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Of course you do. There's a difference between the "virtual" channel numbers (which are the same as they were 20 years ago) and the "physical" channel numbers that the stations are actually transmitting on. Digital TV sets build a mapping of virtual channels to physical channels when you rescan. The virtual channel numbers have not changed and probably never will. The physical channel assignments, as you've seen, are subject to change -- although change is very expensive, so don't expect it to happen often. All this complexity is hidden from the user, who sees only the virtual channels.... unless there is an antenna problem, and that's when knowing the physical channel can help.
Yeah, that posted was directed at twingles who was asking about CW. I should have quoted him to make it more clear. I see you sneaked in between us. Sorry for the confusion.
This morning 17 was dark on the newer tv (no converter box). Rescanned and now when I type in 17 it brings up 5. I'll rescan it again tonight and see what happens.
Holy cow, I remember watching TV over the air (antenna) in 1953 and we had none of these problems
Yes, and we could do that today if people were happy with a single low-resolution stream instead of a 19 megabit/second payload that carries multiple HD streams.
Hopefully channel 17 dying this morning is a sign they are converting from the temporary antenna over to the permanent one. My signal quality isn't great with the temp one, but should be fine with the permanent one that's more powerful.
Channel 50.1WRAZ OTA, "Judge Jerry" in full HD is really nice during this current news cycle. (3-4 PM)
Looked sorta real; nobody squinting at teleprompter, etc.
Uncompressed, full HD OTA is sorta tough on some of the local news anchors' tight shots. ;-)
e.g. Amanda lamb's eyelashes on WRAL live outdoor hits...whew!~
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