I already told you that I got my TV tuner and that I have to reposition the antenna and reprogram the tuner nearly every time I want to change channels. So I started looking anew at antennas.
Go to http://www.antennaweb.org and click "Choose an antenna". This will list the TV stations you should be able to get with different grades of antenna and what direction the transmitters are in.
I drew this to indicate where the transmitters are in relation to my place.While they do tend toward one direction they're all over. I'd need to add a rotor to turn the antenna for many of the channels. Plus enough of the walls are brick that the only real way to get the signal to my TV is to go under the house and up through the floor.
My parents are lucky. They just have to point their antenna in the general direction of Wichita and forget about it for 20 years.
So I'm seriously considering taking on the challenge of doing all my TV viewing via the internet for the fall season. And since there's only 8 hits on this site in any one day anything I do is more for my own amusement than for you lot. So I'm going to leave this page as a master page for all my TV watching needs. And you can use it, too, I suppose.
To be used in conjunction with the fall premier schedule.
Mondays
The Simpsons
http://fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=simpsons
American Dad
http://fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=americandad
Family Guy
http://fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=familyguy
Tuesdays
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
http://www.hulu.com/terminator-the-sarah-connor-chronicles
http://fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=tscc requires install
Heroes
http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/video/episodes/
http://www.hulu.com/heroes
Chuck
http://www.hulu.com/chuck
http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/video/episodes.shtml
Wednesdays
Eureka
http://www.scifi.com/rewind/
Fringe
http://fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=fringe#
http://www.hulu.com/fringe
The Mentalist
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_mentalist/
Thursdays
Knight Rider
http://www.nbc.com/Knight_Rider/video/episodes/
Pushing Daisies
http://abc.go.com/player/?channel=27721
Fridays
Supernatural
http://www.cwtv.com/cw-video/supernaturala week behind
Smallville
http://www.cwtv.com/cw-video/smallville a week behind.
Life on Mars
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lifeonmars/index?pn=index
Saturdays
Stargate: Atlantis
Still done not terribly legally.
2009
Battlestar Galactica returns in April
http://www.scifi.com/rewind/
Lost
http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index?pn=index
Dr. Who, Torchwood, and Primeval
Thank god there's not yet extradition for TV downloads. Relax, BBC, I'll still buy the DVDs.
Dollhouse
TBA. Of course it'll be good. Joss Whedon made it.
If I might make a viewing suggestion? Hulu has I Spy, Firefly, and season 1 of ReGenesis. Plus a lot of other stuff you'll probably like.
3 comments:
Oh I need to do this! I only get 2 channels but my rabbit ears are aimed in only one direction. Cool tip.
Mind if I pester you for your results in a few months?
Firefly... great show.
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