Posted on 02/05/2017 8:59:52 AM PST by Chickensoup
I just checked my television to make sure the game will show well, it is a 70 inch sharp you folks helped me choose a while back.
I just discovered that I need some sort of cable digital box in order to watch Fox in digital.
I cannot get a cable box, TW is closed.
I found this place and it seems as though I can stream it into the TV but I cannot tell whether it is digital.
https://www.foxsportsgo.com/program/156815/super-bowl-li-patriots-vs-falcons
any help would be terrific. Or ideas.
Why is watching Lady Gaga bash our president in HD so important?
Have you checked your TV’s resolution settings? If you can’t get HD, I would play with the TV’s settings to maximize picture.
Before you run out and get an HD antenna, check this website to see what sort of reception you can expect at your address:
https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps
is that 40/60 something that needs to be outside installed?
Well, where do you live? If you are within 20 miles of a Fox station transmitter, you should be able to pull in a perfect HD picture with even an indoor TV antenna. Otherwise, if you are up to 50 miles away, you’d need a bigger antenna.
I assume you are just getting your cable signal from the wall outlet, in which case you may only be able to get standard definition. But most cable companies allow you to get the broadcast channels in HD, without a digital box. If they have scrambled all the HD channels, you will have to go pick up an antenna and pick up Fox over the air.
LOS ANGELES – FOX Sports today announced that it will offer a live, non-authenticated stream of Super Bowl LI on FOX Sports GO, the streaming platform that showcases all of FOX Sports’ live events and studio programming. Fans around the country will be able to stream the biggest television event of the year at FOXSportsGo.com, using iOS, Android, Windows, and Amazon tablets or through connected devices, including Apple TV, Roku, Android TV, Chromecast, Amazon Fire and XBOX One. For the Super Bowl broadcast, users will not need to enter their pay TV credentials for viewing.
Being a Florida flatlander (28 ft above sea level) I eventually hung a 120 element yagi in my attic so I can pick up 35-38 mile away broadcast antennas. It was a PITA, but with a 48 ft antenna height that is under cover (protected from lightening and storms), I get excellent OTAR.
No. It’s a flat antenna that plugs into on of your input ports. Just set it next to the tv.
They sell them everywhere and work great.
says I have a strong signal,
Cool website! But of course it is talking about 30 feet above the ground, The TV is only 20 feet above the ground.
No, there is a something in the tv that makes it smart.
whadda ya mean TUBES!
It says analog in the corner of the TV. or digital.
7 is fox and it is analog.
where? how do you hang it outside?
In one respect, I can understand your comment about digitalness, but on the other the comment about “analog is dead,” especially when even thinking about discussing the format with respect to antenna, is misleading. Antennas by their nature have never been digital. Electromagnetic Waves (which antennas send and receive) are categorically not ‘digital’.
All their emissions are spectral, and if they were solely digital (transmitting 1s and 0s at the digital level), I’d have been out of a job I spent over 30 years in researching, specifying, developing, testing and producing them and their applications in radar, communications and sensing.
I cannot get Fox HD without their box All the other Alphabets come in HD
You plug it into the HDMI ports on your TV or you can screw it into the cable input jack. Just look on the box.
It’s very simple. It’ll get you HD for free as the channels now broadcast HD.
Walmart, Best Buy, Target. Pretty much any store that sells TVs sell them.
You just leave it next to the TV — NOT outside. No polls or roof stuff. Just set it next to the TV.
They have 40 miles on and 60 mile ones. Longer the range of reception the more expensive it is.
I actually got mine for 20 bucks from Gorupon.
How do you get your TV signal right now? You said cable so who is your cable provider and what tier do you have? What channels do you currently receive?
FoxSportGo can run through your browser, but you still need to have a subscription service (cable/satellite) provider.
It might let you view without having to sign in, however, since it is advertising the game for free.
When I twist my channel selector knob, it makes a crackling noise, and sometimes the picture gets all snowy till I wiggle it just right.
I have to stick a piece of cardboard in there on some channels just to keep it from doing that.
This one’s about worn out, I think I’ll get one of those new color sets.
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