RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to Karl Bode
Re: Exactly my plan...
She may be getting 50 digital TV channels OTA but I'd bet only 10-15 or so are the main HD stream. Nonetheless, the quality usually beats cable on either.
One thing you missed: The February transition to all digital won't result in less digital coverage. That makes no sense. If anything, the OTA coverage will increase as stations move their transition signals to their final, full-power transmission facilities.
I've weaned my wife off of cable and onto a HD TiVo connected to an antenna in the attic. We get all of the Chicago OTA digital channels and don't miss Comcast's overpriced, poor-quality offerings at all. |
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eric_n_dfw
join:2001-10-22
Euless, TX
·EarthLink
 ·AT&T U-Verse
1 edit | ditto to your last paragraph. Dumped DTV when I went HD last summer, settling on a TivoHD + TWC. Then I dumped TWC and was 100% OTA plus an occasional Amazon.com "on demand" download.
Now I'm trying out the Netflix streaming and am fairly impressed, although it has a few quirks I hope they fix soon.
PS: I'm on 6/1 UVerse DSL service and get great quality on the Netflix streaming, BTW. |
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RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| Mine is 6016/768 DSL and so far it's been perfect with a Roku box even with other applications using the connection. Considering that the TiVo offering just went live last week I'm sure there are a couple of bugs to work out. The Roku unit has been flawless.
Have you wasted a day on YouTube with your TiVo yet? 
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Toolmaster of La Grange. |
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eric_n_dfw
join:2001-10-22
Euless, TX
·EarthLink
·AT&T U-Verse
| YouTube on Tivo is only valuable for showing a group of people something on the big screen - and then only if you absolutely know what search query to use. Surfing/browsing YouTube is too cumbersome.
I wish Tivo would enable USB keyboard support - it would make things like YouTube and everything else much easier to use. |
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hescominsoon
join:2003-02-18
Brunswick, MD
 ·Comcast
·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to RadioDoc
said by RadioDoc  :She may be getting 50 digital TV channels OTA but I'd bet only 10-15 or so are the main HD stream. Nonetheless, the quality usually beats cable on either. One thing you missed: The February transition to all digital won't result in less digital coverage. That makes no sense. If anything, the OTA coverage will increase as stations move their transition signals to their final, full-power transmission facilities. I've weaned my wife off of cable and onto a HD TiVo connected to an antenna in the attic. We get all of the Chicago OTA digital channels and don't miss Comcast's overpriced, poor-quality offerings at all. the digital signals don't' travel as far and are much more sensitive to interference. If your analog OTa is marginal your DTV OTA is going to outright suck. This rule is not absolute of course. |
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Lazlow
join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO
| It depends on how you are defining more sensitive to interference. DTV is an all or nothing proposition. You pretty much get a perfect picture or you get nothing. So if your analog is very snowy, fades in and out, you are probably correct that your current setup is probably not going to work for that channel. In most cases this can be improved with a higher or larger antenna. You can also use a preamp out on the mast(do not cheap out on this option if you go this route, buy a channel master). Many people do not know that placing the antenna inside the attic will greatly reduce the signal, as compared to placing the antenna on the rooftop. If I remember correctly the usable limit for digital is about 90 miles vs about 125 for analog. Most people that live that far out will probably have alternate solutions anyway(usually sat). |
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