I see one main reason for this: Free Internet and TV versus just Free TV
Even if broadcasters couldn't afford the cost of bandwidth and network infrastructure, I would be more inclined to not have to pay outrageous prices for Internet and just pay for whatever internet video entertainment I wanted like Netflix, Vue, etc
Hello, I have a rather large roof mount television antenna that I use to receive OTA TV. Similar to Channel Master CM-2020.
This antenna is great - but it's pretty big.
Recently, television broadcasts have ceased in the upper UHF band above channel 36, and my local broadcasters are also moving away from high-band VHF transmissions. They had previously abandoned RF channels 2-6 and now are moving away from the upper part of the band as well. When all of the moves are complete, I will only have one VHF channel and I am OK with losing that. The channels I want to receive are all low-to-mid UHF band, channels 14-36.
I propose to cut down this antenna and remove the VHF elements, leaving only the UHF corner reflector. I will also shorten the center beam accordingly, leaving enough of the center to attach the mounting hardware.
I saw that someone had posted about this 3 years ago but there was no follow up. Link to old discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/rfelectronics/comments/7sqq0c/cutting_vhf_section_off_of_a_combined_uhfvhf_tv/
Thoughts? Is this going to destroy my antenna or will it work reasonably well after being shortened?
I am currently looking to purchase a wireless receiver, or possibly transmitter/receiver to use with older laptops (Thinkpad T420 and T440).
I am hoping for something that can directly mirror my laptop display to my television (HDMI, not a smart tv) without a hardwired connection or third party services that require applications or subscription services.
I have looked up a lot of options like Chromecast, Mirascreen, etc., But. Am unsure of the specs required or how they function. I would prefer not to spend $200 on an expensive transmitter/receiver to find out it works poorly or not at all.
Any help is much appreciated!
Edit: Added more info for clarification.
To all current students and graduates of the same program, I want to ask how the program was for you? How were the courses and professors? Were they done practical/on field? How are the facilities? (eg. equipment, studios, campus) And for the alumni out there, how did you get your foot into the industry? Did the college professors recommend you or did you have to search for internships on your own or maybe you did some volunteering in between semesters?
If you could share your overall experience that would be great. Any insight I can get would really help me with my decision to pursue my post grad.
Not sure if this is the best sub for this question
We are setting up a new office where we will have televisions broadcasting movies and videos throughout the office. I'm trying to figure out a system where i can store the video files on our file servers and broadcast those files over RG6 throughout the office so effectively everything on channel 3 for example is a loop of the video files. At an old job we had something setup that was able to do this but I not sure of the name of the equipment or systems that were used. It would in total cover 30ish televisions. Any ideas or other subreddits I should post it?
