We installed an antenna at our office in Nashville, but we're having a problem picking up the local ABC, though we can get the other local channels.
At home, I live in Smyrna, and I'm just a little too far out to get good reception on all channels.... On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Gibson Prichard <[email protected]>wrote: > Your best bet for those locals is an antenna, which has no recurring cost. > If you can't stomach the thought of an antenna, Comcast has Digital > Terminal Adatapters (DTA) available, including an HD version with HDMI out > for a nominal fee. > I was hit with this at my office this week and we opted to go with > antennas in lieu of the DTA boxes, but we have over 80 television sets that > would need those boxes and that was too much. > > Gibson Prichard > Nashville, TN > [email protected] > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Evan Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This most likely comes from the retransmission consent contracts with the >> ota providers. Comcast probably now pays the ota providers for >> retransmission but stated they are shutting down the unencrypted feed. I >> would research things outside of Comcast with this situation as they may >> not be the evil culprit here. >> On Feb 28, 2014 11:29 AM, "Chris McQuistion" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I've received some letters from Comcast lately, explaining that they >>> were no longer going to be broadcasting any analog channels over the wire >>> and clients would need cable boxes (DTA's) to tune in channels. I >>> (foolishly) believed that they were going to leave the digital ClearQAM >>> channels alone and HDTV's with tuners would still be able to tune in the >>> local HD channels (local ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, etc). >>> >>> It appears I was wrong about that and Comcast has taken away the >>> ClearQAM channels and is no longer broadcasting those any more. >>> >>> Anyone know what to do about this? Is Comcast within their legal right >>> to do this? Whether they are or not, is there anything that can we can do >>> about it? I have a home DVR system that records off ClearQAM, as do many >>> of my friends and family. None of those are working, now. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
