My thanks to Richard for his wonderful recommendation. We actually had
everything necessary to build the antenna readily on-hand. Had it
built in about 15 minutes. Very clear instructions on YouTube, and
pretty easy to do.
Hooking up the conversion box was a snap once the antenna was built.
We are getting many channels through the HD box. Sadly, though, WETA
is not one of them. It is interesting to see what's coming over the
air, though. This may inspire us to investigate a bit more -- & maybe
even dump Comcast.
FIOS is said to be in our neighborhood now, though I don't think it
quite is. I'm not interested in the "3-pack" Verizon is offering as I
do not want FIOS telephone service. But if internet (only) is less
expensive than what Comcast is charging us, we may actually go that
way soon.
This list is the best! Thanks!
Mical Wimoth Carton
[email protected]
Without more information, I doubt you'll be able to get WETA from your
location without an outdoor antenna. See
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx for more info on what
signals are available and what type antenna you'll need.
If you want to try something cheap, you can build this antenna out of
coat hangers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQhlmJTMzw
A neighbor built one and it actually works quite well.
Richard P.
Hi All! Thanks to wonderful Comcast Cable here in Baltimore County,
MD, we
have now lost the ability to watch WETA, Channel 26, on any of our
TV's. We
hook directly to cable, not using their 'box,' which means we are
now losing
HD signals as quickly as Comcast can drop them. This forces us to
buy a
"conversion box" for every TV in the house -- & we have more than
our share,
or to stop watching the stations that switch.
I have borrowed an HD "set-top" conversion box to see what's
available "over
the air" on our tv's. All are "pre-HD" and I'd rather not go out
buy all new
TV sets, or even one new TV set, as our existing sets work fine.
However, in
reading the instructions that came with the over-the-air box, it
looks like
I also need some type of antenna. Of course, we have no "rabbit
ears" or
other antenna's, and we don't intend to have a rooftop antenna
installed
just to watch WETA and other stations on one or two tv's.
So: Can anyone suggest a place to buy a set-top antenna to work
with an
older TV and an HD conversion box? Or a place to begin looking for
same?
&: If we are forced to get an HD TV in order to see the shows I'm now
missing, any info on which type of HD TV is best would be
appreciated. (One
with QAM, one without QAM, what the differences are, etc,etc. I'm
unable to
comprehend the info I find over the internet. It's all
contradictory and
confusing. & -- Yes -- i can read the words, I just can't
understand their
meaning.)
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