Amazing a Digital TV antenna that receives FTA stations from 1,500 miles and in 4K! And it just needs to be stuck on an internal wall - 4.8 Stars.
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Those are all over ebay and Amazon. Donāt know how that happens.
Iām actually in the market to get a decent indoor antenna, but that sludge makes it impossible to find ones that are functional.
Iāve found these work well.
Caveat being youāre near a window and upstairs and in a good signal area, but if you canāt do any of these, I doubt any will work well. There is really no substitute for an outdoor antenna, youāre probably better off streaming otherwise
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Yeah thatās 90% of my viewing, but for sport the delay hurts enough that I need real TV.
Iām luckily all of these three things, so I might give it a shot. Iāve been weary of amplified options knowing that they can just boost the noise, but maybe thereās a balance.
The grey Bendigo on myswitch gave me way too much false hopeā¦
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Amplified ones do work in my experience as well.
Iām in similar situation to you (upstairs and near a window), that Anstig antenna will give me watchable āorangeā grade MySwitch signals on most channels, but VHf 11 Sydney (Network Ten) will alternate between a watchable signal and no signal on some days.
Iāve never had any luck with indoor antennas at all. I live in a location where I can literally see the towers on Mt Coot-tha from the window but couldnāt get a reliable signal from bunny ears. I gave up and got the rooftop aerial upgraded and unsurprisingly I now have totally reliable signal
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Youāre better spending the extra money for an outdoor antenna. If youāre in an apartment block, talk to the building manager about getting an antenna on the roof installed.
I think Nineās reached a record low.
Sports coverage on 9HD pulling that up to 4.9Mbps (video), but leaving 9Go! HD at 1.77Mbps, with the SD version at 990Kbps. 9Rush and 9Life are also both at 1.72Mbps - which makes me think that this is a floor level of bitrate for the channels?
Top to bottom thatās 9HD, GemHD, 9SD, GoHD, Life, Rush, GemSD, Extra and GoSD.
Somehow it looks okay for the content, GemHD struggles more because the black and white movie is harder to compress well.
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I know I sound like a broken record, I know I sound like a broken record.
But time for 9 to go full MPEG4. Time for 9 to go full MPEG4.
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They need to ditch the SD simulcasts - what are they afraid of?
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Retirees switching off the telly? /s
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Iād have thought Seven would have back tracked if it made a big difference to their ratings.
Tenās approach is fine - all the multichannels being MPEG-4 only, but the main channel still simulcast.
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I donāt know, making EPG websites easier to read?
Currently itās a chore with SD and HD being listed simultaneously. One doesnāt break away from the other ever anyway.
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Itās fine, but they should swap 10 (SD) and 1/15 (HD) around. Now that all the multis are HD except Nick, it doesnāt make sense that their most important LCN and channel is now the worst quality one IMO.
Dump 10SD and make Nick HD.
First kids channel on FTA to be HD.
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Iād leave 1 in HD as well at least, 15 being the SD channel is fine.
But Iād probably be in the rip the band-aid off camp like 7 in most of the country.
And obviously 9 need a boot up their arse.
Waiting, waiting, waiting.. come on Seven. Do your MPEG4 thing in Melbourne!
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Call Channel Nine or write to Free TV Australia about a Switchoff.
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