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01-12-2009, 02:57 PM | #1 |
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Believe it or not...I still view over-the-air TV. Anyone else working on DTV stuff?
So even though I have Directv...I like having over-the-air capability in case the dish gets covered, sat outage, falls from space, etc.
As I get ready for DTV...I'm finding the "if you can get the analog signal with no interference, you can get the digital one just fine" theory they are dispensing to be absolute bull****. Spent half the day screwing around with ancient twinlead cable and I've decided I've had enough. So...anyone havea rooftop antenna with plans to replace it? If so...what are you looking at? I'm either going to keep mine and rip out ALL the wiring and redo it with coax...or replace the whole goddamn thing. Just looking to see if anyone else is having fun with this DTV conversion.
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01-12-2009, 02:58 PM | #2 |
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I do not have cable.
I've had HDTV's since about 2002 52 stations total. Digital switchover reduces the redundancy reduces the redundacy an I'll get 45 stations. rooftop antenna and the rotor is busted, so it points east Big deal jack |
01-12-2009, 03:01 PM | #3 |
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It really depends on yore location. Close to a major city is yore best bet.
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01-12-2009, 03:02 PM | #4 | |
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I'm jsut trying to figure out why I can get almost all analog stations with no snow or glitching....but only 1 digital channel with a horrid signal strength. |
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01-12-2009, 03:04 PM | #5 |
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01-12-2009, 03:21 PM | #6 |
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www.antennaweb.org/
Address based search gives distance and direction to nearby broadcast stations ( analog and HDTV) and advice about what antenna is needed. |
01-12-2009, 03:22 PM | #7 | |
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Analog tv only had to reach 50 miles Boston is 23.2 miles from my house I put up the cheapest radio shack regular old uhf/vhf combo antenna that they had almost 10 years ago. DTV antennas are snake oil. jack |
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01-12-2009, 03:23 PM | #8 |
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The digital antennae aren't always located where teh analog ones are, so, it's a crapshoot.
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01-12-2009, 03:28 PM | #9 |
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My HD locals come in OTA... up until a few months ago I only had that, but I splurdged for DishNetwork when they announced that whole TurboHD thing. Works out great. Woot Phoenix-area topography!
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01-12-2009, 03:31 PM | #10 |
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01-12-2009, 03:42 PM | #11 |
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I have DTV and I still watch all local channels using OTA.
I use a generic antenna to get those OTA channels so the theory of "if you get analogue you'll get digital" seems to be 100% true for me. (I am only miles away from all towers, though). The local stations supposedly broadcast in mpeg4. I have read that DTV gets all local feeds and has to recompress them to it's output format (mpeg2, I think). I don't know if its placebo, but I do believe the OTA versions look better. EDIT: I believe I have been confusing DTV to be DirectTV, I meant I have DirectTV |
01-12-2009, 03:45 PM | #12 |
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The more I look at things the more I realize I'm being nuked by bad wiring. On top of that the antenna has always been pointed in the exact opposite direction it needs to...otherwise it doesn't work. Still trying to figure out whats up with that.
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01-12-2009, 03:47 PM | #13 |
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Same here using a Phillips HD ant. to watch HD.
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01-12-2009, 06:38 PM | #14 |
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I live 20 miles from Boston, and I just bought a new 32" Samsung LCD for the bedroom. It has a digital tuner, so I said what the heck, and bought a $29 small flat indoor digital antenna because I will only watch this TV when in bed.
To my surprise, I'm receiving 4 major channels at 1080i and others at 480i...WAYbetter resolution than my Direct TV non-HD set up. Can't wait until Feb 17th when more stations start transmitting in digital. |
01-12-2009, 06:50 PM | #15 | |
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I don't think you'll see more feb 17th.....the analog ones just go away. The major stations have been on digital for at least 7-8 years. jack |
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01-12-2009, 06:59 PM | #16 |
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I still use rabbit ears to tune into my locals with directv. The OTA picture quality is better than the DTV feed. My rabbit ears fit conveniently behind my tower speakers without being seen.
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01-12-2009, 08:42 PM | #17 | |
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01-12-2009, 09:24 PM | #18 | |
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01-12-2009, 09:59 PM | #19 |
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I get about 15 channels with an indoor antenna.
Works great for sports. HD love |
01-12-2009, 09:59 PM | #20 |
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I get about 15 channels with an indoor antenna.
Works great for sports. HD love |
01-16-2009, 06:55 PM | #21 |
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hmmm... me thinks me needs to go get an antenna from the shack to try out... since i'm paying $15/mo for basically the same damn thing.
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01-16-2009, 07:28 PM | #22 | |
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01-16-2009, 07:31 PM | #23 | |
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Twinlead is teh debbil and is probably most of your problem. RG5x coax isn't that expensive and can make a huge difference. Our local PBS station got special permission to stay on a VHF frequency assignment, and that's the station I watch most, so I need to keep the giant VHF antenna up there. I was hoping to get down to just a small UHF Yagi. (All DTV is supposed to be on UHF channels (channels 13-69) so most people won't need the big VHF antenna any more.) |
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01-16-2009, 07:37 PM | #24 |
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Believe it or not, I'm walking on air.
I never thought I could feel so free. Flying away on a wing and a prayer. Who could it be? Believe it or not it's just me. It's like a light of a new day, It came from out of the blue. Breaking me out of the spell I was in, Making all of my wishes come true. Believe it or not, I'm walking on air. I never thought I could feel so free. Flying away on a wing and a prayer. Who could it be? Believe it or not it's just me. |
01-16-2009, 08:46 PM | #25 | |
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