MTN TOP TV suppose'd available channels

[PBMAX]

MTN TOP TV suppose\'d available channels

Wow I was amzed at the channels I should receive based on our address. after following the link provided in topic about talking Bob S. Out of a TV upgrade.

Makes me want to drop my locals from the DTV service and go ANT....
We live at about 1350' with few obstructions so even though some of these a quite far off I wonder if I could get them. ATlanta would supprise me!!!

DTV Antenna
Type Call Sign Channel Network City State Live
Date Compass
Orientation Miles
From Frequency
Assignment
yellow - uhf WTJP 60 TBN GADSDEN AL 230° 3.6 60
yellow - uhf WPXH 44 PAX GADSDEN AL 308° 4.8 44
* yellow - uhf WPXH-DT 44.1 PAX GADSDEN AL 308° 4.8 45
green - uhf WJSU 40 ABC ST. CLAIR COUNTY AL 185° 16.8 40
lt green - vhf WCIQ 7 PBS MOUNT CHEAHA AL 128° 42.4 7
* lt green - uhf WCIQ-DT 7.1 PBS MOUNT CHEAHA AL 128° 42.4 56
* red - uhf WTJP-DT 26.1 TBN GADSDEN AL 230° 3.6 26
* red - uhf WJSU-DT 58 ABC ANNISTON AL 01-05 185° 16.8 58
blue - uhf WAFF 48 NBC HUNTSVILLE AL 355° 60.0 48
blue - uhf WOIL-LP 47 FMN TALLADEGA AL 162° 32.2 47
blue - uhf WJXS-CA 24 IND SYLACAUGA AL 119° 34.2 24
blue - uhf W29AO 29 FOX ANNISTON AL 128° 42.3 29
blue - uhf WHIQ 25 PBS HUNTSVILLE AL 355° 61.8 25
blue - uhf WHNT 19 CBS HUNTSVILLE AL 355° 61.8 19
blue - uhf WAAY 31 ABC HUNTSVILLE AL 355° 61.8 31
blue - uhf WZDX 54 FOX HUNTSVILLE AL 355° 61.7 54
blue - uhf WPXA 14 PAX ROME GA 74° 105.3 14
violet - vhf WVTM 13 NBC BIRMINGHAM AL 225° 33.6 13
violet - uhf WBMM 22 PAX TUSKEGEE AL 170° 125.8 22
violet - vhf WSB 2 ABC ATLANTA GA 94° 117.3 2
violet - uhf WABM 68 UPN BIRMINGHAM AL 226° 37.3 68
violet - uhf WTTO 21 WB HOMEWOOD AL 225° 34.3 21
violet - vhf WRBL 3 CBS COLUMBUS GA 140° 141.1 3
violet - vhf WXIA 11 NBC ATLANTA GA 95° 118.9 11
violet - uhf WIAT 42 CBS BIRMINGHAM AL 225° 34.3 42
violet - uhf WHDF 15 UPN FLORENCE AL 335° 90.0 15
violet - uhf WJSP 28 PBS COLUMBUS GA 127° 119.9 28
* violet - uhf WHNT-DT 19.1 CBS HUNTSVILLE AL 355° 61.8 59
violet - uhf WATC 57 REL ATLANTA GA 84° 112.5 57
violet - vhf WBIQ 10 PBS BIRMINGHAM AL 225° 33.8 10
violet - uhf W64BJ 64 TBN SCOTTSBORO AL 27° 56.2 64
violet - uhf WBMG-LP 38 A1 MOODY AL 194° 20.2 38
violet - vhf WBRC 6 FOX BIRMINGHAM AL 225° 33.8 6
violet - vhf W04CB 4 CBS SYLACAUGA AL 172° 49.7 4
violet - uhf WCQT-LP 52 FMN CULLMAN AL 313° 33.7 52
violet - uhf W67CO 67 TBN HUNTSVILLE AL 356° 57.8 67
violet - vhf WAGA 5 FOX ATLANTA GA 93° 118.7 5
Note:
The above listing is a conservative prediction of stations received. Depending on the specifics of your installation, you may be able to receive stations that do not appear in this list.

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[PitbullMidwest]

Re: MTN TOP TV suppose\'d available channels

If there are few obstructions, then you may receive all the channels listed. Please keep in mind though that many of those stations are HDTV and while the antenna will receive the channel it requires an HDTV receiver to view it. Also, unless all the transmitters are in the same location (yeah, right) you will need a rotater to capture the signal.

 

[ByronBob]

Re: MTN TOP TV suppose\'d available channels

Is the cost to make your TV HDTV compatable worth it?

 

[PitbullMidwest]

Re: MTN TOP TV suppose\'d available channels

I'm not aware of any set top converters from HD to analog. If you want HDTV you have to by a new TV and if you've priced High Def TVs lately, they aren't cheap. At one time all broadcasters were suppose to be transmitting in HD by 2007 obsoleting all current TVs, but I think that is being pushed back.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Re: MTN TOP TV suppose\'d available channels

I think there is some confusion about HD and DIGITAL.

The FCC wants all stations to transmit in DIGITAL by 2006, I have no idea if that is being changed to '07 or some other time. But there is a big difference between SD or Standard Digital and HD, or High Definition. Both are digital signals.

Currently if you buy a TV set you can get a digital set for a few hundred dollars. However if you want to go to HD, you are talking big bucks. Roughly $2,000 to $10,000 depending on brand, type, etc.

If you have a standard analog TV you can get a digital set top box to allow you to keep using your current TV set. The set top box will recieve the digital signal and convert it to analog, it will then send the analog signal to the TV set.

If you have a digital set, you can not convert it to HD by simply adding a HD set top box. HD set top boxes exist, but they are only for use with HD "monitors" that have HD capabilities but do not have a built in HD tuner.

Think of it this way. All HD is digital. Some digital is HD.

 

[PitbullMidwest]

Re: MTN TOP TV suppose\'d available channels

You are currect, I did misuse my terms. Sorry for the confusion. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[PBMAX]

Re: MTN TOP TV suppose\'d available channels

I was just shocked as to what I may be able to receive. I can tell you ain't never got signals from Atlanta or talladega as they are over the next hill. But do get them from birmingham, huntsville and gadsden with powered rabit ears..Wal mart in MD had a set top box to supposedly pick HD for $198.. it said it also had an anolog out for older sets....

 

[getut]

Re: MTN TOP TV suppose\'d available channels

Ok... Here is where I really show how much of a "rights" advocate I am. I'm a tin foil hat type when it comes to electronics.. what can I say.. but here goes.

Digital television as it was originally envisioned was great. The HDTV specification is awesome. Thats the good. Now the ugly. Digital television has been hijacked by lobbying arms of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and laws have been passed that gives the provider the ability to turn off your ability to record. This is an anti-copy bit. It was lobbied to congress as a fix to piracy, but many content delivery corporations are busy readying pay on demand functionality that lets you pay to record a show (something you have always done for free in your own home) it in effect turns off the anti-copy bit transmitted with the show.

http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/?f=broadcastflag.html
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/
http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/fair_use_and_drm.html

Most of the time the EFF leans a little too far to the sensationalism side on things they are against, but in this instace, I think most people don't realize what they are losing. Many of the specifications of HDTV have been recently put there not so much as protection of content from piracy, but as a source of future revenue streams. Most of which the public hasn't even thought of yet.

They will not be getting my analog TV away from me. As long as I have a conversion in place (converter box to analog TV), I'll have a place to stick a recording device.

Do your OWN research on this. EFF isn't making ENOUGH of a big deal about it. It's bound to make you mad when you learn what is going on. Those links above should be just enough to get you started now that you know the acronyms to search for. Artificially restricting capability just so that it can be re-enabled for a fee is just wrong. They have all their bases covered also, the DMCA makes it illegal to tamper with any copy protection even if the content you access is still used in a legal way (in the home by your own family).