They actually have more than 23 HD channels. The 23 are the basic ones everyone gets. They also have HBO-HD, Showtime-HD, ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in New York Metro area and PPV-HD. So Dish actually has 30 HD channels.
--- In [email protected], "Bruce Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OTA is a very poor option. You need either a rotating antenna or an > omnidirectional antenna and in either case, if you are in a dead spot or > where signals bounce a lot or any kind of obstructions, like I have here in > Fresh Meadows, it just wont work. I really suggest looking into satellite > Dish Network - they have 23 Hi Def stations , almost triple TimeWarner. > > > > Bruce > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:HDTV-in- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of A. Alex Bryant > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 1:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ HDTV in the NYC Area ] Source for general NYC HDTV OTA info.; PBS > reception > > > > I am both a new member and a newbie. > > What I am looking for is a web site that has lots of NYC-specific > information regarding broadcast HDTV. By that I mean, in addition to > daily listings: > > - Up-to-date description of what channels are being broadcast, from > where and at what power levels (I found an FCC document on-line but, > as it showed the WTC, it was clearly out-of-date). > > - Suggestion on how to optimize OTA reception that take into account > people's actual housing circumstances (i.e., apartment dwellers with > no access to roof, etc.) > > By way of perspective, I have never had cable TV and don't plan to > start with it now, despite having just bought a new HDTV. > > I am a PBS buff so it is frustrating to me that, with my location in > Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn (about 1.5 miles S. of the Brooklyn Bridge, > 3rd floor of 4-floor brownstone, facing north), that the only PBS > (sort of) station I can pick up using an indoor antenna is the NYC > Channel 24-1 (i.e., "Channel 25"). My web research to date tells me > that there are at least 5 other PBS HD broadcasts in NYC, LI and NJ, > so I'd like very much to be able to get at least one of these signals. > > I have used Antenna.Web. It is helpful but does not get into the > details described above. > > Can anyone point to some resources? 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