I'm gonna miss network TV

[smilingcat]

I'm not really against TV. Just don't care for much of the programming. I just don't have time for it. I'm constantly reading against a growing/shrinking pile of books. Mostly non-fiction. Now I would have liked to have seen the ABC special on year 2100 that GLC had pointed out. Is there a way to rent it on DVD??

And I'm stupid enough to be ordering another half a dozen or so books from Amazon, some used some new... And from the last batch I still have three books.

After a while you really don't miss TV.

As for movies, much of it I don't get it. Alien series just made me go huh?? Indiana Jones series--gross blah... Star Trek movies gubbly gook talk. I guess I'm just showing my age with Casablanca, Miracle on 34th Street and good chic flicks like Sleepless in Seattle, you've got mail, Driving Ms. Daisy, Spitfire Grill (wasn't widely circulated but I loved it)...
Ghost with Patrick Sweazy(sp) Really sad to see him suffer so horribly with his cancer.

Also love foreign films. Martha (Deutchland), A Girl from Paris (French), Zelary (Czech Repulic) just a few... Zelary was REALLY REALLY GOOD!!

oh bit of thread drift here.

[emily_in_nc]

Now I would have liked to have seen the ABC special on year 2100 that GLC had pointed out. Is there a way to rent it on DVD??

I bet you can watch it on abc.com. Just about all their shows are available for viewing online after the fact.

[Blueberry]

DH is planning to make a homemade DTV antenna - apparently even though you can hook normal antennas up, they don't work as well. Our reception can be spotty (largely because of our plaster walls....) If it works, I'll post here as it may help some who are further away.

CA

[Fredwina]

I lost over half the channels in the switchover. Granted, I'm using the old "rabbit ears", but according to the dtv.gov website, I shouldn't count ever watching KCBS(2) over the air

[northstar]

You won't miss it as much as you think you will! We ditched TV in February and don't miss it. Like others, we watch shows online or do Netflix. It's much more fun arranging the living room furniture without the beast.

[smilingcat]

DH is planning to make a homemade DTV antenna - apparently even though you can hook normal antennas up, they don't work as well. Our reception can be spotty (largely because of our plaster walls....) If it works, I'll post here as it may help some who are further away.

CA

Ooo. your DH is an antenna engineer? I know nothing of the black magic. Like to know the physical dimension of his antenna the distances between the emitters and reflectors, width and the diameter of the beams...

Or is he an HAM operator with antenna know how.

KI6YMF (smilingcat)

[Blueberry]

Nope - it's quite easy to do (or so says you tube....) We'll see

[smilingcat]

Nope - it's quite easy to do (or so says you tube....) We'll see

I think your husband need to look up yagi antenna (multi element directional antenna), aperiodic log antenna (also directional antenna). These two types are what I see for rooftop antenna for regular TVs. Spacing of the elements and width are important in getting the right impedance matching for the frequency of interest. And I have no idea of how to figure all that out. It's black magic to me.

I got a pretty good chuckle on some of the contraption I saw. The coffee can. Wow I'm suprised it even picked up anything.

The old gentleman with hot side going to a dish and ground going to the chain link fence

I'm wondering if the old fashioned multi-element TV antenna for your rooftop is still useable. Not sure what frequency the new DTV is being transmitted. If its the same frequency as the old TV channels 2-7 then you should be able to use it.

KI6YMF (my call sign) smilingcat

[Zen]

We don't need special antennae at my house