Comments on: Top 10 reasons I heart my over-the-air antenna http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/ An inside look at news, events and technology at Mon, 12 May 2008 22:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » Confessions of a SnapStream Tester http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-260169 SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » Confessions of a SnapStream Tester Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:21:20 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-260169 [...] the creative mind of such posts as Beyond TV Hearts iTunes and iPhone, Top 10 reasons I heart my over-the-air antenna, TV Viewers Bill of Rights and much more we bring you Zack [...] [...] the creative mind of such posts as Beyond TV Hearts iTunes and iPhone, Top 10 reasons I heart my over-the-air antenna, TV Viewers Bill of Rights and much more we bring you Zack [...]

]]> By: JP http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-224936 JP Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:46:25 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-224936 Free OTA is amazing, but so is signing up for $12/month basic cable - no cable box - if you have a Clear QAM tuner. You get all the locals in HD, plus all the basics in DVD-quality digital (History, Sci-Fi, ESPN, MTV, etc.). Cable companies are required by federal law to carry a digital signal of the local channels in your area alongside the basic cable analog signal. So, when you sign up for the most basic cable package, without a cable company box, you just connect a coaxial cable from the wall into your TV -- but your TV must have a Clear QAM (ATSC) tuner to decode the signal. Most modern HDTVs have a QAM tuner built-in. Check your manual, and enjoy cable at a fraction of the cost. This will also help you folks living in an apartment in an urban area or a hilly location, where OTA signals are fickle. Free OTA is amazing, but so is signing up for $12/month basic cable - no cable box - if you have a Clear QAM tuner. You get all the locals in HD, plus all the basics in DVD-quality digital (History, Sci-Fi, ESPN, MTV, etc.).

Cable companies are required by federal law to carry a digital signal of the local channels in your area alongside the basic cable analog signal. So, when you sign up for the most basic cable package, without a cable company box, you just connect a coaxial cable from the wall into your TV — but your TV must have a Clear QAM (ATSC) tuner to decode the signal. Most modern HDTVs have a QAM tuner built-in. Check your manual, and enjoy cable at a fraction of the cost. This will also help you folks living in an apartment in an urban area or a hilly location, where OTA signals are fickle.

]]> By: SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » Fall Primetime is here… make your own “DVD Box Sets” with Beyond TV http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-224610 SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » Fall Primetime is here… make your own “DVD Box Sets” with Beyond TV Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:52:51 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-224610 [...] Call me cheap, but I tend to use Beyond TV to save money… like by ditching cable tv or by recompressing shows to my iPhone instead of buying them on the iTunes store . [...] [...] Call me cheap, but I tend to use Beyond TV to save money… like by ditching cable tv or by recompressing shows to my iPhone instead of buying them on the iTunes store . [...]

]]> By: Lynn http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-222133 Lynn Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:06:56 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-222133 Can someone tell me where I can purchase a set top digital converter in Canada? Are they available yet? If I buy one in the US will it work in Canada? Can someone tell me where I can purchase a set top digital converter in Canada? Are they available yet? If I buy one in the US will it work in Canada?

]]> By: Ryan http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-220647 Ryan Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:23:00 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-220647 I love the OTA HD we get in Seattle but being one of the fifty people in the US that likes hockey, I cannot get any games with a package. Thus I have to foot the bill for a cable box. I might as well get the DVR as well while I am at it thus the $50+ cable bill before taxes. I wish there was a way to get rebroadcasts of Canadian channels for hockey! I love the OTA HD we get in Seattle but being one of the fifty people in the US that likes hockey, I cannot get any games with a package. Thus I have to foot the bill for a cable box. I might as well get the DVR as well while I am at it thus the $50+ cable bill before taxes. I wish there was a way to get rebroadcasts of Canadian channels for hockey!

]]> By: | cableboxremotes.check4cheap.com http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-219777 | cableboxremotes.check4cheap.com Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:30:37 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-219777 [...] SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » Top 10 reasons I heart my over Don’t have to use a cable box to get all of the channels how to deal with controlling 3 STB’s with one or more remotes. It isn’t cheap but neither is gas and I don’t see many [...] [...] SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » Top 10 reasons I heart my over Don’t have to use a cable box to get all of the channels how to deal with controlling 3 STB’s with one or more remotes. It isn’t cheap but neither is gas and I don’t see many [...]

]]> By: Joewxboy http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-218981 Joewxboy Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:32:46 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-218981 I use OTA ATSC and supplement with iTunes. Boy have I gotten spoilt watching TV commercial-free. I just wish iTunes and NBC would play nice. I ended up saving $150 more after turning off my cable by redeeming MyPoints for iTunes gift cards. I use OTA ATSC and supplement with iTunes. Boy have I gotten spoilt watching TV commercial-free. I just wish iTunes and NBC would play nice.

I ended up saving $150 more after turning off my cable by redeeming MyPoints for iTunes gift cards.

]]> By: Lynn http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-218882 Lynn Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:29:46 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-218882 I live in Quebec, Canada, about 20 minutes from the Vermont border. I have a rooftop antenna and would like to get all of these digital channels too. What can I purchase to do so? Do I just plug in the wire from my antenna into this thing to make it work? I live in Quebec, Canada, about 20 minutes from the Vermont border. I have a rooftop antenna and would like to get all of these digital channels too. What can I purchase to do so? Do I just plug in the wire from my antenna into this thing to make it work?

]]> By: SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » Beyond TV Hearts iTunes and iPhone http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-218798 SnapStream Blog » Blog Archive » Beyond TV Hearts iTunes and iPhone Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:53:45 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-218798 [...] Then my utopia was shattered. How in the world would I get my TV shows on it? Pay $35 a series on the iTunes store? I think not. Heck, if you’ve read my other post in the things that heart things series, you know I hate to pay for tv. [...] [...] Then my utopia was shattered. How in the world would I get my TV shows on it? Pay $35 a series on the iTunes store? I think not. Heck, if you’ve read my other post in the things that heart things series, you know I hate to pay for tv. [...]

]]> By: Gordo http://blogs.snapstream.com/2007/06/22/top-10-reasons-i-heart-my-over-the-air-antenna/#comment-216213 Gordo Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:40:41 +0000 http://blogs.snapstream.com/?p=173#comment-216213 I'm with you man! Philly is another great area for digital television (although at this point in time, I think something like 80% of the population can receive good digital signals). We have about 20 digital channels. I don't miss cable or sat at all (I've had both in the past). I went to a roof mount antenna in 1999 - believe it or not they had high definition monday night football that year, when NO cable or satellite system had it. I've been enjoying high definition for almost 9 years now. I will never go back to the cable companies. I’m with you man! Philly is another great area for digital television (although at this point in time, I think something like 80% of the population can receive good digital signals). We have about 20 digital channels. I don’t miss cable or sat at all (I’ve had both in the past). I went to a roof mount antenna in 1999 - believe it or not they had high definition monday night football that year, when NO cable or satellite system had it. I’ve been enjoying high definition for almost 9 years now. I will never go back to the cable companies.

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