School me on indoor tv antennas...

[69L46]

Originally Posted by aerovette

Granted I have not checked in a while, but I seem to recall that you choose an episode or program to watch. I didn't think they had live broadcasts of things like The Five or Gutfeld.

Sling offers FNC with their 'Blue' package and the News Extra option for some of the business channels. I think that brings the total to about $46 monthly.

[Louie Detroit]

I've had a 2 element bowtie type coaxial antenna for about 15 years now. When I first used it I received about a dozen channels. I rescanned available channels yesterday and have about 49, many which appear to be OK programming.

[zeek]

Originally Posted by Big bob

Yes that is exactly what I did. Not sure how I missed it. I guess I was fixated on your indoor antenna request.

So you hooked up an outdoor antenna to the existing Dish coax? How did it work? That's a perfect solution. I was only going for an indoor antenna so I wouldnt have to run coax/cable thru a wall... Using the existing cable from the dish is a no brainer if it in fact works...

[Big bob]

Works perfectly it is what you run now. And if you get the tablo you can go wireless from there. Mine supports 4 TV's wireless with guide and dvr.

[outrunm]

Originally Posted by zeek

Hmmmm I dont know...can I... Great question and great idea.

Yes you can. I installed an antenna and ran a cable from the antenna to my previous cable input. Depending on how many splits you have, you may need to add a power booster to get all the channels at some of the TV's. I am feeding 7 TV's off mine with about 50 channels on each. A lot are junk, but we get all the networks, and streaming services cover the gap.

[MadInNc]

Originally Posted by outrunm

Yes you can. I installed an antenna and ran a cable from the antenna to my previous cable input. Depending on how many splits you have, you may need to add a power booster to get all the channels at some of the TV's. I am feeding 7 TV's off mine with about 50 channels on each. A lot are junk, but we get all the networks, and streaming services cover the gap.

You calmed my fears when I was thinking about it.

If your home has Coax ran through it, use it. Need to inject signal at source and if need be, place Amp in cable run. A smart TV will tell ya the signal power (in home wiring with or without Amp) and “quality” or received signal strength

[Big bob]

That is where the tablo comes into play.


https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tablo&cri...f=nb_sb_noss_2

[69L46]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

You calmed my fears when I was thinking about it.

If your home has Coax ran through it, use it. Need to inject signal at source and if need be, place Amp in cable run. A smart TV will tell ya the signal power (in home wiring with or without Amp) and “quality” or received signal strength

That really is a must, especially if you have a long coax cable run.

I have an antenna in the attic and and the pre-amp sends the signal to a splitter in the basement, which distributes it to the first floor, basement and outside. Good overall signal strength for half a dozen TV's.

[theandies]

Originally Posted by aerovette

Don't fall for the "Digital" antenna crap. Any UHF antenna will work.

That is what I was going to say. If you live in your grandmas old house that the 1970's antenna is still on the chimney it will work just fine. OTA frequencies have not changed. VHF is still 54-216Mhz (channels 2-13) and UHF is still 300-3000Mhz(channels 14 to I think in the 80's can't remember).

It doesn't matter what's being carried on this signal be it analog (old days) or digital (today) if the antenna is capable of receiving these frequencies they will. Of course you do need a tuner in the TV or a set-top tuner box.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by MadInNc

You calmed my fears when I was thinking about it.

If your home has Coax ran through it, use it. Need to inject signal at source and if need be, place Amp in cable run. A smart TV will tell ya the signal power (in home wiring with or without Amp) and “quality” or received signal strength

When the frequency switch first happened, and everyone needed converter boxes, I remember those boxes being able to indicate signal strength. My Samsung flat screen, however, doesn't seem to have that basic capability.

[theandies]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

When the frequency switch first happened, and everyone needed converter boxes, I remember those boxes being able to indicate signal strength. My Samsung flat screen, however, doesn't seem to have that basic capability.

Actually the carrier wave frequencies didn't change just the data carried changed from analog to digital data. That is why you needed a set top box when the data went digital because an analog tuner won't know what to do with a digital signal.

[Bill]

UPDATE?????????


Did OP ever get any OTA channels?

Don't leave us hanging!!!!!!!

[Big bob]

Better send help he got on the roof and knocked the ladder over.

[zeek]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

UPDATE?????????


Did OP ever get any OTA channels?

Don't leave us hanging!!!!!!!

Still researching what streaming options I want before canceling my Dish subscription. In addition to the ones I already have, It looks like Sling TV will be my best choice for over all viewing....

Originally Posted by Big bob

Better send help he got on the roof and knocked the ladder over.

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by zeek

So you hooked up an outdoor antenna to the existing Dish coax? How did it work? That's a perfect solution. I was only going for an indoor antenna so I wouldnt have to run coax/cable thru a wall... Using the existing cable from the dish is a no brainer if it in fact works...

I did that when I lived in TX and got roughly 30 channels back in 2009-ish. Works well. Just hooked the coax up to my TX that originally went into the DirecTV box and had the TV scan for HD OTA signals.

This website works well for finding which direction is best to point your antenna
https://www.antennasdirect.com/transmitter-locator.html

At best the farthest signal you should get is about 40Km (30 miles or so).

[Big bob]

You don't need any paid subscription there are too many free ones out there. Explore those first you can always add later if you still want to throw your money away.