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After not being able to find a suitable online stream of this event (I don't have cable), I gave up and built a rudimentary antenna for my TV. Basically, I just
by chaosmachine 16y ago
After not being able to find a suitable online stream of this event (I don't have cable), I gave up and built a rudimentary antenna for my TV. Basically, I just wound a bunch of copper wire around a piece of cardboard and stuck it in the window. The other end of the wire went into the cable port on the back of my TV. Surprisingly, I was able to pick up the game in crystal clear, digital 1080p!
- Swizec 16y agoThat's pretty impressive, mind sharing a photo with us? I just want to understand what this level of awesome looks like.
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- chaosmachine 16y agoThanks, I just wrote it up and took some pictures: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2222827 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2222827
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- jonknee 16y agoThere's something fitting about fashioning your own antenna to watch AI compete on Jeopardy. True hacker.
- ableal 16y agoAntennas made of a straight bit of wire of about 1/4 the wavelength usually work well. Think FM radios: freq about 100 MHz -> lambda = c/freq = 300 cm -> antenna of 75 cm (30 in).
- bvi 16y agoFor the sake of clarity, could you explain the set up? How many channels could your copper wire pick up?
- minouye 16y agoBefore I signed up for cable, I built this and had pretty great reception. Just a couple of parts from Home Depot/Radio Shack and you're good to go: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/maker-workshop-dtv-antenna-steadyca.html http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/maker-workshop-dtv-...
- coffeedrinker 16y agoI grabbed it out of youtube not long after it played on the East coast. youtube search: jeopardy watson search options: upload today edit: I think I may have included the date in the search
- coffeedrinker 16y agoFor anyone searching for it, including today's show: http://www.youtube.com/user/Rashad8821 http://www.youtube.com/user/Rashad8821
- jordanlyall 16y agoIt may have been crystal clear, but it wasn't in 1080p. It was either 1080i or 720p. 1080p over-the-air broadcasts still do not exist.
- chaosmachine 16y agoYou're right, my mistake, it was 1080i.
- fuzzythinker 16y agoThe non-realtime/non-hacking way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdkJpAtt1I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdkJpAtt1I (part1, part2 link on screen)