Digital TV Switch over

[AchrisK]

We don't have cable.

Man, I just picked up one of those Digital to Analog converter boxes and hooked it up with the same crappy antenna I had before and WOW! All of the channels I get are perfect. No more watching 24 through the snow. WooHoo!

AW CRAP! Sorry mods, please move this.

 

[Belligerent]

Question is...how/why do you live without cable?

 

[mutantllama]

It's a lot cheaper then paying 30-40 bucks a month. Espicially if you don't use it a lot.


We still haven't gotten our coupon yet for the box, but hopefully we will have it soon. Also did you get more channels?

 

[Belligerent]

I have 3 DVR's in my house and i don't know why i waited so long to get them. Way better than Tivo.

 

[AchrisK]

It's a lot cheaper then paying 30-40 bucks a month. Espicially if you don't use it a lot.

Got that right!

We still haven't gotten our coupon yet for the box, but hopefully we will have it soon. Also did you get more channels?

We got a few more channels. Like our CBS station also has a weather station, and had something called The Tube, which I think was music videos, but all it has was a "sign" that said The Tube was no more. Our PBS had like 3 more extra channels. We are actually lacking one channel, which is the CW channel. I heard that if the reception is too weak, you just won't see anything. I plan to look into it and see if anything can be done.

The converter we got is a DigitalStream DTX9950 (made by NHENS I guess). Got it at Radio Shack. So far it works well.

 

[AchrisK]

I have 3 DVR's in my house and i don't know why i waited so long to get them. Way better than Tivo.

Do they have hard drives?

 

[mutantllama]

Got that right!



We got a few more channels. Like our CBS station also has a weather station, and had something called The Tube, which I think was music videos, but all it has was a "sign" that said The Tube was no more. Our PBS had like 3 more extra channels. We are actually lacking one channel, which is the CW channel. I heard that if the reception is too weak, you just won't see anything. I plan to look into it and see if anything can be done.

The converter we got is a DigitalStream DTX9950 (made by NHENS I guess). Got it at Radio Shack. So far it works well.

nice.

Hope it won't be too much longer.

 

[The Ozzman]

I just hooked up a converter box on my apt since I don't have cable yet and only get about 8 channels, but it's better than nothing

 

[AchrisK]

I hear that some antennas can give better results than others, and not necessarily the more expensive ones. In my case I have the cheapest one on the box now, so I will probably try one of my other antennas to see if I can get any more channels.

 

[The Ozzman]

I have a cheap antenna on it right now. I could try the other one I found, but meh

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Question is...how/why do you live without cable?

Hey, he's the old grandpa. He only uses it to see the weather report in the mornings.

 

[AchrisK]

Eh? sonny... I don't watch the weather station, my joints tell me what the weather will be from day to day...







kidding

 

[Belligerent]

Do they have hard drives?

Yes they do. I can store up to 75 shows and it will automatically record your favorite shows everytime they are on. You could also record 2 shows at once.

 

[AchrisK]

Are those the ones the cable company provides? Or did you buy them retail? I think that Tivo must have filed some kid of suit, because DVD-R machines no longer come with hard drives. That's what I want.

 

[Belligerent]

I work for the cable company(Comcast) and yes they have hard drives in them. You can tell because they are significantly heavier then a normal HD box.

 

[XSASweet]

We have cable but the bedroom TV's don't, so we have to get them anyways. Comcast gives us two free ones though

 

[False Joe]

I work for the cable company(Comcast) and yes they have hard drives in them. You can tell because they are significantly heavier then a normal HD box.

DVD recorder thingies are fucking epic.
I still haven't watched like 50 of the things on my harddrive, but I know one day, I will

 

[Belligerent]

The DVR is the most epic creation next to air conditioning and the pulsating vagina.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

FIOS GET IT!

 

[Dak]

DTV transition probably delayed until June 12