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Probably not the right forum but at least it is electronics oriented. I've got a couple spare TV's that I would like to hook up to an antenna to pick up channels when time-warner is down. Being electronics stoopid I come here to ask if anyone has any ideas. One of the TV's is digital and one is an old standby with rabbit ears from when the earth was created.
 
REELDOC;n61395 said:
Probably not the right forum but at least it is electronics oriented. I've got a couple spare TV's that I would like to hook up to an antenna to pick up channels when time-warner is down. Being electronics stoopid I come here to ask if anyone has any ideas. One of the TV's is digital and one is an old standby with rabbit ears from when the earth was created.
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The digital TV just needs a digital antenna. The old one needs a digital antenna and a digital to analog converter.
 
+1 fer the Book

All you need fer the digital TV is a UHF antennae, but then ya gotta get it pointed right... it ain't fer dummies.
Take t'other TV to the county hazardous material center so they can ship it to India to recover the precious metals.
 
Put the rabbit ears on the digital TV, you will pick up channels. Trash the old tv.
 
I think the digital TV would be worth hanging on to, but the analog one would probably be more hassle than it's worth. Go to the site tvfool.com and look up your address. If will show you what channels you can get with various antennas: rabbit ears, indoor, and outdoor, and you can decide what stations you would like to get and hence what you will need to get them.

For the others that say get a book, there are good reasons besides entertainment to want to be able to tune into tv stations in a power outage situation.
 
noway2;n61955 said:
I think the digital TV would be worth hanging on to, but the analog one would probably be more hassle than it's worth. Go to the site tvfool.com and look up your address. If will show you what channels you can get with various antennas: rabbit ears, indoor, and outdoor, and you can decide what stations you would like to get and hence what you will need to get them.

For the others that say get a book, there are good reasons besides entertainment to want to be able to tune into tv stations in a power outage situation.
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In theory yes, but has the local news ever been accurate on a breaking story or emergency? They are all useless.
 
noway2;n61955 said:
For the others that say get a book, there are good reasons besides entertainment to want to be able to tune into tv stations in a power outage situation.
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How long do the batteries last?
 
Tailhunter;n61964 said:
How long do the batteries last?
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Depends on the batteries and what your running. I used to run a laptop to watch videos and provide Internet access via a tethered cell phone, and a credit card processing machine on a battery with an inverter for 12+ hours.

There is also the possibility of a simple cable outage without a power fail.

The OP asked a legitimate question that doesn't warrant all the dick responses.
 
Thanks noway2. I'm used to dick responses but those that know me know I'm old enough not to give a crap. There are good reasons that I'd like to watch the tube when the cable goes out, mainly cause I like watching TV. I've got the power covered if Duke goes TU but not when TW does same. I'll check out the TVfool.com site and then fine me a decent antenna set up.
 
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