Any free broadcast tv with digital?

So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

On Jan 2, 4:39*pm, Doc wrote:
So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

www.dtv2009.gov

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Doc wrote:

So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

There already is free over-the-air digital broadcasts. What you need is
a digital-set-top-box to received them with your rabbit ears or antenna.

All my current TV viewing is done in this manner.

Doc wrote:
So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

There is plenty of free over the air digital broadcast TV right now.
You need an ATSC tuner and a antenna. Not all full power stations are
broadcasting at full power on the digital channel, but according to the
FCC, 1635 stations are now broadcasting a digital signal.

If you want to see what digital stations are in your area, go to
antennaweb.org, enter your zip code or address and add some feet to the
antenna height under options to get a more complete list. I get 17
digital stations over the air - 13 of them with an HD sub-channel - and
can get several more if I re-aim the antenna (but these are mostly
duplicate network stations so I don't bother).

Alan F

Doc wrote:

So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

ALL digital OTA programming is free and it is available right now if you
are within range of a digital station. If you need a converter box for
your analog TVs the government will help you buy two of them with the
$40 coupons they are giving away. Visit their website at http://dtv2009.gov
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Bill R.

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On Jan 2, 5:39*pm, Doc wrote:
So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

And if you're in Canada, you're just ****ing screeeeeeeeeeeeewed.
Because there's minimal OTH HD and no pure just-digital (SD) OTH
signals available. :-/

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/

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Gerry wrote:

In article
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Doc wrote:

So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

There already is free over-the-air digital broadcasts. What you need is
a digital-set-top-box to received them with your rabbit ears or antenna.

Or a TV that just does it for you. Our Mitsubishi gets over the air HD
from our 40 year old roof top antenna. Better image than what we get
from Cox cable, too.

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Alan F wrote:
Doc wrote:
So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

There is plenty of free over the air digital broadcast TV right now.
You need an ATSC tuner and a antenna. Not all full power stations are
broadcasting at full power on the digital channel, but according to
the FCC, 1635 stations are now broadcasting a digital signal.

If you want to see what digital stations are in your area, go to
antennaweb.org, enter your zip code or address and add some feet to
the antenna height under options to get a more complete list.

Filling out their questionaire, I get 9 stations and all of them are
currently analog only.

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Alan F wrote:
Doc wrote:
So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

There is plenty of free over the air digital broadcast TV right now.
You need an ATSC tuner and a antenna.

In fact, the advent of digital TV is prompting many people who've
been relying on cable or satellite for many years to run out and
buy antennas. And in some cases, from postings I've read on Usenet,
they're dropping their existing service providers. So rather than
requiring people to get cable, digital TV is actually luring some
people *away* from it.

Although I occasionally wish that I could pick up my local PBS
station's five digital feeds, so far I haven't wanted it badly
enough to go out and buy a converter and an antenna.


Patty

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"Mac Breck" wrote:

Alan F wrote:
Doc wrote:
So will you be required to have some sort of cable service once it
goes all digital? Or will there be over-the-air free broadcast tv?

There is plenty of free over the air digital broadcast TV right now.
You need an ATSC tuner and a antenna. Not all full power stations are
broadcasting at full power on the digital channel, but according to
the FCC, 1635 stations are now broadcasting a digital signal.

If you want to see what digital stations are in your area, go to
antennaweb.org, enter your zip code or address and add some feet to
the antenna height under options to get a more complete list.

Filling out their questionaire, I get 9 stations and all of them are
currently analog only.

It says I get 20 digital stations, but I've never even heard of half of
them.

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Jitterbug phones:
Fourth one is in hand. Doesn't work. Yet.