I hate Satellite companies

[mikeyr]

WOW, I just upgraded from $59/month for standard def to $89/month for high def and that included a DVR, where are you guys ? I can't believe I finally something that is cheaper in Santa Barbara then the rest of the U.S.

I think internet cable is around $40 or $50, I pay $81.75/month for 8 IPs and no blocked ports, they call it business cable but its worth it for the 8 dedicated IP addresses.

I did question the need to go hi def but now that I have seen it, its worth every penny and I am liking the DVR too, it replaced my Betamax YES BETAMAX, skipped the VHS generation.

[Lookin4'67Galaxieconv]

Originally Posted by mikeyr

I did question the need to go hi def but now that I have seen it, its worth every penny and I am liking the DVR too, it replaced my Betamax YES BETAMAX, skipped the VHS generation.

I doubt too many people can say that!

[ironroad 9c1]

My over the air antenna picks up nice clean Digital TV just fine, I paid 25 bucks shipped for the antenna from ebay and nothing per month.
http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...Htenna-(CM3010) much better picture than I ever got with direct from my wallet TV I even get russian news.

[nate379]

Or just make the cards for the receiver to get free programming.

Originally Posted by e-tek

You don't know how good you have it!! In Canuckistan we have to pay $500 for ONE PVR! Plus $70-100 a month - no matter if you're loyal or not! They just say..."whatever...call when you're ready to pay through the nose!" Bastards!!

[Here2Learn]

"I did look on Craigslist and there are a lot of receivers for sale cheap (35 bucks or less). Im going to see where this road takes me...."

Be sure to read up on the differences between MPeG 2 and MPeg 4, as almost all of the HD channels are now in MPeG 4, and the older, cheap DVR's you are probably looking at (HR10-250 and such) won't get the channels.

[fatrhino]

Originally Posted by ddawg16

I can't believe you guys are watching TV when you spend so much time on GJ....

OTA for me....69 channels of HD for free....but we have better things to do than spend that much time watching TV....

Wow, 69 channels is a whole lot for OTA. Pretty impressive. I only get 12 and some of them are junk. What all do you get besides the major networks?

[eborcim]

Originally Posted by ironroad 9c1

My over the air antenna picks up nice clean Digital TV just fine, I paid 25 bucks shipped for the antenna from ebay and nothing per month.
http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp...Htenna-(CM3010) much better picture than I ever got with direct from my wallet TV I even get russian news.

Sounds interesting, so give us a little more info on your setup please...do your receive dtv from local stations and how do you know where the signal is coming from? Do you have a listing of dtv broadcasters?

[ironroad 9c1]

Good site here to get started. I'm about 30-35 miles from the nearest station and right now only one I have any problems with is PBS they are not the farthest,so i fugure there transmitter is just weak.
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx