ChrisCoaster wrote:
Doug Freyburger wrote:
We got a bigger fancier antenna. *Will assemble it and start using it
tonight.
Just installed this http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=3928468
and am already seeing steady 100s across the band on the signal
We went with a "ClearStream 2 Complete" that has plastic wings that
almost look like toy propellers as one of its 3 types of receiving wave
guides. Right now it's just sitting on a bench indoors facing
diagonally out one of our windows towards most of the transmitters in
downtown Chicago. I'm not even sure I'll bother mounting it outdoors as
it works as it is sitting in a corner of the living room.
strength of my existing http://www.channelmaster.com/CM_7000... 00_s/121.htm
! (I'm still using analog tube tvs with flat fronts and under 10
years old. I calibrated the settings with DVD and the color and dark
detail is outstanding!)
One of our boxes is a Tivo Series 3 with a digital ready dual receiver.
I just plugged that leg directly into it. It's receiving and recording
just fine.
The other of our boxes is an older Tivo Series 2 with an analog
receiver and a DVD reader/writer. No way I'm giving up a box with a DVD
reader/writer. We went to Best Buy and got whatever brand of converter
box they happened to have. I tried a few brands on the menu list and
found that Apex worked. So far I haven't even told it to scan for
channels again. Among the ones that might be added is another cluster
of PBS and we already have one cluster of PBS channels. No biggie
having yet another PBS.