10-12-2009, 04:32 PM
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#41
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Shazam
The only reason Global and CTV put up OTA HD is so they could simsub.
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Exactly.
It's not for us or the viewers at all.
It is one thing and one thing only...so they can get you to watch THEIR ADS. That's it.
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01-27-2010, 03:35 PM
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#42
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Franchise Player
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Any new developments in this at all ???
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07-04-2010, 04:46 PM
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#43
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Voted for Kodos
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So, for financial reasons, we are going to cancel our cable, but we might look into trying to receive OTA if reasonable. What do I need, and what channels will I get? I live up in the NE, in martindale. Getting CTV and global HD would make the lack of cable much less hard, I think.
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07-04-2010, 04:58 PM
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#44
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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07-05-2010, 01:08 PM
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#45
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Calgary.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
So, for financial reasons, we are going to cancel our cable, but we might look into trying to receive OTA if reasonable. What do I need, and what channels will I get? I live up in the NE, in martindale. Getting CTV and global HD would make the lack of cable much less hard, I think.
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CFCN and Global will come in *perfectly* in HD.
Additionally, you'll get CBC (very nicely), Access (very nicely), the frenchie network, and couple other random channels that I forget.
What do you need.....? An antenna will help a lot. I attached an old stereo antenna (see pic below, but much less sophisticated) to the coax cable going into the TV. Put it near the window (eventually moved it outside) and pretty much never touched the thing again. Coat hangers and/or tinfoil loops will also work, but they look pretty stupid, lol. If you want to do this with the least possible effort, take $50 to "The Source" and get a basic antenna and enough cable to get beside the window.
As for the lifestyle....Basically, I was VERY content with peasant vision for several years. The only reason I have cable.....Hockey. Enough games (with good coverage) were available on Sportsnet/TSN coverage to make $600/year worthwhile.
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07-05-2010, 01:21 PM
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#46
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Voted for Kodos
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Is there any advantage to getting an large outdoor antenna here in Calgary? It should be noted that I don't have any SW facing windows in my house. I could mount a decent antenna up on my chimney.
As for programming, I'll miss hockey and football, but I know people whom I can visit to watch with them, if need be.
Treehouse for my daughter will be replaced by trips to the library to borrow episodes, and we'll buy episodes from iTunes every once in a while.
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07-05-2010, 03:57 PM
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#47
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Calgary.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
Is there any advantage to getting an large outdoor antenna here in Calgary? It should be noted that I don't have any SW facing windows in my house. I could mount a decent antenna up on my chimney.
As for programming, I'll miss hockey and football, but I know people whom I can visit to watch with them, if need be.
Treehouse for my daughter will be replaced by trips to the library to borrow episodes, and we'll buy episodes from iTunes every once in a while.
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Dont' know about the benefits of a large outdoor antenna...I can only comment on what worked for me (Sounds like a cop-out, sorry!). For the more specific questions, I HIGHLY suggest checking out Digital Home and their OTA Forum. http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=81
My only other pieces of advice:
1. Start simple. Once you've done this for a couple of months, you'll have a better idea what your unique situation is (line of sight issues, how weather affects things, etc) and can build a more complex system.
2. For Hockey - GAMECENTER was actually surprisingly good. If you keep high-speed internet, definitely look into it. For ~$175 it was certainly good value.
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07-05-2010, 04:01 PM
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#48
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Had an idea!
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Or even MLBTV which is like $99/year if you buy it at the right time.
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07-05-2010, 04:02 PM
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#49
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo
2. For Hockey - GAMECENTER was actually surprisingly good. If you keep high-speed internet, definitely look into it. For ~$175 it was certainly good value.
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Anyone know if game center will work with media server programs like TVersity?
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07-05-2010, 06:20 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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2. For Hockey - GAMECENTER was actually surprisingly good. If you keep high-speed internet, definitely look into it. For ~$175 it was certainly good value.
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Game Centre may black out Calgary games, no?
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07-05-2010, 10:14 PM
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#51
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Game Centre may black out Calgary games, no?
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Correct. This is my biggest pet peeve about GameCentre online. Even if the team is out of the city, but on local (cable) TV, the game is blacked out.
It annoys me to no end, there are so many times I'm working or whatever and would love to have the game on the laptop, but can't. I'm sure its because of advertising and how they sell advertising spots to various markets, but I'm paying for a premium service dammit, and I'm a customer of the NHL too, not just the ad companies!
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07-05-2010, 10:16 PM
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Had an idea!
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Yeah, I don't get it either.
They can restrict it to the Sportsnet Feed if they want, but we should be able to watch it online.
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07-06-2010, 07:37 AM
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#53
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Calgary.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vulcan
Game Centre may black out Calgary games, no?
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100% of locally broadcast games are blacked out, yes.
I apologize - I should have mentioned in the original post that Gamecenter is solid value for watching hockey, but not necessarily Flames Hockey.
For Flames games, I have little doubt that a proxy and some cleverness couldn't solve the situation.....but I don't advocate anything that goes against the ToS 
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07-06-2010, 07:42 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Calgary.
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Originally Posted by Azure
Yeah, I don't get it either.
They can restrict it to the Sportsnet Feed if they want, but we should be able to watch it online.
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Just an FYI for being out of town....(Might be a Captain Obvious statement)
I did call tech support a couple of times (while on the road) and got Flames games. Not sure if there's an automated way of doing it (never really bothered to check) but I'd call them up, tell them I was in Seattle/Omaha/Wherever and wanted to get the Flames game. Tech guy asks for the IP Address from the hotel room, and a couple minutes later the feeds available. Of course, you gotta call back when you get home or *nothing* works!
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07-07-2010, 09:38 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Necroing my own thread here. I just setup a 60" plasma with a DTV antenna I got with a digital USB TV tuner and I'm trying to manually add digital OTA HD stations.
I've managed to find CFCN @ channel 36. Is there anything else out there? I thought Global was on 41 but I get no signal while CFCN comes in clear as day.
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 07-07-2010 at 09:46 AM.
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07-07-2010, 09:44 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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The other night Gord Gillies mentioned Global are going HD in a couple of months.
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07-07-2010, 10:04 AM
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#57
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
The other night Gord Gillies mentioned Global are going HD in a couple of months.
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Strange, Global's website claims it's been up since June 2009 and people have recieved it before. Is it just offline right now?
http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/Globa...tml?id=1817693
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07-07-2010, 10:23 AM
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#58
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Voted for Kodos
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There was some talk on the digital home forums about the global feed being out. It likely won't be out for long, and perhaps they are introducing a higher powered transmitter.
(That's from my memory, I could be a bit off)
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07-07-2010, 10:24 AM
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#59
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Voted for Kodos
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
The other night Gord Gillies mentioned Global are going HD in a couple of months.
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I wonder if he meant that global News is going to be shot in HD, because it isn't now.
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07-07-2010, 10:52 AM
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#60
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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The CFCN feed seems to be out now too when I had it earlier this morning. Do these things go on and off the air all the time like this?
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