Re: 79 days left before the end of TV.

On Tue 02 Dec 2008 09:30:33p, Ron told us...

On Dec 2, 6:53 pm, Phisherman <nob...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:50:06 -0600, letter...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
In 79 days, I will no longer be able to watch tv.  I live in a rural
area.  There is no cable tv.  Satellite is way beyond what I can
afford as a retired person, on a fixed income.  I got my $40 coupons
and my converter boxes.  All I get is One PBS channel.  On analog, I
can get 7 channels.  I quit using that converter for now.  February
2009 will be a very sad time.  No news, no weather reports, no
sitcoms, no movies, no talk shows, no soaps, just Barney and the
Teletubbies.......

Goodbye tv.

I watch very little TV if any at all, yet I have a theater room. No
cable.  Get all the news and weather online and with radio.  My
theater room is used for playing DVDs, no Blu-ray yet until prices
come down.  If there is a TV program I want to watch, I record it on
my PC (I have a tuner) then play it back.   I can watch an hour show
in about 40 minutes when I skip the crap.  Most of the time PBS is the
only channel worth watching.

OK, 2 questions, what do you mean by your PC having a tuner, and what
is the signal source if you don't have cable?


Here is an example of a TV tuner card that can be inserted into a card slot
in your PC.

http://tinyurl.com/55pgyj

However, you still need a signal source. If you don't have a high-speed
broadband connection (via cable, DSL, etc.), you may not be able to
received the signals. I'm not sure if these work with an antenna, but due
to your location, you would probably need a high mast outdoor antenna,
probably with a rotator.

That type of antenna setup should also work with your present converters
and TVs and bring in more broadcast stations.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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