That would be ideal..if it did not have to run through the window?
On Thu, 7 Dec 2023, Don Tai wrote:
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
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Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch / @el56
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