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30 Jan 2008, 13:30 #901
bmwracer wrote:10 Tips for a Super Bowl-Worthy HDTV

Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:41PM EST


That's all fine and dandy but it will still take a week and a half for the cable company to come out and change your cable box. :doh:
30 Jan 2008, 13:32 #902
Super No. 1 wrote:

That's all fine and dandy but it will still take a week and a half for the cable company to come out and change your cable box. :doh:


Yeah but with a cheap OTA (off the air antenna) you could still watch the game in HD because it's broadcast on a local channel. :victory:
30 Jan 2008, 14:17 #903
Tu_triky wrote:Yeah but with a cheap OTA (off the air antenna) you could still watch the game in HD because it's broadcast on a local channel. :victory:

I think even rabbit ears will work if you're in a strong signal area.

My brother pulls in all the HD signals with no problems using his roof antenna... :victory:
30 Jan 2008, 23:03 #904
bmwracer wrote:
I think even rabbit ears will work if you're in a strong signal area.


Exactly...as I said, cheap. ;)
30 Jan 2008, 23:06 #905
Tu_triky wrote:Exactly...as I said, cheap. ;)

Oh.

I thought you meant a VHF/UHF clotheshanger. :hehe:
30 Jan 2008, 23:08 #906
bmwracer wrote:
Oh.

I thought you meant a VHF/UHF clotheshanger. :hehe:


"clotheshanger." :hehe:
30 Jan 2008, 23:33 #908
bmwracer wrote:[image]


:hehe:

High tech....I understand that equipement was actually a part of the VLA (Very Large Array) radio telescope. :hehe:
30 Jan 2008, 23:36 #909
Tu_triky wrote:High tech....I understand that equipement was actually a part of the VLA (Very Large Array) radio telescope. :hehe:

LOL.

Ah, that explains why there was the switch to plastic coat hangers: all metal ones were allocated for the telescope. :hehe:
30 Jan 2008, 23:42 #910
bmwracer wrote:
LOL.

Ah, that explains why there was the switch to plastic coat hangers: all metal ones were allocated for the telescope. :hehe:


We live in hard times.

Edit: Funny how that antenna seems like it's shaped like Australia.
30 Jan 2008, 23:46 #911
Tu_triky wrote:Edit: Funny how that antenna seems like it's shaped like Australia.

LOL! :lol: :lol: :lol:

The car does appear to be a right-hand drive care... :hehe: :rofl:

Great observation! :victory:
30 Jan 2008, 23:49 #912
bmwracer wrote:
LOL! :lol: :lol: :lol:

The car does appear to be a right-hand drive care... :hehe: :rofl:

Great observation! :victory:


The smelling salts seem to be having a mysterious effect on my addled brain. :hehe:
31 Jan 2008, 00:08 #914
bmwracer wrote:Striking similarities. :hehe:

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:hehe: I'm tellin' you...from the driver's seat it looks like Australia. :hehe:
31 Jan 2008, 00:24 #915
Tu_triky wrote: :hehe: I'm tellin' you...from the driver's seat it looks like Australia. :hehe:

I think we've discovered a niche business: country/continent/state-shaped car antennas. :rofl: :hehe:
31 Jan 2008, 00:38 #916
bmwracer wrote:
I think we've discovered a niche business: country/continent/state-shaped car antennas. :rofl: :hehe:


I'll file the patent you find the production facility! :hehe:
31 Jan 2008, 01:32 #917
Tu_triky wrote:I'll file the patent you find the production facility! :hehe:

Made in the USA!

Save those union jobs! :hehe:
31 Jan 2008, 02:22 #918
bmwracer wrote:
Made in the USA!

Save those union jobs! :hehe:


Somebody has to!
31 Jan 2008, 06:26 #919
bmwracer wrote:
Made in the USA!

Save those union jobs! :hehe:


And make it out of Titanium. Everything sounds better if it's titanium. Course I don't know if Ti makes for a good antenna....
31 Jan 2008, 06:33 #920
bmwracer wrote:[image]


I've seen those quite often. When your aerial is snapped off, grab a wire coathanger and bend it into a rough Austalia shape and viola! New aerial :P

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