If you have HD locals you probably will get nothing, but not everyone (like me) has HD locals so with OTA I can record the national channels in HD.amir0406 said:
dumb question about OTA/104
Ok, maybe this isn't the right place for such a basic question, but i'd really appreciate an answer. Anyway, I've been reading about the new software upgrade to ox104 which allows using an OTA with the HR20 and i'm just a bit confused as to why I would want that. I got the HR20 with the 5LNB dish so that I could get all my local channels in HD without having to use the OTA i was using with my old box/dish (HR10 i believe) and so i could get all the MPEG-4 channels. So i guess my question is, what would i get with the OTA that i'm not currently getting with the new dish?
Thanks,
Amir.
Thanks,
Amir.
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In many (most?) areas there are subchannels riding on the main OTA digital channels that you will not get from satellite, and in many places all the digital channels are not yet on the satellite.
In my case I am just outside of the spot beam for my Connecticut local channels. I only get New York city locals. With OTA I can get some Connecticut locals that give me information I want to hear about my state.
Some day down the road it may be another recording option - three at once! I like the OTA's better right now myself and I don't even get them yet!:lol: There are "side" channels as well for most market - here in Chi-town we get weather and other stuff, they are non-hd but neat none the less. Basically, it's just more stuff to break and complain about in this forum!
Not going to happen on this hardware platform.Coffey77 said:Some day down the road it may be another recording option - three at once!
With the HR20 you can RECORD what the H20 can only view. You can record two OTA-HD channels at the same time. As to advantates of OTA-HD in general:amir0406 said:Ok, maybe this isn't the right place for such a basic question, but i'd really appreciate an answer. Anyway, I've been reading about the new software upgrade to ox104 which allows using an OTA with the HR20 and i'm just a bit confused as to why I would want that. I got the HR20 with the 5LNB dish so that I could get all my local channels in HD without having to use the OTA i was using with my old box/dish (HR10 i believe) and so i could get all the MPEG-4 channels. So i guess my question is, what would i get with the OTA that i'm not currently getting with the new dish?
Thanks,
Amir.
1. Better HD Picture Quality (PQ)
2. Access to Sub-channels that D* will not carry, and PBS for now.
3. Less vulnerability to rain/snow fade
4. Not having to put up with the "oddities" and "problems" associated with the MPEG-4/HD-Local roll out in your area. It requires cooperation between D* and the local provider. A bunch of people are having significant problems with MPEG-4 via D*. Some of it may be in how the HR20 responds to MPEG-4 feeds, some of it is how the MPEG-4 stream is being fed to D* and some of it may be out and out bugs in the HR20.
Improved reliability in the face of rain/snow fade assume you have a decently strong OTA-HD signal to begin with.
If you are happy with the PQ and reliability of your MPEG-4/HD-Locals, AND you have no interest in sub-channels and PBS programming, AND you have no potential to be subject to rain/snow fade from D*, then you have little to gain from OTA-HD.
(If you get my drift, OTA-HD has significant advantages over HD as delivered by D*. That is unlikely to change for a long time.)
thanks to all...i think i see the light
Also, in the Raleigh area, CBS and FOX don't have an agreement Directtv, so those channels are not available like NBC, ABC and CW on the HR20amir0406 said:thanks to all...i think i see the light
My local OTA channels are horrible. Only one (PBS) is in HD (I don't watch it) and the four networks barely broadcast in digital. None broadcast in HD.hasan said:If you are happy with the PQ and reliability of your MPEG-4/HD-Locals, AND you have no interest in sub-channels and PBS programming, AND you have no potential to be subject to rain/snow fade from D*, then you have little to gain from OTA-HD.
So OTA doesn't matter to me, either.
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