Had a co-worker staying there (I was at the Hampton Inn, Chincoteague, VA - different story). Went back to her room between meetings (nothing funny going on-she's the HR director), but the hotel has Comcast cable in the lobby, and has Comcast in each room - but each room has it's own Cisco HD RNG150N box - with full HD Cable (no pay per view), but a very nice lineup - didn't find any HD channels blocked (other than PPV). In fact cable is probably the only way to get Fox in HD - HD on cable, but only SD OTA.
My hotel in Chicoteague had a system (no pay per view) with some channels in HD (USA, CBS, ABC, HBO, ESPN, PBS) but others in SD (Fox, CW, NBC, CNN, Fox News). NBC & Fox were at least Wide Screen SD - NBC was WCAU from Philly (although the lineup said WAVY) - leading me to believe DirecTV was sourcing the system (the other locals were native resolution for their broadcast). On a side note, the county translator carrying WTKR/WAVY/WVEC/WHRO was viewable from my first floor room (all multiplexed onto one translator with each in 4:3 SD) - but not on the hotel cable.
My question is: why don't they air the translators at least in 16:9 SD - so folks can at least get the full picture?
J
My hotel in Chicoteague had a system (no pay per view) with some channels in HD (USA, CBS, ABC, HBO, ESPN, PBS) but others in SD (Fox, CW, NBC, CNN, Fox News). NBC & Fox were at least Wide Screen SD - NBC was WCAU from Philly (although the lineup said WAVY) - leading me to believe DirecTV was sourcing the system (the other locals were native resolution for their broadcast). On a side note, the county translator carrying WTKR/WAVY/WVEC/WHRO was viewable from my first floor room (all multiplexed onto one translator with each in 4:3 SD) - but not on the hotel cable.
My question is: why don't they air the translators at least in 16:9 SD - so folks can at least get the full picture?
J