Ntropolis 599 Posted December 8, 2008 Author Posted December 8, 2008 This post on AVS Forum says they will launch it today, but I'm not sure, so I'll just say "December."
CLT-DCA-ORF-PTI 87 Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 I'm watching it now on my HDTV. On the SD feed its still showing the old logo and the audio is fine, while on the HD feed, the new logo is off to the side and cropped off on the right, their audio was garbled and in and out throughout most of the newscast. It's safe to say, they probably should have waited until 5:00 to premiere, cause it seems they have alot of kinks to get out. To be the second station in DC to go HD, you thought they would know what to do. Yes, you would think! 5:00 seems to be much better. It is interesting how this is a quite premiere. But on the HD feed, the ABC 7 logo is still cut off horribly, and you totally cannot see the time because it is so small. However, the opens and full screens are pretty nice. It is somewhat of an update to their old graphics. And the Live bug is pretty nice and animate, as are the L3s. Who knows, they might work out the kinks in the next few weeks. (still a better product IMO, than W*USA.)
abric 181 Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 The reason it was a quiet premiere was when WUSA went HD they milked it like crazy as most 'First in HD' stations do. But i must admit it looks good, the graphics are a nice update. Enough that it could blind you, especially the open lol. But, nevertheless I am just waiting patiently for my station WRC (News 4) to go HD.
CLT-DCA-ORF-PTI 87 Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 Haha yes. It is blinding, kinda similar to the old open. Yes, WUSA was annoying with that First in HD thing. Funny 3.5 years later, people still don't care. (5/2/2005 sad I know that by heart). Well, anyway, it is about time.
SterlingNorth 33 Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 WUSA is still annoying with the "First in HD". Unfortunately, nobody can take that from them, unless someone invents a time machine and convinces another station to launch in HD before WUSA. Honestly, they're going to drive me to start time travel research. I'd also use the time machine to stop Gannett from embarking on its lame centralized graphics! I caught WJLA's 5pm graphics on my SD setup. They're much nicer than the old ones Though I missed 6pm, so I don't know what the regular open looks like (5pm opened with "Breaking News").
RGSJenkins 435 Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 WUSA is still annoying with the "First in HD". Unfortunately, nobody can take that from them, unless someone invents a time machine and convinces another station to launch in HD before WUSA. Honestly, they're going to drive me to start time travel research. I'd also use the time machine to stop Gannett from embarking on its lame centralized graphics! I caught WJLA's 5pm graphics on my SD setup. They're much nicer than the old ones Though I missed 6pm, so I don't know what the regular open looks like (5pm opened with "Breaking News"). I saw the 6pm open online and they used the "Breaking News" open. The graphics are classy.
fox5news 0 Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 I posted screencaps from WJLA's 5 and 6pm HD newscasts below. Pardon the lines and distortion in the pictures; they were taken with my digital camera. I think the new HD look is much better than the old look, however they need to move the logo bug over so it can be seen on the SD feed of the newscast. Now the next thing they need to do is get a new HD set. I'm thinking the set is going to stay as they added a TV to the front of the desk.
SterlingNorth 33 Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 I think the new HD look is much better than the old look, however they need to move the logo bug over so it can be seen on the SD feed of the newscast. No wonder I didn't see any logo bug. I need to get hooked up to digital cable. (I have a HD set, but I didn't care to pay more for the same TV... I still hold out hope that digital will stop being a $7/month surcharge from my cable people.)
DMA 135 Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 The bug is displayed differently on HD and SD feeds, it's not cut off.
abric 181 Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 Still odd. I mean WUSA shows part of the H on their SD feed.
WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 WUSA is still annoying with the "First in HD". Unfortunately, nobody can take that from them, unless someone invents a time machine and convinces another station to launch in HD before WUSA. Honestly, they're going to drive me to start time travel research. I'd also use the time machine to stop Gannett from embarking on its lame centralized graphics! I caught WJLA's 5pm graphics on my SD setup. They're much nicer than the old ones Though I missed 6pm, so I don't know what the regular open looks like (5pm opened with "Breaking News"). Join the club. It's been almost five months since WAVY went HD...and they have NO intention of letting anyone forget it.
Oliverolang 41 Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 Does KABC still overuse the fact they were LA's first HD newscast?
KnoxvilleTVFan 286 Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 For anyone wanting to see WJLA's new open, check out this link: (11pm open) and... (Breaking News open) The graphics are a lot better than what they previously had.
mbhcity 3 Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 Does KABC still overuse the fact they were LA's first HD newscast? they do and they're pretty dang proud of it! They don't care what anyone else thinks. No one else does so. They recently aired new ads with the slogan "There goes than HD newsvan again."
TrustyGem 2 Posted December 10, 2008 Posted December 10, 2008 WCAU and WPHL are now in HD http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/station/as_seen_on/35908154.html EDIT: forgot to add WPHL
ybYellow 2 Posted December 11, 2008 Posted December 11, 2008 WBZ is now in HD. Pretty half-assed in my opinion; all field cameras are in SD, the open is in SD, their awful old set was painted bright blue and yellow and they slapped up a new flat screen monitor. The weather graphics are still the same, but they added a WHDH-esque virtual weather center, but in true BZ fashion, it is nowhere near the quality of WHDH.
fox5news 0 Posted December 12, 2008 Posted December 12, 2008 The bug is displayed differently on HD and SD feeds, it's not cut off. At least on my Comcast cable system, the SD feed of WJLA (on analog cable channel 7) did not have any logo bug at all during the news until today as the logo bug was located in the "16:9 pillar area" that can only be seen on the HD feed. I confirmed this on a 4:3 analog TV to make sure it was the same. I don't think its a Comcast issue as WJLA-SD has letterboxed commercials during primetime which appear in widescreen on WJLA-HD. Maybe you were watching the OTA analog signal and the logo bug was different on the SD feed that way? Given the technical difficulties they had with their HD switch, I'd not be surprised if that was the case. Just to note, WJLA now has the logo bug in the 4:3 safe area so it can be seen the same on both the SD and HD feeds.
fox5news 0 Posted December 12, 2008 Posted December 12, 2008 WCAU is now in HD http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/station/as_seen_on/35908154.html WCAU's HD set looks interesting...it's different. Too bad I probably won't see anything like that on WRC for another ten years, if not longer. WRC is so cheap they'll probably simply have HD studio shots, but keep their 10-year-old set and SD graphics.
Weeters 1969 Posted December 12, 2008 Posted December 12, 2008 WRC is so cheap they'll probably simply have HD studio shots, but keep their 10-year-old set and SD graphics. It's getting to the point that even though aset is 10 years old, it's probably already HD-ready.
fox5news 0 Posted December 12, 2008 Posted December 12, 2008 It's getting to the point that even though aset is 10 years old, it's probably already HD-ready. I agree, but I just wonder how much faker WRC's set backdrop will look when (if) they ever get HD news!
Ntropolis 599 Posted December 14, 2008 Author Posted December 14, 2008 KHNL and KFVE will launch local news in HD Dec. 20 at 6pm: http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=9447697
HamptonRoadsNews 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 Could WTKR be the next station in Hampton Roads to take the HD plunge? Some might say that after reporters and anchors were given HD make-up training this week...
newsie 11 Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 It's about time someone else in took the step toward HD other than WAVY. I hope they do go HD soon, maybe new graphics will come with it.
WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 It's about time someone else in took the step toward HD other than WAVY. I hope they do go HD soon, maybe new graphics will come with it. I wonder what the deal is with WVEC. It's almost like they forgot, as I said in the Christmas Wish thread, digital widescreen does not equal HD. Good for 'TKR, though.
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