Hi Evan,
I will send this link to sayal.
I do intend getting a converter box, I have entirely too much production
related equipment connected to this current television, as well as surround
sound to find a substitute..it would not come cheap to be sure.
My goal was to get at least one item in person, to save time.
will read up on details for this model, the channel master came with its
manual, so hopefully the amazon was as well.
By the way, your personal address does not like shellworld?
Kare
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Hi Karen,
Sayal doesn't carry the ChannelMaster, but it does appear to have a good
antenna of a slightly different, and actually better, design for only $25:
https://shop.sayal.com/products/arn-270
Here is the Amazon entry for the same model, out of stock and more than
triple the price that it is at Sayal:
https://www.amazon.ca/GE-34140-UltraPro-Outdoor-Stealth/dp/B01BY033S0
Sayal does not sell amplified antennas but it does sell an add-on amplifier
for $15. I have no idea whether or not you'll need it.
https://shop.sayal.com/products/arn-576
The antenna itself is simple once assembled and placed in your window. But
as discussed, all the over-the-air broadcasters stopped sending analog
signals a decade ago. So plugging the antenna directly into the coax input
of your TV will give you nothing.
I'm afraid the only options I can think of are a converter box or a new TV.
You're absolutely right that the converters available today have extra
features such as the DVR, which won't be useful to you because of both UI
and transfer issues. However, because there is so little demand for such
converters now there are very few choices, and likely all of them will try
to replace the TV's remote control with their own and have features such as
DVR.
I'm wondering if it's all worth the grief, and maybe just getting a new
cheap TV would be simpler and less error-prone for the long term.
- Evan
On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 3:05???PM Karen Lewellen <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi all,
As I need a replacement power adapter for a talking calculator, I have to
visit Sayal in person anyway.
So, perhaps I can pick up one of my otar items the converter box, at
a lower cost?
Have an associate from cSI visiting on Friday, so we can do a mid range
test while working on other things.
Can take the TV manual with me, if there is more than one option.
If I am honest, while the suggested converter box is nifty, it also comes
with a dvdr which is not likely to be inclusive from a format transfer
standpoint with my production software.
More interested in a direct means to some television than the recording
aspect.
Am sold on the channel master, like the brand, and the way it may attach
to my window glass.
Thoughts?
Kare
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