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| Topic: | Unreliable HDTV reception in Southwest Mississauga? This thread has 54 replies. Displaying posts 46 through 55. |
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| Post 46 made on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 20:05 |
little-infinity Junior Member |
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I'm actually kind of surprised that WNYO and WKBW and WIVB are my strongest stations. I've read here and in other places that those are the stations (plus WGRZ) that give them the most problems all year.
For my specific situation, how much gain do you think I would need? and would the CM7777 be a better choice?
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| Post 47 made on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 23:56 |
BillFromGI Regular Member |
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On October 22, 2009 at 20:05, little-infinity said...
For my specific situation, how much gain do you think I would need? and would the CM7777 be a better choice?
I have read that the Channel Master preamps are the TV engineer's "choice" when used in areas where the transmitters are 10 to 75 miles away. This is due to the fact that they are difficult to "overload" because of their lo noise design. I remember reading this on the tvtechnology.com website a few days ago. Sorry I cannot find the exact article right now (their website is so sloowww) but I do remember that fact "sticking out" from the article. Hope this helps.. .
Last edited by BillFromGI on October 23, 2009 00:10.
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| Post 48 made on Friday October 23, 2009 at 20:23 |
little-infinity Junior Member |
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Thank you sir! :)
I shall try the CM7777 out hopefully and get back to you guys soon!
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| Post 49 made on Friday November 6, 2009 at 23:38 |
little-infinity Junior Member |
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Ugh sorry for bumping this, but where is the best place to find a CM7777 preamp in 'sauga or TO? Or preferably a cheaper one that won't kill us haha.
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| Post 50 made on Saturday November 7, 2009 at 11:34 |
BillFromGI Regular Member |
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I found the article previously mentioned:
[Link: tvtechnology.com]
Their website is sloowww. Give article time to load.
This article covers so much technical information that I could not possible begin to explain it here. Because it discusses the VHF-HI band, you folks up the GTA should read it due to the fact that CFTO and CHCH will eventually revert to their original frequencies. Hope this helps.. .
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| Post 51 made on Tuesday November 10, 2009 at 16:07 |
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On November 6, 2009 at 23:38, little-infinity said...
Ugh sorry for bumping this, but where is the best place to find a CM7777 preamp in 'sauga or TO? Or preferably a cheaper one that won't kill us haha.
Yeah they're very expensive... unfortunately everybody seems to say they work better than anything else, apparently you get what you pay for with these, unless they're overkill for what you need, which nobody can know ahead of time of course. yeah... not terribly helpful sorry. anyways, you can buy it here. not cheap.
[Link: sensuz.com]
or here:
[Link: geocanada.info]
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| Post 52 made on Tuesday November 10, 2009 at 19:14 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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The nice thing with the CM preamps is they don't overload easily - and with a mix of strong (CN Tower) and weak (south Buffalo) signals, it's the perfect match to the region.
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| Post 53 made on Wednesday November 11, 2009 at 16:03 |
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Cheaper than cable/sattelite! :P
Thanks guys! :)
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| Post 54 made on Wednesday November 11, 2009 at 20:20 |
BillFromGI Regular Member |
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I was checking out the Solid Signal (http://www.solidsignal.com) website earlier and saw that they sell the CM 7777 preamp for $51.99 + $9.95 ground shipping in the US.
I know the US dollar is just about at par with the Canadian dollar these day, so how much does it cost you folks in the GTA to purchase something from an American company like Solid Signal? Is there a duty that needs to be paid besides an additional shipping cost perhaps? I'm just curious.. .
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| Post 55 made on Wednesday November 11, 2009 at 21:38 |
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oh body! dont get into the canadian border duties please!!!!!. I had to replace my GPS traffic info antenna (basically the cigarret power contains the traffic kit) under warranty and just beacuse it was shipped from US via UPS I ended up paying taxes. I later found out that if Garmin would have used USPS then no border charges for me , so go figure. I beleive it was 25 cad BTW but I could be wrong on the figure. Note that it was a replacement and it was labelad as such , yet gimme your monny , Mr Harper said, lol. Oh well , at least knowing than in Cuba , no GPS for you would have been the result , conforts me. I have almost forgot it BTW so please leave that beast sleeping , lol.
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