TV question
I just got a new 2014 Itasca that has a Jenson tv in the bedroom. When I run a channel scan for the air antena, it comes up with RF CH and a number plus found and a number. Now question is what does t...
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JimM68 wrote:I'm missing the point of your post.
This thread is the main reason I've gone satellite.
Every time you move, you have to know where, and crank the batwing to face, the available local channels. Then do a channel scan on your TV(s).
Where you used to have (in our case in Chicago) 2 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 32 as your local over the air networks, you will not have a bunch of stuff, including lots of DOT somethings. (2.1, 2.2, 5.90, whatever...)
The new federally mandated digital broadcasting has mandated compression which permits 10 channels in the broadcast space that 1 USED TO TAKE.
Iyt's all very confusing, especially if you are camping mobile in a rig with analog TV's...
We just went with dish. As long as I can watch nascar it's all good.
Nobody has MANDATED compression. We are allowed to insert whatever we can fit in the allocated spectrum in an ATSC digital format. That's not the compression equipment (and that is nothing that you the viewer need to understand nor be concerned about), but if you attempt to stick 10 channels of anything in that space it will all look like crap, that's why there is only a handful of tiny non-network stations selling anything they can and the customer doesn't care what their religious program, etc. looks like. As far as searching for channels, it's a no-brainier anymore. There are several companies that make devices to turn this into a complete non-problem. Raise the antenna, look for carriers, and do a scan... Done. And in Chicago it's about as simple as it gets. Either point toward the city, or peak the antenna in one direction since all the transmitters are in two buildings a few miles apart.
To your DOT point.. I don't get the problem. You have the same number of channels with the same programming that you used to have, AND many more sub-channels riding on those channels. Don't want to watch them? Don't....
Camping with analog TV's can be fixed with set-top converters that operate exactly like a digital TV. If you choose not to upgrade the TV in any way, that's a different problem. Satellite is not the be-all, end-all solution unless you have a portable antenna and lots of coax for tree shadowing, and if you don't care to watch local channels wherever you go.
