For Boston television you actually point your antenna at Needham, because that's where the broadcasts actually come from. Channel 68 (WBPX) used to be an exception before the digital transition - their analog transmissions came from the Prudential Center - but now they're in Needham like everybody else.
On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Robert La Ferla <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Aereo should cover some of those channels. http://www.aereo.com > > > The Boston channels that Aereo offers are the same channels that I pickup > free OTA from Salisbury, MA. Luckily for me, I'm able to pick up a few > other channels too besides Boston. I think $96/year is relatively > expensive compared to "free" ($150 in materials cost amortized over the > lifetime of my antenna which I've had already for about two years.) > > >> > Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas? >> > > I purchased the ClearStream 2 antenna (see link below) for $100 from Best > Buy and installed it on my roof with 50-75 feet of coax. The antenna is > just smaller than 2'x3' and the mounting bracket allows for proper > directional positioning of the antenna. I live in Salisbury, MA and point > the antenna at Boston (40 miles away). I've thought of getting a second > one to point at Worcester or Portsmouth but haven't bothered since the > content is mostly duplicate and I already get some of the NH channels even > though I'm not pointing that way. The antenna works great. I watched the > Patriots game last night in perfect high definition. > > http://antennaweb.org/ is one of several websites that can help you figure > out exactly where the signals are coming from relative to your address. > > Run your 'channel auto scan' in good weather so that you don't pick up > extraneous channels. The signal will often get _better_ in bad weather as > the signal bounces off the clouds -- meaning I can pull in channels that > normally don't show up. > > All my major channels are high definition. I just shake my head when I see > so many cable subscribers tune to the standard definition channels - either > because they forget the number of the HD variant, or because their > subscription doesn't include HD. The channels that offer old content like > MeTV, ThisBoston are obviously not in HD. > > Channel surfing is faster on my TV than with cable. There is a slight > pause when changing channels (but these OTA signals are not encrypted so > it's just signal processing). Ironic that digital TV offers hundreds of > channels but channel surfing is slow and painful compared the good old days > of analog. > > I lookup programming schedule content on the web - especially > http://www.pbs.org/tv_schedules/ which is light years better than the > Comcrap "channel guide" > > http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Antennas+Direct+-+ClearStream+2V+Long-Range+HDTV+Antenna/6847298.p;jsessionid=0A754E6E8FE5311C9D87181A266BF6C5.bbolsp-app01-165?id=1218809260470&skuId=6847298 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
