Posts Tagged ‘hdtv’

Tower construction underway

In: Personal| Technology & Gadgets

23 Feb 2007

Finally, tower construction at Lookout Mountain (near Golden) for HDTV television antennas is underway. I’ve been following this issue for some time, so this is a real step forward.

HDTV Colorado

In: Technology & Gadgets

12 Mar 2006

I’ve been watching the HDTV situation for some time in Colorado, and I must say, I don’t agree with any of the issues that are brought up to stop the supertower for HDTV on Lookout Mountain in Denver. These folks are all ignorant of the science, pushing their ill-founded fears on the rest of us, [...]

JVC HD-61Z786 HD-ILA projection television review

In: Technology & Gadgets

26 Feb 2006

Well, I bought the television in August 2005, so I figured it was time for me to write a review. I bought it for $3100 USD from Ultimate Electronics in Boulder, CO. Interestingly enough, I had to talk my wife OUT of buying the 70″ model of the same television (given living room size, you’ll [...]

Success with Hi-Definition in Denver

In: Technology & Gadgets

28 Jan 2006

I finally got around to putting up a UHF antenna on my roof in Boulder Heights. To my pleasure and surprise, with my ChannelMaster Titan 7777 amplifier and ChannelMaster 4228 UHF 8 Bay antenna, I am able to pick up NBC and ABC without dropouts (among other, less important channels). Here’s a picture of my [...]

New TiVos for HDTV

In: Technology & Gadgets

6 Jan 2006

Boy, am I glad I waited before switching to cable (from my Hughes HR10-250 HD DirecTiVo box)
This Series3 box has ATSC, NTSC digital and analog cable tuners built-in. Oh my!

Digital Television in the Bay Area

In: Technology & Gadgets

7 Jan 2005

To pick up digital television, I use a UHF/VHF splitter, high-end Titan 7777 amplifier, and a double-wide 8-bay UHF 4228 antenna and a 4-bay single wide 4221 from ChannelMaster. I have the big UHF antenna pointed at Sutro tower, and I’m actually using the small UHF antenna connected to the splitter to point at [...]


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