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Quote from: Brandon on June 24, 2019, 01:40:00 PMActually, certain cable companies (Comcast, I'm looking directly at you) take over your entire TV so you only see the EAS stuff and have no chance to look at another channel, say, the Weather Channel if you want to see the coverage and the radar. Had that happen one day in my area. I gave up and turned off the TV so I could look at the radar on the internet (NWS).Not just Comcast. Mediacom does it, too. I’m sure others do as well
Actually, certain cable companies (Comcast, I'm looking directly at you) take over your entire TV so you only see the EAS stuff and have no chance to look at another channel, say, the Weather Channel if you want to see the coverage and the radar. Had that happen one day in my area. I gave up and turned off the TV so I could look at the radar on the internet (NWS).
Quote from: ilpt4u on June 24, 2019, 02:11:26 PMQuote from: Brandon on June 24, 2019, 01:40:00 PMActually, certain cable companies (Comcast, I'm looking directly at you) take over your entire TV so you only see the EAS stuff and have no chance to look at another channel, say, the Weather Channel if you want to see the coverage and the radar. Had that happen one day in my area. I gave up and turned off the TV so I could look at the radar on the internet (NWS).Not just Comcast. Mediacom does it, too. I’m sure others do as wellEAS also hijacks my Verizon FiOS DVR - and clears out whatever is in "memory" for lack of a better word. Not stuff I have directed to be actually recorded, but say I just hit "pause" on whatever I'm watching live - it will go for close to an hour before it unpauses itself.Anyway, if I get 20 mins behind, and start to catch up and an EAS alert/test comes on, once it is done, everything is cleared and the show resumes "live". This has gotten me legit pissed on more than one occasion.
Some of radio stations around here do their EAS test in the middle of the night. The tone can give me the heebie jeebies, so if I am already asleep it is OK, but if it comes on while I am laying down and trying to sleep, it usually gives me a panic attack.
Quote from: ce929wax on August 09, 2019, 11:45:55 PMSome of radio stations around here do their EAS test in the middle of the night. The tone can give me the heebie jeebies, so if I am already asleep it is OK, but if it comes on while I am laying down and trying to sleep, it usually gives me a panic attack.WRVA 1140 only does it during program time, they never do it during commercials or during the top and bottom of the hour news breaks.Sickening.