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Definitely depend on your location specifics and elevation.

At home, Glenridge area, 3rd floor, I definitely got 3 channels, 
internal (in room) rabbit ears. At King & William, only CKCO. (Inside a 
cinder block building.) Today, I don't even get CKCO. Something 
environmental has changed - I don't know what, but I would sure like to.

Easy to try, given what you have said - loop some wire across a TV cable 
(i.e. internal strand of cable to braid - I used a cable connector with 
paper clip in middle). Hang it in an (East facing?) window - put other 
end to your TV's ATSC tuner - scan.

Guaranteed, whatever you can barely get that way will be enormously 
better with a real antenna. That experience and the TV Fool map should 
give you a sense of what you could reasonably expect if you actually put 
money into it.


A computer doohickey doesn't necessarily have to be in your 
entertainment cabinet. e.g. I have a computer with an HDMI output in 
another corner of the room, and a long cable between it and the TV. I 
just switch video inputs on the TV. Combine with a wireless keyboard or 
mouse, and you should be good to go. Or at least experiment to see 
what's possible before sinking real $ into it.


For CKCO / news, you can stream from the website - no OTA or additional 
service beyond internet needed. If useful.


Part of what I'm getting from this thread is things like XBMC 
aggregating channel / show selection under a single coherent user 
interface from multiple web sites / sources. Instead of having to web 
browse all over the place. It seems useful to explore what one can 
already get with what they already have, before considering additional 
services like HDHomerun, a vmedia box, etc. One way or another, though, 
you've going to have to get audio/video into the TV to watch {whatever} 
there.


On 14-02-26 10:37 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> Possible with only outdoor antenna, or with indoor as well?
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> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:35 AM, <rbclemen at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> It is definitely possible. It is the second strongest signal from buffalo
>> in this area.
>>
>> Brent
>> Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network
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