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Check 'Through Deaf Eyes' in your local programming station

Posted on March 21, 2007 10:33 AM

Maybe or not, you will not able to watch Through Deaf Eyes on PBS through local programming. TV Guide does not list 'Through Deaf Eyes' in National Schedule Listings (across USA) because it only says "Local Programming" from 9pm-11pm (8pm-10pm, depends on time zones).

You need to go PBS website to enter your local zip code to find programmed at your local station. (e.g. mine in Pittsburgh: WQED and WQED-DT, WQED airs regular PBS cable network, and WQED-DT airs PBS-HD network.)

I just found out recently that my local hometown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will not shown 'Through Deaf Eyes' on basic and expanded cable. WQED-DT only show Through Deaf Eyes on HDTV channels. You need HDTV - High Definition TV, digital cable box to subscribe HD channels to watch the show.

Several deaf people across Western Pennsylvania THINKS that they will watch the show - I am going to alert the people that they will not able to watch the show if they don't have HDTV.

I am gladly that I have HDTV and package of HDTV channels through Comcast, then I am anticipating to watch the show dearly tonight!

UPDATE: (3/21/2007 1:30pm) Via ProudGeek, the excellent web interface browser, Couchville you can drag in all directions for channel and times for TV schedule list in your local area - to find 'Through Deaf Eyes' what channel you are on.

HD Digital Cable Box

Posted on September 13, 2005 2:43 PM
Toshiba 30 inch HDTV widescreen
Yesterday I ordered High-Definition digital cable box provided by Adelphia. I subscribed this for $15.90 per month along with 11 HD channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, ESPN, Discovery, PBS, NFL, HBO and few movie channels but no FOX HD?!?)

The digital cable box requires to have component (YPbPr) cable attached to HDTV to create a high performance picture. The regular/analog closed captioned (CC) will not shown up on TV when having HD cable box attached to TV. Most of newer digital cable box have built in digital captioned, I have to set the digital capiton to turn it on for HDTV to view the caption performance on HDTV.

Also my Toshiba HDTV supports picture format of 480i, 480p, 720i, 720p and 1080i. The "p" stands for progressive, every pixel on the screen is refeshed simultaneously, like 60 frames per second (fps). "i" stands for interflanced method involves refershing pixels in alternation - first the odd lines and then the even lines, like least 30 fps. This digital cable box supports all picture formats as well. I chose to use 720p or 1080i on my HDTV.

I have watched some HDTV programs only with full widescreen 16:9 format. Some HD channels does not support, they use pillarbox format (4:3, black on both sides.) They also use high quality pictures to watch.

Yesterday I watched Monday Night Football with HDTV 16:9, and I am totally die for that - awestruck, my eyes are glued on HDTV and am in heaven to see ultra clear, life-like picture on TV. That make me feel like I am already in there.

Can't wait to watch Monday Night Football: Steelers versus New England Patriots in Heinz Field on 9/25/2005... it's going to be much fun to watch. And, hopefully to have HDTV for NHL Pittsburgh Penguins hockey game to watch Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby playing.

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