[Cialug] [OT] Digital TV

[David Champion]

That's what I used for at one time for my ghetto TV setup - a VCR with 
the home-made coat hanger antenna, and my C64 monitor. Of course, that 
was long before DTV. :)

I got the letter from Mediacom as well, telling what channels will be 
digital - I have Family Basic (thru channel 78). I'm glad to see most of 
the channels I'm interested in will be digital - SciFi, Speed, 
Discovery... but I understand the concern for those of you with analog 
PVR's.

-dc

Daniel A. Ramaley wrote:
> Thanks for the discussion about DTV the past few days.
>
> Right now i don't own any sort of antenna. (Since i've subscribed to 
> cable in the past, i've not needed one.) If i can build or buy an 
> antenna for less than $100 and cancel Mediacom, the antenna will have 
> paid for itself in less than 4 months. It sounds like it won't be 
> difficult to build one with a much smaller budget than that, so it is 
> worth trying. First i'll try the the *really* cheap route of getting a 
> 300/75 ohm adapter and a coat hanger. I probably already have an 
> adapter in my toolbox that i've forgotten about, and i certainly have a 
> coat hanger that could be sacrificed...
>
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