[ale] OT: DTV & HDTV w/PC (was pci video card with TV in)

[Pete Hardie]

CB Genrich wrote:
> 
>  > How far out of the city is the signal still good?
> 
> People in Peachtree City (way SW) and in Big Canoe (about 50
> miles N) report great standard and high definition digital reception
> on all of these channels except 54.  That transmitter is located way
> NW of Atlanta, and the problem with that is that people adjust their
> antennas facing the big city.
> 
> In short, if you get decent conventional analog reception, you'll
> most likely get solid digital reception.  But most people have no
> real idea what their analog TV reception is like, and haven't tried
> an antenna in a long time.  I personally have been able to get all
> of them except 54 using a coat hanger at 10 to 12 miles out.  Channel
> 54 is about 25 miles for me and comes in fine if I aim an antenna
> towards it.

Way cool.  I gotta check this out.

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Pete Hardie                   |   Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
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