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Coyotes hockey in HD on AZ-TV

dhett

dhett

Got a chance to watch about a period of the game last night. Forgetting the results of the game itself, >:-( the broadcast kinda summed up the whole digital broadcast experience.

A low-power TV station, KAZT-CA broadcasts in 720p HD, and the Coyotes game looked spectacular - you couldn't tell the difference in broadcast quality between AZ-TV and the full-power stations. When everything was working correctly, the HD broadcast was a thing of beauty: a clear, sharp picture in 16:9 widescreen. Of course, nothing works correctly all the time, and when it doesn't, DTV is unforgiving, especially with an indoor antenna. I had pixelation on rare occasions, especially when walking around in the room, which is really annoying, but at other times, the picture was choppy - it looked awful, sort of like a cheap web video.

Theoretically, digital could have been a boon to LPTV, and could have helped bring about the TV equivalent of "diversity and localism". But, in the meantime, DTV's problems, even though they may eventually get worked out, are driving people away from broadcast TV, and with cable and satellite providers hesitant to add LPTV channels to their lineup, digital may actually help bring about the demise of urban LPTV (the LPTV class, not translators). Just my opinion.
 
dhett said:
[...]with cable and satellite providers hesitant to add LPTV channels to their lineup, digital may actually help bring about the demise of urban LPTV (the LPTV class, not translators). Just my opinion.
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Dish, Direct and Cox all carry AZTV (Cox even carries its subchannel). Digital is this particular LPTVer's friend.
 
ykw said:
dhett said:
[...]with cable and satellite providers hesitant to add LPTV channels to their lineup, digital may actually help bring about the demise of urban LPTV (the LPTV class, not translators). Just my opinion.
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Dish, Direct and Cox all carry AZTV (Cox even carries its subchannel). Digital is this particular LPTVer's friend.
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AZTV's carriage success is attributable to their longtime presence in the Valley, dating back to their old KUSK days, combined with a very well-connected ownership currently in charge. Still, it took them months to secure carriage for RTV, which delayed the OTA rollout.
 
They are, but in Prescott, not in Phoenix. Their full-service station broadcasts on RF ch 7 from Mingus Mtn. just above Jerome. It's a puny signal as full-service stations go, which is why it's more accurate to refer to it as a full-service, rather than full-power, station.

Here's the full story on KAZT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAZT-TV

(I contributed much of the history section, so I trust the article.) :)
 
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