Here we are are, on the hook off of downtown Annapolis and can get three digital stations, all public television, 2 English 1 Spanish, all very clear like HDTV. What gives? Same issue at dock, same issue where ever we drop anchor. Can't get any local Baltimore or DC stations. Do I need a new attenna? The one I have is only 7 years old and worked perfect when stations were analog.
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What antenna are you using? I had very poor results until last year when I upgraded to the new Glomex 14" amplified antenna. I also changed out the antenna cable to RG-6. I went from 2-3 stations sometimes more to over a dozen that are stable and solid.
OTA DTV requires more signal than the old analog signals at your TV. I'm not sure the FCC did us any favors mandating over the air (OTA) digital TV.
OTA DTV looks fantasic when it works compared to the old analog TV but your options (# of channels) become limited because of the higher signal to noise ratio required to recieve/decode DTV
Bill
OTA DTV requires more signal than the old analog signals at your TV. I'm not sure the FCC did us any favors mandating over the air (OTA) digital TV.
OTA DTV looks fantasic when it works compared to the old analog TV but your options (# of channels) become limited because of the higher signal to noise ratio required to recieve/decode DTV
Bill
Get an amplified digital antenna. Put it as high as you can.
I have Glomex, and in Annapolis too. We get all over 20 channels. We get all Baltimore, and a lot of DC channels. Over on Eastern shore at Fairlee we pick up PA channels and all Baltimore.
I have Glomex, and in Annapolis too. We get all over 20 channels. We get all Baltimore, and a lot of DC channels. Over on Eastern shore at Fairlee we pick up PA channels and all Baltimore.
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Bill, Bill. The FCC didn't made us any favors. They did it just
because voice is more easily software tracked and recognized when
it is digital than analog. Same with cell phones, now they can track
voice patterns and specific words much more easily.
Yea yea I forgot. There is "less bandwidth and interference" too.
Regards,
because voice is more easily software tracked and recognized when
it is digital than analog. Same with cell phones, now they can track
voice patterns and specific words much more easily.
Yea yea I forgot. There is "less bandwidth and interference" too.
Regards,
By having the signal digital, they can more easily delay the audio and video by the "required" 1.5 seconds. That way there won't be any slip-ups with wardrobe malfundtions, or too mucy description in the audio. Olny that aggrivating pehnomenom of the voices and lips not matching up. Used to be a real problem back in the 50s when everything was either live or filmed.