Mirwood

I live in Lapeer which is about 70 miles north of Detroit. We have an antenna tower that rotates 360 degree. We need it to get the Detroit, Flint, Saginaw stations.... I always have to turn the antenna in order to get the station I want... for some reason I can sometimes get the Detroit stations better and at other times I can only get the Flint stations... this can be a real pain.

Do you have a house antenna? Do you have a UHF/ UV booster? ( You might need the booster added to your antenna in order to get a better signal.) Go to Radio Shack or a TV / electronic /antenna shop ( they still exist) and talk to them about how to get your needs met.

The regular broadcast stations still have to broadcast (free) over regular airwaves despite the cable and satelitte companies.


In Detroit ... channels 2-4-7-20-50-56- 62 are all broadcasting and have secondary broadcasts... You will love pbs 56-3 Creat TV... I have been watching them. You might have to do some research to find the way to get the shows you want.

( I get all of the above stations except 62 which is located south of Detroit so it is too far for me to pick up the signal... I have to watch the Flint stations to get CBS)

Good luck with your endevors.

Even though I live fairly near to a large city (Detroit), we don't get any TV reception without cable or satellite. I am SO TIRED of paying the exorbitant price for cable, particularly since nearly all of the shows I watch are available for free on the network Web sites, or on Netflix free download!

I ordered a converter box coupon in hopes that it'll give us reception, and if it does, it's BYE BYE CABLE BILL!

'thann

I spent the day listening to my TV shows...on quilting, cooking gardening, and how to's while I sewed and cooked dinner... I was so much fun to get clearer pictures... and such a variety... More than I will ever need.

Look at the link for Creative TV.com

http://www.createtv.com/CreateTV.nsf/GenreDisplay?Readform&Genre=Arts&Crafts



http://www.createtv.com/CreateTV.nsf/Home?ReadForm

These are the shows on the digital expanded programs I found on PBS... Some of the stations have this group of shows and they are great........ If you get a chance tune in. I think you will enjoy it.

I have a funny story about our converter box. We didn't have TV - just had chosen to take a break from it. We had moved into our new "used" house and it had satellite TV, we didn't want cable or satellite (not enough hours in the day to watch it all!) Plus we have individual cell phones and didn't need a land-line for a home phone. We had just moved from being full time RVers to owning a home again.

So anyway we were without TV. I happened to be reading the paper and saw a notice by our local TV station that they were offering free converter boxs to the first ??? of people who sent in cards. All you had to do was send in a card with your name and address. (looking towards the day when the antenna wouldn't work)

For some crazy reason, I did it. And promptly forgot about it.

About 6-8 weeks later this large package came in the mail, and - well you guessed it. It was the box. So I just set it in the corner and thought, well, maybe someday we will buy another TV, but not today.

About 3 weeks later, a friend called and said he was getting a new large screen TV and would we like to have his old 21 inch. We said sure, and he dropped it off. So we eventually hooked it up and starting watching it but still just using the antenna.

Then a friend who is in the business of stringing cable etc. for hospitals came by. He eagerly looked at all our stuff, hooked it up and WHOA! We had all these stations.......who knew there were so many digital stations?

So not only was the PRICE right! But it was all free!

Lynn

And, yes, I get alot more hand work done sitting at the TV now whereas before I would sit in my sewing room and listen to iTunes podcasts, movies, etc.

We just got pur converter box and my husband is doing the happy dance. He even told me if I couldn't sleep that he saw a quilting show that was on at 10:30pm. Made me smile.

Thanks for sharing and the remiinder. I choose not to buy cable or satellite and just have rabbit ears. I knew I needed the converter box to continue to recedive signals after Feb next year. I didn't realize it might enable me to get more channels now. I just orderd my coupon!

I just got my coupons recently and I bought my antenna converter box.... I am kicking myself for not doing it sooner. I tripled the number of shows I can watch and tape... including the Detroit PBS Creative station... I can watch all sorts of cooking and quilting shows there.

If you have not gotten your converter box I urge you to do so, small expense compared to what you get for the money especially if you use a coupon.

No I do not get cable... the connection is too far
Wireless / Dish is to expensive for the amount of TV we actually watch a night ( less than 2 hours... too many other things to do like quiltng.)