On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 03:58:41PM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > Because I question the availability of HD signals. AFAIU, an HDTV card > such as those we are talking about in this thread can only receive OTA > signals. No cable or satellite, etc.
.. They do OTA and Cable (QAM) as long as it's not encrypted QAM. > Will the OTA distribution of content ever be any better than it is with > analog and rabbit ears right now where, in anything but the largest > markets, you get a couple of local channels and perhaps a national (i.e. > the CBC for those that live in Canada). >From 11 local OTA stations, I get 27 total HD streams currently, and that's going up even higher soon. I see a lot more diverse programs and thanks to MythTV, I don't have to be up at 4:00am to see them. > networks. Can smaller Canadian cities near larger US ones get the > content floating over the border the we can with snowy analog channels > if the wind is blowing right? Somehow I doubt it. Being digital I can > imagine you need a clear signal or you get no signal at all rather than > the equivalent of just a snowy analog signal. Depending on terrain, you can get up to 100+ miles, but 60-70 is really the most typically. --Brandon
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