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Originally posted by chinamon yeah people in toronto are very lucky. my friend's cousin uses a piece of coaxial rg6 terminated with a penny and works great.

CN Tower and the BMO tower sends out all of TO's channels. If one is close to the CN Tower, you can undo a coat hanger and wire each end.

FTA of course is better for the selection of channels, so I am not putting that down, but OTA is a great backup solution while waiting for an FTA fix, or to replace basic package cable-TV or Bev subscribers.

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Originally posted by Abercrombie CN Tower and the BMO tower sends out all of TO's channels. If one is close to the CN Tower, you can undo a coat hanger and wire each end. FTA of course is better for the selection of channels, so I am not putting that down, but OTA is a great backup solution while waiting for an FTA fix, or to replace basic package cable-TV or Bev subscribers.

i know OTA is a great backup but im just too lazy to run another line in to my house and install an antenna. i already have cable as a backup so thats good enough for me. nothing beats satellite tv though.

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Originally posted by chinamon i know OTA is a great backup but im just too lazy to run another line in to my house and install an antenna. i already have cable as a backup so thats good enough for me. nothing beats satellite tv though.

Get a couple of diplexers, problem solved.

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Originally posted by chinamon i gave my vs pro to a friend so im only using my vs ultra and sv-8000 now. bev is toast. charlie is still up. here is the word... n3 has been dumped but how far along they are nobody knows. as for the charlie n3 swap, apparently they are having issues with the dishplayer 7000/7100 and those subscribers will have to be switched to a new IRD which dish says will delay the swap. the projected date for n3 on charlie is around june 2009.

You think it would be safe for me then to get the sv8000? I am just looking to get charlie. Currently running vs ultra.

I want to get the sv8000 but dont want it to go down in a month with nagra3. If for sure it will be next year I dont mind picking it up. Also if it does go down, do you think we will need new hardware or it will just be a new bin that will work on current hardware?

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Originally posted by Cro_Addict You think it would be safe for me then to get the sv8000? I am just looking to get charlie. Currently running vs ultra. I want to get the sv8000 but dont want it to go down in a month with nagra3. If for sure it will be next year I dont mind picking it up. Also if it does go down, do you think we will need new hardware or it will just be a new bin that will work on current hardware?

first off, you will need an 8psk module to do charlie high definition.

as for n3 causing charlie to go down, they may say june but it could happen in march... or september... we really dont know so it is up to you if you want to spend the ~$400 on the hardware. we dont know if n3 will work with current hardware because we dont have an n3 fix to try it with. if it works then great! if it doesnt then we will all have to buy new hardware. my guess is current hardware will work since all new receivers seem to have enough memory space.

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Originally posted by chinamon first off, you will need an 8psk module to do charlie high definition. as for n3 causing charlie to go down, they may say june but it could happen in march... or september... we really dont know so it is up to you if you want to spend the ~$400 on the hardware. we dont know if n3 will work with current hardware because we dont have an n3 fix to try it with. if it works then great! if it doesnt then we will all have to buy new hardware. my guess is current hardware will work since all new receivers seem to have enough memory space.

yeah i know i need the 8psk for charlie HD.

Thanks for the info