What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
I spoke to Jim Daniel, owner of Attic Antenna, this week and asked him if we would be willing to extend the discounts on his attic antenna service to Noobie readers until the end of the year. Good news for us. Jim happily agreed. So if you have been thinking about dropping your satellite or cable programming in favor of free over-the-air digital programming or if you already receive over-the-air analog programming and want to make sure you are ready for the upcoming digital transition, you owe it to yourself to give Jim and Attic Antenna a call. Make sure… Continue reading...
During a 1-on-1 coaching session this morning, my client told me he would like some help picking out a new television. He told me that he had DIRECTV but wanted to make sure he had his new television in time for the transition to digital television next February. I told him flat out that there was no need for him to get a new television. That's when he said that he thought everyone needed a new television. As frustrated as I was that this message is still getting across to people, I did my duty as the founder of Noobie… Continue reading...
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I've seen dozens of reality shows over the past decade. Most of them never really stuck with me, but a few of them caught my fancy. One such reality show that I never miss is the Amazing Race. I was especially excited when this season's Amazing Race kicked off because I could finally watch it in high definition. Unfortunately, CBS, apparently didn't share my enthusiasm. When I started watching the first episode, I thought something was wrong with my television. "Why are there black bars on the left and right of the screen?" I thought to myself. I fiddled with… Continue reading...
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Last week I wrote about the good and the bad of using an attic antenna. In that blog post I mentioned that I was hiring an attic antenna specialist to install one (or more) antennas in my attic so I could have a master antenna signal to use throughout the house. I'm happy to report that the entire experience from start to end was a wonderful success. I now have two antennas in my attic magically joined together to generate one very strong signal throughout my house. All four of my televisions have a gorgeous picture. Two of them through… Continue reading...
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I have 4 televisions in my house. Since I dropped DIRECTV last spring, I have only been able to watch television on 2 of them. This is because I now require an antenna to pull in the analog or digital signals currently transmitting over the air and I only have 2 indoor antennas. 2 antennas, 2 televisions that I can watch. I have digital converter boxes for the other 2 televisions but they aren't doing me any good without an antenna hooked up to them. But at this point, I feel like I am spending too much on individual antennas… Continue reading...
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