Cutting the Cable/Satellite Cord

hotreds · 04-09-2015, 08:08 AM

Have Sling mainly for mama as I watch primarily Netflix and sports on ESPN or MLB.TV on Roku.

14holestogie · 04-09-2015, 08:41 AM

How's that hdtv antenna working for you, Bob? How far are you from the transmission towers? Everything I've been looking at says most are good in the 35-40 mile range and I'm probably closer to 50.

Chainsaw13 · 04-09-2015, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by 14holestogie

How's that hdtv antenna working for you, Bob? How far are you from the transmission towers? Everything I've been looking at says most are good in the 35-40 mile range and I'm probably closer to 50.

So far so good. I'll have to look it up to see how far away I am. I've yet to really test it out, to see how good of a signal I'm getting. I just put it up on the one location the wall and did a channel scan.

BTW, I bought the non amplified Amazon version antenna. Was like $25-30.

Chainsaw13 · 04-11-2015, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 14holestogie

How's that hdtv antenna working for you, Bob? How far are you from the transmission towers? Everything I've been looking at says most are good in the 35-40 mile range and I'm probably closer to 50.

Did a bit of moving the antenna around. Looks like I'll need an extension to the cord that comes on the one I bought. Found putting it in a window increases the signal level a lot.

Looking online, I'm anywhere from 15-18 miles from most of the stations. My guess is you'd want either an amplified indoor, or an external.

14holestogie · 04-11-2015, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Chainsaw13

Did a bit of moving the antenna around. Looks like I'll need an extension to the cord that comes on the one I bought. Found putting it in a window increases the signal level a lot.

Looking online, I'm anywhere from 15-18 miles from most of the stations. My guess is you'd want either an amplified indoor, or an external.

Yeah, definately an external for me. I'd guess the most powerful one I can find to cover my 50-60 mile range. Everything I see so far states most ranges advertised are exaggerated, so I'll probably need something close to 80-100 mile range.

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