<div dir="ltr">SD Cable Tuner? Is that something provided by the cable companies?<div><br></div><div>I would say it's a problem with the way the stream goes from KAYU to your CableCo. One or the other is converting to SD badly. Is KAYU a standalone station or do they have a sibling station?</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Jerome Yuzyk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jerome@supernet.ab.ca" target="_blank">jerome@supernet.ab.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Monday, February 15, 2016 09:42:35 AM Rob Davis wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Jerome Yuzyk <<a href="mailto:jerome@supernet.ab.ca">jerome@supernet.ab.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Does anyone know why Fox seems to be the only network that doesn't<br>
> > broadcast in 16:9 on SD? All the other channels I have take their HD signal<br>
> > and down-scale it to fit the SD box, but Fox just clips it like in the<br>
> > early days of HD.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> Not quite sure what you mean. Fox itself is normally in HD 16:9. The<br>
> local station may produce their own content, outside of Fox Networks<br>
> primetime schedule, which may be HD or SD depending on the level of<br>
> investment at the station. This signal is then, normally sent to a cable<br>
> company, which may produce and SD and an HD version for cable companies.<br>
><br>
> There used to be an old Fox multiplexer which broadcast the Fox uplink in<br>
> 720p with 5.1 audio, but if you wanted to add anything to that stream, it<br>
> would only allow overlay in SD at 4.3 in stereo. Hence, if you ever had a<br>
> weather overlay or storm warning, it would switch and sound terrible.<br>
> Local content would also be broadcast in this format - and sound really bad!<br>
><br>
> However, as the majority of local stations now show syndicated and news in<br>
> HD, the Fox multiplexer has improved and allows overlay and local content<br>
> in 720p with 5.1 audio. The easiest way to show you don't like the SD<br>
> downmix is to switch to a competitor and use Hulu for Fox content. Hit the<br>
> local station where it hurts, their viewership! It will hit their bottom<br>
> line and force their holding company to upgrade.<br>
><br>
> However, if OTA looks good, the blame lays with the cable company<br>
> downmixing shoddily.<br>
<br>
</span>When I capture from Fox (KAYU) on my SD cable tuner, HD programs like NASCAR and NFL are clipped right and left rather than being letterboxed. Commercials aren't. When I see other stations use Fox content, like news reports, the picture is similarly clipped. So it seems that Fox is just chopping their HD content rather than scaling it.<br>
<br>
When I capture from NBC, ABC, CBS, or pretty much any other cable channel, HD programs are letterboxed on my SD cable tuner.<br>
<br>
It's only Fox that chops rather than scales.<br>
<br>
I was wondering if any broadcast-knowledgeable readers here know why that is.<br>
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