SR wrote:

I use a VHF/UHF black and white televion. No cable. (Way to expensive!)

Can someone please give me a list of all of the channels/Stations I
should be able to pick up in the Queens/NY area? Including other near
by states that broadcast to NY?

I turn on the TV this evening and while turning the channels I noticed
channel 25 came in very clear.

I am not familier with this channel 25. As I am watching it while I
type this, I am waiting for station identification. But because they
are broadcasting from live Times Square, I have not heard station ID as
of yet.

Well, I hope free TV continues in the future!

73

I find that those color TV's do not work well unless you have cable
connected to them. Then you have to pay for it!

I do not mind watching a black & white TV with VHF/UHF like radio
reception. But it is hard to find a nice size black & white TV these
days.

I still use my less than 10" screen Zenith. On it I mainly watch PBS &
BBC. I am curious to know all of the different channels I could pick
up. And I hope that free VHF/UHF TV will continue.

On my larger color Toshiba TV, I mainly use it for my DVD & VCR.

Just to mention, when those first color VHF/UHF TV came out sometime in
the 1970's, you always had to adjust the colors. Then after a few years
the colors would bleed and the whole TV was totally mess up!

In the future I would like to buy a HDTV and use it for Playstation 2.

Can HDTV work without cable? And do they still make larger then 10"
screen black & white TV?

Those were the good old days!

73!

Ask Philip Swann at, www.tvpredictions.com I have been getting his
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cuhulin

SR wrote:
Can HDTV work without cable?

Yes. All over-the-air analog stations are required to convert to
digital HDTV - probably by 2009. All the NYC stations are up with some
kind of digital signal, though 9/11 stunted DTV pretty badly.

A requirement to include a DTV tuner is being phased in on new TV sets.
Any big-screen TV you buy today will support over-the-air DTV. (OK,
the stores may still have a few older sets in stock...) This
requirement will extend to smaller sets over the next year or two.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message
...
SR wrote:
Can HDTV work without cable?

Yes. All over-the-air analog stations are required to convert to
digital HDTV - probably by 2009. All the NYC stations are up with some
kind of digital signal, though 9/11 stunted DTV pretty badly.



Close, they are required to switch to DTV, not to HDTV. Some stations will
never broadcast HDTV, and many will broadcast it only during certain times
of the broadcast day. Others will broadcast DTV at a lower resolution
(720i?) allowing them to have additional channels within the same bandwidth.

Brenda Ann wrote:
Close, they are required to switch to DTV, not to HDTV. Some stations will
never broadcast HDTV, and many will broadcast it only during certain times
of the broadcast day. Others will broadcast DTV at a lower resolution
(720i?) allowing them to have additional channels within the same bandwidth.

Sorry about that, I knew better...

--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

In article ,
Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
SR wrote:
Can HDTV work without cable?

Yes. All over-the-air analog stations are required to convert to
digital HDTV - probably by 2009. All the NYC stations are up with some
kind of digital signal, though 9/11 stunted DTV pretty badly.

A requirement to include a DTV tuner is being phased in on new TV sets.
Any big-screen TV you buy today will support over-the-air DTV. (OK,
the stores may still have a few older sets in stock...) This
requirement will extend to smaller sets over the next year or two.

You can also buy a Terrestrial HDTV tuner for $250-$500 (Samsung SIR-T351
seems to be the cheapest) that will feed your existing TV/VCR. But the
big box stores don't push them, probably because they get a kickback from
the small dish satellite outfits. Gee, why be fair to the consumer and
sell them a one time $300 box when you can lock them into a subscription
that costs them $600 a year.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident