[mythtv-users] Semi-OT: Any unencrypted QAM on Comcast in south King County, WA?

[William Munson]

Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 May 2007 19:04:39 David Brodbeck wrote:
>   
>> On May 16, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wednesday 16 May 2007 16:37:07 David Brodbeck wrote:
>>>       
>>>> So, I'm looking to replace my secondary tuner, which recently stopped
>>>> recording sound.  I'm starting to ponder HDTV.  I'm too far out in
>>>> the fringe to realistically expect OTA reception,
>>>>         
>>> Are you sure? I was able to get everything OTA in Maple Valley ~4
>>> years ago. :)
>>>       
>> I live in Auburn, down in the Green River valley.  I also live in an
>> apartment, which means no outdoor antennas.  antennaweb.org says I
>> need an antenna in the "violet" category to receive anything, which
>> would mean a large multi-element outdoor antenna.
>>     
>
> Yeah, shoulda mentioned that I did indeed have to put up a 12' (iirc) 
> directional with a preamp up on my roof to be able to get all that, but Maple 
> Valley is also, uh, in a valley, and about as far away from Queen Anne as 
> Auburn... (I did have the house thing going for me over an apartment though).
>
> Of course, given that I already had cable, I jumped all over the first 
> QAM-capable capture cards, and did indeed prefer that route for capture over 
> OTA (signals OTA weren't always perfect).
>
>   

Lucky you..... Despite 10 calls to my ComCrap cable company over the 6 
months I have been here, my cable has at least 3 glitches/drop-outs per 
hour. If I could receive anything OTA (90 miles to nearest transmitter) 
I would drop them like a dish of leftovers left in the fridge for 2 
weeks. Now they want to raise the price of basic cable by 10%.