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Right. Been a while since I sent my 722 back. :)

I was not able to get my FiL's DTV Pal to understand instructions from a 5.3 IR remote. Maybe if you step down to an older remote generation, it would work. The disadvantage to that, is that there is no "dash" or "point" key on an older Dish remote, so there's no way to punch directly to 41-2 or...

For the Slingbox to change the channel, the tuner to which it's attached has to be supported. Not necessary if you only ever want to watch one channel; you can set the channel on the converter box once and walk away. But if you want to change the channel on a Digital Stream DTX9900, it has to be...

The raw bandwidth of a single ATSC stream is up to 19Mbit/sec, or about 20% of a 10BASE-T Ethernet link, or almost 40% of a Wireless-B link. DVD video is less than 9Mbit/sec, for reference. SD (480i) ATSC streams are up to 3.5Mbit/sec. A Slingbox takes a single High-Def channel (must be...

My 722's OTA tuner was really sensitive to noise and overload. The picture was a lot more consistent when I put a 1*4 splitter between it and the source antenna. Just a thought. :)

I think you're trying to create a Channel Master 4251. It had a four-bay bowtie in the middle, pointed -at- the parabola, and had a grounded fence "behind" it (facing the towers) to keep the elements from being flooded with noise. Monster antenna, monster results back in the '70s, but I'm not...

TiVo Community - Just like this place, only they don't all hate TiVos. ;) Zatz Not Funny! - Lots of stuff, but some cool TiVo tricks here and there.

That's the best solution I've found, actually, TiVo+Roku+Atv2. The Roku doesn't really do much that the TiVo doesn't, unless you count the ability to play h.264 encoded MKV files, so my collection of DVD rips will actually work. Personally, I'm just going to do the $0-down, $20/mo lease option...

Don't hold your breath for Channel 8. If you do still have trouble with it, get a set-top pair of rabbit ears and a UVSJ signal combiner to merge the signals in the attic.

Just some random things to keep in mind (Jim's suggestion is best; check the cabling first). digital UHF signals are fairly sensitive to wind and moisture. Summer rain might not affect your signal, but a heavy fog may. By sensitive to wind, I don't mean that the wind blowing affects the radio...

If you want to watch American HD television from Europe, you need three or four components, and they all cost money. You'll need a TiVo ($300 + $13 monthly subscription, or $650 for a TiVo with a lifetime subscription, or $20 for leased hardware with a 2-year contract), a Slingbox Pro-HD ($300)...

Krell's right, a PC is the only workable solution for US programming if you can't do it the TiVo way (which is the most elegant). Being in Northern Europe, I'm sure that a lot of our way of life looks absurd, and part of that is the restriction on television. The Motion Picture Association of...

Nevermind. Stupid name for a TV network. Antenna TV - AntennaTV

Alright. What's Antenna TV?

I don't see channel 23 on that list. Anyway; your distance from the cluster of towers to the East would indicate that a four-bay bowtie (Antennas Direct dB4, Channel Master 4221) would work well. However, you're in Kentucky, so I looked a little harder, and you don't have a single channel within...

You know, I never did read the entire verbiage myself, I just went with what I was told as an installer.

OTARD only specifically allows for one antenna (which includes dishes) according to the letter of the law. If you're already (fiercely) exercising your OTARD rights by having an FTA dish, you shouldn't erect a second antenna and expect it to go without contest. If you're just being paranoid, and...

I worked as an installer for DirecTV for six months, and we spent the better part of a day during the training period discussing OTARD. The law does protect you from your own HOA in the legal sense, but you still have to live with the uptight morons you call neighbors. You have the right to buy...

More likely that you broke something inside one of the RG59 connectors or the amplifier circuit for the antenna is failing. There is no way in which RG59 is superior to RG6 except for a tighter bend radius, though RG59 is usually quite adequate for OTA TV reception. Most of the amplifiers in...

"Yagi" style antennas only go up to about 50 miles. A 4-bay bowtie typically has more UHF gain than even the biggest yagi, which is why the dB8 and log-periodics like the 91XG exist. Even with the best-designed, best-built antennas, UHF is only transmits to about 70 miles, Tropo-skip...

60 miles isn't that far for a dB8 that's properly installed. A longer mast and/or a good preamp should fix your pixellation problems, Gordon. My grandmother uses a 10-year-old fishbone monstrosity from Radio Shack with a Channel Master 7777 on a 30' mast, and gets very good reception from 55...

If it's just one station, or two close together, and both are UHF, I'd go with the 91XG if you can swing it. The dB8 presents a big wind load, and if you don't need VHF, it's just a liability, unless you get more ice storms than wind storms. The long beam on a 91XG (it's not a Yagi, it's a...

rich: Yes. With an analog signal, you can watch a snowy picture, a skipping picture, a picture with no color, or lots of other things that indicate that your signal is poor or noisy. With digital signals, it pretty much either works or it doesn't, and noise from tree leaves in the Spring vs...

I don't see why not. The purpose of a diplexer is to combine "low band" TV signals (30-800MHz) with microwave band signals from satellite antennas (typically 1GHz up; I think Sirius is 4GHz), and then to split them back out of the common feed line when you're close to the receiver. AFAIK, all...

You have the same kind of problem that I have; you're too close to all of the towers for any kind of easy solution. The good news is that you're so close that a rotator shouldn't be necessary with the right antenna, either. Those 7.5" hoop antennas I showed you actually have a very oblong...