Hi Evan, I will send this link to sayal. I do intend getting a converter box, I have entirely too much production related equipment connected to this current television, as well as surround sound to find a substitute..it would not come cheap to be sure. My goal was to get at least one item in person, to save time. will read up on details for this model, the channel master came with its manual, so hopefully the amazon was as well. By the way, your personal address does not like shellworld? Kare On Wed, 6 Dec 2023, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Hi Karen,
Sayal doesn't carry the ChannelMaster, but it does appear to have a good antenna of a slightly different, and actually better, design for only $25: https://shop.sayal.com/products/arn-270
Here is the Amazon entry for the same model, out of stock and more than triple the price that it is at Sayal: https://www.amazon.ca/GE-34140-UltraPro-Outdoor-Stealth/dp/B01BY033S0
Sayal does not sell amplified antennas but it does sell an add-on amplifier for $15. I have no idea whether or not you'll need it. https://shop.sayal.com/products/arn-576
The antenna itself is simple once assembled and placed in your window. But as discussed, all the over-the-air broadcasters stopped sending analog signals a decade ago. So plugging the antenna directly into the coax input of your TV will give you nothing.
I'm afraid the only options I can think of are a converter box or a new TV.
You're absolutely right that the converters available today have extra features such as the DVR, which won't be useful to you because of both UI and transfer issues. However, because there is so little demand for such converters now there are very few choices, and likely all of them will try to replace the TV's remote control with their own and have features such as DVR.
I'm wondering if it's all worth the grief, and maybe just getting a new cheap TV would be simpler and less error-prone for the long term.
- Evan
On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 3:05 PM Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> wrote:
Hi all, As I need a replacement power adapter for a talking calculator, I have to visit Sayal in person anyway. So, perhaps I can pick up one of my otar items the converter box, at a lower cost? Have an associate from cSI visiting on Friday, so we can do a mid range test while working on other things. Can take the TV manual with me, if there is more than one option. If I am honest, while the suggested converter box is nifty, it also comes with a dvdr which is not likely to be inclusive from a format transfer standpoint with my production software. More interested in a direct means to some television than the recording aspect. Am sold on the channel master, like the brand, and the way it may attach to my window glass. Thoughts? Kare
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