SOWNY » CJBK's Old H.Q. Could Be Used As Homeless Hub » April 10, 2024 7:49 am |
Remember when 'BK moved there... was in the middle of nowhere at the time!
SOWNY » Looking For An Indoor Antenna For OTA Reception? Check These Out » April 2, 2024 8:50 am |
I have an outdoor antenna in Whitby and I can also get ATSC 3 signals on the Sony TV except for Fox. Picture quality was still the same as ATSC 1 tho the stations I got had a bit of interactivity.. weather, headlines. Went back to ATSC 1 for all.
SOWNY » Carbon Tax » April 1, 2024 1:04 pm |
Talk to me when China and India start doing something about all the carbon they emit.
SOWNY » New Contender » March 28, 2024 4:39 pm |
Binson Echorec wrote:
So I'm the only one who can't stand the person yelling "WHY NOT?" in the AGM Renovations commercials?
But you can get a free home inspection!!
SOWNY » Worst CRTC decisions » March 24, 2024 3:51 pm |
Allowing Bell to buy stations count??
SOWNY » The Rise And Fall Of A Halifax Man's Illegal TV Streaming Empire » March 19, 2024 11:50 am |
VPN and Kodi
SOWNY » Ben Mulroney Tears Up Talking About His Late Dad On AM640 » March 6, 2024 6:18 pm |
Never met Ben, but I did spend a bit of time with his father after he was no longer PM. Flight from Toronto to Montreal. Mr. Mulroney was a very nice man. He was in in biz class and when I was returning from the bathroom I spotted him sitting there. Hard to miss, only people in biz on a small jet.
SOWNY » BCE Stock Takes A Tumble After Year Of Layoffs & Turmoil » March 6, 2024 1:23 pm |
Well it's still a mix of Hold and Buy and is up so far today. Dividend chasers don't care, give me my 6+% income.
SOWNY » Spence has Competition » February 21, 2024 11:49 am |
Giant man only gets bigger each time they raise my rates!!
SOWNY » Bell Media Cuts 4,800 Jobs, Selling 45 Stations » February 8, 2024 8:34 am |
Potentially a good day for radio if the indy owners scoop some up and run them properly.
SOWNY » Bell Media Cuts 4,800 Jobs, Selling 45 Stations » February 8, 2024 7:58 am |
Can't speak for the date it will happen but this is not the first time I have heard this "rumour" I do know of a market that is being shopped by Bell so who knows.
SOWNY » Where The Hell Does He Live? » February 4, 2024 6:40 pm |
Je me souviens
SOWNY » SiriusXM Loses Almost 100,000 Sat Radio Subscribers » February 1, 2024 11:10 am |
I re-signed for 24 months at $5 a month. One car can get it, don't use it much. I have an old Google audiocast. Hooked it up to the receiver in the house and cast from the SXM app. I will cancel when the time comes most likely.
SOWNY » HOLMES HOMES » January 30, 2024 3:57 pm |
#1 in Meaford!!
SOWNY » Next Gen TV » January 20, 2024 12:41 pm |
Well, not sure if I really had to do all the steps, but changed the region on my Sony to the USA, rescanned and sure enough it picked up the Buffalo ABC, CBS, NBC, WNYO (?) and Fox in ATSC 3.0. ABC, CBS and NBC won't come in on 3.0 but will on 1.0 Confirmed in the settings that they were all ATSC 3.0 and Fox is interactive.
Guess I'm too far away from Grand Island and I believe the lower power output on 3.0 to have them come in. Location is Whitby.
SOWNY » Next Gen TV » January 19, 2024 5:55 pm |
Haven't seen the ad on any Buffalo stations and I'm OTA. The market is already ATSC 3.0 but no changes in pic quality yet from what I'm told. Thus I haven't bothered to try and tune in the channels using 3.0 if 1.0 is the same.
SOWNY » What Will They Think Of Next? How About A Transparent TV Set? » January 8, 2024 7:04 pm |
Saw the prototype at NAB Vegas about 4 years ago now... drew quite the crowd!
SOWNY » Rogers & Bell To Increase Prices On Some Cell Phone Plans » January 5, 2024 5:19 pm |
Spent about 45 mins on Rogers chat today. Got my 2 phones down almost $500/yr, everything I need and more data than I ever use. Be kind and nice and they help.
SOWNY » Mika Midolo No Longer At CP24 » January 4, 2024 3:30 pm |
Think she was with Skywords traffic before that? Never met her though was told she was super nice person.
SOWNY » Amazon Prime adds ads » January 3, 2024 10:34 am |
I'll wait and see what the ad load is before I give them any more $$$ on top of my Prime membership. Their music streaming service has 2 levels as well.
SOWNY » This Would Be Enough To Get Even A Die Hard Like Me To Abandon OTA TV » December 21, 2023 11:52 am |
Stations that are on ATSC 1.0 and broadcasting in 720p or 1080i and have added ATSC 3 aren't doing anything spectacular with the new 3.0 At least in Buffalo. I'm going to reset the Sony to the mighty US over the holidays and rescan and see if I can get any of the 3.0 Channels and if so, can the TV decrypt them...
SOWNY » Do You Subscribe To SiriusXM? You May Want To Read This » December 20, 2023 4:22 pm |
I'm back with SXM on a $5/month promo for 2 years. I have cancelled in the past and it was a bit of a chore. No way to do it on line, had to call and it took a while.
SOWNY » Who Richard Syrett Says Influenced Him To Get Into Radio » December 19, 2023 12:53 pm |
I hear him on C2C sometimes, he's had a wide range of guests including interviewing musicians. Nothing far right radical that I've ever caught on the shows.
SOWNY » This Would Be Enough To Get Even A Die Hard Like Me To Abandon OTA TV » December 18, 2023 3:58 pm |
@RadioActive I have read on TV sites that changing the country on the TV allows for ATSC 3. That said, nothing is different right now out of Buffalo. Will keep ya posted when I get around to it. So many channels I need to "edit out" LOL. The shopping channels and all that other stuff on the subcarriers...
The other thing I have lread is that the Sony TV's are supposed to be able to decrypt the channels if needed. No idea yet.
SOWNY » This Would Be Enough To Get Even A Die Hard Like Me To Abandon OTA TV » December 18, 2023 2:30 pm |
When I got a refurb Sony TV from MTC, it had Nexgen. I haven't changed the country to the US from Canada yet to test if I can even get Buffalo in ATSC 3.0. Maybe I should.
All of these potential restrictions will just lead to an increase in piracy.. the exact thing they would like to avoid.
SOWNY » Pluto TV One Year Old » December 18, 2023 11:47 am |
I find Tubi's ad load to be fine, Pluto can push my tolerance but Plex is worse than traditional TV
SOWNY » CBC/Radio-Canada Lays Off At Least 600 Employees » December 5, 2023 4:28 pm |
Nice that Adrienne was concerned about her bonus.
SOWNY » Virgin 99.9 Introduces New Morning Co-Host » December 4, 2023 11:37 am |
Sangean HD radios are available on Amazon. Where I got mine a few years ago,
SOWNY » Rogers:U.S. Streamers Should Give 2% Of Cdn. Earnings To Local Content » November 28, 2023 6:50 pm |
They can always pull out of Canada, geoblock their services and install VPN blockers as a way to thumb their noses at Canada.
I wonder how much they actually make here?
SOWNY » Bob McCown on impact of worsening strokes » November 8, 2023 7:46 am |
Quitting was one of the hardest things I've done and it took many attempts.