is OTA TV doomed?

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote in message
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"Gonzo" wrote:

Which advertisment will stand out the most, an HD one or a SD one?

They're equal.

Bzzzzt! Wrong answer.

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote in message
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"Gonzo" wrote:

FYI, the market will dictate that HD OTA will rule!

Can't wait to see how it comes out.

Ditto. Ill hold my "I told you so" until then.

"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:28:14 -0400, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

In article ,
"Gonzo" wrote:

FYI, the market will dictate that HD OTA will rule!

Can't wait to see how it comes out.

Don't worry--if HD OTA flops, I'll come back and shove your words down
your throat.

Well just how many years are you going to wait? We've had OTA HDTV here
for about 6 years now. Not a single station that was doing HD has stopped.
Several have moved from 720p to a full 1080i though. Fox, just recently.
That tends to show the trend is not what you perceive it to be. If there's
words to be eaten, then maybe you need to start exercisering your jaw.

Good point. I failed to mention to the All Knowing Elmo that I am enjoying
Free HD OTA RIGHT NOW.

Hey Elmo. I freaking told you so!

If some of these guys actually had a tuner and a UHF antenna they might have
a clue LOL.

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote in message
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"Gonzo" wrote:

Thrifty people saving their money and getting their TV for free just irks
the living hell out of you doesn't it? Again, get a damn life.

The man did not even say anything negative about your precious Cable and
here you go off with your bull**** biased Cable crusade.

It's getting old Thumper. Deep six it or I will write a letter Time
Warner
to have them fire one of their cable installers for unwarranted
harassment
on the Usenet.

cute.

Now, what do you have to say about MY post on the subject?

Im not really interested in YOUR post on any subject. What makes you think
I value your opinion? Wow what an EGO!

LOL, You are Thumpers alter ego. i.e. so full of yourself.

Ill give you the same advise I gave him....get a life.

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:37:09 GMT, "Gonzo"
wrote:
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No HD adds because most people are still SD. That will change when the
mandate gets here.

We can debate this till we are blue in the face and it won't matter. You
can both hold our perceived "I told you so"s until that date gets here.


"No HD adds because most people are still SD."
Please translate that sentence into English.

Which mandate are you referring to? The one that says all digital
TV transmissions must be High Definition? When was that mandate
announced? What date are we waiting for?

On which date will my Sony Trinitron TV stop working with a DirecTV
receiver?

"Wes Newell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:25:45 -0400, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

In article [email protected],
Wes Newell wrote:

As you can see (look at dates in filename) I've programs recorded from 2
ago i haven't watched yet. And this is the off season. When the new
shows
start up in the fall, I get very selective on what I record, otherwise
I'd
have over 20 hours a day of TV to watch just from OTA. So, you tell me
why
I should pay for cable/sat.:-)

There *is* content on cable you can't get OTA--and some of it is VERY
good.

And there's content on OTA you can't get on cable. So what. A person can
only watch so much TV.

That's the best of both worlds: cable and DVR. You aren't stuck
watching their stuff on their schedule, and you can pick and choose only
the really, truly good stuff. No compromises. With OTA, it's
compromise. You get OK stuff, but only a very little bit of it is very
good (How I Met Your Mother--an absolutely stunningly good show). Mostly
what you watch is just OK stuff.

WTF are you talking about. With 4 HDTV tuner cards in my server I'm not
stuck on anyones schedule. And I pick what I want to watch now. And it
doesn't cost me a monthly fee either. An dso I only watch just OK stuff
huh. You don't have a clue what I watch. How fricking stupid are you to
even make such a statement. I've seen some cable shows. They sucked. My
opinion is that the good stuff is on the free networks and the cable stuff
on whole I wouldn't even consider OK.

You can't find Mythbusters (or, previously, Junkyard Wars) on OTA.

Good, because if you like them, I'd probably hate them.

Nor will you find Modern Marvels, much of which is great stuff.

In your opinion.:-)

So the extra $20/month I pay for cable TV (vs. just cable internet
alone) is a MUCH more cost-effective way to do it, because of the
quality issue.

Well, I'm real happy you're happy with your cable. Cable and quality don't
even belong in the same sentence with TV or internet service. When's the
last time your cable dns server crashed? My brother got so tired of the
problems he had with cable he cancalled it all and got sat and fios
internet.:-)

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You guys are wasting your time, he's just a troll.

See this long thread from a year ago, toward the end, where elmo evidently
refuses to *even try* a $20 outdoor antenna.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.t...d11dad3b730fee

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote:

OTA has a very limited amount of GREAT programming. Start expanding
your available channels, and you'll find enough GREAT programming to
fill the time you have to watch.

you missed the point

with enough recording and time shifting and OTA .... I
don't NEED cable

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:30:01 -0500, wrote:

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote:

OTA has a very limited amount of GREAT programming. Start expanding
your available channels, and you'll find enough GREAT programming to
fill the time you have to watch.

you missed the point

with enough recording and time shifting and OTA .... I
don't NEED cable


No one has said you did. You don't NEED TV either.

I see OTA being for the same people who always had OTA and didn't
subscribe to cable or satellite when only analog was available.. The
argument/choice hasn't changed because of digital or HDTV.
Thumper

Thumper wrote:

You don't NEED TV either.

Agree

And I haven't had a TV all summer this year

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote:

There's very little GREAT programming available OTA. With OTA, you
settle for "OK" programming, with a nugget in there now and again.

oh bull****

there is to