Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, FL - HDTV - Page 227

Originally Posted by bigjoe1975

OK, when I got home tonight, I moved the antenna up to the attic and, voila, I'm now receiving both UHF and VHF channels! Including Fox and NBC from West Palm, which kind of surprised me because my antenna is, supposedly, directional and it's pointed South, not North.
However, I have a new, noob antenna user issue. I plugged the antenna into a splitter for whole house use, but the only TV that is working is my main HDTV. All of my other TVs are SD and apparently can't handle the signal. My assumption is that I need a digital to analog box for each TV, is that correct? If so, any recommendations?

Originally Posted by mx6bfast

Good to hear you can get all those. Before I moved down here we only used OTA since we would have some nice storms in Memphis. The house we are renting isn't setup so I can have 2 lines running to the different rooms. I'm hoping the house we buy next year will give me some lee-way so I can use OTA a lot more, and reliably.

If the tv's are older and/or don't support digital signals, which it sounds like they don't, you need to get DTV converters for them.

Originally Posted by jstrazz

Good luck finding DTV converters now. I haven't seen any on sale since right after the digital transition. It's time to get rid of those cumbersome old bulky TVs and buy flat panel sets. They're cheap enough now.

Originally Posted by Trip in VA


No point in throwing away perfectly good sets that still work with a converter box.
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- Trip

Originally Posted by jstrazz

If money is a problem, then I would agree. Otherwise that philosophy is very old school. I wanted an HDTV so I just bought one. I didn't care that my old analog cathode ray tube still worked. I put it out on my sidewalk and somebody took it. Today's flat panel TVs are SO much more enjoyable to watch.

Originally Posted by Trip in VA

No point in throwing away perfectly good sets that still work with a converter box.

They can still be found on sale, but they are harder to find. I've most recently seen them in both Wal-Mart (crap) and Radio Shack (decent) though that was two months ago or so. They can also be found at yard sales and thrift stores as people replace their old TVs with new ones.

- Trip

Originally Posted by ltownsend

Anyone know of an inside HDTV antenna to pick up OTA channels? I have a TERK but it does not pick up more than 6 stations. I know I should be able to get more than that.

I am in Coral Springs and use Dish Network with OTA module installed in a 722K DuoDVR.

THANKS

Originally Posted by jstrazz

I use an amplified TERK with a directional UHF antenna and the rabbit ears extended all the way but short two sections. Channels 5, 7, 10, & 12 are all on VHF and the rabbit ears should be two sections short of being fully extended. A full extend of the dipoles will result in weak or no signal on those channels. All other channels are on UHF and the directional antenna should point in the direction of their transmitters.

Originally Posted by jstrazz

When adjusting the antenna, adjust for the UHF channels first, then adjust the rabbit ears for the VHF without moving the position of the UHF part of the antenna. Let me know how you make out.

Originally Posted by ltownsend


jstrazz: installed the OTA module and the antenna - now have 35 additional channels!

Thanks for your help!

Originally Posted by Ticker305

I'm a complete noob to this, so please bare with me. I have a new Sony Led with free standard cable in my building. I plugged the cable in and scanned for digital channels and am able to pick up 21, all of the networks in crytsal clear HD. Someone told me that the cable signal was compressed and it would look better if I hook up an air antenna instead. To me it looks crystal clear, can it really get better?

Originally Posted by Ticker305

I'm a complete noob to this, so please bare with me. I have a new Sony Led with free standard cable in my building. I plugged the cable in and scanned for digital channels and am able to pick up 21, all of the networks in crytsal clear HD. Someone told me that the cable signal was compressed and it would look better if I hook up an air antenna instead. To me it looks crystal clear, can it really get better?

Originally Posted by mx6bfast

On a whim I decided to give Comcast another look to see if they service me in Coral Springs. I called today, and was told my address is serviceable now. They couldn't find my address in form the install team so they gave me another # to call. I ended up calling the Coral Springs Comcast number and they told me yes my address was serviceable.

I am going to call the install group other number tomorrow and will report if I get another rejection. Just wanted to give ya'll a heads up.

Originally Posted by mx6bfast

After speaking with multiple levels it looks like Coral Springs is still Advanced territory. ugh.

Originally Posted by hayt

is there any info on channel 9, RETRO TV in particular? I get all the OTA available but I can't even get a hint of that one. weren't they supposed to be increasing their signal strength?

Originally Posted by mx6bfast

Great time for WSVN to go dark on D*. Bastards

Originally Posted by BDCat

That's the kind of stuff that happens when greed steps in!

Comcast and OTA are both OK!

Sunbeam's Miami Station To Let DirecTV Carry NFC Title Game Amid Retrans Fight

Satellite TV Subs Will Be Able to Watch WSVN's Jan. 22 Primetime Lineup

By Todd Spangler

Sunbeam Television said it will allow DirecTV to broadcast the NFL's NFC title matchup between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers this Sunday, even as the two parties remain deadlocked over retransmission-consent fees.

Sunbeam pulled Miami's WSVN, the local Fox affiliate, along with Boston's WHDH (NBC) and WLVI (CW) stations from DirecTV at midnight on Friday, Jan. 13. DirecTV says the station owner is asking for a 300% hike in fees, while Sunbeam has said it is seeking only what other pay-TV providers pay.

"WSVN-TV is still negotiating with DirecTV, but we care about our viewers, and we want them to be able to watch this game, which will determine who goes to the Super Bowl," Robert Leider, executive vice president and general manager of WSVN-TV, said in a statement.

DirecTV's Miami subs -- which include bar owners -- will be able tune in to Fox's coverage of the NFC championship game starting with the pregame show at 6 p.m. Eastern on Jan. 22. WSVN also will provide the post-game show, American Idol and a late edition of Miami's 7 News that night.

"We're pleased that Sunbeam is doing the right thing for our customers and NFL fans in Miami," DirecTV spokesman Robert Mercer said. "We look forward to getting a deal done quickly and on reasonable terms."

Meanwhile, DirecTV's Boston-area DirecTV subs could be facing a blackout of NBC's Super Bowl XLVI telecast on Feb. 5, in which the Patriots could be playing for their fourth championship title, if the dispute is not resolved by then.

According to Leider, DirecTV's claim that Sunbeam is asking for a 300% increase is "totally misleading."

"A few years ago DirecTV was paying us nothing. Now we are asking for only a few cents a day," he said. "Fox receives half of that, and we need to keep them satisfied to maintain our affiliate relationship. Meanwhile cable channels with far less viewers receive far more compensation from DirecTV."

Leider added, "DirecTV is a multibillion-dollar company that takes advantage of a small company like ours. DirecTV is offering us far less than what they are paying other TV stations."

DirecTV And Sunbeam Settle Boston And Miami TV Carriage Disputes

By David Lieberman

DirecTV customers in the Boston area don’t have to worry about being unable to see their hometown team, the New England Patriots, play in the Super Bowl against the New York Giants. The program carriage dispute, which began on January 14 when Sunbeam took its stations off of DirecTV, ended the way most do: A lot of noise before reason prevails. DirecTV had said that Sunbeam wanted a 300% price increase, which the satellite company wouldn’t pay. But the companies aren’t disclosing financial terms.

Here’s DirecTV’s release:

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Jan. 26, 2012 – DIRECTV released the following statement today:

“We are pleased to have reached an agreement to end the Sunbeam blackout, and regret that any of our customers were forced into the middle of a business dispute where they should never have been in the first place. We believe, like many, the public interest is best served by allowing customers to keep their local broadcast stations as we negotiate future agreements, rather than being denied access by broadcast stations and used as leverage in what should be a private business matter.”

The Sunbeam-owned stations – WHDH and WLVI in Boston and WSVN in Miami – are now available for DIRECTV customers in those cities.

Originally Posted by Mike4HDTV

WSVN is back on Directv. They reached an agreement today.