I live in a valley so can't get any OTA signals (Over The Air). But KCSM channels are on Comcast but I haven't paid much attention to the sub channels. I had a Terk that I lent to my nephew who doesn't know where it is. It had an amp on it. I need to take my laptop with the cheap K-World USB tuner up to Starbucks at the top of the hill and see how many Sacramento stations I can get with the little antenna. The smog check place had a converter and rabbit ears and were getting most of the valley stations. The tuner works with QAM (cable) too.
On 01/30/2013 07:49 PM, [email protected] wrote: > KCSM - 60-2 > (San Mateo) > > MHz network, out of DC. > > Get a good strong antenna (Terk seems to have monopolized the market), and > aim it towards San Mateo and points north. I get about 65 broadcast channels, > overall. Maybe 20 worth watching. > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu wrote: >> On WHAT broadcast stations? I watched some of the Swedish version of >> Wallander on Netflix. There was a UK remake with Kenneth Branaugh on >> PBS (KQED). >> >> On 01/30/2013 04:30 PM, doctordumbass@... wrote: >>> Seen any of these European mystery series? >>> >>> Don Matteo (Italian) >>> Wallander (Swedish) >>> Commisario Brunetti (filmed in Italy, spoken in German, subtitled in >>> English) >>> Maigret (French) >>> The Octopus (Italian) >>> The Young Montalbano (Italian) >>> >>> I watch them all the time, for free, on broadcast TV, here in the >>> "illiterate" United States, bozo. :-) >>> >>> PS You are making a lot more unfounded assumptions than usual, these days - >>> anything the matter?? Ever since I openly declared my enlightenment, you >>> have seemed...agitated, and quick to make ridiculous claims. >>> >>> --- In [email protected], turquoiseb wrote: >>>> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu wrote: >>>>> On 01/30/2013 12:52 PM, turquoiseb wrote: >>>>>> "The Killing" was SO much better in its Danish original >>>>>> that it makes the American remake pale by comparison, >>>>>> and I actually *liked* the remake...for what it was. >>>>>> >>>>>> The best TV series I saw last year, "The Bridge," or >>>>>> "Bron/Broen," also from Denmark, looks as if it will >>>>>> never get an American release. Instead they are going >>>>>> to remake it. I shudder to imagine the result. Both >>>>>> of these series were *enormous* hits in the UK, >>>>>> although subtitled. >>>>>> >>>>>> The thing is, the American networks somehow believe >>>>>> that Americans are too stupid to follow even the Brit >>>>>> accents in English-language UK series (and they might >>>>>> be right), so they remake *them*, too. This one ("Utopia") >>>>>> is quite interesting, at least judging by the first >>>>>> episode that I just watched. You'd really enjoy it. A >>>>>> pity that it will probably be remade for the US market >>>>>> as well... >>>>> The American general public unless it's PBS or BBC America >>>>> can't tolerate accents much at all. So the remakes. Yup, >>>>> dumbing down for the stupid. They don't like subtitles >>>>> either so "The Killing" got a remake. >>>> People are going to think I'm being cynical when I >>>> say this, but I really don't think I am. I believe >>>> that the primary reason that subtitled movies have >>>> lost their market in the US is that many Americans, >>>> as many as 50-60%, simply can't read well enough >>>> or fast enough to enjoy a subtitled movie. >>>> >>>>> They also don't like dubbing which is kinda funny as they >>>>> denounce 1970s Italian films not knowing that all languages >>>>> including Italian got dubbed so they didn't need to stomp >>>>> carpenters on the adjacent set to stop hammering why they >>>>> shot a scene. The money is to be made on the stupid when >>>>> it comes to advertising. >>>>> >>>>> However some of the foreign languages and UK series do >>>>> wind up on Netflix. >>>> Lucky for you that they are. Some of the best UK >>>> series, not to mention Danish and Swedish, that I've >>>> seen in the past few years have still never appeared >>>> on US TV (or even on DVD/BR, according to my friends), >>>> except as remakes. >>>> >>>> The French cop series I talked about recently, "Braquo," >>>> is headed for a remake, too, which means that Americans >>>> will miss out on some *superb* performances by the >>>> French actors. >>>> >>>> I'll bet that there hasn't even been an American release >>>> of one of the best UK series of past years, "The Shadow >>>> Line," right? >>>> >>> > >
