[opendtv] Re: Reception in major centers
- From: James Watt <jwatt@xxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:15:48 -0500
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> From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of John Golitsis
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:04 PM
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] Re: Reception in major centers
>
> Any ATSC DTV receiver, or one of the PC DTV boards will work fine. If
> you're interested in a stand-alone set-top box, there are plenty of
> refurbished units available on eBay, or you could pop across the border
> and pick up one of the USDTV units at a Wal-Mart store. Either way,
> going rate is about $200US. If you're interested in a PC card, ATI has
> a nice product, but they don't distribute it in Canada. However, there
> is at least one dealer that I know of that imports them for the US and
> stocks them. If memory serves, they retail for about $235CDN.
Ok, so there's nothing in Canada, go figure. Maybe I'll have a look on
eBay. The ATI card - that's the one that does HD and comes with an antenna?
It's not available in Canada (must be the one you're talking about).
>
> For ExpressVu, you could just buy and install a 2nd dish and shuttle
> the receiver back and forth. Or just buy a 2nd receiver too and add it
> to your existing account.
Can't get a dish onto the apt - too many buildings in the way. I'll buy a
second receiver for Ottawa and see about streaming the picture across the
internet to Toronto. Then pick it up here and display on the TV or my
All-in-Wonder card. I'll do almost anything to avoid Rogers (cable
provider), including just not watching TV.
Thanks!
James.
>
>
> On 17-Mar-05, at 3:20 PM, James Watt wrote:
>
> > I'll have a look. What do I need to receive such DTV OTA? And do you
> > know
> > where I can pick it up? I'd like more than a few channels, but I'll
> > take
> > what I can get at this point.
> >
> > I'm still working out how I can stream my ExpressVu signal from Ottawa
> > to
> > Toronto to get all the Satellite stations (yes, I'll buy another
> > receiver to
> > do it). I figure the remote control will be the hardest part. The IR
> > from
> > the remote doesn't go 400km :-)
> >
>
>
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