Consumer Electronics - 4 July 2007

I live in San Jose, CA and would like to get over the air reception of HDTV broadcasts. All of the local channels that I care to get broadcast from either Sutro Tower in San Francisco, or San Bruno mountain, about 35 to 40 miles away. From my location in West San Jose, they are all between 305 to 310 degrees azimuth, according to antennaweb.org.

It seems like a highly directional Yagi or one of those multi-bay grid antennas would work fine. However, most of the compact antennas are UHF only. This works fine for all but the local NBC channel, that plans to broadcast on VHF channel 12. My question is whether I can still receive this station reliably with a UHF-only antenna. My house is a two-story, so I can get the antenna up pretty high, but I wanted to avoid a huge VHF/UHF antenna, which would require a mast and guy wires.

2007-07-04 05:53:33 · 3 answers · asked by link 7 in TVs

what is the best home theatre 5.1 sound system for money in shops like argos,currys,tesco,pc world with a powerfull sub ??

2007-07-04 04:58:21 · 5 answers · asked by alex m 1 in Home Theater

this is driving me nuts! i got a tv for christmas n because it was a display model, the shop had lost the remote so thru n a universal remote. however, none of the codes in the book work and i tried doing the manual thing but it started raising the volume and wouldnt go ne futher. ne one no nethin? its a Alba dvd combo tv n a strand 3 n 1 remote

2007-07-04 03:56:27 · 8 answers · asked by ophelia 3 in TVs

at local stores in my community some individuals are buying up all the trac phones they can get their hands on. one had a trunck full of phones and was trying to buy more. some stores are limiting the number they can buy to 2. they don't buy minutes just phones.

2007-07-04 03:46:08 · 3 answers · asked by justaskn1 1 in Cell Phones & Plans

And where can i get one from when they come out in october?

2007-07-04 03:39:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Electronics

I have Logitech surround sound system, and there is always a buzzing sound coming from them unless i turn off my computer or turn my speakers down or off. How do i get rid of the buzzing?

2007-07-04 03:31:13 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2 in Other - Electronics

2007-07-04 03:19:45 · 5 answers · asked by Vulture38 6 in Music & Music Players

I bought an Ipod mini a little over a year ago, and now the battery wont last more than 20 minutes. Is it possible to buy a new battery for it somewhere? And how would I go about replacing it?

2007-07-04 03:13:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Music & Music Players

2007-07-04 03:09:32 · 5 answers · asked by Patrick O 1 in Cell Phones & Plans

I was wondering if anyone has examples of the same picture but with different cameras and their megapixels. Like 3.2mp vs 8.1mp, something like that. Or a site that has examples like that. I can't find any! Thanks.

2007-07-04 02:56:11 · 2 answers · asked by latsiliea 1 in Cameras

I have Sun Com and I know that in a detailed bill you recieve a copy of incoming and outgoing calls. My question is if you can see the text messages on a bill and actually read what was written in and/or out? And if I can how do I see it online I couldnt find it on the suncom website?

2007-07-04 02:18:02 · 1 answers · asked by lorisbarbie 2 in Cell Phones & Plans

2007-07-04 02:11:04 · 4 answers · asked by alauddin05 1 in TVs

Well my daughter just threw my cell phone in the toilet....will it be okay if i just let it dry? or should i go and get it checked!?

2007-07-04 02:02:07 · 7 answers · asked by ProudNewMommy 2 in Cell Phones & Plans

If I download a video file to my computer then transfer it to a removable memory stick. What file code can my phone understand?

2007-07-04 00:40:33 · 1 answers · asked by jatelf72 4 in Cell Phones & Plans

I am planning to switch from satellite to cable. Reason is that every T-Storm the TV is out.

2007-07-04 00:37:08 · 5 answers · asked by Heat 3 in TVs

Anything to do with film/TV picture seems to be improving, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray are materializing and HD TV is already here but where music is concerned nothing has happened since CD's or SACD (Some people would argue that CD's are worse than Vinyl). At the studio end they're recording at brilliant levels 192Khz, 24-bit etc... but the consumer result seems to be a 128Kb/s MP3? It seems crazy! MP3 is great for portable music but when I'm at home I want to listen to the best that can be offered.

2007-07-04 00:09:43 · 8 answers · asked by randombushmonkey 3 in Other - Electronics

Last month's phone bill doubled and I noticed a charge for long distance service. I know I didn't make ANY calls last month, so I called the phone company and was shocked to learn that they now charge for long distance whether you use it or not. Now this was a big promotion from the phone company last year that if you stayed with them, there would be no service charges for long distance (of course if calls were made, you have to pay for them). Now I'm being charged for something I don't use - I'm not a big phone user and haven't even made a call in like 10 weeks. My cable TV/Internet service is now offering a package deal where they provide TV, Internet and phoce service in a "bundle." This month's phone bill was about $31 and if I went with the cable service, my bill would increase by $39.95, but they claim to have unlimited calling. I wanted to know the advantages and disadvantages of either staying with my current phone company or switching to cable phone service. Thanks!

2007-07-04 00:01:22 · 3 answers · asked by debodun 2 in Land Phones