Hi Guys,
New to the forum, long time OTAHD user.
I've lived in Chicago and Seattle and never had any issues using an antenna for OTA HD. I just moved to West L.A. assuming reception would be piece of cake but I was wrong.
My Living situation:
Ground floor apartment with external walls to the West and North. My building is in a courtyard with shrubs and other buildings around us. I don't have an easy way to add an antenna outside (can't get the cable inside) so I am stuck using an indoor antenna. I have 8ft ceilings.
My TVFool Report:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...46ae909b41d1cc
I just want to get the normal ABC,NBC,CBS, PBS and Fox Channels
My Current Set-up:
I use a TiVo so I am able to see signal strength when setting up an antenna. I've tested both the Terk HDTVa and the Winegard FL-5000 FlatWave antenna. Both can pull in a signal for some of the channels but require a significant amount of luck and require me to use a super long cable to stretch to weird locations in the apartment. The highest signal strength I'll see is in the 50s and then I need to move the antenna just to get my next channel.
My Question:
Is there any reality that I can have an indoor antenna which I can leave alone and receive all the major broadcast stations? If I need to move the antenna all the time it negates owning a Tivo. I have TWC in our building and if I plug in the coaxial cable to my TV, standard cable is not scrambled but the TiVo won't work unless I use CableCards, and I don't want to deal with that mess. I'm not sure if the free standard channels is normal
I would love to get any recommendations on what might work, if I'm using the right antenna or it is what it is due to location.
Thanks.