[opendtv] Re: How one couple beat the cable company

  • From: donald.koeleman@xxxxxxxxxx
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:43:45 +0200

That US network news report on the Sears christmas catalog of 1979 sporting the SA Homeview system on its cover, this was a freebie for an Californian Ranger, in exchange for the publicity, this report seems to be now unfindable on youtube. It has been on

there for years. This was California!


Quoting Cliff Benham <flyback1@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

The scenario depicted in this piece does not work unless the viewer
lives in or
very close to a large metropolitan area. I live 39 miles from Philadelphia and
52 miles from the Baltimore transmitters. I had to install two 12
element antennas
to receive Lo-VHF and Hi-VHF signals, and a 7 foot parabolic reflector
UHF antenna
to get all the others. Each antenna has it's own mast mounted preamp.

Each antenna preamp feeds it's own separate HD converter box. There is
a Tivo and
several router switchers that allow complete flexibility of signal viewing.

This was an expensive one time purchase 10 years ago, but it continues
to provide
high quality free viewing from three different television markets.

The idea that good TV reception is obtainable everywhere with a single
indoor antenna
is a myth the promotions people continue to spread. It's just not so.

Cliff Benham

On 10/12/2014 12:43 PM, Monty Solomon wrote:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/10/11/cable/NEBNVPfcYSrCy1TqdtyYgK/story.html



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