A. Well if you want ESPN you can get all the information(minus the crappy opinions Must I say 'Dolphins at the superbowl?') and movie clips at ESPN.com.B. If you think you need HBO you didn't look at all the options. You could buy the movies or the shows on DVD or do Bittorrent.C. DiscoveryHD? Its just eye candy...I mean pretty pictures are all available online....and C'mon I have that channell and barely watch it.D. Comdey Central is 10% good, 80% reruns, and 10% just intolerable s**t. You can get that 10% good here www.thepiratebay.orgThe best TV is definatly Heros or Lost and you can get that using this attena. You'd really be surprised how easiliy you can save hunreds a year on tv.
I used to pay over $1,000 a year for cable TV, and that's just with a DVR and 1 premium channel. But then I realized I only watch re-runs on TV anyway - mostly old TV shows like Futurama, Simpsons, Seinfeld, etc. So I started collecting DVD series. Guess what? Excellent quality and no commercials. You could use the $1,000 each year and just buy your favorite shows on DVD! I pay for mlb.tv and watch baseball games on my PC, but I never could watch it live at home anyway. I finally can say I'm free from Time Warner's death grip on me for nearly a decade. BTW, AnyDVD and DVD Shrink make the costs even lower. Media companies like Time Warner slit their own throats when they started selling TV series on DVD. Buy once and never have to wait for th time slot with commercials again. And NFL football is better with over-the-air HD than cable HD (not compressed at all).
My cable went out the day before the Super Bowl. I called up Comcast, but they wouldn't be able to send a tech out until Monday. Even worse, I was hosting a Super Bowl party the next day. Luckily though, I keep a spare set of rabbit ears around, just in case. The Super Bowl came around, and we watched it OTA through the antenna, and my guests didn't even know the difference.
@technopopeFirst of all I used some "rabbit ears" for a short time with HD and they worked (though not as well as my Silver Sensor antenna.) Also there are some HD stations that do broadcast in VHF.
Oh hell yea. I was having fits trying to pull in the local Fox affiliate, which broadcasts on 9.1; right in between VHF and UHF. I had a Terrestrial Digital powered antenna, which was great for everything except this one channel. Which I desperately needed, because due to a pissing contest with Cox Cable, they aren't on cable and I MUST have my HD football.So, enter the ChannelMaster 4228 and a chimmney mount. A few hours up on the roof, one hole in the wall and a few coax connectors and I'm picking up Fox football in 720p at the full bitrate, signal strength of 90+ on all channels, and I'm 20-35 miles from the transmitters. No bit shaving (see <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD-Lite">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD-Lite</a> for a discussion). Yea, it is ugly, but sacrifices must be made for the greater good. Like awesome HD pictures for the BCS games.
I've got two antennas and get all the locals plus PBS in HD. I canceled cable and save $600 a year. I spent that on a custom built home theatre PC and I've got all my favorite shows recorded in HD. OTA pwns.
Don?t Forget To Upgrade Your OTA AntennaWhy spend thousands of dollars on HDTV sets and not take advantage of an OTA signal, which is the gold standard in digital reception and almost completely uncompressed and also FREE. Several dynamics are affecting millions of households now using OTA antennas for reception of their broadcast TV signals, with antennas older than 2 years. They need to upgrade to the new antenna technology, along with cable and satellite customers looking for alternatives. Local digital TV broadcasts are everywhere. But bandwidth limitations force cable and satellite providers to not carry all local channels in many areas, or may not offer all of them in high definition. Contract disagreements between local cable operators and local broadcasters mean that major networks may not be available in several areas. DISH Network? offers local HD coverage to about 47 percent of U.S. markets, while DIRECTV? reaches about 76 percent, but for an additional monthly fee. What about those other millions of viewers who want to see their favorite local shows and in HD. The answer is to add an OTA antenna to other signal reception sources. This not only gives a viewer the ability to receive all their local stations, but, with the right digital antenna from Antennas Direct and location, some viewers may even be able to receive out-of-town channels, carrying blacked out sports programs or network broadcasts not available in their home town. As an added benefit, an OTA antenna provides back-up reception options for local cable or satellite signal loss due to equipment failure or rain, snow and ice fade and to smaller TVs and second sets in homes not wired for whole-house signal distribution.
peregrineFeb 12, 2007
A. Well if you want ESPN you can get all the information(minus the crappy opinions Must I say 'Dolphins at the superbowl?') and movie clips at ESPN.com.B. If you think you need HBO you didn't look at all the options. You could buy the movies or the shows on DVD or do Bittorrent.C. DiscoveryHD? Its just eye candy...I mean pretty pictures are all available online....and C'mon I have that channell and barely watch it.D. Comdey Central is 10% good, 80% reruns, and 10% just intolerable s**t. You can get that 10% good here www.thepiratebay.orgThe best TV is definatly Heros or Lost and you can get that using this attena. You'd really be surprised how easiliy you can save hunreds a year on tv.
yleeFeb 12, 2007
"Yeah - for digital TV - which we have had here for nearly 10 years and which the Yanks here appear to think is new - and high Definition too - although like the Americans here that is still quite new in the UK too."Nice, try, raid517, but the US is many, many years ahead of the rest of the world (including the UK) in high-definition TV deployment and program availability. See <a class="user" href="http://groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.tv.australasia/msg/f8f77572a51e06c9">http://groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.tv.australasia/msg/f8f77572a51e06c9</a> and <a class="user" href="http://groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.tv.australasia/msg/7d2618b91fd81534">http://groups.google.com/group/alt.satellite.tv.australasia/msg/7d2618b91fd81534</a> .
jesusissatanFeb 13, 2007
I used to pay over $1,000 a year for cable TV, and that's just with a DVR and 1 premium channel. But then I realized I only watch re-runs on TV anyway - mostly old TV shows like Futurama, Simpsons, Seinfeld, etc. So I started collecting DVD series. Guess what? Excellent quality and no commercials. You could use the $1,000 each year and just buy your favorite shows on DVD! I pay for mlb.tv and watch baseball games on my PC, but I never could watch it live at home anyway. I finally can say I'm free from Time Warner's death grip on me for nearly a decade. BTW, AnyDVD and DVD Shrink make the costs even lower. Media companies like Time Warner slit their own throats when they started selling TV series on DVD. Buy once and never have to wait for th time slot with commercials again. And NFL football is better with over-the-air HD than cable HD (not compressed at all).
rgranadosFeb 13, 2007
My cable went out the day before the Super Bowl. I called up Comcast, but they wouldn't be able to send a tech out until Monday. Even worse, I was hosting a Super Bowl party the next day. Luckily though, I keep a spare set of rabbit ears around, just in case. The Super Bowl came around, and we watched it OTA through the antenna, and my guests didn't even know the difference.
scootingerFeb 13, 2007
@technopopeFirst of all I used some "rabbit ears" for a short time with HD and they worked (though not as well as my Silver Sensor antenna.) Also there are some HD stations that do broadcast in VHF.
wilf_brimFeb 13, 2007
Oh hell yea. I was having fits trying to pull in the local Fox affiliate, which broadcasts on 9.1; right in between VHF and UHF. I had a Terrestrial Digital powered antenna, which was great for everything except this one channel. Which I desperately needed, because due to a pissing contest with Cox Cable, they aren't on cable and I MUST have my HD football.So, enter the ChannelMaster 4228 and a chimmney mount. A few hours up on the roof, one hole in the wall and a few coax connectors and I'm picking up Fox football in 720p at the full bitrate, signal strength of 90+ on all channels, and I'm 20-35 miles from the transmitters. No bit shaving (see <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD-Lite">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD-Lite</a> for a discussion). Yea, it is ugly, but sacrifices must be made for the greater good. Like awesome HD pictures for the BCS games.
dafilmsFeb 13, 2007
@smergs Yes you will need a tuner as mentioned above because your tv is only 'HD ready' not with HD tuner built-in. My tv has it built in, thus I just run a regular coaxial cable from my indoor antenna -- as mentioned above <a class="user" href="http://www.amazon.com/Zenith-ZHDTV1-HDTV-UHF-Digital-Antenna/dp/B00006FXR9">http://www.amazon.com/Zenith-ZHDTV1-HDTV-UHF-Digital-Antenna/dp/B00006FXR9</a> -- straight to my DTV jack found at the back of the tv (usually next to the regular TV jack) Hope that's not confusing; but it really is simple if you have a HDTV,1. Buy antenna2. Plug in3. Enjoy...
definiteformFeb 13, 2007
I've had an HD antenna for 2 years or so; they get amazing reception. I spent 49.99 on mine from Radioshack; highly recommend it.
ryansebizFeb 13, 2007
I've got two antennas and get all the locals plus PBS in HD. I canceled cable and save $600 a year. I spent that on a custom built home theatre PC and I've got all my favorite shows recorded in HD. OTA pwns.
antennaguyApr 8, 2008
Don?t Forget To Upgrade Your OTA AntennaWhy spend thousands of dollars on HDTV sets and not take advantage of an OTA signal, which is the gold standard in digital reception and almost completely uncompressed and also FREE. Several dynamics are affecting millions of households now using OTA antennas for reception of their broadcast TV signals, with antennas older than 2 years. They need to upgrade to the new antenna technology, along with cable and satellite customers looking for alternatives. Local digital TV broadcasts are everywhere. But bandwidth limitations force cable and satellite providers to not carry all local channels in many areas, or may not offer all of them in high definition. Contract disagreements between local cable operators and local broadcasters mean that major networks may not be available in several areas. DISH Network? offers local HD coverage to about 47 percent of U.S. markets, while DIRECTV? reaches about 76 percent, but for an additional monthly fee. What about those other millions of viewers who want to see their favorite local shows and in HD. The answer is to add an OTA antenna to other signal reception sources. This not only gives a viewer the ability to receive all their local stations, but, with the right digital antenna from Antennas Direct and location, some viewers may even be able to receive out-of-town channels, carrying blacked out sports programs or network broadcasts not available in their home town. As an added benefit, an OTA antenna provides back-up reception options for local cable or satellite signal loss due to equipment failure or rain, snow and ice fade and to smaller TVs and second sets in homes not wired for whole-house signal distribution.