[ale] OT: Comcast and digital TV

[krwatson at cc.gatech.edu]

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> Anyone doing digital antenna solution?  How's it work?
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> Until later, Geoffrey
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Geoffrey,

I assume you mean "over the air" (OTA) using a digital to analog (DTA) converter. I have been doing this since January of this year. So far it has been working well although reception is weather dependant (my analog reception was weather dependent too).

I'm using a Tivax STB-T8 and a Channel Master CM4228HD antenna. I'm working on mounting the antenna in my attic. If the reception is not up to par then I will have to bight the bullet and put my "lightning rod" on the roof.

The Tivax supports a Smart Antenna but I was unable to find an antenna locally (in the event I wanted to return it) and I couldn't find enough test data to convince me it eat a $100 if it didn't pan out.

The Tivax also has a serial port and I've managed to figure out how to control it with a computer. In the long run I plan of distributing the antenna signal to multiple converters so that I can watch live TV and record at the same time.

keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
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