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tshirt

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join:2004-07-11

Snohomish, WA tshirt Premium Member As Broadcasters refuse to bend on inexpensive licensing for fear of... ...for fear of killing the cable TV cash cow.



Karl, on the other hand has asked to have his pay cut at least by half and be based on some sort of unproven internet poll.



It always sounds less appealing when it is your income on the line, and the line seems to be pointing down, quite to the contrary of the demand for your product which appears to be higher every day.

fiosultimate

join:2014-06-09

San Antonio, TX fiosultimate Member they wont cut off the hand that is feeding them

Gilitar

join:2012-02-01

Mobile, AL Gilitar Member DOA This service is DOA. Bank on it!



BTW, is it just me or does Dish remind you of Sprint lately? "Coming soon!" blah blah blah

thedragonmas

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join:2007-12-28

Albany, GA ·VOIPO

Netgear R6300 v2

ARRIS SB6180

1 recommendation thedragonmas Premium Member use an antenna my use an antenna my foot. even antenna web shows 1 channel for my location at 30 feet, 0 below it. and im in the middle of the city. ever since that digital transition NO indoor antenna works. and you shouldn't be required to get a mast mount antenna if your in the darn city. i even mentioned it to the "chief engineer" for our local nbc affiliate. got nothing but silence on the matter. proof to me that they want you to pay those retrans fees or get nothing.



my take? if your in the DMA but cant pick it up with a standard table top, i.e. NOT a freakin mast mount (not all of us can install one) then you shouldnt have to pay one thin cent to receive the broadcast via cable, or sat. they got a problem with it? up the freakin power. silbaco

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join:2009-08-03

USA silbaco Premium Member Re: use an antenna my I use indoor antennas exclusively and can get all channels, including 3 VHF. Antenna placement is extremely important with digital TV. Turning even an inch can make/break a signal. Standalone amplifiers definitely improve the signal quality.



Upping the power isn't going to be possible in many markets once the FCC repackages DTV to clear more spectrum for cell providers. The exception is VHF, which the FCC restrictions are arguably underpowered currently. But that will have to be addressed when the FCC moves more stations to VHF, including lower VHF 2-4, which is currently unused in nearly all markets.

thedragonmas

Premium Member

join:2007-12-28

Albany, GA ·VOIPO

Netgear R6300 v2

ARRIS SB6180

1 edit thedragonmas Premium Member Re: use an antenna my



ive tried standard rabbit ears with no amp (which is all that should be needed), ive tried amplified rabbit ears. and ive tried an »



i stand by my stance. if a person cant get the channel in the DMA with a standard set of rabbit ears then they should not be charged a retrans fee.



edit: forgot to mention, plugging in my address on antennaweb and selecting "no" to mast mount gets me this. Due to factors such as terrain and distance to broadcasting towers, signal strength calculations have predicted no television stations may be reliably received at this location. and they are in fact correct.



if i choose 30 foot mast i get 1 listed, WABW. WABW-DT 14.1 PBS

RF Channel: 6

31 miles at 170° Red

oh, and according to "tvfool" WALB and WFXL are 26.2 miles, so closer than WABW. congrats, ive moved the antenna literally 1 MM at a time, i all so know their direction from my home. and the channels in question are VHF for locals. WALB, WFXL and im not to sure on WABW.ive tried standard rabbit ears with no amp (which is all that should be needed), ive tried amplified rabbit ears. and ive tried an » www.p4c.philips.com/cgi- ··· -MANT940 which worked just fine prior to the digital transition. as i had to use it when the two towers got took down by a helicopter and they had a very low power emergency transmitter set up, when they got the new towers up they where full digital and couldnt get a thing.i stand by my stance. if a person cant get the channel in the DMA with a standard set of rabbit ears then they should not be charged a retrans fee.edit: forgot to mention, plugging in my address on antennaweb and selecting "no" to mast mount gets me this.and they are in fact correct.if i choose 30 foot mast i get 1 listed, WABW.oh, and according to "tvfool" WALB and WFXL are 26.2 miles, so closer than WABW.

CosmicDebri

Still looking for intelligent life

join:2001-09-01

Lake City, FL CosmicDebri Member Growing Pains Jeez.... tv (pay or otherwise) has no place to go but internet delivery. It's inevitable, everything else is. But it's going to hurt for quite awhile until the customers can overcome the tv caretakers.



10, 15, maybe 20 years of customers demanding and tv objecting, but I can see one day we get what we want, watch what we want, when we want, the way we want, and not have to pay for overpriced sports we don't watch, kids programming we don't need, and 'specialty channels' that appeal to a habdful of people but are part of the package because someone says it has to be. dobie2564

join:2008-10-20

Myrtle Beach, SC dobie2564 Member Sell it without locals but make it easy to hook up an OTA antenna Dish should just offer it without the local channels, BUT make it easy to connect an Over the Air antenna.



That combined with providing a good Internet connection for other streaming would be a no-brainer for a lot of people looking to divorce themselves from very expensive cableTV. They would sell a lot of subscriptions. your comment..

