How do I get another city's local channels?

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Is there a device I can use to get other city's local channels on my TV?

My sister is a news reporter in another city. She told me that she heard about a device you can plug into your TV that you can buy at an electronics store that allows you to watch another city's local channels on your TV. Has anyone ever heard of this? And where do I get it/what is it called?

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She may be refering to a Slingbox. This is a device that will stream video over a computer network....

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Why do people with a digital converter box get more channels than I do with my new digital TV?

Apparently there are a number of new channels on TV, like channels 42-1, 42-2, etc, while I only get channels 7 and 42 on my 3 month old digital TV. The folks getting the extra channels are using a digital converter box on their analog TV's. I did autoprogram...

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Yes, you being in a hole could have a bit to do with it. An amplified antenna on a tower may help. Here...

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Why doesn't my HDTV get HD Channels?

I have a magnavox HDTV that I got a couple years ago. I live on campus and i brought it to my dorm. My roommate has a Vizio HDTV. We get basic cable through the cable on the wall. We bought a splitter a so we could both watch our own things. He gets...

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His TV is full HD with a built in quam tuner. Sounds like your set is HD ready, which means you need...

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Will I still get the same Comcast basic cable channels, after the digital switch? I have an unusual tv setup?

Regarding the february analog-digital tv switchover, all year Comcast has been saying that if "you have our cable, you don't need to do a thing." But then I heard on the news that those commercials were deceptive. I heard rumors such as the...

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No dude read the digital conversion website or pay attention to the commercials!!! If you have CABLE...

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Two TVs get different amount of channels from the same cable? Why?

I have two tvs. One is about 7 years old, the other is about 10-12. From the exact same cable source, these two tis get different amounts of channels. I am talking about a coaxial cable, not a cable box. The newer tv gets around 70 channels. The older...

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Your theory is probably correct. Newer TVs can have digital tuners that allow them to pick up digital...

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How can I get more local channels with my new LCD TV?

I have cable in other areas of the house but I am not going to hook up with a cable box to the LCD TV. I purchased supposedly special, stronger rabbit ears that I hooked up and I get channels NBC 4, Fox 5, ABC 7, and CBS 9 and some other channels. I...

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Can't Lil Abner help? Sorry, couldn't resist. You probably just need a better antenna. Rabbit ears are...

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My cable channels haven't been working. I still get channels like BET and discovery and other local channels?

i live in the san jose area and i use to get channels like FX, MTV, VH1, Comedy central...and so on. Now all i get is the local channels. Can this be solved with the tv box converter or whatever it is. please give me instructions on how i can resolve...

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me too! i'm not sure what works, but we just got a box converter and its still not working... i think...

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How to get HD channels on my HDTV?

i have the following: HDTV (1080i) HDMI cable antenna but no cable/special services i'm not tech-ie about this whole HDTV channels stuff. i want HD channels on my HDTV. without cable i won't be able to get any HD channels correct? i was told by someone...

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First let me say that cable is NOT necessary for HD channels. You can get local broadcast station reception...

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I hooked my TV (analogue and digital capable) to my surround system but get no sound on digital channels.?

I'm confused here. I plugged my TV output into my surround system and the analogue channels sound works but the digital channels don't. The digital channels come through the TV speaker, but not the sound system. Why would the analogue channels audio...

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You have to trace every audio and video source back to the playback system. You have to provide more...

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Why cant i get all my channels on freeview?

I have a new tv with integrated freeview I bought a signal booster aerial and have plugged this in. When I scan for channels i get some but not all, I can now get all bbc channels but cant get itv 1 and 2, channels 4 and 5 but can get itv 2+1 and channel...

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It is most certainly a signal problem. Have you checked the signal strength?http://www.radioandtelly...

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