If you have a deck then mount the antenna on your deck, and as high as possible, as far from LOS obstructions to the CN Tower and Buffalo as possible.
On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 at 16:05, Karen Lewellen via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Evan, > sorry managing several tasks today. > If this item has no amplification what makes it better? > for context the window in question also has an outside ledge. meaning if > placing it outdoors, improves my options, I can do this easily. > Especially since the window faces my deck. > Karen > > > > 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada > > @evanleibovitch / @el56 > >--- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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