jimhirshfield

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by jimhirshfield 14y ago
I'm not trying to win a legal case here, just sayin'... 1. "The broadcast industry does not want American's to know..." Opinion. Why would they want this widely known? 2. "...legally obligated..." OK, that might be a little strong, but I st
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by jimhirshfield 14y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4306953
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by jimhirshfield 14y ago
See my reply above with link to Fred Wilson's blog post.
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by jimhirshfield 14y ago
My experience is the opposite. Before I knew about the above, I bought a digital antenna from Home Depot. I got barely any signal. Now, I get HDTV quality on a few networks.
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by jimhirshfield 14y ago
I'd agree that if your home never had cable, SOL. And you're right that there's nothing in it for them to drive a truck around...it's just s/w setting to turn off your paid subscription. However, see my comment above re ClearQAM, and link t
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by jimhirshfield 14y ago
Fred Wilson first brought this to my attention here: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/02/clearqam-what-it-is-and-why-... He references "ClearQAM" aka "Clear QAM". Also note a few people commented on today's blog post (IOW, not here, but on th
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by jimhirshfield 14y ago
I'm watching women's beach volleyball on NBC (Channel 4 in the NYC metro area) as I type this (8:12pm on Sat 28 July)
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by jimhirshfield 14y ago
See my comment above. You CAN get the OTA channels.
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by jimhirshfield 14y ago
This won't get you live coverage, but it will get you legal NBC coverage on your home TV... The broadcast industry does not want American's to know this, but they are legally obligated to provide the free "over the air" stations on cable (c