Re: Digital TV Over The Air
Aloha from the mainland. I was out in Kaneohe last month visiting my wife's family and tried to setup OTA for my in-laws HD ready monitor. Here's a run down of my experience. First, it took 3 different Radio Shacks to finally find one that stocked an antenna at a 30% premium compared to CA (built one out of coathangers in the interim just to check signal and succeeded getting ION out of Kailua). When I used the Shack's v90 antenna, I got ABC (9.1) and the 4 ION channels. I returned a month later with a PCT signal booster from ebay. This gave me CBS, FOX, and WB, on top of my other channels from before. The tuner I used was a Sony Direct TV receiver. I've never used the store bought boxes because they don't do Hi-Def. Normally, I use Samsung instead of Sony receivers because they are superior. Samsung's have a signal strength meter, Sony's don't, and I find the Samsung tuner more sensitive in general. If I continue doing this, I'd return with a Sammy. However, my in-laws do have cable, so it might be easier just to get them a Kworld QAM tuner for the Hi-Def. Still, if you want to break the Oceanic Monopoly (or start a side business) it is possible to get Hi-Def over the Pali. Let me know if you need more info. I've done a half dozen of these transitions, including using just a computer monitor. No one should have to pay for TV.
Total cost for this experiment was about $180.
Aloha from the mainland. I was out in Kaneohe last month visiting my wife's family and tried to setup OTA for my in-laws HD ready monitor. Here's a run down of my experience. First, it took 3 different Radio Shacks to finally find one that stocked an antenna at a 30% premium compared to CA (built one out of coathangers in the interim just to check signal and succeeded getting ION out of Kailua). When I used the Shack's v90 antenna, I got ABC (9.1) and the 4 ION channels. I returned a month later with a PCT signal booster from ebay. This gave me CBS, FOX, and WB, on top of my other channels from before. The tuner I used was a Sony Direct TV receiver. I've never used the store bought boxes because they don't do Hi-Def. Normally, I use Samsung instead of Sony receivers because they are superior. Samsung's have a signal strength meter, Sony's don't, and I find the Samsung tuner more sensitive in general. If I continue doing this, I'd return with a Sammy. However, my in-laws do have cable, so it might be easier just to get them a Kworld QAM tuner for the Hi-Def. Still, if you want to break the Oceanic Monopoly (or start a side business) it is possible to get Hi-Def over the Pali. Let me know if you need more info. I've done a half dozen of these transitions, including using just a computer monitor. No one should have to pay for TV.
Total cost for this experiment was about $180.
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