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Toronto-Age |OT3| Going Off the Rails on a Gravy Train
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Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
6-1 TO START THE SEASON!
Lostconfused
Member
Well I guess at least one of those isn't happening anymore.
He only wants to cut/fire city employees when they are front line services.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
The mayor or the rec centre employee?
criesofthepast
Member
Anyone use an OTA antenna? I was just playing around with some speaker wire. Literally cut maybe 2 feet of speaker wire and stripped the plastic off one end and inserted the wire into the coaxial input of my TV and I'm getting 7 channels in crystal clear HD. I wonder what a proper heavy duty antenna outside on my roof would get me. I haven't had cable for 2 years and don't miss it but kind of cool to be able to watch CBC on Saturday for Leafs games.
I'm near the airport and this is what I get with a shitty old speaker wire:
CBC HD
CTV HD
TVO HD
CBC French HD
Global HD
Global SD
City TV HD
I'm near the airport and this is what I get with a shitty old speaker wire:
CBC HD
CTV HD
TVO HD
CBC French HD
Global HD
Global SD
City TV HD
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Everyone!!!
I'm not at home right now but I know there's a site that will list which channels you'll get and their strength. You can also try buying powered rabbit ears from Walmart to see what you'll catch then returning them if it's not that much. If you have a clear sight of the CN Tower then you should also catch all of the Buffalo affiliates of the US networks in HD in addition to what you listed.
So if the Scarborough subway isn't really needed to solve Toronto's transit woes, then is Ford partially guilty of racketeering?
I'm just starting to wonder if any parallels can be drawn between Ford and Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Edit:
Interesting headline/image, lmfao.
I'm just starting to wonder if any parallels can be drawn between Ford and Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Edit:
Interesting headline/image, lmfao.
criesofthepast
Member
Yeah I think your talking about the digitalhome site. Checked it out. I just stopped by futureshop and picked up a $20 RCA indoor antenna. I get 3 more channels than the speaker wire. I'm going to return the antenna and look into getting a proper one for my roof. This whole thing was an experiment to see how this stuff works and definitely impressed with how cheap and easy this whole thing can be. Digitalhome has some people getting up to 30 OTA channels. Would be awesome if I could achieve that without spending much.
I have one. I'm up in Vaughan. I get all those (although for some reason not CTV) plus PBS HD and SD, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and both Omnis all in HD.
Those are the main ones. There's also a handful of others but the signal on most isn't always that strong.
Antenna is on the roof and we're somewhat higher than downtown, so it has pretty good elevation which definitely helps.
criesofthepast
Member
That's good to know. With the RCA antenna I got CBS and the two Omni channels that I couldn't get with the speaker wire although I never really played with the speaker wire much. If I could get all of the above plus NBC, PBS, and FOX I think I'd be set. I did for a second get some channel that may have veen Fox but I'm not sure. These things are so fidgety.
dude, he sounded soooooooo high during a brief interview he gave with CP24 at the aquarium yesterday
I have some small antenna which picks up a few channels, even though I have clear line of site of the CN tower. Only thing I dislike is once it is set, if anything or anyone in the room moves, the signal goes nuts. Ah well, might try a different antenna one day (and it's free so anything is good)
HAHAHA What the fuck, no Ripley's, not at those prices.I helped build it but I doubt I'll ever go to it.
criesofthepast
Member
Same price as the Toronto Zoo. I've never been to an aquarium so I don't know if that's a good price or not and how big in comparison to the zoo it is. If there is a entire days worth of stuff to do and creatures to see like the zoo then I guess it isn't so bad. I mean I consider the zoo to be expensive though, but how often do you visit these places anyways? Once every 5-10 years?
Well at least most of the animals in the aquarium are moving. I mean they have to to live, but hey, that's worth a few bucks right?
BigJonsson
Member
I go to the Zoo at least 5 times a year
I've had a membership almost my entire life
And I've had aquarium tickets for a few months, I can't wait to finally go
30 bucks isn't bad for an attraction right downtown
If the Zoo was downtown it would be 50 bucks at least for 1 day
I've had a membership almost my entire life
And I've had aquarium tickets for a few months, I can't wait to finally go
30 bucks isn't bad for an attraction right downtown
If the Zoo was downtown it would be 50 bucks at least for 1 day
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
30 dollah?!!!
Damn...
Damn...
So there is a ACIV event of some kind:
https://www.facebook.com/events/314246768714697/
Probably no free booze however
https://www.facebook.com/events/314246768714697/
Probably no free booze however
So there is a ACIV event of some kind:
https://www.facebook.com/events/314246768714697/
Probably no free booze however
Curse having class at night
Did anyone go to the Konami Pre-E3 Event? That was good and wish they would do it again
So there is a ACIV event of some kind:
https://www.facebook.com/events/314246768714697/
Probably no free booze however
After what the tsilon guys did at the AC3 party I don't think they are letting us peasants in anymore.
EDIT: Oh, they are letting the general populace in. Hope they keep an eye on the demo units this time.
BigJonsson
Member
Checked out the Xbone at bestbuy (dundas/bay) earlier today. No lineup or anything, so that was nice. They only had Killer Instinct. so I tried that out. Game didn't really impress me all that much graphically, but I'm glad I was finally able to hold the controller. Not sure what all the complaints are about, it felt perfectly fine.
Just FYI if anyone else wanted to give it a whirl too.
And I'm totally down for a meet-up or something at the AC event. Should be fun to try it out.
Oh and I checked out at the Aquarium on Wednesday. It's pretty damn good and easily worth the $30 bucks. Wasn't even stupid crowded or anything. Just a great addition to the city and that area.
Just FYI if anyone else wanted to give it a whirl too.
And I'm totally down for a meet-up or something at the AC event. Should be fun to try it out.
Oh and I checked out at the Aquarium on Wednesday. It's pretty damn good and easily worth the $30 bucks. Wasn't even stupid crowded or anything. Just a great addition to the city and that area.
Lostconfused
Member
Don't you want to fly around the game world like Superman?
The Elite
BOSS
That's pretty good.
I am near the lake (just across from High Park) but in a ground floor apartment so I imagine that I wouldn't get much at all. The other half of the building is also blocking me.
I have this indoor antenna
http://m.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4361733
I get about 13-14 channels, HD quality is great.
The Elite
BOSS
I might give it a shot if I can return it. I have heard this model is the best.
On a completely unrelated note, Teksavvy internet has been out for three days now.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
contact their VP ASAP to get it resolved. It helped EM out when their CSR s were giving him the runaround. PM me and I'll send you his email.I might give it a shot if I can return it. I have heard this model is the best.
On a completely unrelated note, Teksavvy internet has been out for three days now.
You're a dirty liar Quad! I have a friend who works at the CN Tower and the stories...THE STORIES!
I wish GAF had a puke emoticon...as for the phone, all I saw was a tin can with a string at the end.
Hope you enjoy it!
If you do the climb early enough you'll avoid most of the horror stories. Yeah, I've seen stuff going up for sure.
I can't believe they used a debug build. The game was like 2 weeks from release, no reason they couldn't have used the final code. Instead they used old code. I don't understand.
criesofthepast
Member
I gotta get my passport renewed in the new year. So, they raised the prices this summer to $120 for 5 years and $160 for 10 years. Who on earth is going to be buying a 5 year at those prices? Makes no longterm sense to get the 5 year. They both have 30 pages which is kind of stupid, you'd think the 10 year would have more but for most people 30 pages is more than enough. I think my current passport has one stamp from visiting Italy. Are stamps only done when traveling by air? I plan in the future to backpack through Europe and possibly South America. Would I get a stamp every time I walk across a border say Chile to Argentina, Argentina to Uruguay, etc?
All this antenna talk is catching my interest. You can get a collection of HD channels for free (sans the antenna purchase price)?
What ports do these things plug into on the TV? The regular cable input?
I live on a high floor, so I could see it working pretty well here. How much space does the antenna really take up?
Being able to get some news channels, weather network, and channels that show some reality TV and/or shows like Simpsons and Bones would make my girlfriend really happy.
What ports do these things plug into on the TV? The regular cable input?
I live on a high floor, so I could see it working pretty well here. How much space does the antenna really take up?
Being able to get some news channels, weather network, and channels that show some reality TV and/or shows like Simpsons and Bones would make my girlfriend really happy.
The antenna just has a regular coaxial cable, so you would just plug that in to your tv antenna in port, assuming it has one. Your tv also need to have a built-in ATSC tuner. I would guess many of them do, but if not then you would need a separate tv tuner box.
The antenna itself can be reasonably small, depending on what type you get. Indoor style are usually smaller, with some styles being flat that can be hung on a wall. You will probably get better reception just putting an outdoor antenna on your balcony though.
If you go to TV Fool and put in your address and elevation, you can get a good idea what channels you can pick up. Might want to temper you expectations a bit, however, as stuff like the weather channel are cable only. List I posted earlier in the thread would be pretty representative.
If you have any other questions, feel free.
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