Chuckles
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join:2006-03-04
Saint Paul, MN
| This day. This day is going to be friggin' hilarious. They'll be zombies out wandering the streets, drooling, "where's my television?" By then I will probably be one of them.
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Nerdtalker
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join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
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| Re: This day. You're still getting OTA signals?
Seriously, I didn't even think there were that many people using OTA for TV service anymore. HD Cable is where it's at, at least for me.
Nothing wrong with digital, as long as it looks better. Wave goodbye to static.
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Chuckles
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join:2006-03-04
Saint Paul, MN | Re: This day. Well the only reason I have cable is because I get it for free from work. I'd never pay for this $#!+.
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| moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by Nerdtalker  :You're still getting OTA signals? Seriously, I didn't even think there were that many people using OTA for TV service anymore. HD Cable is where it's at, at least for me. Nothing wrong with digital, as long as it looks better. Wave goodbye to static. Say hello to pixilization.
I still do OTA sometimes. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| Re: This day. The bad thing about digital is its "All or nothing" meaning its either really good looking or its a black screen.
With analog at least you can get a snowy/wavy but watchable screen. that same issue on digital, you won't get anything.
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join:2003-01-19 | Re: This day. Not true. Pixelization is a common complaint from people receiving digital signals. And I'm not talking about intentional pixelation (such as that induced by compression). | |
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join:2004-03-17
·Great Works Internet
| said by dvd536 :The bad thing about digital is its "All or nothing" meaning its either really good looking or its a black screen. With analog at least you can get a snowy/wavy but watchable screen. that same issue on digital, you won't get anything. I think the "all or nothing" digital myth needs to go away... Yes, at the bit level it's all or nothing, but most digital systems have some sort of redundancy or error correction to handle the loss of some bits. I have seen plenty of digital video that is obviously somewhere halfway between the "all" and "nothing" states. Tiling, green spots on the screen, excessive pixelation, etc will replace analog distortions. | |
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by dvd536 :The bad thing about digital is its "All or nothing" meaning its either really good looking or its a black screen. With analog at least you can get a snowy/wavy but watchable screen. that same issue on digital, you won't get anything. Depends on how you have your TV set.
Some will blank out if there is a signal problem. Some VCRs did the same thing so channels that were nothing but static wouldn't blow out your speakers. | |
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digiblur
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join:2002-06-03
Louisiana
| said by Nerdtalker :You're still getting OTA signals? Seriously, I didn't even think there were that many people using OTA for TV service anymore. HD Cable is where it's at, at least for me. Nothing wrong with digital, as long as it looks better. Wave goodbye to static. Actually OTA is where it is at. I watch OTA signals everyday.
Beautiful HD material from the source! For free... even works when the cable line is laying out in the street for 3 days.
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Jim Gurd
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join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
 ·Comcast
| Re: This day. said by digiblur :Actually OTA is where it is at. I watch OTA signals everyday. Beautiful HD material from the source! For free... Yep. Comcast wants $7 per month for a 9 pound set top box in order to get a HD signal. I hooked up an antenna for the HD channels.
Comcast ran a promotion where they would upgrade you to digital starter cable for the same price as analog for 2 years with a guarantee of no price increase. It comes with a free and much smaller set top box that can't do HD. That's what I have now. I just switch to the antenna whenever I want to watch HD programming.
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CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | My TV in the PC room uses OTA - I don't want to buy/rent another receiver for Dish and I don't really want to run more wire either... | |
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oldman
@unimi.it | Quote article - "An estimated 19 million people now do not subscribe to cable or satellite." | |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·AT&T Yahoo
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·Cox HSI
·AT&T Southwest
| I'm betting the stations will run ads and even scrolls near the end to warn people. If you get caught out, well, either 1) you don't watch hardly any TV anyway, so no big deal, or 2) You're an idiot.
We're gonna be bombarded with ads about the TV switchover... not to mention retailers pushing new HDTV's will hit you everywhere you turn to "upgrade". There will probably be newspaper, radio, and even billboards and government public service announcements too.
A lot of people may not know about it NOW, but I think before February 2009 that will change.
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goldy
join:2000-11-14
Augusta, GA
·AT&T DSL Service
| said by Chuckles :This day is going to be friggin' hilarious. They'll be zombies out wandering the streets, drooling, "where's my television?" By then I will probably be one of them. You know certain issues haven't looked into very carefully or ignored entirely.
There are areas where cable tv doesn't reach. A fellow worker lives out in the boonies 30 mile drive to work and the cable tv said he'd have to pay 6000 bucks to run cable out there not to mention the 60 bucks a month for sevice and 8 bucks a month for the converter. and since there are just three farms out there, he'd have to sign a 1 year agreement.
Where can one buy a separate converter besides comcast or other cable companies. haven't seen any stand alone converters advertised except in expensive tv's
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Chuckles
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join:2006-03-04
Saint Paul, MN
| Re: This day. I think the digital converters will be available anywhere you used to be able to buy rabbit ears. Because in a sense that's just what they are... a 21st century rabbit's ears.
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aaronwt
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | Re: This day. said by Chuckles :I think the digital converters will be available anywhere you used to be able to buy rabbit ears. Because in a sense that's just what they are... a 21st century rabbit's ears. | |
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aaronwt
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FIOS
| said by Chuckles :I think the digital converters will be available anywhere you used to be able to buy rabbit ears. Because in a sense that's just what they are... a 21st century rabbit's ears. You will still need the rabbit ears with the digital converter boxes to receive the OTA programming. The rabbit ears worked fine for me 6 yeras ago when I first started wacthing and recording(with a PC HD tunuer card) the OTA HD broadcasts. | |
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Greg_Z
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join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL | Then he is a candidate for Satellite. | |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | I would probably harumph and head for the library.
It's full of good books, and they're all free!
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