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Final Black Friday 2017 rebate card had arrived. Great start to May!
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Black Friday 2017 mail-in rebate cards #2 and #3 have arrived
One to go!
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Really wanted to lock this thread at midnight and “end” the contest as an April Fool’s joke. Was going to offer you all 10% off a t-shirt as a make-good lol.
I was going to announce that I've sold the black Friday product charts to another deal finding corporate entity and they will henceforth be cancelled but I'm not mean enough to pull a prank like that. Well, alright, I really am but I just don't want to be banned
Hope everyone had a very Happy Easter!
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Yesterday I finally got one of the rebate cards owed to me from what I purchased on black Friday!
One down, three to go!-
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Week before last we had highs in the 70's and lows in the 50's. Last week was highs in the 50's and lows in the mid 30's. This week's expected highs in the 80's and lows in the 50's.
Go home, winter. You're drunk.
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Alright, March, where did you come from and what did you do with February? This last month went by fast!
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November will mark the tenth anniversary of my Ooma purchase. January will be the tenth anniversary of my DB8 purchase. Next May (15 months from now) I will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of my last payment to Comcast.
What kind of antenna do you use? For the record, there is no such thing as a digital antenna -- they are all analog. No such concept as HD in antennas either. Antennas collect RF (radio frequency) energy. Antennas are optimized for frequency -- nothing else. Antennas have three meaningful characteristics: frequency, beam width, and range. Television is transmitted on three ranges or bands of frequencies -- VHF-Low, VHF-High, and UHF. VHF-Low (2-6) is 55-88, VHF-High (7-13) is 174-216, and UHF is 470-692 14-50 except 37). The entire FM spectrum exists between VHF-Low and VHF-High. So, antennas optimized for each 'band' are very different. VHF-Low antennas are very large. UHF are relatively small. It's important to match an antenna's size and shape to the frequencies one wants to collect. Beam width is a general description of how well a signal not directly in line with an antenna will be collected. An Azimuth Chart provides a clearer picture...
http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/DB8az.gif
This azimuth chart for the DB8 shows that the antenna has a relatively narrow beam width -- signal in front of the antenna is collected much better than signal in the back or to either side. The DB8 is said to have a 100 degree beam width.
Zenith's Silver Sensor has a beam width of about 180 degrees...
http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/silverel.gif
Range tends to be inversely proportional to beam width. So, if you are close to broadcasters, you may have good luck with an omnidirectional antenna whereas someone like me in the sticks needs more range and has to settle for less beam.
Antenna for a HDTV, that's what I meant
Most folks I know just call them digital antennas even though, technically speaking, that's an incorrect statement. I'm old so when I think 'antennas'' I remember the old rabbit ears that come out of the back of square tube TVs with tin foil on them to try to improve the reception.Not sure of the exact make and model (I threw away the box) but it took a few tries to find the right one that worked in my particular location and right where I wanted to put it. Last I checked I get just over 40 channels, most of which I never watch. The only over-the-air TV I ever enjoy are CBS (morning news as well as my game shows), BUZZR (classic game shows but mostly the same two over and over), and COMET (my jam for classic sci-fi shows and cheezy 60-70's movies).
My old roommates are keeping the Dish account in my name active. When I moved out I made them agree \that if they kept paying the bill on time I wouldn't cancel it. They've been paying ever since. Funny thing is I can still access all the shows on the account online on my PC or through their app. So when I need to get my fix of Dr. Who on BBC One, I can!
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I 'cut the cable' a long time ago and have been enjoying TV using a digital antenna. Get one with good reception and you'll get all the local channels and even some specialty ones. I only things I really pay for are my WWE Network, Netflix, and CBS all access. I've been enjoying Star Trek: Discovery and have started to binge every episode of Trek's Animated Series from back in the days.
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Hello February and hello record temps in Phoenix. Ugh!
I wanna move back to the California coast. Maybe it's time to pull up apartment finders and look up plane tickets before temps hit the triple digits. -
I had to turn off my heater and go back to cool AC yesterday.
Umm... I'll shut up for another month now...
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Well this year in FL I can’t get away with saying “snow? What’s that!”
Snow? What's that? Oh, you mean that white thingy that's way up north there?
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I think he is confused
Yes. Yes I am. (And I cal myself a mod
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Anyone want to know what the cold winter temps are here in Phoenix? Thought I'd ask first before I'm attacked by a lynch mob.
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Um, is it me or is this thread getting smaller? Please tell me it's not just me
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Finally packed my little bitty tree away for next year. Although my window decals are still up. Eh, maybe I'll leave 'em until Easter or so.
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Happy New Year everyone!
Brad, don't you go into hibernation after New Year's Holiday?
He just goes into screen saver mode until someone hits a button
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Happy 2018! Wishing everyone has a better new year! My new year resolution is to stop making resolutions
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Looks like we could lose several club members if they don't post today. Maybe they plan on doing a double-dip at midnight, so we'll see...
As was mentioned before you gotta watch that whole Central time zone thing if you're gonna post tonight then tomorrow morning. It'd be a shame if you just miss it.
You snooze, ya lose
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Enjoying the nice cool 70 degree weather here in Phoenix. Went back to putting on shorts this afternoon
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Merry Christmas from sunny but cold Phoenix! Watch the egg nog
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I guess you were right, Linus. I shouldn't have picked this little tree. Everything I do turns into a disaster. I guess I really don't know what Christmas is all about.
It's not a bad little tree really. Maybe it just needs a little love
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it's officially the holidays. I put my Christmas tree up...
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r606/fdbehring/CB%20Tree%202_zpsvv71gbog.jpg
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Fine! I put my tree up. Are you happy now?
http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r606/fdbehring/CB%20Tree%202_zpsvv71gbog.jpg
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Just checkin' in on my brand spankin' fresh newly built Black Friday desktop. 27" 1ms monitor with a 19" on the side (so I can see what I'm doin', ya know), Ryzen 1700X octa-copre processor (cuz I have a need for speed), 16 GB of memory (well, cuz I tend to forget things), a sweet 250 GB solid state drive (I'm impatient when it comes to boot times), and a 5.1 channel surround sound speaker system (cuz I like to feel my media). And the holidays are right around the corner so my case is my lighted Christmas tree with internal RGB lighting! Just waiting for a Geforce 1080 graphics card so I can catch up on a decade or two of gaming.
Sweet ride
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One to go!
Most folks I know just call them digital antennas even though, technically speaking, that's an incorrect statement. I'm old so when I think 'antennas'' I remember the old rabbit ears that come out of the back of square tube TVs with tin foil on them to try to improve the reception.
I wanna move back to the California coast. Maybe it's time to pull up apartment finders and look up plane tickets before temps hit the triple digits.
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GottaDEAL 2018 Black Friday T-Shirt Club Posting Thread
in 2018
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Happy June from where it's supposed to be hitting 110-degrees of dry heat over the weekend! And here I thought I was gonna be moving back to the California beach by the time we hit triple digits. Silly me