[QuadList] Longing for analog TV in NYC or an unlocked hotel LCD

[Bill Carpenter]

Hi Ted,

The Channel Master D2A which I bought at Fry's for $9.95 and one of the $40 credit cards, is very good, crappy menus, but good pictures. and CU liked it also.

 It has a S-VHS video out and a comp video and stereo audio, in addition to
the Channel 3-4 modulated output. These box folks were limited as to
what they could put on these things and still allow the units to be available for the $40 credit use. 

Good Luck, Bill
  
I now own three of these units!



________________________________
From: Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>
To: Quad List <QuadList at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Sent: Wed, February 10, 2010 12:11:33 PM
Subject: [QuadList] Longing for analog TV in NYC or an unlocked hotel LCD


The hotel I'm in has nice LG HDTV capable LCD screens.  

Unfortunately, the hotel's signal distribution is all analog (mono sound) and appears to be fed by a batch of DirecTV receivers picking up local and satellite channels. 


I've had the Weather Channel on since last night, and the snow has apparently either built up on dishes, or is cutting KU band signal strength below what's needed to decode.

Here's the WX Channel just a minute ago...


I can get WCBS via this system... but not WNBC, WABC, WNYW (Fox 5) or WPIX (11)... which would likely have news.  They reveal the moving "DirecTV" screen saver or "Searching for Signal.

Too bad the hotel has locked the setup panel, and the antenna connector has a "don't fool with me" gizmo on it. Otherwise, I'd stick a piece of stripped coax into the F socket and have the tuner run through the digital channels.  I'm line of sight... really line of sight to Empire, 4 Times Square and other Manhattan TX sites.

I've been thinking about getting a standalone HDTV tuner and pair that with my 24" Flanders Scientific/Sunzheng HD monitor and be able to watch HD/DTV wherever I go.

If anyone's got recommendations, put up a reply with subject line: "HDTV Tuners"

I'll go right out, dust off the Mountaineer and head for the store <g>
Ted.


Ted Langdell
Secretary 



      
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com/attachments/20100210/e8622503/attachment-0005.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Photo 252.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 84823 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com/attachments/20100210/e8622503/attachment-0003.jpg>