[ale] OT: DTV & HDTV w/PC (was pci video card with TV in)

[Pete Hardie]

CB Genrich wrote:
> I assume everyone here is aware that you can buy a PC card which
> will pluck - not just digital TV - but often HDTV right off the air
> for free with no subscription fee.  The proper setup will allow you
> to record the HDTV programs and watch them later, using the PC's
> disk.
> 
> Everyone here knows about free over-the-air digital TV here in
> Atlanta, 24x7, with much less compression artifacts than the satellite
> providers and, I'm told, better picture quality than digital cable.
> The quality is amazing on my HD ready set, even when not HDTV.
> With the proper equipment, PC or other digital TV tuner, and in
> most cases an indoor or attic mounted TV antenna, you get the best
> possible quality for free on digital channels 10, 19, 20, 25, 27, 39,
> 43 and 54.  This is 19M bps bandwidth.  Did I mention free?
> 
> If anyone has any questions on that, I'll be happy to provide more
> details.

How far out of the city is the signal still good?


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