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Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Digital broadcast TV
Posted by:
Space Ghost
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Date: October 23, 2008 02:21PM
Does anyone watch broadcast digital TV? I was thinking of getting an antenna and converter box and trying that out. How many channels can I expect to receiver around here?
Re: Digital broadcast TV
Posted by:
WashingToneLocian
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Date: October 23, 2008 02:35PM
Space Ghost Wrote:
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> Does anyone watch broadcast digital TV? I was
> thinking of getting an antenna and converter box
> and trying that out. How many channels can I
> expect to receiver around here?
Why don't you get cable, FIOS or satellite like the rest of the world?
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> Does anyone watch broadcast digital TV? I was
> thinking of getting an antenna and converter box
> and trying that out. How many channels can I
> expect to receiver around here?
Why don't you get cable, FIOS or satellite like the rest of the world?
Re: Digital broadcast TV
Posted by:
SomeGuy
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Date: October 23, 2008 02:44PM
I receive up to 50 or so. There are a lot of crap/repeat stations though, for instance NBC4 is actually 3 channels. 4-1 (HDTV), 4-2(standard def) and 4-3(useless Bob Ryan weather station). All the major networks have multiple feeds like that, PBS having 5 or so.
On a good day I can get the stations from B-More, so I can watch other football games on Sunday.
Go here to get an idea of what will be available to you and where to point your antenna if you do get one.
www.antennaweb.org
On a good day I can get the stations from B-More, so I can watch other football games on Sunday.
Go here to get an idea of what will be available to you and where to point your antenna if you do get one.
www.antennaweb.org
Re: Digital broadcast TV
Posted by:
Space Ghost
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Date: October 23, 2008 02:51PM
> Why don't you get cable, FIOS or satellite like
> the rest of the world?
I could live without cable if I had a good signal on the networks. The shows that are syndicated on basic cable, I can get on Netflix instant or DVDs. I can watch all the movies I want with Netflix. There are all sorts of shows on the Internet these days.
Obviously someone uses broadcast, or they wouldn't have it.
> the rest of the world?
I could live without cable if I had a good signal on the networks. The shows that are syndicated on basic cable, I can get on Netflix instant or DVDs. I can watch all the movies I want with Netflix. There are all sorts of shows on the Internet these days.
Obviously someone uses broadcast, or they wouldn't have it.
Re: Digital broadcast TV
Posted by:
WashingToneLocian
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Date: October 23, 2008 02:57PM
Space Ghost Wrote:
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> Obviously someone uses broadcast, or they wouldn't
> have it.
Actually, they have broadcast because the networks and affiliates have invested too much in their infrastructure and licenses to let it die. In this day and age, there are probably better uses for all of that bandwidth than crap like "Heroes."
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> Obviously someone uses broadcast, or they wouldn't
> have it.
Actually, they have broadcast because the networks and affiliates have invested too much in their infrastructure and licenses to let it die. In this day and age, there are probably better uses for all of that bandwidth than crap like "Heroes."