“how many people just do antenna? seems with the new hd TV’s that reception is better.”
Pete, I refuse to get cable. Especially after reading all this crap cuz these big companies are just gonna be sticking up the ass of the working stiffs who buy it. $100/month cable ain’t far off. Not me, baby.
Anyway Mrs. D has been clamoring for a TV in her room and I have a bunch of Best Buy gift certs so we went and picked up a cheap 40″ and I hung it up yesterday. For a family with no cable, I have to confess we have a lot of tvs…
We have our main TV in the LR with a Radio Shack antenna. We’re near the top of the hill in Brooklyn, we point the antenna north and we have a line of site to Manhattan. We get all the channels RF says.
In the BR we have the same setup but smaller, also points the antenna north. Same channels.
I was a little worried about this new TV since it would be in the south side of the house. We picked up a Trek antenna and after a lil’ playing with the orientation (no homo) it gets the same channels.
Now one thing a lotta folx don’t realize is that if you get your broadcast tv over cable or sat it is compressed to hell, and you get all those compression artifacts. High-def broadcast coming over a cheap antenna is hi def all the way, no compression, and it looks MUCH better than it’s cable version. Here indeed you get more than you pay for.
forgive my ignorance but what is Welsh TV and how does it differ from the English side?
just curious.
and don’t tell me it’s 24/7 How Green Was My Valley!
We’re luddites, too, and do just digital antenna with a converter (cue comment from rob that we are committing child abuse). For some reason, we can’t get channel 11 or 13 at all although we did pick up a bunch of new channels. Antenna’s on the top floor, south slope, with no taller buildings blocking the signal. We don’t watch enough tv to care, except now we have to stream pbs shows on our laptops.
My sister is stuck with Welsh TV (we live @ 40 miles from the border, on the English side!) since the UK switched over to digital TV.
Apparently it’s a problem with quite of few of the converter boxes in her area.
Legion,
Pretty sure it’s till the end of January.
Snappy,
You were right. Snooki is pretty cute without all her makeup.
“how many people just do antenna? seems with the new hd TV’s that reception is better.”
Pete, I refuse to get cable. Especially after reading all this crap cuz these big companies are just gonna be sticking up the ass of the working stiffs who buy it. $100/month cable ain’t far off. Not me, baby.
Anyway Mrs. D has been clamoring for a TV in her room and I have a bunch of Best Buy gift certs so we went and picked up a cheap 40″ and I hung it up yesterday. For a family with no cable, I have to confess we have a lot of tvs…
We have our main TV in the LR with a Radio Shack antenna. We’re near the top of the hill in Brooklyn, we point the antenna north and we have a line of site to Manhattan. We get all the channels RF says.
In the BR we have the same setup but smaller, also points the antenna north. Same channels.
I was a little worried about this new TV since it would be in the south side of the house. We picked up a Trek antenna and after a lil’ playing with the orientation (no homo) it gets the same channels.
Now one thing a lotta folx don’t realize is that if you get your broadcast tv over cable or sat it is compressed to hell, and you get all those compression artifacts. High-def broadcast coming over a cheap antenna is hi def all the way, no compression, and it looks MUCH better than it’s cable version. Here indeed you get more than you pay for.
etson,
forgive my ignorance but what is Welsh TV and how does it differ from the English side?
just curious.
and don’t tell me it’s 24/7 How Green Was My Valley!
I want to see the Tim Burton exhibit at MOMA too.
Dibs – What’s the elevation of southeastern BedStuy?
Posted by: Arkady at January 4, 2010 11:55 AM
Low enough so that the trash I throw out into the gutter washes down.
does this work Biff?
http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx
Pete —
We’re luddites, too, and do just digital antenna with a converter (cue comment from rob that we are committing child abuse). For some reason, we can’t get channel 11 or 13 at all although we did pick up a bunch of new channels. Antenna’s on the top floor, south slope, with no taller buildings blocking the signal. We don’t watch enough tv to care, except now we have to stream pbs shows on our laptops.
dammit – HGTV and Food Network advert on the radio urging you to call your provider and DEMAND that they reinstate them….
My sister is stuck with Welsh TV (we live @ 40 miles from the border, on the English side!) since the UK switched over to digital TV.
Apparently it’s a problem with quite of few of the converter boxes in her area.