Rabbit Ears To Stage a Comeback Thanks To DTV 265
Jeffrey Breen writes "Like Monty Python's Killer Rabbit, cheap indoor antennas seem harmless to satellite and cable providers. But with the digital TV transition in the US, rabbit ears can suddenly provide digital-perfect pictures, many more channels, and even on-screen program guides. Already feeling pressure as suddenly budget-conscious consumers shed premium channels, providers must now get creative to protect their low-end as well."
Re:'Rabbit Ears' ? (Score:3, Funny)
Third possibility:
- private firms and individuals contracted by a government to raid the carrot patches of an enemy
Re:If only this was truly a threat to them (Score:2, Funny)
I don't have cable and didn't even before DTV became widely available.
Hell, I don't even have a TV, I'm not sure I have any relevancy in this thread. I'm thinking about canceling my internet service and getting my fix from work, friends, and coffee shops.
Re:Not rabbit ears (Score:3, Funny)
Enter the "whitespace" Ipod or Ipod-knockoff with its ability to broadcast on channels 2 through 51, thereby blocking DTV. (The official FCC term is TV Band Device - TVBD.) Coming Christmas 09 from your friends at Comcast. ;-)
Rabbit ears/loops don't cut it.
For almost forty years I've watch analog television with nothing but a settop antenna, and got around 20 stations. With digital I only get 3. Yes from 20 downto 3. Pathetic. The FCC designed the DTV system with the assumption that everybody would have a 25 foot high antenna. So off I went to buy and erect my 25 foot high antenna. Now I get 9 channels. 20 downto 9 is not too bad, although still disappointing.
Anyway you need a 25 foot or higher antenna. Rabbit ears/loops don't cut it here in "rural" Lancaster PA.
Re:Waste of time? (Score:3, Funny)
It's not just in the UK. We also have them in North America, in apartment buildings, etc. Of course, you can "broadcast" on channel 3 by plugging the video out from your dvd or vcr into the wall jack. One of my friends used to interrupt the Saturday morning cartoons with 5-10 minutes of p0rn.
Re:Not rabbit ears (Score:3, Funny)
Please tell me you're joking. Hmmm. How did the antennas that look like two Bugs Bunny ears get named "rabbit ears". Boy that's a real stumper. A real puzzler. Why don't you ask me something easy, like how to solve the water tower puzzle in Zelda Ocarina of Time?
>>>UHF is not going away (some DTV stations will still be using VHF).
Yep! That's the understatement of the year. In my area I have:
6 - Philly
7 - Harrisburg
8 - Harrisburg
9 - Philly
10 - Harrisburg
11 - Baltimore
12 - Philly
13 - Baltimore
I've never had so many stations squeezed into such a small space.
Re:Not rabbit ears (Score:3, Funny)
The Lancaster-York stations mount their transmitters along the Susquehanna River, which is near... well... basically nothing.
Re:Not rabbit ears (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Not rabbit ears (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not rabbit ears (Score:4, Funny)
Anyway you need a 25 foot or higher antenna. Rabbit ears/loops don't cut it here in "rural" Lancaster PA.
So basically, you're saying that what you need is giraffe ears ?