[Discuss] Comcast goes all encrypted video in Cambridge

[mark at buttery.org (Shirley Márquez Dúlcey)]

For Boston television you actually point your antenna at Needham,
because that's where the broadcasts actually come from. Channel 68
(WBPX) used to be an exception before the digital transition - their
analog transmissions came from the Prudential Center - but now they're
in Needham like everybody else.

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile)
<greg at freephile.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Robert La Ferla <robert at laferla.net>wrote:
>
>> Aereo should cover some of those channels.  http://www.aereo.com
>
>
> The Boston channels that Aereo offers are the same channels that I pickup
> free OTA from Salisbury, MA.  Luckily for me, I'm able to pick up a few
> other channels too besides Boston.  I think $96/year is relatively
> expensive compared to "free"  ($150 in materials cost amortized over the
> lifetime of my antenna which I've had already for about two years.)
>
>
>> > Any advice on cord cutting or good HDTV antennas?
>>
>
> I purchased the ClearStream 2 antenna (see link below) for $100 from Best
> Buy and installed it on my roof with 50-75 feet of coax.  The antenna is
> just smaller than 2'x3' and the mounting bracket allows for proper
> directional positioning of the antenna.  I live in Salisbury, MA and point
> the antenna at Boston (40 miles away).  I've thought of getting a second
> one to point at Worcester or Portsmouth but haven't bothered since the
> content is mostly duplicate and I already get some of the NH channels even
> though I'm not pointing that way.  The antenna works great.  I watched the
> Patriots game last night in perfect high definition.
>
> http://antennaweb.org/ is one of several websites that can help you figure
> out exactly where the signals are coming from relative to your address.
>
> Run your 'channel auto scan' in good weather so that you don't pick up
> extraneous channels.  The signal will often get _better_ in bad weather as
> the signal bounces off the clouds -- meaning I can pull in channels that
> normally don't show up.
>
> All my major channels are high definition.  I just shake my head when I see
> so many cable subscribers tune to the standard definition channels - either
> because they forget the number of the HD variant, or because their
> subscription doesn't include HD.  The channels that offer old content like
> MeTV, ThisBoston are obviously not in HD.
>
> Channel surfing is faster on my TV than with cable.  There is a slight
> pause when changing channels (but these OTA signals are not encrypted so
> it's just signal processing).  Ironic that digital TV offers hundreds of
> channels but channel surfing is slow and painful compared the good old days
> of analog.
>
> I lookup programming schedule content on the web - especially
> http://www.pbs.org/tv_schedules/ which is light years better than the
> Comcrap "channel guide"
>
> http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Antennas+Direct+-+ClearStream+2V+Long-Range+HDTV+Antenna/6847298.p;jsessionid=0A754E6E8FE5311C9D87181A266BF6C5.bbolsp-app01-165?id=1218809260470&skuId=6847298
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