"I did play with the H20 down the stairs (which is running the latest CE) for some reason it's not getting my local channels from the satellite (I have the PLUS DVR HD package) so I am not sure whats up with that."...
I have the 91xg mounted on 50ft tower and my personal experience is the blue and violet stations are still hard to receive. I do receive signals from 60-80 miles but rarely lock on to stations at that distance. Keep in mind your terrain and the power at which your stations transmit are also...
Check this thread on avsforum. They will know if anybody does. I know I have seen some posters talking about the quality of wiat mpeg 4 feed on directv lately on this site.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=365749
Here is a link to antennas direct but the 91xg is 20 bucks higher than solid signal.
http://www.antennasdirect.com/91XG_HDTV_antenna.html
Scratch that found alternate solid signal site!:up
http://www.solidsignal.tv/prod_display.asp?PROD=AD-91XG
I bought my 91 xg from solid signal.Also I havn't had any luck with locking on to anything over about sixty miles and I have mine mounted on a 50ft tower.
I was going to post a link to the 91xg on their site but for some reason I couldn't
access the site.
Just checked the Fcc website to see what power wvla is transmitting at and if the site is correct and they are full power it says they are 1000kw. I am posting a link to their service contour map.You are probably in a fringe area though even at this power...
The nbc the op was trying to receive is 72 miles away which will probably be a stretch.But you never know till you try.I think his nbc is probably transmitting digital but not high def.
I would second the motion for a 91xg(my current antenna)and use a cm7777 amp too. Also I would suggest that you get the antenna as high as possible.Mine is approximately 50ft(on a tower) and I pick up stations 60 miles away.
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Isn't the 11b update for the hr20dvr not the h20nondvr the op was having problems with? P.S. I believe the latest h20-100 update is x100c or for h20-600 is x0f14.
You can use a rf modulator in this scenario. I use a set of av(red,white,yellow) cables hooked to the modulator and use the (to tv) coax to mirror the signal off of the h20 in my living room to my bedroom. btw it is a radio shack modulator.