that says they have to be HD...just digital.

[OKCisOK4me]

It's going to be interesting to see what the local stations do as the federal deadline for going digital approaches. There's actually nothing that says they have to be HD...just digital.

KFOR was the first station in the metro to activate a digital signal. HD has nothing to do with digital. It may have something to do with the transmission process but regular cox cable is digital too. You can't get the HD channels unless you subscribe to them and have the HDTV. Of course, I'm sure you know this.

I do hope that they go high def soon. I've emailed them numerous times regarding this subject and they're shamefully shady about it.

[TaoMaas]

I do hope that they go high def soon. I've emailed them numerous times regarding this subject and they're shamefully shady about it.

All the locals seem to be playing their cards pretty close to their vest regarding HD. I think that once one of them begins to broadcast their news in HD, then the others will follow. The big question mark seems to be whether they will broadcast their syndicated programming in HD. Partly because there is no standard playback format for those syndicators to provide their shows in, but also because those times of day when the stations air syndicated shows might also be a good time to run secondary channels with infomercials on them.

[kimard]

KFOR did their first news broadcast in high definition tonight.

[BailJumper]

Is it just me or is the audio out of sync with video?

[Bostonfan]

Is it just me or is the audio out of sync with video?

Not you, it's way out of sync.

[kimard]

Anyone just catch Brian Brinkley saying '****ty'?

[kimard]

Anyone just catch Brian Brinkley saying '****ty'?

Sorry for the word usage above.. I tried to edit it but it wouldn't let me.

[Thunder]

Sorry for the word usage above.. I tried to edit it but it wouldn't let me.

No need to apologize. If he said it or somehow the audio made a word very close to it, then chances are that thousands of other viewers heard it as well.

[drumsncode]

Anyone just catch Brian Brinkley saying '****ty'?

It was just an honest mistake, a result of tricky words in the script. He knew it.

I've heard Jennifer Pierce do the same thing, and coming from Jennifer, it was totally charming!

But hey, how about that picture?! The show looked great!

And I heard KFOR mention they are now the #1 NBC affiliate in the country, and they're also winning all the ratings here in OKC, so they've really turned around from the disastrous Nielsen re-count fiasco that devastated them a while back.

[possumfritter]

Is it just me or is the audio out of sync with video?

Since hooking up my converter box, KFOR, KOKH and KSBI have been out of sink several times. Also, there have been times I could not adjust the audio on those same stations.

So, to answer your question...it's not you. And I am glad you asked that question because I was wondering if it was somehow my tv?

[Andrew4OU]

It looked amazing. Hopefully they can get the kinks fixed.

[Thunder]

Is it for all newscasts or just the 10pm to be in HD?

[kimard]

So now that KFOR is HD, who do you think will be next?

[Thunder]

Well, just now I caught the story on HD they were talking about and I tested it to see if they are truely in HD. I turned off the scretch feature on the cable box and the screen is still in a standard size old-time box. Didn't look HD to me, so I turned the scretch back on.

[bsmall]

Well, just now I caught the story on HD they were talking about and I tested it to see if they are truely in HD. I turned off the scretch feature on the cable box and the screen is still in a standard size old-time box. Didn't look HD to me, so I turned the scretch back on.

If you're on cable, make sure you watch on channel 704. Cable channel 3 is the standard definition feed.

[drumsncode]

Is it for all newscasts or just the 10pm to be in HD?

All their newscasts are HD now. Tara Blume mentioned it this morning, and also Ed Doney at 5pm-ish.

They tore out their entire analog control room and replaced it with all new stuff! That's like a moon-shot, to get that done in 24 hours! The other stations must be really hacked off! ;-)

[OKCDrummer77]

On the morning newscast today, Tara Blume's audio was in sync, but Jonathan Conder (at least when he was in front of the green screen) was just a hair behind. Other than that, it looked great.

[OKCisOK4me]

all i know is that their 10pm newscast as of tonight is in FULL HD EFFECT!!!

[OKCDrummer77]

I hoped that this would translate into them carrying their syndicated shows in HD as well, but CSI: NY is in SD.

[Thunder]

If you're on cable, make sure you watch on channel 704. Cable channel 3 is the standard definition feed.

I will check that channel and see how the CC is done.

Those free HD channels from Cox, I have noticed that most of the channels is showing screwed up CC (very small, not entirely end to end).

[SoonerDave]

I would have sworn that KWTV did an HD test news broadcast a few weeks ago, but due to the lack of mention here I assumed I (or someone) had pressed the stretch button. One of the "news/info" stations that looks a heck of a lot better in HD than I thought it would is the Weather Channel. I know they went full HD a while back, but I just don't watch TWC much anymore, and when I browsed past it this morning, there was a definite "wow" factor with how they have embraced the HD production values. Really looks stunning...

I know KWTV built their new news set specifically with HD in mind, and have to figure they and KOCO probably planned to go HD more quickly than this, but economic issues probably put a squeeze on the funds for such technically huge projects..

And to hear that KFOR redid their entire control room in 24 hours is nothing short of phenomenal. That speaks of a tremendous amount of planning and coordination to make it all work. If the worst outcome on-air was a bit of a/v sync, that's just that much more impressive.

[drumsncode]

I would have sworn that KWTV did an HD test news broadcast a few weeks ago, but due to the lack of mention here I assumed I (or someone) had pressed the stretch button. One of the "news/info" stations that looks a heck of a lot better in HD than I thought it would is the Weather Channel. I know they went full HD a while back, but I just don't watch TWC much anymore, and when I browsed past it this morning, there was a definite "wow" factor with how they have embraced the HD production values. Really looks stunning...

I know KWTV built their new news set specifically with HD in mind, and have to figure they and KOCO probably planned to go HD more quickly than this, but economic issues probably put a squeeze on the funds for such technically huge projects..

And to hear that KFOR redid their entire control room in 24 hours is nothing short of phenomenal. That speaks of a tremendous amount of planning and coordination to make it all work. If the worst outcome on-air was a bit of a/v sync, that's just that much more impressive.

So true about the 24 hour effort on the control room! Every computer programmer who has ever implemented a big project is bowing his head in respect for what they've pulled off. :-) Usually, a big project turns out to be a bunch of people in a room, scratching their heads and saying, "I don't know what's wrong, it worked perfectly in the test environment!" ;-)

[Centerback]

Well as a longtime KWTV viewer I was impressed with the KFOR HD news last night. I will watch it more often now, at least until KWTV goes HD.

To stretch or not to stretch, that is now the question.