Memorable Entertainment TV - METV

[GinnyAlbert]

I just switched from Xfinity, but I can't get my favorite shows on AT&T's U-verse.  I miss "Perry Mason," "Murder She Wrote," and "The Untouchables."  I'm not saving enough money with AT&T to forgo my favorite shows.  Are you planning to get ME TV anytime soon?

[dwinth]

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@GinnyAlbert wrote:

I just switched from Xfinity, but I can't get my favorite shows on AT&T's U-verse.  I miss "Perry Mason," "Murder She Wrote," and "The Untouchables."  I'm not saving enough money with AT&T to forgo my favorite shows.  Are you planning to get ME TV anytime soon?

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ME-TV is not available in every area that carries U-Verse. Here is an undated list where ME-TV can be found on U-Verse. My understanding is with time, ME-TV will be on U-Verse in every area where one can subscribe to U-Verse.

http://metvnetwork.com/att-uverse.php

[codycooper864]

They are slow as molasses in January at adding MeTV in my market. I imagine the apocalypse will probably occur before it happens.

[oufanindallas]

I've had MeTV for quite a while. It's on channel 47 here in DFW area.

[dhascall]

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@codycooper864 wrote:
They are slow as molasses in January at adding MeTV in my market. I imagine the apocalypse will probably occur before it happens.

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As discussed in another thread, MeTV in some markets is carried on channel 136 by U-Verse as a "National" channel.  In some markets, it is a broadcast channel and is carried on U-Verse (like Dallas's channel 47) while another circumstance is that it is carried on Digital TV subchannels of a "main" broadcast  station, as done in Indianapolis (WTHR 13.2).  U-Verse normally does not carry these.  SO, the last group has to be negotiated with individually and that may be a year or two extra depending on when renegotiation falls, for it to appear on 136 and what if WTHR refuses?

[blujacket]

Get an antenna. 

[dhascall]

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@blujacket wrote:

Get an antenna. 

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....and how do you integrate that with the U-Verse DVR? Can you come over and climb up on the roof for me?  I thought that "rethink possible," meant fewer hoops to jump through?

[blujacket]

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@dhascall wrote:

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@blujacket wrote:

Get an antenna. 

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....and how do you integrate that with the U-Verse DVR? Can you come over and climb up on the roof for me?  I thought that "rethink possible," meant fewer hoops to jump through?

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rabbit ears will pick up your local station. you won't be able to record, but would be able to watch the channel. 

[codycooper864]

I will never ever ever ever get an antenna. I should not have to take on that additional expense. And they are so 1970s. U-verse should be providing me with this channel. No excuses.

[dhascall]

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@blujacket wrote:

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@dhascall wrote:

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@blujacket wrote:

Get an antenna. 

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....and how do you integrate that with the U-Verse DVR? Can you come over and climb up on the roof for me?  I thought that "rethink possible," meant fewer hoops to jump through?

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rabbit ears will pick up your local station. you won't be able to record, but would be able to watch the channel. 

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You live in Indianapolis?  I only live 12 miles from the WTHR tower and rabbit ears will not get either of my VHF-High band stations, with any kind of reliability.  I've tried amplified and non - none get WISH TV Channel 8 (RF 9) nor WTHR 13 (RF 13).  I also have two close in FM powerhouses that put second harmonics right in the TV RF channel 9 and 13 bandwidth.  That degrades the signal, even more.   It would be much better if all of the Indy TV stations were broadcasting in UHF but they don't.  I can't afford a multi band yagi, in the attic, with a preamp.  Then holes must be drilled and so on.  I just hope that AT&T has a paradigm shift away from the hard no DTV subchannel stance.

[blujacket]

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@dhascall wrote:

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@blujacket wrote:

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@dhascall wrote:

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@blujacket wrote:

Get an antenna. 

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....and how do you integrate that with the U-Verse DVR? Can you come over and climb up on the roof for me?  I thought that "rethink possible," meant fewer hoops to jump through?

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rabbit ears will pick up your local station. you won't be able to record, but would be able to watch the channel. 

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You live in Indianapolis?  I only live 12 miles from the WTHR tower and rabbit ears will not get either of my VHF-High band stations, with any kind of reliability.  I've tried amplified and non - none get WISH TV Channel 8 (RF 9) nor WTHR 13 (RF 13).  I also have two close in FM powerhouses that put second harmonics right in the TV RF channel 9 and 13 bandwidth.  That degrades the signal, even more.   It would be much better if all of the Indy TV stations were broadcasting in UHF but they don't.  I can't afford a multi band yagi, in the attic, with a preamp.  Then holes must be drilled and so on.  I just hope that AT&T has a paradigm shift away from the hard no DTV subchannel stance.

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I live in Dayton. I use a 2x4 and coat hangers and pull in the Cincinnati METV feed along with all the other Cincinnati locals.

http://www.current.org/wp-content/themes/current/archive-site/ptv/ptv0821make.pdf

[codycooper864]

Goody for you. I haven't had an antenna since I first got cable TV in 1982 and I am not going to start now because of U-Verse's lack of sense in not providing all local options .

[texasguy37]

You certainly do not have to spend a few bucks to get an OTA antenna, if you do not want to. You can continue to not watch any free local broadcast channels that U-verse does not carry that you could pick up with an OTA antenna and continue to complain about it on the forum. Life is full of choices.

[skeeterintexas]

"Tis better to buy a cheap antenna than to curse the lack of channels."

Didn't someone wise say that?....Oh, that would be ME!

[dhascall]

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@blujacket wrote:

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@dhascall wrote:

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@blujacket wrote:

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@dhascall wrote:

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@blujacket wrote:

Get an antenna. 

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....and how do you integrate that with the U-Verse DVR? Can you come over and climb up on the roof for me?  I thought that "rethink possible," meant fewer hoops to jump through?

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rabbit ears will pick up your local station. you won't be able to record, but would be able to watch the channel. 

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You live in Indianapolis?  I only live 12 miles from the WTHR tower and rabbit ears will not get either of my VHF-High band stations, with any kind of reliability.  I've tried amplified and non - none get WISH TV Channel 8 (RF 9) nor WTHR 13 (RF 13).  I also have two close in FM powerhouses that put second harmonics right in the TV RF channel 9 and 13 bandwidth.  That degrades the signal, even more.   It would be much better if all of the Indy TV stations were broadcasting in UHF but they don't.  I can't afford a multi band yagi, in the attic, with a preamp.  Then holes must be drilled and so on.  I just hope that AT&T has a paradigm shift away from the hard no DTV subchannel stance.

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I live in Dayton. I use a 2x4 and coat hangers and pull in the Cincinnati METV feed along with all the other Cincinnati locals.

http://www.current.org/wp-content/themes/current/archive-site/ptv/ptv0821make.pdf

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Thanks.  That is a multi-bay antenna primarily for UHF signals.  Does it pull in WKRC-12?  All Cincy stations except WKRC broadcast in the UHF spectrum.  That type of antenna  won't get my local WTHR 13.2  *NeTV).  I need a VHF-Hi yagi for that.