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Fixin To Get Ready- A Geek-Fest
I mentioned in a previous post I have been in high gear getting ready for the Olympics. One major issue I have been working on is balancing the bitrates between my main HD and Universal Sports. I have not applied any changes on air yet, and found an interesting software bug that will be resolved [...]
Sunday Morning Snow In Wendell
Here’s my puppy Zeus playing in the snow Sunday morning.
Air Versus Cable Part 2
In the last post, we looked at the 8-VSB RF signals and discussed data rates on the DTV streams. This time we take a look at QAM used by the cable industry. I captured the screen shots on my Sencore 1850 MPEG analyzer on the same day for air and cable. Here’s a look at [...]
Air Versus Cable Part 1
I want to take a few minutes to talk about invisible signals in the air, and in part 2, what QAM looks like. It’s impossible to “see” RF signals with the naked eye, so we rely on test equipment to show us what is going on in the high speed RF spectrum. You may know [...]
Time To Get Ready For The Olympics!
cLeaR QaM on TimE-WarNer
For a complete list of clear QAM channels on Time-Warner in our area visit the list maintained by Erik Garci at http://home.roadrunner.com/~res18h39/channels.htm
A couple of weeks after Time-Warner moved NBC 17 to a new channel in late November, the emails had died down so I figured everyone had resolved the issue of missing the NBC 17 [...]
Troubleshooting Antenna Issues
Tips on troubleshooting antenna issues from a couple of animated friends of mine
Esse Quam Videri
To be, rather than to seem. That’s our state motto and a pretty good analogy of digital technology in our homes today. Some readers think that because they have been watching an HD set for years, that everyone is also watching on HD sets. It took color TV sets 10 years to become popular, and [...]
Happy Boxing Day
Actually, in my case it’s un-boxing day since I have to get to installing the toys Santa left me. I did not plan to make this Christmas a high tech digital event, but it turned out that way.
On the giving side, I try to ensure any high tech gifts I give the family is user [...]
A Merry Digital Christmas
Being an Engineer, I am always curious how things work. While setting up the technical logistics for Wes’ weather reports from Crabtree Valley Mall here in Raliegh, I had a few minutes to talk to Santa as he took a break to see if we could clear up a few things.
Not everyone believes in Santa, [...]
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