Forum: Help With Reception
23-Oct-2011, 2:15 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,831
Got several suggestions. Bought the least...
Got several suggestions. Bought the least expensive (name brand, 1/2 price sale). Should know by next Saturday if it works.
Can't see using Slingbox or such for one channel.
Update. Saturday...
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Forum: TV Database Updates
18-Oct-2011, 1:31 AM
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Replies: 0
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WPSJ new digital signals.
WPSJ in Hammonton/Winslow, NJ was a LP analog station. FCC let them convert to digital.
Their signals, as reported by my Tivo box:
8.1 51.1 51.2817
8.2 51.2 51.2818
8.3 ...
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Forum: Help With Reception
18-Oct-2011, 1:18 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,831
Antenna CM 3016, is aimed at 274. Where most of...
Antenna CM 3016, is aimed at 274. Where most of the channels are. WPSJ comes in the back to the antenna, at 154. The person who installed the antenna said my location had unusually strong signals. He...
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Forum: Help With Reception
16-Oct-2011, 8:00 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,831
How to select, or not, a distribution amplifier?
What is the formula that to calculate which, if any distribution amplifiers would fix pixelation?
Recently I bought a Tivo Premier XL. A channel scan shows it finds a signal for WPSJ in Winslow....
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Forum: Help With Reception
20-Dec-2010, 12:21 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 17,717
HD from Comcast for $12@mo. New digital signal.
WLVT, WFMZ, Drexel TV, LaSalle TV, Public Access, others.
The new roof antenna replaced rabbit ears. They were pretty
good, except for WPVI and WHYY. VHF 6 and 12.
There was also the insurance...
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Forum: Help With Reception
16-Dec-2010, 12:50 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 17,717
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Forum: Connecting with an Installer
13-Nov-2010, 6:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 12,862
Successful installation completed.
Channel Master CM-3016 installed and working. Jim Thompson of Advanced Satellite Systems, Berlin, NJ did the installation in 90 minutes. He didn't need a 40 ft ladder.
Also does TV sales and...
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Forum: Help With Reception
13-Nov-2010, 5:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,893
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Forum: Help With Reception
13-Oct-2010, 6:16 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,828
Opened up the CM-3016 inside the house and...
Opened up the CM-3016 inside the house and attached it to a set.
Got all the local channels except 52. Some pixilation on channel 6. No problem with 12 or 23.
Installer is coming out next week.
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Forum: Help With Reception
11-Oct-2010, 5:01 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,828
CM3016 or CM3000A for local Philly?
Narrowed my choice to a CM3016 or CM3000A. The CM3000A is described as omni-directional.
Many reviews speak of having to aim it. The manual doesn't provide any guidance. The CM3000A might give...
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Forum: Help With Reception
5-Oct-2010, 3:54 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,893
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Forum: Help With Reception
5-Oct-2010, 3:56 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,893
Sounds too iffy to justify.
The savings will...
Sounds too iffy to justify.
The savings will get us faster internet and a DVR.
I'm leaning towards a Winegard MS-1000. We have one of these
array antennas inside and it works well. And it's...
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Forum: Help With Reception
4-Oct-2010, 6:03 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,893
Tigerbangs suggestion was
First of all,...
Tigerbangs suggestion was
First of all, forget the MS-1000: it's a non-starter for VHF. Instead, use a
Winegard HD-5030 VHF antenna for your VHF needs: it has real gain, which the MS-1000...
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Forum: Help With Reception
3-Oct-2010, 3:09 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 13,893
2 antennas in PHL for local, NYC and ABE?
Does this sound OK?
Antennas Direct 91XG UHF
Winegard MS 1000 Metrostar
Eagle Aspen ROTR100 One-Cable Antenna Rotator
Channel Master CM0068DSB Pre-Amp
Channel Master CM3414 Distribution...
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Forum: Connecting with an Installer
25-Sep-2010, 7:01 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 12,862
Philadelphia
We live in Philadelphia, PA. Instead of paying Comcast, I'm exploring putting up a new antenna. If we're going to do that, I want to get WLVT - Allentown and WWOR - NYC.
TV Fool shows us in the...
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Forum: Help With Reception
1-Sep-2010, 1:40 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,210
OTA PBS 39 in 19136?
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3da3621376148865
We've been making do with amplified indoor antennas. With winter approaching, we're considering getting a new roof...
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