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On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 08:07:59AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote |
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> Anyway, you might be in Europe or Canada or someplace with better |
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> consumer protection laws than the U.S. |
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I'm in Toronto, Canada, and our situation is worse than yours. Cell |
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phone data plans are exorbitantly expensive, the telcos and cablecos are |
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*REDUCING* monthly gigabyte allowances, cable/satellite is rather |
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expensive, and we've never had unencrypted QAM HDTV channels. |
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> Just be aware of what you might be up against, and if it doesn't |
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> matter then enjoy the HDHR because it's a great little product. |
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Given the cost of cable, especially HDTV, I'm strictly OTA. Toronto |
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is an exception to the regular Canadian OTA TV scene. All but one of |
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the local stations is already broadcasting digital, and I can get them |
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and most of the Buffalo stations with an indoor antenna. It helps that |
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I'm in a 6th floor condo with a clear view to the CN Tower (Toronto |
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locals) and Grand Island, New York (the Buffalo TV "antenna farm"). |
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Plus I get a news+movies station out of Hamilton. The total is 16 |
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physical digital channels and 3 non-duplicate sub-channels. |
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And "coming soon" is TheCoolTV http://www.thecooltv.com/ The list at |
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http://www.thecooltv.com/THECOOLTV_SinclairTelevisionGroup.php shows |
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Buffalo as one of the "Cities About to Get COOL!". The rollout is due |
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sometime in April or May. It'll be a sub-channel on one of the 2 |
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Sinclair stations in Buffalo (WUTV-FOX or WNYO-MyTV). |
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There's also one educational channel here in Toronto that is still |
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analogue-only, which the HDHomerun can't get. They'll flash-cut to |
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digital at the deadline. Canada's analogue shutdown is August 31, 2011, |
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assuming no delays. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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