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Same here! Turn off the analogs.....:)

Dodge, How in the world did you come to that conclusion? So what if the Gov't makes money. They ALWAYS spend more than they take in, right? At least this way they don't need quite as much, plus they need it to help pay the $700 Billion bank bailout. :D Digital TV is much better than...

I also doubt its a gov't thing. It's a RS thing.

That's a damn good question, Geronimo. The exact same thing happened to me with the same retailers. If I had to do it again, I would tell the RS guy to just pound sand if he didn't want my business. RS is the only retailer doing this to my knowledge. Their practices are exactly why I absolutely...

If I had to fight that much cable length, I'd give up on OTA and go back to Satellite with HD service.

If I were you, I'd hold on to your coupons until about June - July and see if the Echostar TR-40 is available then. If not available, then get the Zenith at Circuit City, the Digital Stream at your local RS, or the Best Buy Insignia.

Channel 8 is part of the upper VHF spectrum, is it not? Some antennas though listed as UHF only actually work (though with reduced gain) in the VHF band. I don't know much about this particular antenna, but I don't think I'd say it flat out won't work when it may work well enough to pickup VHF...

Satellite feed probably won't work with the outside coax connection unless your internals are setup for powering the LNB on the dish and the coax circuit will work in the satellite freqs. Since it's Jayco and not a high-end unit made for easy satellite connection, you likely will have to...

Make em' sue you - call in the FCC then watch 'em pout when they lose. Don't sign the form.

bestivo, An amplified antenna will improve your signal strength, but I seriously doubt it will prevent your loss of signal when someone walks in front of the antenna. If you want the best (i.e, the cleanest) signal, the antenna should be placed outdoors with clear line-of-site to the...

Dodge, you apparently don't know how big the SPS-40 antenna is. It dwarfs the HD8200p. SPS40 would definitely PO the neighbors much more. But it would also exceed the 1meter dish limit size.:D

:D:D Well, those who know how crummy the SPS-40 video was would know better than to waste the money building a structure to support it. But it would be a VERY GOOD WAY to thumb your nose at those neighbors who complain about "no antennas" and cite those archaic, illegal HOA rules. It might be...

TiVO can just plain POUND SAND! It may be nice, but I refuse to pay their excessive fees for something that should be available for no-cost. Bring on that TR-50, Dish Network!

Man, that's one horrendously ugly setup. I'm surprised it worked as many connections you have. I think that's why there are satellite multi-switches with an OTA antenna input.

Omnidirectional antennas tend to have lower gain than directional antennas. Is your archer antenna an outdoor antenna? If so, you may not get any better gain with what you have. My guess is if you try to gain that extra percentage on that weak channel, you'll end up overdriving the other...

Both of my converter boxes are rated at about 7 watts. Nobody likes extra electronic stuff and wires everywhere, but if reliability is a concern, you may be forced into going with 115 VAC and the power inverter.

With the power injector, how much signal strength does your receiver show on digital stations? Generally, you don't want to over-drive or "saturate" your receiver with signals that are too strong. Over-amplification of the inputs to your receiver can lead to saturation of the receiver and a...

Did you visit tvfool.com website and enter your address? Suggest you do so if you haven't. It'll tell you the pre-transition digital and post-transition digital stations, relative bearing & distance and VHF/UHF channels of the stations in your area. From that chart, you pick an antenna that...

Yep!

I think I would buy an omnidirectional outdoor or attic antenna. You're so close to the Indy stations, you don't need alot of gain.

Geronimo, A reduction in output power after the transition doesn't necessarily mean you will not being able to pickup the signal. If you look at the dBm listings for the channels in your area, you may see that the dBm numbers and output power of the channels for your address aren't linear. So...

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Dodge, That may have been what was said during the Charlie Chat, but I suspect that those are overly-optimistic dates. Call me a pessimist if you will, but I live in the real world, not Fantasy Island. Da Plane - Da Plane!:D

The Dish Network website sort of implies that maybe they're not taking pre-orders as they recommend waiting to get your coupons to keep them from expiring. From what i gather, they don't expect TR-40 availability until about June.

For all of those (including me) wanting those dish network converter boxes and wondering why you can't get them yet, here is the info on these boxes on their website. Note that they recommend holding off requesting your coupon as the TR40 won't be available until Summer. Too late for me - I...