Forum: Reception Devices
25-Apr-2017, 3:21 AM
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Replies: 6
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Well, I did support for ten years. That was...
Well, I did support for ten years. That was enough of it for me. If one is not careful it can drive one to drink.
Interesting about Funai, I own one of their basic models, the other VCR I have is...
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Forum: Reception Devices
24-Apr-2017, 4:06 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 29,955
Exactly
it can't be put out on the analogue outputs! It isn't possible. I should have written that but I didn't want to explain every step- but thanks for your replies. I wanted to post my experiment to help...
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Forum: Reception Devices
23-Apr-2017, 9:18 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 29,955
Yes, correct
That's right- that wasn't the source of my surprise, it was the possibility one can record off of a Roku player :) these days, with all the digital stuff, it's become MORE difficult to record...
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Forum: Reception Devices
23-Apr-2017, 2:54 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 29,955
analog TVs & recording, & Roku: Possible!
Have a Curtis-Mathes 1986 model M2585RW (25"). It is analogue, to view digital TV one uses one of the digital-analog converters. When our CATV co. was still providing some content in analog via coax...
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Forum: Help With Reception
21-Jul-2016, 8:45 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 16,636
Thanks Rabbit73!
Thanks for the links- apologies to the original poster's query, I hope I haven't waylaid the topic!
RAbbit73 your anecdotes are interesting, I love to read things like that. What a wonderful...
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Forum: Help With Reception
20-Jul-2016, 6:47 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 16,636
Wow, Rabbit73's brilliant
The Megalithia site, is that yours?? Brilliant. I just got lost in it and damned myself for losing all of my morning free time by reading it.
PS also a fan of Lord Kelvin. Great stuff. I'm...
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Forum: Help With Reception
20-Jul-2016, 6:32 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 15,249
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Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates
20-Jul-2016, 6:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 54,198
It could be multipath! Are there helicopters or...
It could be multipath! Are there helicopters or airplanes going by when this happens? I have a medium VHF/UHF antenna outdoors about 30ft up, and one station started going "digital"/chunks going out,...
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Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates
20-Jul-2016, 6:17 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 34,913
Thanks for posting I hadn't heard of this. This...
Thanks for posting I hadn't heard of this. This kind of sucks, I'd bet there aren't a whole lot of available channels over the air in that locale (I am not sure, I'm imagining it is in the "hollers"...
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Forum: Reception Devices
10-Nov-2015, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 33,964
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Forum: Reception Devices
10-Nov-2015, 2:16 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 33,964
Yes- I am familiar with eBay and the Sold...
Yes- I am familiar with eBay and the Sold Listings
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JVC-HR-S9600U-S-VHS-VCR-Built-in-TBC-Digipure-Technology-Remote-/141813297076?hash=item2104bb2fb4:g:AegAAOSwwbdWMBCt...
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Forum: Reception Devices
9-Nov-2015, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 33,964
Ah- that makes sense- weird about the VCR on...
Ah- that makes sense- weird about the VCR on eBay, not amazon- sellers are asking 300. on average for it. Its JUST A VCR. Maybe they are hard to find? shrugs. I don't care how much it is, I paid 7....
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Forum: Reception Devices
8-Nov-2015, 5:16 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 33,964
Yes others will post :)
not sure if this will help our OP though. I have a digital in the main tv area of living room and an analog Curtis Mathes 1985 model- 27", that came with a glass front protector screen(?) just like...
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Forum: Reception Devices
30-Mar-2015, 4:41 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 33,347
So newer Samsungs have the guide then?
That is good to know. I'll pass the info along- my old Vizio (5 yrs old) does carry the full "guide" that shows the programming all the way into the next day. My digital converter only shows Info for...
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Forum: Reception Devices
29-Mar-2015, 2:27 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 33,347
Hi guys- a friend just got rid of a...
Hi guys- a friend just got rid of a too-large-for-their-new-place plasma TV, went to buy a new hdtv yet it wasn't until after Goodwill took the "old" tv that she realized that "old" (year old) TV was...
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Forum: Antennas
7-Jul-2014, 4:48 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 38,914
Have you seen this from avsforum? ...
Have you seen this from avsforum?
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/186-coupon-eligible-converter-box-cecb/1063381-combining-two-antennas-feed-one-box-omni-directional.html
your best bet I think...
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Forum: White Space
13-Apr-2014, 2:47 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 47,588
I guess its a bump....
Got bored and read this post, wondered what it was all about, found this:
http://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-officially-frees-tv-white-space-spectrum/
: White space is unused spectrum that sits...
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Forum: Reception Devices
13-Apr-2014, 2:41 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 31,916
Cool- you are a great company - I have a few of...
Cool- you are a great company - I have a few of your products, surely many of us on the board do. I should have chosen a different phrase, in fact I was more interested in how that balun thing worked...
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Forum: Reception Devices
12-Apr-2014, 7:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 31,916
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Forum: Enthusiast's Exchange
12-Apr-2014, 7:54 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 33,672
If anyone doesn't know already
Personally I am not a fan of those online "Watch TV FREE!!" sites as they are full of junk, ads, spam and God knows what else.
One I have used, that carries the kind of programming that the FTA...
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Forum: Enthusiast's Exchange
19-Mar-2014, 6:09 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 86,369
just noticed this thread
coincidentally just posted a comment in another FTA thread...
but for listings the best place to check would be Lyngsat. http://www.lyngsat.com/Galaxy-19.html
thats for G19, it has the...
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Forum: Special Topics
19-Mar-2014, 5:49 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 13,306
I do, I do! Not sure if you are going to check...
I do, I do! Not sure if you are going to check back here, but I LOVE my FTA. I have it pointed at Galaxy 19- here's a list of channels (radio & TV) http://www.lyngsat.com/Galaxy-19.html
It is way...
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Forum: Enthusiast's Exchange
18-Jan-2014, 3:35 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 28,328
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Forum: Enthusiast's Exchange
18-Jan-2014, 2:42 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 28,328
OK you say a utility sets the tuner for your...
OK you say a utility sets the tuner for your tuner, but I distinctly remember it not being that hard when I used it before. I would not have done something so complex for my brain. WTH how did I do...
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Forum: Enthusiast's Exchange
18-Jan-2014, 1:40 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 28,328
TSReader & USB tuner stick
About a year ago I used to play around with TSReader and VLC player. I used it to read info off of the OTA channels. I either am misremembering it but I swore it was reading off of my cheapo KWorld...
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