I used what I had on hand, which was an Ikea folder. I had a bunch of these downstairs so I improvised with one. Which seemed crazy, plus it would have taken around a week or so to get here. And I wanted the cords gone asap, they had already been driving me crazy since we moved in to our new place. We have painted brick on our fireplace and the command hooks have had no problem gripping. After I stuck the box up, I let the command hook cure overnight and then stuck our cable box in it the next day.
Turns out the signal just needs something to bounce off of in order for the pvr or cable box to receive it. I have a Samsung Plasma. Do you think it will work? We have basic cable… I wonder if it will work.
If your tv has a built-in HD decoder, it should work quite well. Of course, your cable company may be ahead of the curve and cut it off before anyone realized what they could do.
Does this mean I do not need an antennae? Then my son started to use the Samsung TV keyboard and all kinds of channels came up using the Walmart antenna. An antenna will receive uncompressed signals which are always of the highest quality—but many times you need to position it near a window or else the interior structure of the home may interfere with the signal. Personally, I just plug my TV directly into the cable jack on the wall without an antenna and then go to the settings on the tv and do a complete scan.
Does anyone realize your carrier is ripping you off if they render this pickup method moot with some kind of signal kill tech? As others have implied, carriers are legally required to render their paying customers the same OTA channels their STBs bring in regardless of HOW those particular stations come to the television i.
Yeah, pretty much a moot point, huh? But, at least if you buy a new tv with one built in you can try it! So how do you this i have anttena but only get 8 channels i live in a apartment on lower level i hsve the anttena in the window but the channels are not coming through like they should any suggestions. Various factors can impact your ability to pick up stations including line of sight—so even if the antenna is in a window, there might be trees or poles or even other houses blocking the signal.
The distance from the signal tower is also a big factor as is the materials your home is built with metal is not good for any kind of signals such as over-the-air tv or even cell phone. You can try positioning it in a different part of the window or even try not putting it the window but on the opposite side.
If we undo the antenna. Again no antenna. Antenna pointing exactly in the correct spot…. Can you put your instructions in very layman terms….
Basically all I do is attach my television directly to the wall with an F-type cable. What Eric means is to use the lines provided the cable companies. I have been using this method for years. I have internet only through cable line and they had an analog filter in line to fuzz out the basic cable but my tuner was still picking up HD channels. I was getting mad channels for a bit because they implemented the new digital box for TV and removed my analog filter for a couple months.
Then when they cut out analog and new system was activated it cut me out almost entirely. I can now get a couple stations but they come and go. If your TV is older it might now have the decoding capability. Your cable provider also has a lot do with your success. You may want to check out the options I mentioned in the yellow box at the end of the article.
If you plug into the wall you could get OTA over the air channels ATSC encoded the funny channels with decimal points … usually best reception is with a good digital antenna.
This can be a simple mistake on their part — or I have also known cable companies to not filter it out if you have internet service from them; it will be basic cable.
I usually watch movies… so I am an avid Roku user. Would I get similar results with a digital antenna and the scanning procedure? However, you can always try plugging your TV directly into your cable jack and run the scan to see if anything comes through.
If you go to the yellow box toward the top of the article, and use the link I have in there it will take you right to a page on Amazon that is all antennas and nothing else—I like to make it easy hahaha.
Thanks Eric, and so fast! I wish I had an Aldi nearby! Thanks so much for the info, and keep it coming dude- you have a cool way about you! Actually, the trick should still work as long as the wall coaxial s meet the dish on the other end. Its not really so different from having the in-walled coax system running beyween coax wall inputs and an outside feeder to the cable lines. The only difference is the house coax feeds to a private dish and not a bunch of fiber or standard overhead lines so its technically less convoluted : the dish receives satellite fequencies and then feeds those to sat carrier decoder STBs in your home.
But only the privatised channels would be outscrubbed from TV tuner pickup. WTF is this? This is interesting… How much did you pay for your Apple TV? If I am interested in watching some series or news, I will find it online. Like the Netflix or something similar. Eric — this works for me, and has been for a while. My question is whether there is a way to DVR this content, ideally with a program guide? The heading in this needs to change. A person just needs a TV with an HD tuner. I know of no cable company that provides HD stations in their basic subscription package.
The HD stations are in higher-tier combo packages or a separate package altogether just for HD. And while you are partially correct that all local stations broadcast in HD, that signal is only freely available over-the-air with an HD antenna and with some luck depending on where you can place it or what your home structure is made of. The HD stations that come through on my specific television are on -2 channels such as , , etc.
None of the junk works well. No matter who says what. I got a Leaf antennae from Fryes it works so-so. What a damn nightmare and a rip-off!
It works worse than the Leaf. Amazon only offered PART of my money back. There are so many variables when it comes to over-the-air television including line-of-sight, distance to towers, weather conditions, etc. I tried your suggestion with a bit of a workaround. Any suggestion on how to get those channels? The scan function on my TV worked quickly, what took the most time was figuring out where the cables go.
With satellite, you have zero access at all without paying, my guess is that your dish is actually acting like an antenna of sorts. Eric, Thanks for the reply. A lot of articles say I need to hook up an antenna to the dish to be able to get several of the free TV stations I want. I live 70 miles away from Orlando and NO antenna works for me on a brand new roku tv. Please help if you can! Have you tried changing the position of the antennas? I know sometimes the positioning is something we have to live with.
If you are looking for a cheaper alternative to cable, have you considered trying Hulu or Sling? I unhooked my TV and I bought a antenna. I now get 40 free stations. One big downside to antenna is it get rid of shows without any warning used to come home to plug in my TV watch yes I unplug because I have a cat likes to playing with cords on occasion.
This takes time be patient, it will tell you when its done as its basically locating the TV Stations. We did this a few times getting more stations added each time.
We have been doing this for the past 12 years… :. So back in the day pre digital this was a legitimate thing. If you subscribed to the internet package you could simply place a splitter on your coax and hook up the tv and get the complete basic package you had to subscribe to the internet package for this to work I tried it a few months ago on a older tv and it no longer worked.
Just tried it on a modern tv Samsung ru series and same result. If your cable provider has gone digital this life hack will no longer work. As I said it is obviously going to vary by provider and location but there are certainly people who it works for. I have zero cable, never have had cable in this house.
Just bought a new TV, did the autoscan and I have all the local channels. How is this possible with no cable, no antenna. The only thing plugged in is my TV power cord to the wall. I have 3,6,7,15,42,etc. What am I missing? I had done this when we first got our smart Tv……. I have a rocky television. I bought an antenna from Walmart nothing. What can I do to get some kind of channels without paying for it. Struggling mother just needs to be able to watch the news and weather at least.
Unfortunately, not everyone will be in a location that gets good reception using an antenna. A clear line of sight to the outside makes for the best reception. Most of the HD TV antennas are directional so they need to be pointed in the direction of the towers. There is a website that you put in your ZIP code and it will tell you what direction to point the antenna and how far away the towers are.
It will also tell you what channels you should get. I pick up about 80 channels here in AZ. You could try a digital converter box.
Then use remote that comes with converter box to scan for channels. I tore down my dish from the side of my house and made a planter out of it. Then unplugged everything from my older flat screen TV.
Been two years without cable of any kind. Occasionally move antenna and rescan. Must say however I did eventually invest in one of those 30 dollar flat antennas you put in the window to get better reception and I got it.
Never used it because we had cable. Just moved and cable is too expensive, so I thought about the paperclip and then remembered I had the rabbit ears. The U-shaped clips had been stripped off, so I was able to twist the exposed wires to create a single input wire and stick it into the cable hole of our flat-screen kitchen TV.
Thank you, Beth! I just tried this hack on my TV and it picked up over 40 channels but there is no picture or sound. I get a square box in the middle of the TV that says Audio Only on some channels. I have re-scanned for channels several times but get the same result. I also tried hooking the tv up to an antenna but all I got was no-signal. I have the right antenna, researched where the broadcast tower is and best antenna for my location but no -signal.
I have moved the antenna and tv to other locations in the house but still no signal. I even tried the antenna with a different tv but still got no signal.
What is frustrating about this is I live in an area that is slight hilly. I am at a higher elevation than these two neighbors and I get no signal. My cable bill just went up There has to be a way cut the cable cord once and for all. It could be a combination of things like the TV, the direction you face, the distance from the towers, the makeup of your home which blocks the signal, etc.
I have read the article on how to get free T. Can you help me to get this going.
0コメント