Recommend me a TV antenna

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Originally Posted by Woodsman

The GTA & Golden Horseshoe being between him and those US transmitters make it unlikely without going to extreme measures.

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Now that you admit the distance is not the problem, topography will likely play a roll. But let's see what he gets. Is his house at the bottom of a valley or at the top of the hill. VHF/UHF/EHF also have this strange behavior of bouncing around off the rocks. Just like a flat stone skipping off the surface of a calm pond, the tv signals can bounce and bend 5 to 10% over the curve of the horizon.
So what the website says is a good "Gusstamation", now let's give it a try and see what works in the real world.

When your talking over 160 km's to the nearest US TV transmitter distance is a great factor.

Yep, I will have to look into this more it seems. Not trying to hijack the thread but it looks like I am being forced to look into alternatives for tv now.

Just talked to Shaw Direct and got rid of some packages to save a few dollars and was told that at the end of the year my older boxes would stop working (only 600+ models would work) ..... I had to buy new ones that according to the webpage are $150 EACH, so with tax over $500 for the two at home and the cottage .... unless they start sending out new equipment I will be getting a Roku and free to air antennae.

I have a small one that gets about half a dozen channels indoor and it occasionally get the one Buffalo channel, I am located north Brampton for reference. anyone have anything great to say about the indoor ones, yes I realize they will be very limited but thought I would ask anyway.

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Originally Posted by mosquito

Yep, I will have to look into this more it seems. Not trying to hijack the thread but it looks like I am being forced to look into alternatives for tv now.

Just talked to Shaw Direct and got rid of some packages to save a few dollars and was told that at the end of the year my older boxes would stop working (only 600+ models would work) ..... I had to buy new ones that according to the webpage are $150 EACH, so with tax over $500 for the two at home and the cottage .... unless they start sending out new equipment I will be getting a Roku and free to air antennae.

I have a small one that gets about half a dozen channels indoor and it occasionally get the one Buffalo channel, I am located north Brampton for reference. anyone have anything great to say about the indoor ones, yes I realize they will be very limited but thought I would ask anyway.

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In a top floor apartment sitting in a window they can be the cat's meow. You could put a small outdoor on the roof in a tripod or in the attic, and you'll do great.

I would even bet you'll get the buffalo station and Rochester all the time, even though they are both very far away.:thumbup:

Honestly,as long as I can get The World Series,HNIC and CTV News,I don't much care what else there is.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

Honestly,as long as I can get The World Series,HNIC and CTV News,I don't much care what else there is.

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Depending where you live I suspect HNIC & CTV News shouldn't be a problem.
Now the World Series may pose a problem.
It looks like in Canada you'll need a Sportsnet channel which isn't over the air that I know of.
Depending on your location you may be able to get a US Fox channel over the air. Channel 14 from Buffalo in SSE direction from Toronto.