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rooftop antennas

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Posted by petew on October 7, 2000 at 05:22:12

In Reply to: LOL! I would take Berlin any time too! posted by Victor Khomenko on October 2, 2000 at 18:05:01:

I hear that VK. In my bedroom community we are fobidden to have rooftop antennas, so every house was wired for cable. I put up with it for a few years--redid the ground and replaced all the splitters, put RS terminators on all the unused feeds---nothing helped. The cable signal was just awful--loud buzzing, went out at every thunderstorm or heavy snow (the times when I most wanted to see the doppler radar), thick black vertical lines, ghosts...

So I bought a dish. Well, at first, I couldn't believe what I'd been missing. It was fantastic! But I couldn't get the local radar from the Weather Channel, which is about 90% of what I watch on TV. Then, the picture started to pixellate on me, at first rarely, then, almost daily. Directv started dumping junk channels onto the band--adding three a day for a while, and no matter how many times I reprogramed to get them off my clicker they kept adding new ones.

So one day I went to Sears Hardware and bought a $35 rooftop antenna and put it in the attic. I plumbed it into the cable tv feed (I dropped the cable as soon as I saw the Dish picture) and nearly pissed my pants when I saw the evening local news (a live feed thru the air). So I called the Dish people and dropped everything but the shows my kids like (pbsk).

You are right VK. Most people have no idea how good regular TV can be.

By the way, I've recently joined netflix. Now THAT is the way to rent movies! If only they had more of the kind of films only VK rents...

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Topic - The American Friend - Victor Khomenko 12:18:39 10/02/00 (21)

so, how was Gerard Depardeu in the "Count of Monte Cristo"? - Mart 20:27:05 10/06/00 (8)

Don't rub it in! - Victor Khomenko 06:46:07 10/07/00 (7)

Re: Don't rub it in! - Dmitry 20:24:14 10/07/00 (5)

Re: Don't rub it in! - Victor Khomenko 16:44:33 10/08/00 (4)

Re: Don't rub it in! - Dmitry 22:39:24 10/08/00 (3)

Re: Don't rub it in! - Victor Khomenko 06:22:29 10/09/00 (2)

Re: Don't rub it in! - Dmitry 10:41:40 10/09/00 (1)

Re: Don't rub it in! - Victor Khomenko 12:34:17 10/09/00 (0)

How come I reminded of a line in SCROOGED - Mart 07:40:08 10/07/00 (0)

Re: The American Friend - TAFKA Steve 16:51:12 10/02/00 (11)

LOL! I would take Berlin any time too! - Victor Khomenko 18:05:01 10/02/00 (10)

rooftop antennas - petew 05:22:12 10/07/00 (7)

DirecTV - Bruce from DC 08:06:20 10/09/00 (0)

Telll us about that netflix - Victor Khomenko 06:38:41 10/07/00 (5)

I checked... - Victor Khomenko 07:11:13 10/07/00 (4)

another caviat - petew 11:15:35 10/07/00 (1)

Re: another caviat - Victor Khomenko 11:41:44 10/07/00 (0)

netflix.com - petew 11:01:46 10/07/00 (1)

Re: netflix.com - Victor Khomenko 13:25:01 10/07/00 (0)

You can say that again - Scott Wurcer 17:38:52 10/03/00 (0)

Re: "What makes them hope that the cable companies, etc, will not fuck up the new standard?" - Mart 13:16:43 10/03/00 (0)

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rooftop antennas - petew 05:22:12 10/07/00 (7)

DirecTV - Bruce from DC 08:06:20 10/09/00 (0)

Telll us about that netflix - Victor Khomenko 06:38:41 10/07/00 (5)

I checked... - Victor Khomenko 07:11:13 10/07/00 (4)

another caviat - petew 11:15:35 10/07/00 (1)

Re: another caviat - Victor Khomenko 11:41:44 10/07/00 (0)

netflix.com - petew 11:01:46 10/07/00 (1)

Re: netflix.com - Victor Khomenko 13:25:01 10/07/00 (0)

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