Put up a 8 bay UHF antenna . about $50.00 . Buy a OTA HDTV television receiver . $200.00 . make sure you get a good UHF amplifier. Start watching HDTV in the clear and it cost zero ! ----- Original Message ----- From: morningglorydesigns<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 11:23 PM Subject: [TVRO] Antenna Question
Because our antenna (and amps?)was damaged in a hurricane Isabel and we no longer get local stations well, we considered going to small dish or cable. However, we decided that we want to keep the 4DTV and replace the antenna. I realize that these antenna questions are not directly related to C-Band, but for most of us with C-band, our systems involve having an antenna for local channels. Is it better to have an antenna professionally installed or are the results of installing it yourself usually good? My husband was not able to loosen and turn our present antenna because it has been on top of our house for 13 years. We had it installed with our C-band system. We have a 2 story house and the antenna is at the edge of a gable. There are supposed to be 3 amps or boosters, but my husband has not been able to find them Is it best just to replace the whole system? I don't want to spennd unnecessary money, but I want to be happy with the results. We are 40 miles from Washington DC and 65 miles from Richmond. We have an omni-directional antenna and focused on the DC channels. Is it expensive or complicated to add a rotor? Comment on pizza dish and cable: They advertise lots of channels, but to get the simple programming we want (like DIY, SCI, HGTV), we'd have to get an expensive package. Truthfully, looking at the Dish Network 100+ package made me angry. Most of the 100 channels were useless. With either pizza dish or cable, we'd have to pay ~$60 a month. Although they have a couple of sports channels we'd like, it's not worth switching - and I feel like they arrange their packages so that you pretty much have to get an expensive plan to get anything good. Serena Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
