I WAS watching Bama and Florida on DirecTV but not anymore. THE SEC Championship game, broadcast in Hi Def and the CBS WCBI feed from DirecTV looks like it was broadcast in the 50's. Horrible!!!!!! I had to swap over to an antenna and watch WCBI direct for a picture perfect Hi Def experience. DirecTV sucks!!!!
DirecTV SUCKS!!!!!!
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Where are you watching from? Is WCBI your local CBS with DirecTV? I'm pretty sure it's DirecTV. I've spoken with them and with WCBI. DirecTV does not broadcast the WCBI feed in HD and they told me that it is not on the schedule to pick up anytime soon. WCBI broadcasts in HD but DirecTV has no put the equipment required to uplink WCBIs HD feed yet.
I would imagine it will be a long time before the Columbus market is broadcast in HD. They just picked up the Jackson market 2 months ago.
WCBI broadcasts in HD. DirecTV does not re-broadcast WCBI in HD. Jackson is the only area in Mississippi where DirecTV rebroadcasts the local feeds in HD. WCBI, WTVA, WKDH and WLOV are not on DirecTV list to be broadcast in HD anytime soon. DirecTV SUCKS!!!!
Get a AM-21 box from directv. Attach this box to the DVR and an antenna. All the over the air channels will now be in the directv guide and you can record them to your DVR. I'm in Tupelo and I get all the networks channels over the air in HD. WCBI channel 4 directv looks like crap. WCBI 4-1 looks great and is in HD.
That's not how it works snake. The entire country does not see the same local network feed. The local networks are different in every market across the US with DirecTV. Let's take CBS for example since that's the issue right now.
In my area, Starkville, the local CBS feed is from WCBI. In Jackson, the CBS feed comes form WJTV. WCBI and WJTV boradcast their signals over the air (antenna) in HD. DirecTV gets their feed from WCBI and WJTV by physically locating a retransmitter satelitte uplink at the WCBI/WJTV transmitter. This uplink equipment transmits the signal from WCBI/WJTV up to the Satellite then out to DirecTV customers in the appropriate area. That signal that's uplinked from WCBI/WJTV is dependent on what type uplink equipment DirecTV puts on the WCBI/WJTV site. DirecTV put an HD uplink at WJTV in Jackson but only put a SD uplink at WCBI. So, WJTV gets their feed sent up to DirecTV in HD while WCBI only gets theirs send up in SD. I've spoken with the station engineer for WTVA and WCBI. Both have offered DirecTV the space for the HD equipment but DirecTV has not accepted.
DirecTV does this for bandwidth issues. It takes up more satellite bandwidth to transmit and HD signal than a SD signal. So, they do the bigger markets in HD first and pick up the others as their bandwidth increases with more satellites.
Again, I ask where you live? The ONLY Mississippi CBS station that DirecTV ACTUALLY broadcasts in HD is in Jackson.
Now, I said that my feed looked like it was broadcast in the 50's, that was kind of an exaggeration. I said that based on today's HD technology. An HD feed looks very clear and SHARP. The feed I was watching on DirecTV was a very blurry SD feed. Plus, I was watching it on a projector projecting onto a 150" screen so EVERY imperfection was expanded. I changed to my antenna and it was HD clear.
In my area, Starkville, the local CBS feed is from WCBI. In Jackson, the CBS feed comes form WJTV. WCBI and WJTV boradcast their signals over the air (antenna) in HD. DirecTV gets their feed from WCBI and WJTV by physically locating a retransmitter satelitte uplink at the WCBI/WJTV transmitter. This uplink equipment transmits the signal from WCBI/WJTV up to the Satellite then out to DirecTV customers in the appropriate area. That signal that's uplinked from WCBI/WJTV is dependent on what type uplink equipment DirecTV puts on the WCBI/WJTV site. DirecTV put an HD uplink at WJTV in Jackson but only put a SD uplink at WCBI. So, WJTV gets their feed sent up to DirecTV in HD while WCBI only gets theirs send up in SD. I've spoken with the station engineer for WTVA and WCBI. Both have offered DirecTV the space for the HD equipment but DirecTV has not accepted.
DirecTV does this for bandwidth issues. It takes up more satellite bandwidth to transmit and HD signal than a SD signal. So, they do the bigger markets in HD first and pick up the others as their bandwidth increases with more satellites.
Again, I ask where you live? The ONLY Mississippi CBS station that DirecTV ACTUALLY broadcasts in HD is in Jackson.
Now, I said that my feed looked like it was broadcast in the 50's, that was kind of an exaggeration. I said that based on today's HD technology. An HD feed looks very clear and SHARP. The feed I was watching on DirecTV was a very blurry SD feed. Plus, I was watching it on a projector projecting onto a 150" screen so EVERY imperfection was expanded. I changed to my antenna and it was HD clear.