[opendtv] Re: OTA reception? Where?
- From: <tjharvey@xxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 2:01:27 -0400
James,
I assume your apartment does not have a clear view of the CN Tower? I know that
from past experience OTA analog reception is generally very good with little
snow. Perhaps a bit of multipath (ghosting) but no snow.
What are you using for an antenna? If you are using a bent loop or cheap rabbit
ears, that is the equivalent of hooking up your internet with a piece of lamp
cord.
8VSB reception from the CN tower should be excellent (what little there is) and
if you have a somewhat better antenna ($50) you should pull in all the Buffalo
DTV stations. And all for less than the cost of your 'cosy' satellite
subscription.
Terry Harvey
>
> From: James Watt <jwatt@xxxxxxx>
> Date: 2005/06/08 Wed PM 11:42:23 EDT
> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opendtv] OTA reception? Where?
>
> I've been following much of what has been said on this list about over the
> air broadcasting and the future of same. It's been interesting to hear the
> various viewpoints.
> However, as a consumer (or consumer wannabe), I wish some of what you're
> talking about was actually available. During the week I live in Toronto, a
> fairly major center in Canada. I'm living in an apt here but go home to my
> comfy house with satellite during the weekends. Here, in the largest city
> in Canada, in a relatively dense residential area, on _the_ major street
> through the city (Yonge St), I can't even receive ONE channel without also
> getting the weather report (SNOW! And lots of it). There are no clear
> channels, not that we receive more than about 5 over the air here anyway.
> The apartment carries Rogers cable only, no satellite and no big antenna on
> the roof. I just want to watch some television once in a while. Is that so
> much to ask? It doesn't even have to be HD - I'm happy with the crappy old
> analog signal as long as it's clear.
>
> So, if I may, while you are discussing the relative merits of COFDM vs. 8VSB
> and other very useful and very interesting things, there are plenty of
> potential viewers out here who can't watch TV. Yes, it's television and on
> the whole not very important, but there are _some_ shows worth catching, and
> it's good for a break now and again.
>
> My solution, for when I eventually get around to it, is to capture the
> satellite signal from the television at home and use one of the programs
> that streams video content to send it to the apt (over a VPN link between
> the two places). At the apt I get 8Mbps service and at home it's 3Mbps
> (down, 500k up I think it is), so there may be some buffering involved - and
> a very powerful remote control! :-)
>
> James.
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