[mythtv-users] Damn you Time Warner

[Tom Dexter]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:09 PM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 04/09/2008 03:11 PM, Tom Dexter wrote:
>  > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:11 PM, David Brodbeck <gull at gull.us> wrote:
>  >
>  >>  On Apr 8, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Brad Fuller wrote:
>  >>  >
>
> >>  > Then again, if it's a small UHF antenna, then it'll be the size of a
>  >>  > small Dish (but, that's not what people have experience with... yet.)
>  >>
>  >>  The vast majority of HDTV broadcasting in the U.S. is on UHF.
>
> > Not necessarily after the 2/2009 changeover however.  In the New York
>  > area for example, ABC (7.1), WPIX (the WB 11.1), and PBS (13.1) are
>  > all moving their digital broadcasts to their old VHF frequencies, 7,
>  > 11, and 13 once they go all digital.
>  >
>  > Bad news for those who assumed otherwise and bought UHF only antennas.
>
>  On the bright side, it's not like anyone was selling UHF-only antennae
>  as "HDTV" antennae or "digital" antennae to confuse consumers into
>  purchasing them rather than VHF/UHF antennae.  And it's not like anyone
>  charged extra for those HDTV/digital antennae.  Oh, wait...
>
>  Mike
>
>
>
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Amazing isn't it?  I thought I was pretty well informed about DTV etc,
and even I didn't realize this was going to happen. Actually for some
time way back I had it in my head that the old VHF frequencies were
the ones being sold off, when of course it's actually the higher UHF
band.

I very well may have screwed up and gone UHF only if not for the fact
that I was still using analog VHF channels when I bought the antenna.
I ended up with a Radio Shack 120" combination antenna.  I don't think
they offer that size anymore...it's been great actually.

Tom