Exciting News!
December 13, 2007 at 10:42 am | In Uncategorized | 1 CommentTags: Analog TV, CET, Channel 48, Cincinnati Television, Digital Telvision, Digital TV, HD CET, HD TV, High Definition
Beginning Monday, December 17 at noon CET will begin simulcasting its analog channel in High Definition on digital channel 48.1. I know a lot of our viewers, my dad included, have been waiting for this for a while now.
What this means for people who watch CET’s regular analog channel 48 over the broadcast airwaves is if you have a television with a digital tuner, you can watch the same shows on analog channel 48 and digital channel 48.1. If your television equipped with digital tuner is also high definition, this means you’ll be able to watch your favorite CET shows in HD, when available. What’s really cool is PBS is starting to feed some of the national shows in HD in the coming months. For example, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer will be in HD also beginning on Monday, the new season of Antiques Roadshow beginning in 2008 will be in HD, Austin City Limits is in HD, Nature and many more programs and specials on CET are in HD. Don’t fret if you’re a PBS World lover, that channel on digital 48.2 will still be up and running. We aren’t changing any channel numbers or anything over the air, or on cable, so you still know where to find us.
If you’re confused about all this “digital” and “HD” talk, like I am, be sure to check out our CET Tech Info Blog. If you can’t get your question answered there, give our TechInfo Hotline a call at 513-345-6512, or use our e-hotline by emailing your questions to techinfo@cetconnect.org.
-Katie
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I am dissapointed in how the simulcasting of the analog programming has gone. Motor week is available in high definition on the other pbs stations in the area but when I tuned into WCET this morning I got a motor week that had black bars on all four sides of my tv. it had the “barn doors” on the left and the right and it was letterboxed in the square picture in the middle. Please do the digital channel justice and show as much as HD as possible. I would almost propose that you go ahead and discontinue broadcasting in analog. After all, you only have one more year. Luckily, there are a lot of PBS choices in the Cincinnati area.
Comment by Steve — February 2, 2008 #