I get my HDTV from Star Choice & Bell ExpressVu. Star Choice gets its eastern HDTV from the Detroit stations and Bell ExpressVu gets its eastern HDTV signals from the Boston stations.
Lately, I have found that CBS Detroit has become very sloppy in their switching between HDTV and SDTV. On 3 or 4 occasions in the last couple of weeks the technician at that station has failed to switch back to HDTV after a commercial break. Usually the lapse has been notice in 1 or 2 minutes, but last night the program continued in SDTV right to the end (following the end of a commercial break at 34 minutes past the hour).
On each occasion I switched to the Boston feed where the signal continued in HDTV. I have never seen an instance where the tech at CBS Boston has had this lapse.
What's going on at CBS Detroit? Does no one care?
HiDefBob
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In all the CBS shows I have watched from the Detroit CBS owned station, I haven't noticed any delayed switching. I will keep an eye on things. In the past I have e-mailed the local NBC outlet for such infractions. They responded that they are concerned and have told the Techs to be more diligent. If I notice it happening with CBS I will also let them know.
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Right now, 8:00-9:00 PM EST Nov 16, WWJ (CBS Detroit) is broadcasting "Cold Case" in SD on their HD channel. I can see the same program from WTOL (CBD Toledo) in HD.
I have seen the problem of material not switching after commercials also.
It is frustrating!
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This evening "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" is being broadcast on NBC - KING-TV Seattle. It should be ... and usually is in HDTV. At the beginning of the program there was a graphic stating that it was in HDTV where available. But guess what, someone at KING-TV forgot to "flip the switch". The program is being shown in 4:3 SDTV!
How are we going to win over the unconverted to HDTV with this continuing incompetence at the affiliates? I am really getting ticked off!
HiDefBob
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After tuning in late on NCIS last night I noticed it was in SD. About 20 minutes later it suddenly went to HDTV. I e-mailed the station this am mentioning NCIS and additionally concerns from others on the Forum. I got back the following reply. Evidently they do care!
"We appreciate your feedback regarding our HDTV service.
The issue you mentioned is being investigated, and if a problem is discovered, it will be corrected immediately.
Thanks for watching!"
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