"Saved by the Bell" technical upgrade?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Yes, it’s unwatchable, but the episode MeTV has on now is not like any other episode I’ve seen, to the best of my knowledge.

Usually, the episodes are in a fuzzy 480 resolution, in a 4 to 3 format. The one on now is in 720p resolution, in a 16 to 9 format. The picture is noticeably better than before.

Saved by the Bell
Screech's Spaghetti Sauce
Season 5; Episode 3 (1992)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris), Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski), Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater)
Director: Don Barnhart
ChildrenSitcomComedyRomance
30 minutes
CC, HD Unknown, HDTV, Stereo
TVG
USA Parental Rating
Screech (Dustin Diamond) is targeted by a gold digger when his spaghetti sauce business becomes a huge success.

[Xavier Breath]

1. Just turned over to see the effect you were describing

and it looks like the same fuzzy MeTV presentation as always. Perhaps your local affiliate has upgraded the quality of their signal. Ours apparently hasn't.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Can you get the details of the display on your TV?

For me, and I think for just about everybody, MeTV is an over-the-air operation. I’m watching on a Sony flatscreen, and when I hit the “display” option on the remote, I get the details of the display.

My local channels:

https://www.tvtv.us/dc/washington/20500/luUSA-OTA20500

Channel 48 for is subchannels 1 through 4 and the 48.12. I can check to see how much ERP is allocated to each subchannel. That would be a limiting factor in each subchannel’s resolution.

Per Wikipedia, WDME is a low-power operation. Subchannel 1 is the only channel broadcast in 720p.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDME-CD

[Xavier Breath]

3. I get it through my Spectrum cable.

When my ex and I had Dish, that would pull in the over-the-air version, but not with Spectrum. Seemed the definition wasn't high then, either. They actually offer a few versions of MeTV, each showing different programming, but none in the higher definition. Dammit, I want to see the pores on Colonel Klink's face

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Can you get MeTV as a local over-the-air channel? NT

[Xavier Breath]

5. I believe so, but I don't even own an antennae, tbh. n/t