You do know that flat panel does not equal dtv, right? Or is that what Walmart told you?
Okay, in a nutshell so you understand... no matter what, if you use any other form of video reception than airwaves, you are good to go as long as the device offered for that service hooks up to the television without a problem. If you want airwave transmitted video, an ATSC capable reciever (and antenna) is all that is necessary. This could be a television with an ATSC reciever built-in, or an DTV converter box sold starting at $40-50. If you are a frugal purchaser, dtv2009.gov offers $40 purchase coupons for acquiring a DTV converter box.
So, if your tv is a 20 foot flatscreen or a 15" 1978 model zenith, all will work.
your first raaction is to turn on the tv? wtf? I don't know about you, but the last thing I ever did in my entire life is try to get up-to-date information from tv. It's a great place to see what happened yesterday... I sooner get my info from the radio in such an occasion since the info is tossed out quickly and easily by voice without any problems, and life goes on. No need to worry about multi-sequenced data transmissions meshed together...
If you use television as a warning mechanism for evacuations / shelter-seeking, and the storm that is going to hit you is so close that it's blowing your signal out... you're a touch too late.
Most people in those situations use radio waves, since units are smaller and can be carried around, and battery powered. Most times evacuations are broadcast by trucks going down your road anyway.
Pretty much your just not set up to pick up all channels, and this can be remedied by you. Don't start off again making it sound like stations have been lost somehow by the transition to digital television. Your channels come from Harrisburg, and Lebanon along with Lancaster when it comes to digital tv. (just so you know)
Also, include decimal versions of the channels in the equation since most of the channels out on digital tv separate a single channel into 2-4 different subsections of data. (PBS over here has 4 different sections under channel 8... 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4)
Of course, this is also coming from someone who has a signature that tries to make broadband sound like a totally overblown thing...
No, other way around. UHF is the defacto and there are some (rare, thankfully) cheapies that are using VHF for now, and will convert over to UHF once the February time shifts by.
It depends where you are in the US as to how the transmission is done really. Here in Phoenix, Arizona, most of the signals are transmitted from the mountain ridge on the south of the city that's about 5,000 feet in altitude. Every city is different here, since there's such a large span of space.
Must be great to be able to recieve signal without any problem from Baltimore in LANCASTER.... the last time I transmitted analog that distance it was fuzzy as hell, and that was right on the Mason Dixon line in Maryland... about an hour from Lancaster. Here in Phoenix, I get 22 channels without even putzing around. Not sure what your problem is, other than perhaps not knowing how the signals are being transmitted in your location. (Analog is transmitted via different transmitters than DTV)
I would have just shut up and not tried to make myself sound wickedly cool for knowing how to script.
When we talk about ripping, we talk about the whole process from start to finish. It doesn't matter if you're doing something else or not, the end result is always how long it takes to finish so other things can be done of the same type.
Yes, people do kinda wait for a rip to finish when that's only a small portion of what needs to be done. If typing "./rip.sh" and going out to your Honda Civic to hear the monza exhaust for 30-40 minutes is your thing so be it. The end result is still the same as everyone else... just with other extracurricular activities involved that don't matter in the equation.
That alone should scare the living hell out of you since the average hurricane now is a category 3+, and New Orleans is right in the middle of the natural hurricane path... multi-yearly....
First of all, have you heard of the Trail of Tears [wikipedia.org]? The number of people forcibly moved was not in the millions, but it was easily in the tens of thousands.
If you had "American Indian" ancestry, you would never refer to yourself as "American Indian" unless your 1/10th Cherokee.... American Indian has always smacked of someone from India who relocated to America.
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Your the rare exception that needs to spend money to make themselves happy 24x7. Have at it!
Since when is a person who speaks their mind about items obviously skewed considered "libertarian"?
Then essentially you should reword it to be that you aren't paying for it, it's included in your package.
Difference.
I can't believe anyone pays for cable, when it's obvious directv is so much more superior!
sarcasm mode=off....
Don't be a pompous ass.
You do know that flat panel does not equal dtv, right?
Or is that what Walmart told you?
Okay, in a nutshell so you understand... no matter what, if you use any other form of video reception than airwaves, you are good to go as long as the device offered for that service hooks up to the television without a problem.
If you want airwave transmitted video, an ATSC capable reciever (and antenna) is all that is necessary. This could be a television with an ATSC reciever built-in, or an DTV converter box sold starting at $40-50. If you are a frugal purchaser, dtv2009.gov offers $40 purchase coupons for acquiring a DTV converter box.
So, if your tv is a 20 foot flatscreen or a 15" 1978 model zenith, all will work.
your first raaction is to turn on the tv?
wtf?
I don't know about you, but the last thing I ever did in my entire life is try to get up-to-date information from tv. It's a great place to see what happened yesterday...
I sooner get my info from the radio in such an occasion since the info is tossed out quickly and easily by voice without any problems, and life goes on. No need to worry about multi-sequenced data transmissions meshed together...
If you use television as a warning mechanism for evacuations / shelter-seeking, and the storm that is going to hit you is so close that it's blowing your signal out... you're a touch too late.
Most people in those situations use radio waves, since units are smaller and can be carried around, and battery powered.
Most times evacuations are broadcast by trucks going down your road anyway.
Yep... dtv2009.gov.
It's time to check to see what channels are available, then deal with your antenna.
http://www.antennasdirect.com/hdtv_antenna_selector.html
A good place to learn about antennas.
TV Guide - http://www.tvguide.com/listings/default.aspx
Pretty much your just not set up to pick up all channels, and this can be remedied by you. Don't start off again making it sound like stations have been lost somehow by the transition to digital television.
Your channels come from Harrisburg, and Lebanon along with Lancaster when it comes to digital tv. (just so you know)
Also, include decimal versions of the channels in the equation since most of the channels out on digital tv separate a single channel into 2-4 different subsections of data. (PBS over here has 4 different sections under channel 8... 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4)
Of course, this is also coming from someone who has a signature that tries to make broadband sound like a totally overblown thing...
No, other way around. UHF is the defacto and there are some (rare, thankfully) cheapies that are using VHF for now, and will convert over to UHF once the February time shifts by.
So, let me know how there's a money grab?
Still curious, even after reading this. (I got my DTV converter box for free essentially)
The signals were already being leased out.
It depends where you are in the US as to how the transmission is done really. Here in Phoenix, Arizona, most of the signals are transmitted from the mountain ridge on the south of the city that's about 5,000 feet in altitude. Every city is different here, since there's such a large span of space.
I sure as hell hope that was a joke...
Must be great to be able to recieve signal without any problem from Baltimore in LANCASTER.... the last time I transmitted analog that distance it was fuzzy as hell, and that was right on the Mason Dixon line in Maryland... about an hour from Lancaster.
Here in Phoenix, I get 22 channels without even putzing around.
Not sure what your problem is, other than perhaps not knowing how the signals are being transmitted in your location. (Analog is transmitted via different transmitters than DTV)
How's this different than HandbrakeCLI for Linux?
I would have just shut up and not tried to make myself sound wickedly cool for knowing how to script.
When we talk about ripping, we talk about the whole process from start to finish.
It doesn't matter if you're doing something else or not, the end result is always how long it takes to finish so other things can be done of the same type.
Yes, people do kinda wait for a rip to finish when that's only a small portion of what needs to be done. If typing "./rip.sh" and going out to your Honda Civic to hear the monza exhaust for 30-40 minutes is your thing so be it. The end result is still the same as everyone else... just with other extracurricular activities involved that don't matter in the equation.
with that logic, I could rip in 6 seconds on a 486dx/40.
Thanks for the idea!
A tab... to go down a page....
Yay, less problems!
Yeah but the Dutch have pumps and walls so why not New Orleans?
Because they (New Orleans) suck at it, with a lot of documented proof?
That alone should scare the living hell out of you since the average hurricane now is a category 3+, and New Orleans is right in the middle of the natural hurricane path... multi-yearly....
First of all, have you heard of the Trail of Tears [wikipedia.org]? The number of people forcibly moved was not in the millions, but it was easily in the tens of thousands.
Nearly 200 years ago....
If you had "American Indian" ancestry, you would never refer to yourself as "American Indian" unless your 1/10th Cherokee.... American Indian has always smacked of someone from India who relocated to America.
Try Native American, or even the tribal name.
Or even north Phoenix (Arizona) to Chandler or Tempe (Arizona). A pretty usual commute for those in cities unless they live relatively close to work.