Comments on: KJZZ HD A Work In Progress

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:35:11 +0000

I’m glad to find that people are having the jumpiness in KJZZ HD. I thought it might have been my equipment. Last night’s game ( Game 3 vs. Lakers ) was my first attempt at HD, and it jumped every 10 seconds or so. I was afraid it was something in my computer ( I’m capturing HD using Windows XP Media Center 2005 and an ATSC tuner with a UHF antenna. Other HD content I checked out today did not have the skipping issue, so I’m just going to have to hope that KJZZ is able to work out their issue. Thanks for this post so I know it’s not an issue on my end.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:52:17 +0000

Game 2 – This game looked great in HD, however, it still skipped/jumped every 15 seconds… was worse towards the end. My signal strength was at Max, and this is the only channel that does it. It also does this on non-HD content, ever since the HD upgrade. Anyone experiencing the same issues? Anyone know when it will be fixed?

By: Linda McFarland

Linda McFarland — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:34:26 +0000

We, in Idaho, are always a little behind Utah. In order to get the HD here we would have to give up KJAZZ and FSN Utah. Maybe if we complain enough they will get with it in Lava Hot Springs!

By: Eric Schulz

Eric Schulz — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:40:25 +0000

All Jazz playoff games that KJZZ is granted permission by the NBA to televise locally during the 2008 NBA Playoffs will be shown in HD. Comcast has agreed to carry the KJZZ HD signal on Channel 657.

Customers of DirecTV and Dish Network may still pick up the KJZZ HD signal by using a regular rooftop antenna (or rabbit ears) depending upon your proximity and line-of-sight to the Wasatch front broadcast towers on Farnsworth Peak (the TV towers you can see on top of the Oquirrh mountain range on the west side of Salt Lake Valley. The towers are located due west from about 4800 South). Those that have an HD-Ready television can get the KJZZ HD signal on channel 14-1 through a home antenna.

If you are considering purchasing a rooftop antenna, here is a handy website to help you get the right size antenna and how to aim it. Just enter in your home address, and it will tell you everything you need.

http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/Address.aspx

We hope you enjoy watching the Jazz Playoff games in HD!

By: J R Stewart

J R Stewart — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:40:03 +0000

We couldn’t seem to get it with DirecTV, and no longer have a regular antenna. Any ideas?

By: Ken English

Ken English — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:52:02 +0000

“Nice if you have HD. Maybe someday way out in the boondocks we will have it!!”

There are 200+ translators of the Salt Lake area TV stations carrying free, over-the-air Digital TV right now. They all come from the same locations as your current analog stations, and are simulcast on UHF-only frequencies….so, you might only need to upgrade to a UHF antenna (in areas where the analog was all VHF).

At least 3/4 of the state will be operational with 9 DTV stations (18 channels of programming, 8 in HDTV) by the end of the summer.

By: Linda McFarland

Linda McFarland — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:45:43 +0000

Nice if you have HD. Maybe someday way out in the boondocks we will have it!!