real_goose
23-Apr-2010, 12:10 AM
Greetings,
My information: http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d9c6b08396b9be8
Ideally I would like good reception on the Southfield towers of Detroit stations and a selection of Canadian stations.
US: 39, 43, 44, 41, 45, 14, 21, 7
Canada: 9, 32, 42, 16, 29, 51
(22 & 29 are the same network – 29 comes in better now)
In the pre-cable days, we watched more Canadian TV. Now I have cut back to limited basic and replaced my Comcast DVR with a TiVo that also handles OTA. I am rediscovering how good some shows on Canadian TV can be, but I need to improve the fuzzy picture to make them truly ‘watch-able’.
Currently I have a Radio Shack 15-1634 Low-profile Omnidirectional Amplified TV Antenna that was on a close out table. It is not a good performer, but it receives enough stations that I think it is a ‘proof of concept’ that a good omni-directional antenna should work OK. Now that spring has come, I am ready to put up a replacement.
I stopped in at a local independent electronics store and asked about an omni-directional TV antenna that would work for the Detroit stations and the Canadian stations that almost surround us. They suggested that I would need to go with 2 antennas: one pointed west for Detroit stations and one pointed east for Canadian stations. But they have not sold such a setup and don’t know if it would work.
If I replace TVs, I will probably move them to OTA to receive both US and Canadian stations. Right now the Tivo is used to watch and record OTA stations in addition to Comcast feeds via CableCard. I’m impressed with how good the OTA tuner appears to be in the TiVo HD. Much better than the digital converter boxes I’ve tried.
One reason I’m keeping cable is because we have several analog TVs scattered through the house and my wife is in the habit of watching one show in the basement while doing laundry and another in the kitchen while cooking dinner. When Comcast moved WADL to digital only she suddenly couldn’t watch her favorite dinner preparation program and I needed to ‘do something’.
I found a plan B that worked for me at no additional cost. We keep the current (wife approved) TV in the kitchen and I provide 2 new channels to all the analog TVs. I am using an old Channel Plus 3025 distribution system. I used 2 government coupon digital-analog converters to tune (41) 7-2 & (39) 38-1 and fed them composite into the 3025. So now she can see Retro TV Network and WADL on channels 65 and 67. It works for me because Comcast trapped the line and left me a big open hole to add analog channels with no interference. (Amazingly, the 3025 is still for sale at Newegg, but I can't imagine there are many others who could use such a setup.)
My information: http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d9c6b08396b9be8
Ideally I would like good reception on the Southfield towers of Detroit stations and a selection of Canadian stations.
US: 39, 43, 44, 41, 45, 14, 21, 7
Canada: 9, 32, 42, 16, 29, 51
(22 & 29 are the same network – 29 comes in better now)
In the pre-cable days, we watched more Canadian TV. Now I have cut back to limited basic and replaced my Comcast DVR with a TiVo that also handles OTA. I am rediscovering how good some shows on Canadian TV can be, but I need to improve the fuzzy picture to make them truly ‘watch-able’.
Currently I have a Radio Shack 15-1634 Low-profile Omnidirectional Amplified TV Antenna that was on a close out table. It is not a good performer, but it receives enough stations that I think it is a ‘proof of concept’ that a good omni-directional antenna should work OK. Now that spring has come, I am ready to put up a replacement.
I stopped in at a local independent electronics store and asked about an omni-directional TV antenna that would work for the Detroit stations and the Canadian stations that almost surround us. They suggested that I would need to go with 2 antennas: one pointed west for Detroit stations and one pointed east for Canadian stations. But they have not sold such a setup and don’t know if it would work.
If I replace TVs, I will probably move them to OTA to receive both US and Canadian stations. Right now the Tivo is used to watch and record OTA stations in addition to Comcast feeds via CableCard. I’m impressed with how good the OTA tuner appears to be in the TiVo HD. Much better than the digital converter boxes I’ve tried.
One reason I’m keeping cable is because we have several analog TVs scattered through the house and my wife is in the habit of watching one show in the basement while doing laundry and another in the kitchen while cooking dinner. When Comcast moved WADL to digital only she suddenly couldn’t watch her favorite dinner preparation program and I needed to ‘do something’.
I found a plan B that worked for me at no additional cost. We keep the current (wife approved) TV in the kitchen and I provide 2 new channels to all the analog TVs. I am using an old Channel Plus 3025 distribution system. I used 2 government coupon digital-analog converters to tune (41) 7-2 & (39) 38-1 and fed them composite into the 3025. So now she can see Retro TV Network and WADL on channels 65 and 67. It works for me because Comcast trapped the line and left me a big open hole to add analog channels with no interference. (Amazingly, the 3025 is still for sale at Newegg, but I can't imagine there are many others who could use such a setup.)