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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:53 PM Original message |
Any other rabbit ear folk out there? Anyone get tv reception via an antenna? |
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rawtribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. You'll need a converter box |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. thank you for this link |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Supposedly, all broadcasts will be HDTV only |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Well, not exactly. You can still use the rabbit ears, you just need the convertor box to translate |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It's still having to shell out to get what was formerly "free" |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. you have to purchase a television to even see an analog tv signal in the first place... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. My set that just conked out recently |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. no, they won't be postponing it again. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I'm exempt |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. the vast majority people already know, and won't be affected... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. i'll tell a funny story |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. BTDT |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. we might have a new winner *sob* |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. If it's really important to someone to get the new signals, they'll find a way to shell out the 20 |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. But it will all be digital now so no more snowy pictures or weak signals |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. If the signal is received via antenna |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I just went digital via antenna and there is a huge difference. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. That is not true at all. I receive all my TV by satellite dish antenna |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. We're talking radio wave propagation here, not satellite transmission |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Not HDTV, just digital. Big difference. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. rabbit ears will still pull in the digital signal... |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. I suppose it could happen in 2009, though it was originally planned to be done by now. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. What IS the cost of those things? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. It's a bigger story than I know about. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was but moved over a hill, now have minimal satellite. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. rabbit ears here. You have to get a decoder box, then you can use rabbit ears and/or |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have a $300.00 HD LCD Sharp TV |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you have an analog tv, you will have to buy a box. You can get a coupon |
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John1956PA (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. I bought a rooftop HDTV antenna but have not installed it yet. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. A rooftop antenna should pull signals from much more than 25 miles |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. Your life could improve. You could have time for your family. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. point taken |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. Rabbit Ears Should Work Fine... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Turntables are back. |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. we used em back in the 80's |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. I prefer to call it Wireless TV |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here's a cheap way to do it... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. bookmarking. |
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Dimensio0 (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. I have been using a VHF/UHF antenna for receiving television broadcasts for some time. |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I think it's an ATSC tuner not QAM |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. My tv is a dinosaur |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. Sure, I'm getting HD off the air (rabbit ears) right now. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. They have my request for a coupon. Now the waiting begins. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. i just have an antenna but i'm not too helpful |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. We use rabbit ears! |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
33. I don't know if you'll be missing much |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
39. upgrade old TV antenna.... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. Books & magazines? n/t |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
43. I use a stereo antenna on one old TV... works even better than rabbit ears.... |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. Here's some info for you: |
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