I tried a fairly expensive semi-directional antenna mounted in my attic a few years ago. There was one channel that absolutely wouldn't come in and another channel that was sketchy. I also tried a smaller omni-directional antenna and got even worse performance. Mounting an antenna outside is not an option.
As for me, I can just go cable-card, but this isn't an option for everyone. I was hoping there might be a less expensive/complicated solution. Chris On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:32 PM, David R. Wilson <da...@wwns.com> wrote: > From Smyrna you should be able to pick up all of the Nashville stations > fairly well. Did you have the antenna outside and in the clear (above > rooftop level)? > > Dave > > On Fri, 2014-02-28 at 11:56 -0600, Chris McQuistion wrote: > > Good suggestion. Did that. Highly recommend that site to anyone > > thinking about using an antenna. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Wesley Duffee-Braun > > <wduf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Be sure to check out antennaweb.org - shows the direction and > > distance of signals reaching your address. > > > > On Feb 28, 2014 11:51 AM, "Chris McQuistion" > > <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: > > 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 > > <gib...@prichard.tv> 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 > > gib...@prichard.tv > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Evan Brown > > <nog...@gmail.com> 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" <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> > > 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. 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