DFW OTA-DT - USD-TV

[julesism]

I did a scan on my Voom box today and found something interesting. KTAQ-DT (46) and KMPX-DT (30) are finally scanable/lockable. Looks like they finally got PSIP data working. I'm also getting USD-TV channels which includes ESPN, Disney, TLC, etc. as sub channels OTA! Only problem is I'm only getting audio on a couple of channels and no video except for their preview channel.

Can anyone shed some light on USD-TV? What are they using to prevent current OTA-DT box owners like myself to not receive these channels? Their website doesn't mention DFW as being ready yet. Some of yall who have OTA-DT should do a scan and see what yall get! I'll be keeping an eye on these channels for video!

 

[Mark_Ericson]

> I did a scan on my Voom box today and found something
> interesting. KTAQ-DT (46) and KMPX-DT (30) are finally
> scanable/lockable. Looks like they finally got PSIP data
> working. I'm also getting USD-TV channels which includes
> ESPN, Disney, TLC, etc. as sub channels OTA! Only problem is
> I'm only getting audio on a couple of channels and no video
> except for their preview channel.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on USD-TV? What are they using to
> prevent current OTA-DT box owners like myself to not receive
> these channels? Their website doesn't mention DFW as being
> ready yet. Some of yall who have OTA-DT should do a scan and
> see what yall get! I'll be keeping an eye on these channels
> for video!
>

USDTV is a bandwidth-robbing "wireless cable" service that charges $20/month for about 12 channels, such as Fox News and the Disney Channel. It uses MPEG-4 compression (I think?) and so non-USD boxes won't decode it.

I don't mind the idea, just so long as it doesn't show up on stations that are doing HD, like it did in Salt Lake City and Albuquerque. I should think Dallas would have enough signals to support USDTV without using bandwidth of the HD stations.

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[julesism]

> > I did a scan on my Voom box today and found something
> > interesting. KTAQ-DT (46) and KMPX-DT (30) are finally
> > scanable/lockable. Looks like they finally got PSIP data
> > working. I'm also getting USD-TV channels which includes
> > ESPN, Disney, TLC, etc. as sub channels OTA! Only problem
> is
> > I'm only getting audio on a couple of channels and no
> video
> > except for their preview channel.
> >
> > Can anyone shed some light on USD-TV? What are they using
> to
> > prevent current OTA-DT box owners like myself to not
> receive
> > these channels? Their website doesn't mention DFW as being
>
> > ready yet. Some of yall who have OTA-DT should do a scan
> and
> > see what yall get! I'll be keeping an eye on these
> channels
> > for video!
> >
>
> USDTV is a bandwidth-robbing "wireless cable" service that
> charges $20/month for about 12 channels, such as Fox News
> and the Disney Channel. It uses MPEG-4 compression (I
> think?) and so non-USD boxes won't decode it.
>
> I don't mind the idea, just so long as it doesn't show up on
> stations that are doing HD, like it did in Salt Lake City
> and Albuquerque. I should think Dallas would have enough
> signals to support USDTV without using bandwidth of the HD
> stations.
>
> - Trip

MPEG-4 would explain why my Voom box can't decode it. They are using KMPX-DT (Spanish Ind.) and KTAQ-DT (Religious Ind.) so DFW is ok when it comes to major networks and HD b'width.