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QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 04:21 PM) Through Comcast. How would I go about watching it OTA? Do I have to run another cable line and then search for the weird like 84.2 stations or whatever?? You need an external antenna and a built-in HD tuner in your TV. After that, you just do a normal channel scan, and you'll find the channels (they're on different channels, but your TV will see them as their old numbers -- 26.1, 7.2, etc). Comcast compresses the signal to fit on their lines, which doesn't always work well.

Are you watching WCIU over Comcast, or OTA? I find that over the air, 26 has some of the best HD sports coverage out there. They're putting the finishing touches on their new all-digital broadcast plant, so I would think it should be.

Find a proxy that's out of state and use it. Then, tell me which one you're using, so I can use it too.

I believe they're still in the "I pray that Kenny trades Erstad for a $1 bill" thread.

Just FYI: that last play wasn't scored as an error. RBI triple.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 07:36 PM) Damnit, Insight in Champaign isn't televising the game. http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/Illinois-Systems.asp You'd think they'd put it on that foreign-language channel that broadcasts the most random programming ever, but no.

About time for Paulie to get hot...

Ozzie actually put BA in? Wow.

QUOTE(Phil McKrevice @ Apr 19, 2007 -> 09:40 PM) I'll even overlook not getting anyone in with the bases loaded. Again.

I'll even overlook not getting anyone in with the bases loaded.

Saw that one coming a mile away! HELL YES!

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Feb 21, 2007 -> 11:50 AM) Great info. Off-topic, but, how come when a local station like Channel 48 picks up an espn college basketball game, for example, it's of the crappy quality of a slow internet feed? That has a lot to do with their reception equipment. They pick up most of those games from analog satellite feeds, and some of their equipment may be 25+ years old. If they haven't spent the money to maintain it (which is often the case with stations of tight budgets), you end up with a crappy picture on your Eastern Illinois vs. South Dakota State game.

QUOTE(joeynach @ Feb 19, 2007 -> 03:02 PM) You also kind of proved my point about comcast customer in different areas getting different signal qualities. If comcast was receiving the WCIU feed from over the air then the signal theoretically could be of a different quality depending on where your comcast recieving station is, thus different WCIU qualities on comcast cable in different parts of chicago. Sorry, I should have been a little more clear in what I was trying to say: Comcast only has one receiving station/one signal for the entire Chicago area. Whatever you're seeing in Schaumburg is the same signal someone in Downers Grove is seeing. I'll try to find out if WCIU is a fiber feed or if it's received OTA.

QUOTE(joeynach @ Feb 12, 2007 -> 12:49 PM) WCIU blows which is strange because all it is is a WGN broadcast on a sister station. WCIU is WGN's sister station to carry local broadcasting when the company is showing Superstation feeds, meaning national broadcasts. Sorry, I usually don't correct people, but this couldn't be more wrong. WCIU is owned by Weigel Broadcasting, which is in no away affiliated with the Tribune company. The reason that WCIU looked so bad last year is that they were replacing their analog broadcast plant with a brand new digital one. They were using an older backup facility for much of the year, and then had bugs to work out once they got the new equipment in. Since the transition to the new plant, everything looks much better, both on analog and on digital. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when you watch 26 this year. QUOTE(joeynach @ Feb 13, 2007 -> 01:33 PM) My interpretation is that If local cable companies pick up our local channels for their system over the air from the stations Transmitter on the Sears tower then we can explain why some areas are worse than others. Again I dont know how cable companies get their Local tv feed. But if thats the case then I could see why someone in Grayslake with Comcast vs me in Homewood with comcast would get two different clarities of WCIU. The national dish companies (DirectTV and Dish) have local receiving stations that they use to beam all local programming up to their satellites. Comcast has either fiber feeds directly from the stations or receives them over the air, but there is only one signal being distributed across Comcast lines. If you're getting poor reception compared with another area, it's either a problem with your house or neighborhood wiring.