[TriLUG] MythTV and kin

[John Vaughters via TriLUG]

 Wes,
You got it, that is the type of set up you want for being further away from towers. However, if you go to the selection link you will find that the selection of the best antenna does matter how far you are from the towers and the best solution is not that same for different locations, so going through the selection guide would be greatly recommended. A good solution can be in the hundreds for some and less than a hundred for others. Amps and filters are needed for most unless you are at the optimum location. But quality of amps ie. $$$ can vary as well.
    On Friday, May 24, 2019, 11:53:24 AM EDT, Wes Garrison <wes at xitechusa.com> wrote:  
 
 Where I live in North Chatham County, flat panel antennas and other cheapies from regular stores are not good enough.
Most of our local Triangle stations are broadcast out of Southeast Raleigh, almost in Garner.  I am in a "nether-region" between the Greensboro/Winston-Salem stations and the Raleigh towers.

(With the notable exception of WUNC-TV PBS, which I can see from my house! Any cheapo antenna will get that station. ...and it's one of the country's best public TV stations!)

You need a nice antenna like this one:
https://amzn.com/B000FVVKQM/

...with an amplifier like this:
https://amzn.com/B00DQN3R9O/
or this:
https://amzn.com/B0013CGNGY/

Finally, you could add a low-pass filter to get rid of interference like this:
https://amzn.com/B01JGSC5AO/(many have said this isn't necessary, but it could help)

As far as MythTV, I had a really cool setup that lets me record digitally directly from Dish Network without transcoding.  Due to a flaw in the older VIP211 STBs (not the black VIP211k units), the digital stream is unprotected at one point in the video path, allowing you to directly grab it.  These are pure transport streams in MPEG4, and they look really good.
I don't have a TV service anymore, but I have both boxes.  If anyone is interested in them, let me know.
-Wes
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Wesley S. Garrison
Network Engineer
Xitech Communications, Inc.
phone:  (919) 260-0803
fax:       (919) 932-5051
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On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:40 AM John Vaughters via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

Sorry for the spam everyone, but not sure if it's just me on yahoo or if everyone is getting a messed up email. 

Here is a good ole fashioned test email with the link.

Again, Sorry!

https://www.channelmaster.com/Antenna-Selection-a/134.htm
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