OTA save money escape the cable bill

mark956101957 · 10-29-07, 07:18 PM

Got fed up with paying $75 monthly to Comcast for the 5 or 6 HD programs + DVR I watch. Bought a TiVo HD DVR, $300 B.B., went to Frys this morning bought 15 feet of mast in 5 foot sticks, a tripod and a CM 4221 antenna I think it was. Totaled around $100. Set up on my patio in the apartment building I live at. Ran the cable into the living room from antenna, oriented with help of antenna strength tuner built into the TiVo and got every digital (HD) channel within 35 miles with a signal strength of over 90 with the most being near 100. Will have to see how my 3 recorded programs record this evening on TiVo while I am at work. In 5 months I will have broken even on what I would of spent with Cmcst and after that only $16 monthly for TiVo with free OTA HD programming. Live off of Manzanita near Madison.

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mark956101957 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento Calif. Posts: 39	OTA save money escape the cable bill Got fed up with paying $75 monthly to Comcast for the 5 or 6 HD programs + DVR I watch. Bought a TiVo HD DVR, $300 B.B., went to Frys this morning bought 15 feet of mast in 5 foot sticks, a tripod and a CM 4221 antenna I think it was. Totaled around $100. Set up on my patio in the apartment building I live at. Ran the cable into the living room from antenna, oriented with help of antenna strength tuner built into the TiVo and got every digital (HD) channel within 35 miles with a signal strength of over 90 with the most being near 100. Will have to see how my 3 recorded programs record this evening on TiVo while I am at work. In 5 months I will have broken even on what I would of spent with Cmcst and after that only $16 monthly for TiVo with free OTA HD programming. Live off of Manzanita near Madison. Last edited by mark956101957; 10-29-07 at 07:24 PM..